Brenda Romero game designer and artist will get Special Award on Thursday 6 April at the BAFTA British Academy Games Awards

BAFTA has announced today that award-winning game designer and artist Brenda Romero will be presented with the Special Award at the British Academy Games Awards on Thursday 6 April 2017, in recognition of her creative contribution to the industry.

BAFTA’s Special Award recognises an individual for their creative contribution to the industry, and will be presented to Brenda for her illustrious career in game design, her advocacy for the art and creative process behind game-making, and her commitment to encouraging the next generation of talent in the industry.

Total War: Warhammer 2 Announcement

The next game in the best-selling Total War: Warhammer trilogy. Total War: Warhammer II will be the second release in an ongoing partnership between globally-acclaimed developer Creative Assembly and Games Workshop, creators of the world-renowned Warhammer Fantasy Battles tabletop wargame and miniatures.

Total War: Warhammer II unveils the mystery-shrouded continents far to the west of The Old World. Featuring four iconic new races from the Warhammer Fantasy Battles world – the High Elves, Dark Elves, Lizardmen, and a fourth yet to be revealed – players will battle across enchanted isles, bleak hinterlands, treacherous swamps and perilous jungles.

War Thunder add Modern Military with expansion Pack including present-day tanks, jets and attack helicopters

Military MMO masterpiece War Thunder will begin to feature modern ground and air vehicles, expanding the game’s technology tree from five ranks to nine. Tankers of War Thunder can look forward to modern main battle tanks such as the renown M1A2 Abrams and T-14 Armata, while the game’s pilots will see supersonic jet aircraft like the F-22 Raptor and T-50 PAK FA, as well as a multitude of attack helicopters.

The first 4 out of 16 characters from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony!

Ultimate Pianist: Kaede Akamatsu
Kaede has been playing the piano ever since she was a child, earning her the not-so-flattering nickname, "Piano Freak." After winning numerous trophies at piano competitions, she soon received the far more prestigious title of Ultimate Pianist. Kaede has a positive personality and puts all her effort toward achieving her goals. She feels a deep resentment toward Monokuma for forcing everyone to participate in his absurd killing game.

Final Great Fire of London 1666 Minecraft map released to download - Great Fire 1666: The Rebuild

The Museum of London has launched the final in a series of three Minecraft maps recreating the Great Fire of London, following the first and second maps which launched in July and September 2016.

Titled Great Fire 1666: The Rebuild, the third map will challenge players to help London rise from the ashes following its destruction in the second map and design their own version of the capital. They will be able to explore the ruined streets, before meeting King Charles II at the Guildhall to hear his decrees for a new vision of London.

Gran Turismo Sport Closed Beta teaser trailer

Six Kingdom Hearts Adventures on one CD released on PS4

In KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX, fans will join Sora, Donald, and Goofy and other familiar Disney characters as they voyage through Disney worlds to stop the Heartless invasion and save the KINGDOM HEARTS universe from darkness.

Keyblade wielders will befriend and enlist beloved Disney and FINAL FANTASY characters to help light overcome the darkness.

Heavy Metal Machines - Clunker Bros and Metal Herald info trailers update

Plus: Enhancements to Leaderboards and New Language Localisation Announced.

Heavy Metal Machines, has released two new trailers to celebrate the implementation of new character updates in open beta today, consisting of new vehicle skins, updates to the leaderboard system, and localisation support for three new languages.

Nintendo Switch - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Version 1.1.1 patch released

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Version 1.1.1 patch is now live.

Nintendo has not included anything details in the patch notes
Judging from the patch's number and description, it doesn't seem like it makes much change, though some have noted that there seem to be less issues with the framerate now.

South Park: The Fractured but Whole game cancelled - Sony refund pre orders

Here's the message sent by PSN gamers who pre-ordered South Park game Fractured but Whole...

Thanks again for your pre-order of South Park: The Fractured but Whole from PlayStation Store. 

We recently informed you that there is no new confirmed release date for South Park and unfortunately we are still unable to confirm a release date. Therefore we have regrettably decided to cancel and refund your pre-order, however we’re pleased to tell that you are able to keep the copy of South Park: The Stick of Truth for free.