◆ Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin will run at 1080p/60fps on both new-gen consoles.

◆ Zombie Army Trilogy shambles onto Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Windows PC on March 7.

◆ A free web-based application called Total War Chronicles will allow Total War: Attila players to view, create, and share campaign stories from their playthroughs when the game launches on February 17.

◆ Forza Horizon 2’s Top Gear Car Pack is available now. It adds the 2015 Lexus RC F, the 1993 Jaguar XJ220, the 2014 BMW M235i, the 1986 Lamborghini LM002, the 2015 Ferrari 458 Speciale, and the 1966 Ford Lotus Cortina to the game.

◆ Wellington-based film company Fence Post Productions has released a short film that catches up with Gordon Freeman post-Half-Life 2.

◆ Here are the system requirements for Mortal Kombat X:

Minimum system requirements:
OS: 64-bit: Vista, Win 7, Win 8
Processor: Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | AMD Radeon HD 5850
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 25 GB available space

Recommended system requirements:
OS: 64-bit: Win 7, Win 8
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz | AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | AMD Radeon HD 7950
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 40 GB available space

◆ The next Sonic the Hedgehog games is a mobile title called Sonic Runners.

◆ Octodad: Dadliest Catch has made its developer Young Horses US$4.9m so far.

◆ Scalebound creative producer JP Kellams has tweeted out a link to Angel Land, an 8-bit take on Bayonetta.

◆ Out on PlayStation Plus this month are Apotheon (PS4), Transistor (PS4), Thief (PS3), Yakuza 4 (PS3), Rogue Legacy (PS4, PS3, PS Vita Cross Buy), and Kick and Fennick (PS Vita).

This parody of The Order: 1886 is actually pretty funny:

◆ A new update for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U that unlocks 15 more stages for 8-player mode is out now. It adds nine regular stages and six Final Destination stage variants.

◆ Disney has launched a Disney Infinity: Toy Box 2.0 app for iPad and iPhone. It features all of the tools and enhanced features of Toy Box 2.0 from Disney Infinity 2.0, as well as all-new multiplayer functionality so mobile gamers can create one-of-a-kind Toy Boxes together using their favorite Marvel and Disney characters, vehicles, settings and items.

◆ Sandbox Space Engineers follow-up Medieval Engineers will launch on Steam Early Access on February 20.