Back in September Harebrained Schemes launched a Kickstarter to crowdfund a new Battletech game. The goal was $250,000 but it soon far outstripped that and now the campaign has hit $2.5 million, reaching the last stretch goal of PvP multiplayer.

Any further raised funds will go towards improving the game now instead of adding new features, but there are plans to expand upon the game after it has been launched properly. “After that, any additional funds will go toward funding a Post-Launch Live Team that will continue developing additional features and content. First among them will be Cooperative Multiplayer, which will allow you and a friend to face-off against AI opponents.”

Battletech is a turn-based tactical game, with a full single player campaign mode and will also feature open-ended “mercenary” missions that will allow players to play on with accepting procedurally-generated contracts.

The Kickstarter will wrap at 3 pm ET on November 3.

The latest DLC pack has been released for Bethesda’s MMO the Elder Scrolls Online, bringing with it a new area and missions centralised mainly around the rebuilding of the Orcism homeland Orsinium.

The King of the Orcs Kurog and his mother are the ones who have put out the request for all available adventurers to come aid them with the rebuilding to keep away enemies who have an interest in making sure the work does not get finished and the capital is not secured for the Orcs. The DLC should involve arou8nd 20 hours worth of new content for players, with both solo and group content available for play.

Also with the DLc comes the solo-focused Maelstrom Arena where you can do battle with the strongest monsters the game has for prizes and features “nine combat rings and two different difficulty levels”. The group side has two new public dungeons in Old Orsinium and Rkindaleft and there are also six new world bosses dotted around the map for you to take on.

This content is free if you’re a ESO Plus sub, otherwise it’ll set you back 3000 Crowns which is the equivalent of £14.99 / $24.99 in real world cash.

It seems that limited-edition alcohols related to upcoming big video games is a thing now. I must have missed the memo somewhere, because shortly after I told you about Carlsberg and Bethesda planning to release a UK-exclusive Fallout drink Australia is due to get one too themed around Call of Duty.

The beer is 4.8% and will ship on November 2nd, 4 days before the next Call of Duty game itself is released. Someone in the naming department must be found of puns as well, because the beer is called “Black Hops Midnight Pale Ale”. Groan.

The ale itself is a pale ale, and is described as being “light and refreshing with tantalising hop aromas of pine and citrus fruit” and has been fused with roasted wheat to give it a dark colour while still allowing it to retain the less harsh flavour of a pale ale.

If you’re interested in having a suitable alcohol for your FPS runs,  you can buy it here.

Well, if you pay any attention to the news you probably already know the result of Warner Bros ‘fixing’ the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight. In case you don’t, here’s the short version: they pretty much didn’t.

However, if you had held on for the re-release/big patch and are therefore now stuck with it there’s some good news. The refund period for both the game and the season pass to go with it have been extended up until the end of the year, meaning that if you still want your money back you can get it. However, the game itself is also going to remain on sale which is a little confusing.

In their statement Warner Bros wrote: “We are very sorry that many of our customers continue to be unhappy with the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight. We worked hard to get the game to live up to the standard you deserve but understand that many of you are still experiencing issues. Until the end of 2015, we will be offering a full refund on Batman: Arkham Knight PC, regardless of how long you have played the product. You can also return the Season Pass along with the main game (but not separately). For those of you that hold onto the game, we are going to continue to address the issues that we can fix and talk to you about the issues that we cannot fix.”

That last bit is concerning. “Issues we cannot fix”. Sounds like they’re fed up of trying honestly and it doesn’t reflect well on Warner Bros at all. Battlefield 4 for example was also a buggy game upon release and for months after, but last time I looked the developers and companies involved with making it had continued to support it and fix bugs. Warner Bros are a big company and should know better.

There’s also the issue of people who received their copy of the game through promotions like the GTX 970 one that let you get the game as long as you brought the hardware. Those people who got the game that way but also the season pass are a little bit stuck now with a pass they can’t return because they technically never bought the game itself.

I guess the PC version of Arkham Knight is just going to be another chapter in the ongoing saga that seems to be big triple A games from big companies releasing in a state that’s far from fit and never really ever living up to the hype.

And that’s really sad.

Lawyers aren’t generally thought of as having a sense of humour or fun, so this story while a little surprising is actually quite cool.

Upon devising the EULA for Larian Studios’ game Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition the lawyer decided to run a little experiment to see how many people actually do read all of the terms before they hit the accept button. Therefore they hid this line in the text:

“16. Special Consideration. A special consideration in material or immaterial form may be awarded to the first 100 authorized licensees to actually read this section of the EULA and contact Larian Studios at info@larian.com. This offer can be withdrawn by Larian Studios at any time.”

So the first 100 people who actually read this and bothered to contact the address actually got something for their trouble, being given a bunch of Larian game codes for some of the other games the studio had put out.

“Our lawyer feels good about this,” the developer explained via their Facebook page. “He’s also revoking the consideration because we’re making him pay for every mail we get.”