CD Projekt RED drops the remaster of The Witcher 3 on 29 September, and it lands free for anyone who already owns the game. The work goes deeper than a fresh coat of paint: alongside the textures and lighting, the studio has reworked combat, character progression and monster behaviour. Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine have already been handed to every owner of the base game, and the teaser

On 27 August the whole of gaming did exactly one thing: watched Jason and Lucia finally move, shoot and talk. The Extended Look pulled everyone in front of a screen at once, and by morning the internet had already taken those 26 minutes apart frame by frame, line by line, HUD icon by HUD icon.We went through the footage, the previews from the outlets Rockstar flew out to Edinburgh, and

Ubisoft announced a remake of Heroes of Might and Magic III at Gamescom Opening Night Live. Same game, rebuilt from scratch: the fixed overhead view is gone, replaced by a proper 3D world with a camera you can swing wherever you like. The package includes the original alongside Armageddon's Blade and The Shadow of Death, all nine factions, online play for up to eight, and the return of Hot Seat.

On 24 August 1996, Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington walked out of Microsoft and registered a studio of their own. No shipped game to their name, no engine, no plan that reached any further than the first project.Thirty years later their launcher sits on almost every gaming PC on the planet, and the rest of us argue about every decision the company makes. Valve has released maybe two dozen games