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• Here's a trailer to remind you to pay to play Fortnite now even though it will be free next year

  Fortnite is a free-to-play game but you can spend money on it to jump the queue.

• StarCraft 2 "war chests" introduce skins, decals, sprays and more, help fund esports prize pool

  StarCraft 2 is getting – well, they’re boxes of loot, but don’t think of them as loot boxes.

• XCOM 2: War of the Chosen gameplay video provides a walkthrough of the Lost and Abandoned mission

  2K and Firaxis Games have a released a gameplay walkthrough for XCOM 2: War of the Chosen.

• Hearthstone's next expansion is Knights of the Frozen Throne, out in August

  Knights of the Frozen Throne is the next expansion for Hearthstone. The new expansion takes the fight to Northrend this August.

• Total War Saga line will focus on smaller, pivotal moments in history

  Creative Assembly’s Total War spin-off line will focus on key events over a grand sweep of history.

• Evil Genius 2 is finally happening at Rebellion

  Evil Genius is getting a sequel.

• Starcraft: Remastered will release on August 15, and looks very faithful to the original

  Starcraft: Remastered finally has a release date, and new details and screens have emerged.

• Hearthstone has a new workaround to Chinese loot box regulations

  In China, Hearthstone players must now purchase Arcane Dust to earn “free” card packs.

• Assassin's Creed Rebellion looks like the lovechild of Fallout Shelter and Funko Pops

  Assassin’s Creed goes mobile and we go all Adam Jensen: we never asked for this.

• 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.

• Total War: Warhammer 2 shows off its enormous scale as this first campaign trailer showcases two continents

  Total War: Warhammer 2 is going to be big.

• Cities: Skylines will be released on PlayStation 4 in mid-August

  Cities: Skylines is coming to PlayStation 4.

• The Chosen in XCOM 2's expansion mean business. First up is the Assassin

  XCOM 2’s Chosen are going to be tough if the Assassin is anything to go by, here’s a first look.

• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3 free content update Engines of Annihilation out next week

  Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3 players are receiving a free content update next week.

• XCOM 2 expansion War of the Chosen is so large the team considered making it XCOM 3

  During E3 2017 this week, the expansion War of the Chosen was announced for XCOM 2, after a few teases from the team prior to the show. And it’s a massive expansion. So massive, many members of the team wanted to turn it into XCOM 3.

• Bill Gates may have had something to do with Age of Empires: Definitive Edition and wants to make sure you know that

  Bill Gates went back to reply to a comment he made in a Reddit AMA last year about Age of Empires.

• Level-5 acquires Mighty No. 9 dev Comcept

  After its acquisition, Comcept has been renamed Level-5 Comcept.

• Age of Empires Definitive Edition announced, watch the first gameplay trailer from E3 2017

  20 years after its initial release, Age of Empire is stepping back into the limelight.

• Ubisoft announces South Park: Phone Destroyer, which hopefully won't actually destroy your phone

  The Fractured But Whole got a new trailer during E3, but it isn’t the only South Park game on the way.