Expect four new expansions for Battlefield 1 this year

Premium members will see new maps, weapons, units and game modes starting March 14th.

This first expansion has you joining the fight as a French soldier to battle across four new maps including Verdun Heights, Fort De Vaux, Soissons and Rupture. There's a new game mode, too, called Frontlines, which has two teams fighting for control points in what EA calls "a tug-of-war frontline." The pack also includes two new tank units, an elite trench raider soldier class and a new stationary weapon, the Siege Howitzer.
The three other expansions, titled "In the Name of the Tsar," "Turning Tides" and "Apocalypse" feature Russian battles, amphibious warfare, and the most infamous battles of the Great War, respectively.

The $49 Premium Pass will give you all current and future expansions, 14 superior Battlepacks (in-game loot), two-week early access to expansions as they release and 16 new multiplayer maps. In addition, you'll be able to play with new elite classes, armies, 20 new weapons and extra game modes.

Unity's 2017 game engine will focus on artists and designers

Unity's keynote at this year's GDC was all about the future of its game engine. The company has outlined plans for the next major version of its platform, Unity 2017, which is being designed with creators in mind. Unity says one of the main goals is to improve team productivity and collaboration features for non-programmers, particularly those who are artists and designers -- someone like a cinematic animator, for example. Developers will be able to sign up for a beta in April, marking the end of the Unity 5 cycle that began in 2014.

Xbox Game Pass

'For $9.99 a month (or £7.99) gamers will get access to Xbox One and Xbox 360 games on Xbox One. The service launches in the spring.

Microsoft is moving into the world of Netflix-style game subscriptions with Xbox Game Pass, a monthly service coming this spring that will give you a selection of games you can download and play on your Xbox One for $9.99 a month.

The service will include “over 100 games,” including Halo 5: Guardians, Payday 2, NBA 2K16 and SoulCalibur II.

“It’s important to us that Xbox Game Pass provides an enjoyable and seamless experience,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Polygon. “Right now, we’re focused on launching Xbox Game Pass on Xbox One consoles and look forward to bringing the service to the broader Xbox community later this spring.”

New Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 trailer

The second trailer for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 was revealed last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Trust us, you’re going to want to wait until the very end of this one.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 picks up right after the events of the first movie, but there are a couple of new characters entering the picture. Mantis, Ego the Living Planet and, perhaps most importantly, Baby Groot will all make their debuts in the sequel.

Nvidia announces 1080Ti card

As expected, Nvidia has announced it's new top range 1080 graphics card, the 1080Ti. Following in the tradition of previous generations, the card is an improved version of the base 1080 card, but the hardware manufacturer has promised that it shows an even greater increase in performance over the vanilla model than any of its x80 generational predecessors.

The 1080Ti will feature: 128 transistors, a 1.6GHz Boost with a 2GHz overclock, 28 SMs with 128 cores each, 3584 Cuda Cores, 28 Geometry units, 224 texture units, 6GPCs, 88 ROP units and 352 bit GDDR5x.

Pokémon Go downloads hit 650m

Pokémon Go has now been downloaded more than 650m times, developer Niantic Labs has announced.

The news emerged during the Google Developer day at the 2017 Game Developers Conference.

It's a huge figure, although the game had hit 500m downloads in under two months. That additional 150m, although impressive, has been over the past six months, which shows how the game's popularity is waning (although that was to be expected).

Nintendo NX reveal tomorrow

It's time. Nintendo's next console reveal is finally here. The Nintendo NX will get a trailer tomorrow at 7AM PT/10AM ET.