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Gamescom 2014: the five big questions

Cologne’s giant video game conference should see plenty of announcements and surprises. Here’s what we’re looking out for. By Keith Stuart

Dark Souls II: Crown of the Sunken King review – deadly traps in beautiful locations

Deadly battles rage through some of the most disturbing yet beautiful locations seen on a current generation console, writes Matt Kamen

Microsoft tip led police to arrest man over child abuse images

Pennsylvania man allegedly stored abuse images using Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud storage and email account. By Samuel Gibbs

Sony sued for ‘deceptive marketing’ of Killzone: Shadow Fall graphics

Lawsuit alleges that the PlayStation 4 title does not run in ‘native’ high-definition visuals as claimed in advertising. By Keith Stuart

Could EA Access be the Netflix for Fifa fans?

Electronic Arts has announced a new subscription service giving access to a range of recent titles for £3.99 a month. By Keith Stuart

Twitch: what is it, and why has Google bought it for $1bn?

The search giant is rumoured to have bought the influential gaming video site as a way of expanding YouTube's appeal, reports say

Bootup: snipers ruining cross-play, Segway seats, iPhone 6, Argos tablets

Plus, toothless anti-piracy, Cortana, digital butlers, Putin emailing Kickstarters and Star Citizen's millions

Xbox Entertainment Studio shuts, but Halo and Quantum Break are safe

As part of an exhaustive cost-cutting plan, Microsoft is closing its studio dedicated to original TV programming for the Xbox console. By Keith Stuart

Boot up: ice cream, Imgur, DDoS, climate change and the EU

Plus 3D Google Maps, facial recognition software for the police, and farting DLC. By Alex Hern and Samual Gibbs

Microsoft to slash 18,000 jobs in deepest cuts in tech giant’s history

Most of the job losses expected to come from firm's Nokia unit, which Microsoft acquired in April for $7.2bn

How not to cut 12,500 jobs: a lesson from Microsoft’s Stephen Elop

Senior Microsoft manager sent Nokia staff 1,100-word email, devoting just two sentences to cuts two-thirds of the way through

Forza Horizon 2 – offroad in Lamborghinis and racing steam trains

The second title in Microsoft's Forza offshoot series moves the action to southern Europe and brings in some interesting new mechanics. By Keith Stuart

Xbox One sales double in US after Kinect ditched

Microsoft's Xbox console sales have more than doubled since the cheaper Kinect-free bundle was introduced in June. By Keith Stuart

Sony’s PlayStation plan: capture lost Wii owners with PS3 updates

Sony Computer Entertainment head Andrew House says more classic titles will be coming to PS4, for gamers who bought Wii instead of a PS3. By Keith Stuart

Boot up: Android Wear keyboard, Nerf guns with cameras, Google robots

Plus Nest and Samsung's new wireless, Three's free 0800s, more 'right to be forgotten' not forgetting and Cortana on Nokia. By Samuel Gibbs

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  • The Guardian view on regulating big tech: the UK’s new, tougher approach to child safety is overdue
  • Technology secretary says she wants regulator to design plans for online age verification by October – as it happened
  • ‘The genie is out of the bottle’: parents react to UK under-16s social media ban
  • Forget makeup and tweakments: this is how we should be ageing gracefully
  • UK 16 and 17-year-olds: we would like to hear your views on the government’s social media ban for under-16s
  • ‘We’re coming for his ass’: Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro and Bette Midler target Trump at New York benefit concert
  • ‘What’s the opposite of a gay demon?’: The creepy new Australian horror film that’s getting global buzz
  • One Nation branch official defended Hitler Youth and called Aboriginal people ‘stone age’ in racist posts
  • Spielberg’s Disclosure Day opens strongly at box office as Obsession, Backrooms – and Michael – smash records
  • Ian McKellen says he imagined destroying Mar-a-Lago for new Avengers movie
  • UK under-16s social media ban: which apps will be blocked and how will it work?
  • The Toymaker’s Key review – steampunk sci-fi animation is eclectic if overwrought
  • How Australia’s social media ban has affected families six months on
  • ‘Loving our country sounds like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser’: Robert De Niro leads crowd in rallying cry against Trump
  • Social media firms hit back as Starmer announces ban for under-16s in UK
  • The man who bought Diane Keaton’s nail clippers also owns Whoopi Goldberg’s teapot: ‘It will have her fingerprints on it’
  • Disclosure Day: alien conspiracies, car chases and a jaw-dropping climax – discuss with spoilers
  • Familiar Touch review – Kathleen Chalfant is wonderful in subtle, sensual memory loss drama
  • Angel’s Egg review – Mamoru Oshii’s dazzling 1985 anime is an eerie philosophical adventure
  • The problem with ‘loneliness influencers’ isn’t their friendlessness – it’s the air of cosy defeatism
  • Dry Leaf review – three-hour amble around the football pitches of Georgia in search of a daughter
  • ‘More relevant now than ever’: how Virginia Woolf recaptured the cultural zeitgeist
  • ‘Distressingly beautiful and disorienting’: the Willem Dafoe film that only one person can see at a time
  • Europe is starting to break up with US big tech. But it’s still abiding by the Silicon Valley rulebook
  • Starmer to announce ‘Australia plus’ ban on social media for under-16s
  • A day in the life of a dancer who went viral for pretending to be a parakeet
  • Why is the UK launching an ‘Australia plus’ social media ban and how will it work?
  • Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait!
  • Readers reply: Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone pin really be safer than a password?
  • Elon Musk and co may relish march of the robots but there must be AI boundaries in the workplace

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