One of the games due to release this January is Techland’s zombie survival parkour game Dying Light. However while the digital copies will make it to the virtual shelves everywhere for the release date of January 27th, regions outside the United States are going to see a short delay on physical copies for console and PC coming to the actual shelves.

The announcement was made via the game’s official Facebook page and reads:

“There will be a short delay in the release of physical copies of Dying Light in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia.” stated the announcement. “The game will have a global digital release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC of January 27, 2015. As physical production has a longer lead time than digital there is some delay in the aforementioned territories. We will share information on the availability of physical copies as soon as it is confirmed.”

There hasn’t been a date set for when to expect the physical copies to arrive in these regions either, so if you want to gain access sooner rather than later think about acquiring the game digitally.

The details for Battlefield Hardline’s next upcoming Beta have been revealed today by Visceral and EA, and it’s going to be open to all, regardless of platforms or if you were a part of the previous Beta.

The open beta will show off two maps and mods with 64-player Conquest being a part of it as well as new mode Hotwire – basically an excuse to have a lot of high-speed pursuits in cars and shoot at each other. As if players needed excuses to do that. However despite the map and mode limits, there will be no cap to the experience so feel free to get stuck in and unlock classes, weapons, gizmos; as much as has been included for the beta. The developers want the players to come in and stay awhile.

That first beta took place not long after the game was announced, but the feedback suggested that frankly it had a very long way to go to be anything special; most seeing it as a reskin of the same game just with cops and robbers instead of the standard Battlefield soldier. That feedback led Visceral and EA to postpone the game’s release to try and make Hardline the game the community wanted it to be.

While there’s been no date set for the beta, we do know that Battlefield Hardline’s new release date is March 17th. I just hope that the extra time means that it will turn out to be a halfway decent game this time.

Turtle Rock Studios have revealed the form of another creature that will be available to play in their 4 v 1 shooter game Evolve, due to release a little later this year. Meet Behemoth.

Behemoth of course is the beast that was named by the votes of the gamers a few months ago. Back then we only got to see a silhouette of the creature but now we can see that Behemoth is quite a large, rocky beast and just from that appearance you can already guess the play style the monster player who chooses him will need to use.

Compared to the other beasts, Behemoth’s armour and health pool are several times that of Wraith who was the last creature revealed and are above even Goliath; the first monster that was revealed and widely assumed to be the game’s tanky beast until now. And while the other three rely on varying balances of defence and mobility to survive and evolve Behemoth is designed to take the punishment with his abilities. As expected though, Behemoth is not gifted in the area of mobility so has to be able to take a beating. The standard movement speed is not great, and he can’t actually jump of leave the ground in any way unless he’s climbing up something or falling off it.

However it’s not to say that keeping your distance is a safe tactic for fighting him as a Hunter, oh no. For one thing Behemoth is armed with a spiked tongue that can ensnare and pull in unwary Hunters to face the creature’s long reach and devastating melee damage. Behemoth can also throw up a Rock Wall defence that stops incoming projectiles and if placed right can prevent pulled in foes from fleeing easily. Fissure is an ability that opens a narrow, long fissure in the earth that launches hunters into the air as well as dealing huge damage and Lava Bomb is an ability that allows Behemoth to throw a large projectile that splits into many smaller ones to rain down fiery pain and burns a large area for 15 seconds and has an impressive range that spans around 200 meters.

Finally Behemoth does have one special evasive maneuver up his sleeve, being able to roll up into a ball of hardened earth. He can then roll around to deal some damage, and pick up speed although it’s safe to say his turning circle probably isn’t great so some skill will be needed to use it properly.

Behemoth won’t be available straight away after release, and will be a kind of DLC beast. Those who have pre-ordered will get him free, while anyone else can purchase him for around $14.99. Because Turtle Rock have taken an interesting and fair policy towards DLC though you’ll still be able to play against other people who own him though if you don’t own him yourself.

The standalone game in the Saints Row franchise is almost upon us. Gat Out of Hell will see Johnny Gat and Kinzie taking on the legions of hell and thus some of the pre-order bonuses being offered through Deep Silver are suitably… unusually themed.

If you pre-order the game through the UK retailer GAME, you will receive the Saints Row “Wee-Ja” board to let you get in touch with the other side, and if you want to use it for reasons other than dabbling in the dark arts (but seriously, don’t do that) you could stand a chance of winning something.

Sending photos of yourself with your “Wee-Ja” board to weeja@deepsilver.com will enter you into a competition to win an evening ghost-hunting with spirit medium Derek Acorah. If you’re into that sort of thing, it should be great.

In other more traditionally-themed pre-order bonuses, you’ll get the DLC pack Plague of Frogs for free if you do pre-order and that will allow for the weaponisation of amphibians. Somewhat more standard fare for Saints Row really.

Evolve has gone gold today, getting its certification. Not that this is any surprise given that we know it’s coming out this February, but it is important for one other reason and that reason is charity.

Back in January Turtle Rock announced that they were taking a “No Shave ‘Til Ship” pledge. Basically this meant that until the game passed its certification the bearded members of staff would not shave their beards and the other non-bearded staff wouldn’t be cutting their hair. For every inch of hair grown and cut at the end of the end of the time period, the studio would donate $50 to charity Child’s Play. The final total was 227.5 inches which meant a respectable $11,375 would be donated and with published 2K agreeing to match that donation a massive $22,750 has been donated to charity today as a result. Wow.

Turtle Rock are now turning their attention the the upcoming Open Beta, which is only open to Xbox One owners although there will be a small “closed technical test” for PC players from January 16th. Conditions to be included aren’t known but there’s been some rumours around that having been in the Alpha test will increase your chances of getting in.