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Sports Interactive has announced that Football Manager 2022 will launch on November 9 on Steam, Epic Games Store, and the Microsoft Store.The developer also shared that Football Manager Xbox Edition will also be making a return following its successful campaign last season, “tailored especially for the Xbox ecosystem”.

Openreach has announced it will scrap connection fees for access to its superfast broadband network for those who receive Universal Credit with no other earnings from next month.

Morrisons is in discussions with the stock market's Takeover Panel with regards an auction process for the chain. Bosses hope to bring to an end the three-month battle for the business between two private equity firms, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and Fortress.

HBO Max is set to launch in a number of countries across Europe but there are no plans for a UK platform yet.The service will be available in six countries from October 26 – Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Andorra – before expanding to a following 14 in 2022.Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia will all receive HBO Max next year, while there’s no news on any plans

HBO Max shared its European launch plans on Wednesday, when the WarnerMedia streaming platform revealed it will launch in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain and Andorra on Oct. 26, 2021.“This is a historic moment as HBO Max lands in Europe,” Johannes Larcher, head of HBO Max International, said in a statement accompanying Wednesday’s news.

Justin Bieber documentary Justin Bieber: Our World will premiere next month on Amazon Prime.Helmed by filmmaker Michael D. Ratner (who directed Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil), the new film is set to arrive on October 8.

Daemon X Machina is the next game that will be available to play for free as a one of Nintendo’s Game Trials, so long as players have an active Nintendo Switch Online Membership.Originally released in 2019, Daemon X Machina is a third-person shooter action game that puts players in command of a giant mecha. Developed and published by Marvelous for Nintendo Switch, it’s currently available to purchase from the eShop for £49.99.

One call changes everything in Netflix’s “The Guilty.” Director Antoine Fuqua’s thriller follows a police officer turned call center operator whose shift turns into a nightmare. The real-time narrative slowly reveals its secrets in an overtly claustrophobic office setting.

Sociable Soccer, a new game from the creator of Sensible Soccer, is making its way to PC, and consoles after a successful launch on Apple Arcade.As reported by VGC, Sensible Soccer creator Jon Hare, has been hard at work on a spiritual successor to his classic football game, and a publishing deal with Kiss Publishing has led to the game being announced for numerous platforms.Currently only available via Apple Arcade, the game will launch on April 17 2022 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series

PS5 or Xbox Series X – the ongoing shortage of components is likely to see availability continue to be a problem until 2022, and in some cases 2023.That’s according to Toshiba, which builds components used in the manufacturing process of new consoles, most crucially power-regulating chips (thanks, Bloomberg).

Sir, You Are Being Hunted that will be released next year.Sir, You Are Being Hunted was a Kickstarter game originally released in 2013. The procedurally-generated British horror has players take control of a fragile human who is being hunted by tweed-wearing robots.

Beyond A Steel Sky is coming to consoles on November 30, with the game originally releasing on PC back in 2020.Coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, Beyond A Steel Sky is a spiritual sequel to Beneath A Steel Sky from 1994, a classic point-and-click adventure game.

PlayStation Plus members will be able to download and keep several great games next month.Hitman 2, Overcooked: All You Can Eat, and Predator: Hunting Grounds are all free for PlayStation Plus owners next month. The games will be available between September 7 and October 4.

WarnerMedia Kids & Family has announced ACME Night, a block of programming that parents and kids can watch together each Sunday. It begins with Shazam on September 19 on Cartoon Network. Subsequent Sundays at 6 p.m. ET/PT the network will air a succession of family friendly blockbusters, including Man of Steel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sherlock Gnomes, Scoob! and Detective Pikachu.

Nintendo Direct is expected to take place sometime in September, as soon as next week.That’s according to reliable leaker Zippo, whose recent blog post dated August 23 claimed that the platform holder could be holding a broadcast “as early as next week” before an update (date not specified) indicated it would be this Wednesday or Thursday, or else the following week.As Nintendo has not made an official announcement, it would unlikely be this week since today (September 1) is Wednesday, when a

Aeon Drive is an upcoming action-platformer from developer 2Awesome Studio and publisher Critical Reflex.A retro-style cyberpunk-themed side-scrolling platformer with a speedrunning twist, Aeon Drive has players control Jackelyne, a space ranger who, armed with a teleportation dagger and power sword, is desperate to get home.A direct sequel to the 2017 shoot-’em-up Dimension Drive, Aeon Drive begins right where the previous game left off.

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has started writing to nearly six million people across the UK confirming their Universal Credit payment will be cut by £20-a-week from October 1, 2021. Despite many vocal objections to the ending of the uplift, brought in at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in April 2020, the DWP plans to go ahead with the monthly reduction.

Hades, the rogue-like dungeon crawler from Supergiant Games, is now the highest-rated game on both PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.Hades was originally released in 2020 on PC and Nintendo Switch to widespread critical acclaim. It then went on to win Game of the Year at this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards along with the award for Best Design and Best Audio.But despite rave reviews, next-gen gamers were in for a bit of a wait.

Pokémon Unite is coming to mobile devices on September 22, with more features and upcoming Pokémon on the way. It will also be adding fan-favourite Pokémon Sylveon and Mamoswine to the game.Announced during the Pokémon Presents livestream (watch it here), Pokémon Unite finally has a mobile release date.