Right now, news of release delays isn’t really all that strange. Quite a few games are delaying their releases for one reason or another, mainly to do with the need to make sure the game’s coded well enough to not fall apart when the players at last get their hands on it. Most succeed, a few still manage to make the headlines for the wrong reasons.

However, of all the games I’d expect to see delayed, one of the ‘annual sport titles’ really wasn’t one of them. The 2015 edition of the F1 games has been delayed from its June release date, being pushed back a month to July. The announcement wasn’t given a big fanfare though or even really announced in the usual way over social media. No, seems that Codemasters chose to let the gaming public know by… slipping the new date into a very brief teaser trailer.

Maybe a bit too subtle there…

If you’re a Minecrafter who likes to check out the latest apps, beware when checking the Google Play store. Reports are coming in of a number of scareware apps disguised as legitimate apps are hiding in the store to try and fool the unwary.

The apps themselves promise access to a number of cheats for the popular blocky game. In reality the apps will scare the user into downloading malicious programs mascarading as anti-virus software using banner advertising. The malware will then charge the victim €4.80 by SMS per weekly if they activate the “anti-virus program”.

Currently its estimated that over 30 of the apps are in the Store, and all seem to have been made by the same person due to similarities shared between them all. They all seem to have somehow bypassed Google’s Bouncer screener program and have therefore been downloaded by unsuspecting Minecraft fans an estimated 660,000 and 2.8 million times over the past nine months.

As always, be careful what you’re downloading people. This just proves that even stringent security processes won’t end up catching everything.

One of the most popular and well-known torrent distribution sites in the world, EZTV, has closed down. Surprisingly, it had nothing to do with the cops, or lawyers.

As TorrentFreak report, the site—which has served up TV show downloads for a decade—has been brought down by scammers, who took over EZTV’s domain name in what’s being calling a “hostile takeover”.

The scammers are still trying to operate EZTV, but given the nature of their takeover—company names were impersonated, and even the personal domains of EZTV’s founder Novaking have been seized—many other major torrent sites like KickassTorrents have banned EZTV uploads, and everyone’s being urged to avoid the site like the plague.

EZTV rose to prominence over the years due to its simple design and clear goal: to host episodes of every major (Western) TV show on the air. By only linking trusted and quality torrents, it developed a reputation as the place to go to get hold of a TV show.

As sad as it is for the site to get hit like this, maybe it’s a good time to go out. Ten years ago getting hold of TV shows in a timely manner was a pain in the ass! These days, between Apple, Google, Amazon and cable streaming services there’s really not many excuses left for not being able to pay for a show.

Telltale are currently responsible for episodic games of quite a few different story-based games. One of the current ones is based on the Game of Thrones universe and already has three episodes out. Now the forth has been announced through a tweet revealing the poster. The name is Sons of Winter.

The poster itself features the Wall and fans of the TV show will know that as these games take place at the same time as the events we’re watching on screen, we’re probably fast approaching the notable moment for the Night’s Watch atop the Wall. Season 4 saw an attack at the Wall by wildlings and it seems that this event might play a part in Sons of Winter.

Currently the only word we have on a release date for the episode is ‘soon’. Keep your eyes peeled for an actual date of release soon.

The Civilization games are fairly well liked. The most recent entry into it though suffered from being that game to follow a popular predecessor. Civ V once fitted with its DLC entries was a very good game, and Beyond Earth fell a little short of capturing me in the same way.

Now however Firaxis have announced the first DLC for Beyond Earth, entitled Rising Tide. As the name suggests it adds a lot to the game that is mainly based upon embarking upon alien seas to allow for colonisation of the ocean as well as mine resources from it. It’ll also expand the role of diplomacy among other new features:

• Building floating settlements and accessing natural resources hidden beneath the seas of the alien planet, while alien beasts with unique abilities inhabit the water and challenge players in distinctive ways
• Shaping the diplomatic landscape by upgrading traits, changing diplomatic relationships, and leveraging the benefits of your allies, all with political capital
• Unlocking a dynamic set of Diplomatic Traits while activating different combinations in response to the changing world
• Playing as one of four new factions, including the Al Falah, a group of nomad explorers descended from wealthy and resilient Middle Eastern states
• Investing in multiple Affinities to unlock hybrid Affinity units and upgrades for the first time;
• Collecting and combining alien relics via a new Artifact System that unlocks powerful benefits
• Exploring one of two new biomes, Primordial world, an untamed biome rife with volcanic activity and indicative of a chaotic landscape still forming in the new world

Riding Tide will be releasing this Autumn and will retail at around £20.