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Stranger's Wrath HD was a superb re-release of an tragically underrated Xbox game, and the fact it came to PlayStation 3, Vita and PC was very satisfying. Munch's Oddysee HD was due a similar second chance, but unfortunately one of those platforms has had to be dropped... for now, at least.

New Star Soccer - the mobile sports game that beat out the likes of FIFA and Football Manager at the BAFTAs this year - has recieved a new major update that changes and enhances its award winning gameplay, as well as adding new features to keep you addicted all over again.

We take a closer look at Bruce Wayne in this new TV spot for Batman: Arkham Origins, at his childhood and at the years running up to when he became Batman. Impressive, considering the video only runs at 51 seconds.

The popular Games with Gold program for the Xbox 360 is no longer being classified as “limited-time” and will be an ongoing service. Games with Gold was introduced at E3 2013, and has since been dishing out two free games a month to Gold subscribers, with the most recent being Halo 3. Here’s more from the official press release:  At E3 2013, we launched Games with Gold as a limited-time program to thank our Xbox Live Gold members. Within that…

2K Marin, the developers behind Bioshock 2 and, most recently, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, have been struck with layoffs, according to sources speaking with Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Polygon. After contacting 2K, a representative told the following to Polygon:  “We can confirm staff reductions at 2K Marin. While these were difficult decisions, we regularly evaluate our development efforts and have decided to reallocate creative resources. Our goal to create world-class video game titles remains unchanged.” One ex-employee posted on Twitter…

As we reported several months ago, Batman Arkham City (and Asylum) are being converted to Steamworks. The update happened tonight (next time you log into Steam, it'll start the download), but there's a real downside that's likely to annoy people more than GFWL ever did.

Naughty Dog’s Eric Monacelli has said that there a PlayStation 4 version of The Last of Us is not in development, and, in fact, there are “no plans” to release a next-gen version of the critical hit. This will disappoint quite a few people who were looking to double dip, although there’s no doubt at some point The Last of Us will be playable on PS4 (either through a 1080p/60FPS re-release, or via Gaikai). That doesn’t mean it isn’t ever…

The launch line-up blues continues with Sony’s Playstation 4, this time with their next-gen racing simulation exclusive DriveClub. Yesterday, it was announced that both Watch_Dogs and Ivory Tower’s open-world racing game The Crew would be delayed until Spring 2014, now the rumors are flying around that DriveClub might meet the same fate.  This all started when gaming site The Same Coin posted a tip from an anonymous source claiming that DriveClub is going to be delayed. Since this initial article…

The latest edition of Famitsu has been released and it contains the first review score for Sonic Lost World. Although the review has yet to be translated, we can see from the score that it's been reviewed very positively, getting 9/9/9/9. By comparison, Sonic Generations got 8/9/9/9 and Unleashed got 9/9/9/7.

Ubisoft have announced that two of their biggest games of 2013 - Rayman Legends and Splinter Cell Blacklist - sold below expectations. In a call to investors today, they revealed that both games had had low sales, although as far as we can tell, they gave little explanation as to why that might have happened.