Welcome to the Eurogamer 100, a list of video games that aims to reflect their ever-changing nature. Rather than ranking games by their influence or significance, this list is a suggestion of the very best things you can play at this moment, according to us. (1/3)

World of Warcraft: Forever's beta has been extended, as community members mourn the loss of their hunter pets bit.ly/4zL9xzo

After a few hours with Yakuza studio's soulful Stranger Than Heaven, I'm smitten, but I suspect it'll be a divisive game. bit.ly/4BhGViD

COD: Modern Warfare 4 DMZ players are spawning in the middle of a road and being flattened before they can do anything. bit.ly/4BkuNNT

Warhammer 40K fans have some very specific questions about the Blood Ravens' origins, so I put them to Dawn of War 4's director. bit.ly/4A6hyz9

Even Call of Duty has a parry now and it's kind of brilliant - but do we need it in every game? bit.ly/3VT3SIU

Subnautica 2 adding its "scariest" region ever in next major update, the developers say. bit.ly/4Bho33h

Football Manager 27 will be free to play for five days before its full release, in "industry first" for a game of its kind. bit.ly/4i8PKCN

Xbox reportedly planning three more rounds of layoffs, with the first wave coming as early as this month. bit.ly/4BkeQY1

Resident Evil: Requiem made more money from PlayStation discs than on Xbox in total, reportedly, as Sony's march to a discless future continues. bit.ly/3WCwS7Q

Xbox's next-gen console to reportedly cost up to $1,800, with a Helix handheld coming in 2027 and a full release in holiday 2028. bit.ly/4k8ErNi

Ex-Call of Duty designer "who survived the crunch" in order to launch Black Ops 1 & 2 calls out executives "raking it in" from sales of remasters. bit.ly/4BioLNA

Stalker 2's next update has already leaked
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Helldivers 2 swaps over to Easy anti-cheat, with developers admitting Gameguard "wasn't as effective as it could have been". bit.ly/482l3dF

FBI investigating theft of more than 6000 PSA-graded trading cards, including almost 3000 Pokémon cards
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Mass Effect Universe "looked incredible", says creator who claims he advised BioWare
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People who've finished Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on the new YOLO, single-life difficulty share experiences and tips for doing so. bit.ly/4z0wcaI

European age-ratings body PEGI begins raising age-limit of loot box games, like EA Sports FC, to 16. bit.ly/4sys53z

GTA 6 is so detailed no single Rockstar employee knows it all - which is how we got shrinking horse testicles in Red Dead Redemption 2. bit.ly/4iaQibl

Prime Video's Fallout reality competition Fallout Shelter: The Experiment premieres in January
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Bungie plans to share first details about surprise 'unvaulting' of Destiny 2 content soon. bit.ly/4k3Nb7p