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• This week's best gaming deals: Poke Ball Plus, PUBG, 4K TVs, and more

  It’s the time of the week where we get to take a big, long look at the this week’s best gaming deals and treat ourselves to some fun stuff. Let’s take a look.

• Former Criterion devs announce Danger Zone 2, Dangerous Driving

  Three Fields, the studio made up for ex-Criterion developers, has announced two new games.

• Shadowrun Returns Deluxe is free right now on the Humble Store

  Quick bit of news: Shadowrun Returns Deluxe is available through the Humble Store for free.

• Warhammer Vermintide 2 character classes guide: all hero careers, subclasses and skills

  If you want to smash the rat-dudes to pieces, you’ll need to master the heroes and their classes.

• Warhammer Vermintide 2 Loot System primer: character progression, how drops work, and cosmetics

  After coming in for criticism last time around, Vermintide 2 features an all-new loot system.

• Warhammer Vermintide 2 weapon traits and item traits: every bonus trait effect detailed

  Weapon Traits can seriously change the way you play Vermintide 2, and there’s quite a few of them. Here’s how they all work.

• Several PC games drop tracking software Red Shell following outcry

  A number of PC developers have taken out alleged spyware Red Shell, a software designed to track player habits, of their games.

• Sony has little to gain by enabling cross-platform play, says analyst

  Sony may have caught flak on more than one occasion recently for blocking cross-platform play in games like Fortnite, and Rocket League, but not everyone believes the platform holder should open the floodgates.

• PlayStation Now getting Game Pass-style offline play later this year - report

  Sony is reportedly gearing up for a major addition to its PlayStation Now game streaming service.

• PUBG gets first ever discount on Steam, take 33% off until July 5

  PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is on sale for the first time ever on Steam to celebrate a large milestone.

• Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries gets delayed to 2019

  Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries, the upcoming single-player, story-driven Mechwarrior game from Piranha Games, has been pushed back.

• Sky Noon is a Wild West game of air-dueling enemies in the clouds

  Sky Noon is an alternate Wild West where air guns and grappling hooks are more important than bullets.

• It looks like PlayStation Now is getting a download feature

  PlayStation Now may soon become a lot more desirable.

• Layers of Fear is free right now on Steam and yours to keep forever

  Layers of Fear is free on Steam, and not just for a weekend jaunt.

• Don't Starve: Hamlet players will encounter smartly dressed Pigmen in December

  Don’t Starve fans will be able to get their hands on the Hamlet expansion in December.

• E3 2018: Maneater is an open-world RPG where you play as a shark

  In Maneater, you take on the role of a shark in a fight for survival.

• Release dates: every game confirmed for 2018

  We’re well into 2018 now and even though we’ve seen some epic game releases, there’s still plenty more big hitters to come.

• E3 2018: watch gameplay for Tunic, the adorable top-down Zelda-like

  Tunic is an indie, top-down action RPG starring an adorable fox.

• EU PlayStation Days of Play sale kicks off: save on God of War, PS Plus, Monster Hunter, much more

  The Days of Play PlayStation sale has went live for another year.