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• New games releasing this week: June 26 - July 2

  Crash Bandicoot is back and so are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Diablo 3, but don’t be fooled – stacks of new and interesting things are happening this week, too.

• GTA modding tool OpenIV is back online after discussions between Rockstar and parent company Take-Two

  OpenIV is back online alongside an updated version, thanks to Rockstar Games having a chat with Take-Two.

• PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds passes 4 million sales, hits $100M in revenue

  More and more people are getting sucked into PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered standalone releases next week, first on PlayStation 4

  Activision announced today Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered will be released next week on PlayStation 4.

• The best Steam Summer Sale deals: VG247's list of the best games on sale

  We trawl the sale so that you don’t have to.

• Paradox to roll back price increases on current titles, but is unable to for games included in the Steam Summer Sale

  After quite a bit of push back, Paradox Interactive has rolled back price increases which went into effect starting in May.

• Hitman Season 1's penultimate Elusive Target takes you to Hokkaido

  The first season of live service for Hitman is nearly at an end.

• This week's best gaming deals: Hitman, Bayonetta, cheapest Steam Link ever, and more

  Just in time for that Steam Summer Sale to start, we’re taking a look at the best gaming deals from the past week. Let’s get to it, shall we?

• Destiny 2 guide: every bit of intel on Bungie's Next Big Thing we could get our hands on

  Destiny 2 is already one of the heavyweights of 2017. Here’s everything you need to know.

• New Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice trailer finally gives us a look at the world through her eyes and holy heck, cats: it's not ideal

  Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice just floored the pedal and accelerated right up our to-do lists.

• If the 8 minute Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus announce trailer was too much for you, here's a new, shorter cut

  Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, now in a form you can conceivably get through before the pressures of modern life collapse upon you yet again.

• Like Overwatch, Hearthstone is making card packs a better time for everyone by ditching Legendary duplicates

  Hearthstone changes suggest Blizzard is taking a company-wide look at RNG-based rewards.

• Destiny 2: these 7 emblems will mark out veteran Guardians, but you only have till August 1 to earn them

  Destiny 2 will acknowledge returning players in a variety of ways, many of which are top secret – but here’s one we can get onboard right now.

• Beyond Good and Evil 2 in-engine E3 demo provides an impressive look at the game's scale

  The in-engine gameplay demo for Beyond Good and Evil 2 shown to the press at E3 2017 is now available for viewing.

• Overwatch PTR patch: several changes made to highlights, duplicates from Loot Boxes "drastically" reduced

  The Overwatch team is currently testing some of the highlight reel changes promised back in May, and you can help things move along by hopping onto the Public Test Realm (PTR). And in more good news: Blizzard is “drastically reducing the amount of duplicates” you’ll find in Loot Boxes.

• Bungie moved Destiny 2's release date forward to help put less stress on the game servers

  Destiny fans were probably pleased when they heard the release date for Destiny 2 had been moved up. And while it’s nice to get things early, there was a very good reason for the move.

• Humble Software Bundle features $534 worth of products for $12

  Humble Bundle has a rather nice pay what you want software bundle available, and it comes with ten offerings.

• PS4 "is like a five-year-old PC," says A Way Out developer

  You can count on A Way Out, and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons director to shoot it to you straight.

• Overwatch: Officer D.Va and Oni Genji skins can now be found in standard loot boxes

  Overwatch’s recent patch added one thing console fans in particular have been asking for.