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There seems to have been a lot of confusion on this one, but Microsoft have confirmed that you will be able to play from a partial download on the Xbox One. The PS4 can do it too - it was a feature they explained quite heavily. This is a rather important feature for those that plan to buy digital (and it's one that I hope Valve are working on for Steam), so it's nice to see that everybody is on an even field.

SEGA, in a new trailer unveiled yesterday, have announced that Sonic: Lost World for the Wii U and 3DS will have shape-shifting power-ups, not entirely unlike Sonic Colors for the Wii. These new powers allow him to transform into a bird, into a musical note, and into the drill that first made its appearance in Colors. This will cause mixed reaction amongst fans, as some (those who didn't play it, mainly) weren't impressed by this particular feature.

For baseball fans who dream of being a GM, this should be a no-brainer - Out of the Park Baseball 14 is far and away the best sports management game on the market, earning a shiny 9.5 in our review. Available for PC, Mac, and Linux, this is not a game to be missed for stat heads and wanna-be scouts - and for those still using OOTP13, it's a perfect time to upgrade and enjoy the new player development system and plethora of under-the-hood tweaks.

Call Of Duty: Ghosts' campaign will be a linear experience according to Mark Rubin from Infinity Ward.

When Impossible Games closed their doors earlier this year, Epic Games wasn't quite ready to kibosh Infinity Blade: Dungeons, Impossible's Diablo-like action RPG due to hit the mobile gaming-sphere sometime this year..... yet. A few months later, however, the news is now official: the highly-anticipated Infinity Blade: Dungeons is cancelled.

One of the most popular and influential RPGs ever has turned ten today. Knights of the Old Republic was one of the first games to successfully capture the Star Wars vibe, but it also made a genre accessible to a whole new group of people and made possible games like Mass Effect, Dragon Age and even the modern Fallout games.

The upcoming 7 days sees quite a lot of variety with RPGs, brain dead shooters, snail racing, and even men in bowler hats. No PC releases but the other...

Have you checked your email recently? Sony is now handing out 10 day trials of the immensely popular PlayStation Plus subscription service absolutely free.

PS4.sx have updated their site with a countdown timer to the elusive PS4 release date. The timer is pointing towards a November 13th date.

Mike Bithell, creator of Thomas Was Alone tweeted some interesting insights into the sales figures of Steam content during the summer sale. It seems sales might be going through the roof. The Steam sale is less than 24 hours old, and yet sales figures seem to be impressing even the devs themselves. His exact words are Any other devs seeing crazy (even by steam sale standards) sales? Numbers are mad. — Mike Bithell (@mikeBithell) July 12, 2013   How exactly…