Yee of little faith, after Rising did well it was a shoe in that they would bring it over IMO. Hopefull Silent Hills comes over as well, tho there is a chance that is PS4 exclusive I guess.

It's time to meet Runemaster: a tactical Viking RPG from the makers of Crusader Kings

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Our Rob has long said that Europa Universalis IV played like an RPG in which you rolled as a country. Paradox Development Studio seem to have taken that observation to heart, graduating from grand strategy to straight-up fantasy roleplaying in Runemaster.

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Fine-tune the hair on your chinny-chin-chin in The Sims 4 Create-a-Sim demo

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There’ll be an aspect of The Sims you like best. Perhaps it’s building houses held up only by glass panes and willpower. Or maybe it’s building people.

That’s what the Create-a-Sim demo for The Sims 4 is all about - designing humans. Deciding on the cut of their jibs, deigning to pick their outfits, and determining their fatal flaws.

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Hearthstone's Construct Quarter now open to Curse of Naxxramas players

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The Curse of Naxxramas isn’t one of those flash, bang, now-you’re-a-frog hexes. It’s more of a slow-burn spell, unfolding its horrors week-by-week to Hearthstone players.

This week’s wing is the Construct Quarter: a gunge-powered laboratory patrolled by stitched-together new minions.

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Assassin's Creed: Unity microtransactions won't "compromise" its Parisian parkour fun

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Assassin’s Creed has long been subject to the trends on the peripheral of big budget action games. Black Flag had a companion app and progress-quickening bundles available on its store - but Unity won’t travel any deeper down the microtransaction hole.

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Warlords of Draenor cinematic revealed; expansion launches on November 13th

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Blizzard have debuted their gritty cinematic for the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion: Warlords of Draenor. The cinematic demonstrated just how far Garrosh is willing to go to succeed in his revenge against all of Azeroth, changing the very destiny of some of Warcrafts most iconic characters.

The expansion will launch on November 13th, just a few days before Blizzard’s annual Blizzcon.

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Galactic Civilizations III beta: now it's getting fun

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Galactic Civilizations III, Stardock's ginormous 4X flagship, has been in Early Access since March. Today it makes the move into beta. Starting up a game immediately evokes memories of its predecessor. At first, it looks, if not identical, at least so similar that it feels like coming back to Galactic Civilizations II. That’s not a bad thing, and it’s by design. 

“I’m hoping people will play GalCiv 3 beta and they’ll get the same feeling as GalCiv 2 and then they can go ‘wow this is going to be even better when it’s done’,” lead designer Paul Boyer told me earlier this week. 

But peeling back that familiar surface reveals a game that is very much new. So new it’s not yet finished, and there are still missing features - most coming in later beta phases - like diplomacy, but also new because Stardock have managed to make some significant changes to the formula. And it looks like it’s paying off. 

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Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade trailer promises a lot of war, a whole planet of it

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In the 41st millenium, diplomacy is saying hello before you shoot an alien in the face. Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade won’t be an MMO where you can avoid conflict, with its five warring factions including the Space Marines and the Tyranids. 

Even the planet it takes place on, Arkhona, is in a constant state of war. But it’s got mysteries and secrets, apparently, which is a good enough reason as any other to fight over it with guns and dark magic. 

Developer Behaviour Interactive has put together a trailer to get you up to speed on the many activities (mainly killing aliens, though) you can get up to on your holiday in warn-torn Arkhona. 

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Diablo 3 patch 2.1.0 introduces the golden home of the Treasure Goblins: the Vault

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Diablo III’s craven, scurrying Treasure Goblins are enigmatic wee beasties. They appear, with their sacks of loot, and are quick to disappear through portals if they aren’t killed and their wealth stolen. Where do they go when they leap through those portals? Is there a land filled with goblins and gold on the other side? 

Patch 2.1.0 finally reveals what is through the portal: the Vault.

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Unreal Engine 3-powered Survival Horror ‘Routine’ Is Still Alive, Gets New Screenshots

What can I say, I always doubt when it comes to Kojima/Konami.

Ubisoft wants to improve its reputation amongst PC gamers

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With its stance on DRM, insistence on cramming Uplay into everything and some problematic ports, Ubisoft isn’t often seen as being PC friendly. But European boss Alain Corre says that the publisher to improve support for PC. 

“We recognise the importance and needs of PC gamers, and want to continue to improve how we create and support games for PC,” he told MCV at Gamescom. 

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There's quite a bit of reckless driving in this trailer for The Crew

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While there’s something presumably appealing about driving the breadth of the USA - an activity described in great detail in countless novels, accounts, films and songs - Ivory Tower’s massive driving game, The Crew, features quite a bit to do in between enjoying a brisk drive across an entire country. 

Most of involves smashing into things and driving really fast. 

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Invisible, Inc. is sneaking its way onto Steam Early Access on August 19th

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Invisible, Inc. - not be confused with the stealthy calligraphers tool - is due to hit Steam Early Access on August 19th. And if the prospect of controlling a group of spies across procedurally generated levels as they gather intel and make guards go to sleep, then this is possibly exceedingly good news. 

It’s also absolutely gorgeous, as evidenced by the new Early Access trailer. 

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Want to go higher? The Elder Scrolls Online update 4 will introduce Upper Craglorn

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To stop veterans from becoming degenerate drunks or tiresome bores who do nothing but send people to sleep with tales of long forgotten deeds, ZeniMax Online added the veteran adventure zone of Craglorn to The Elder Scrolls Online. Those who completed its quests, delves and trials are no doubt wondering what’s next. With Craglorn conquered, what other realm is filled with things needing a good smacking?

But hold your horses (or silt striders), you’re not finished with Craglorn yet. There’s still Upper Craglorn to get through. And it’s coming this September with Update 4. 

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Gamescom 2014: New Gameplay Walkthroughs For Far Cry 4, The Witcher 3 & Dying Light + More

Dota 2 spawns largest New York eSports event ever in Madison Square Garden

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ESL One is hosting the “largest in-person competitive gaming event ever held on the East Coast” in New York this October. The Dota 2 tournament will take over the 5500-seat Theatre in Madison Square Garden, and see eight top-ranked teams scrap over a $100,000 prize.

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Big Claptrap: Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel trailered at GamesCom

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If any given Borderlands game is about half as exciting as its trailer, we can expect pretty good things from its Pre-Sequel. This here’s a country-rock stomp through the motives of its cast of future villains and their mission: to save a moon.

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Cities: Skylines is a simulator sequel with "sprawling" maps and mod support

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Did you know the developers who make the Cities games are called Colossal Order? That’s what these games are about: bringing some semblance of design to a sprawling set of systems.

Maxis’ SimCity reboot didn’t exactly go off without a honking tree or two, which gives the Finnish studio another couple of years to establish the Cities series as the alternate mayoral simulator. Cities: Skylines is their latest attempt at that.

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Unity assassinations will be choice-driven: "We give you an objective, and that's it"

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Notre Dame turns out to be one of the better Assassin’s Creed missions: one of those that dress you only in the figleaf of an objective, and offer plenty of ways at it. Ubisoft Montreal say all assassinations in Unity will be structured this way - within a mission type the studio have now codified as ‘black boxes’.

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PES 2015 on PC won't be quite the same game as on new-gen consoles

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Football Manager was born and belongs on the PC - but actual ball-kicking simulators have been hamstrung lately by a tendency to limp along behind their console equivalents.

In an odd year where developers are straddling consoles old and new, PES 2015 will continue that trend. On PC, it’ll be a “hybrid” of its current and last generation console versions.

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Gwent is The Witcher 3's game within a game: a Hearthstone-alike "invented by dwarves"

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It turns out CD Projekt RED designed two games during the development of The Witcher 3.

Gwent is a county in South-East Wales. It’s also now a card game for two players, commonly played in the pubs dotted around Wild Hunt’s game world.

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Here's a new trailer for the only Tomb Raider game we're getting for a good while

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When Microsoft announced Rise of the Tomb Raider’s Xbox exclusivity earlier this week, Crystal Dynamics flew into apology mode.

“This doesn’t mean that we’re walking away from our fans who only play on PlayStation or on PC,” said studio head Darrell Gallagher. “We have Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris coming to those platforms this December.”

Come on, then. Let’s go see how our apology game is looking.

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Paradox announces Charlemagne for Crusader Kings II and Art of War for Europa Universalis IV

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Paradox continues to be impossibly prolific, announcing two new expansions at Gamescom. Crusader Kings II gets its eighth major DLC in the form of Charlemagne, while Europa Universalis IV gets expanded with Art of War. 

Expect new events, mechanics and design tweaks, some of which will come in the form of a free update as well as the premium DLC. 

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Landmark is getting combat, monsters and "consensual" PvP

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Building fantasy castles, futuristic bunkers and huge treehouses is a lot of fun - but people do love a good fight. That’s why SOE is revealing combat for Landmark at SOE Live right now. 

Expect armour - designed for both fantasy and sci-fi enthusiasts - that’s tailored for different playstyles, dangerous monsters living in the deep and “consensual” PvP. 

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Killing Floor 2 & Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade Will Pack NVIDIA GameWorks Effects

SEGA quietly announce that they're improving their Dreamcast ports on Steam

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Seemingly unnoticed until now, SEGA made a quiet post on the Steam forums announcing further improvements to their Dreamcast collection on Steam. You can expect features such as achievement support and optimizations in the coming months.

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Debut your artistic skills with Team Fortress 2 merchandise; royalties included

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Valve have opened up their Team Fortress 2 Workshop to now include submissions for physical merchandise. Successful creators will not only get their stuff sold on the store, but will also receive a “handsome royalty” to boot.

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Dead Rising 3 on PC removes FPS limit and provides mod support

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Dead Rising 3 arrives on PC in only a few weeks, and with it a number of big improvements over its console counterpart. You can expect full control over the graphics options, including native resolution and the ability to remove the 30FPS hardcap. The game will also feature mod support, allowing players mould the sandbox to their content.

“I think the best thing that [we] can do as a developer is to create an awesome gaming experience that people want to play.”

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Meet Shangri-La: the mystical and fantastical land of Far Cry 4

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If you thought Far Cry 4 was just more men with guns embroiled in a savage civil war, you’d only be half right. Outside of Krayt lies the majestic land of Shangri-La, but it’s a land that’s under captivity by an evil demonic force. 

Here you’ll toss aside your boomsticks, instead opting for a more natural attire of dagger and bow. And with the help of powerful ancient guardians - notably that of an armoured white tiger - you’ll help cleanse Shangri-La one voodoo-like cultist at a time.

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Lords of the Fallen – Here are 20 Minutes of New Gameplay Footage

(I know I'm a bit late, but...) @Poll: I like it.

Mind you, the bluish colour and making the shortcut round are kind of "WTF!?", but the text is now clearer and easier to read.

Of course, if it all was about changing colours (it's not, I know) they could have given us the option to use the colours we want.