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If you preordered a digital copy of the hotly hyped PC version of Rockstar’sGrand Theft Auto V, you can pre-load the open-world game starting today, April 7. Pre-loads through the Rockstar Warehouse and Steam will start sometime later today, though a specific time has not yet been announced.

After multiple delays, the PC edition of GTA V arrives one week from today on April 14. Pre-loading timing was originally announced last week.

For more on the PC edition of GTA V, check out the game’s minimum and recommended specifications. If you want an idea of what it’ll look like on PC, watch the latest trailer above or see the images below.

GTA V was originally released in September 2013 for last-generation consoles. The game launched for current-generation machines in November 2014, selling 10 million units on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 as of December 31. In all, GTA V has shipped a massive 45 million copies worldwide.

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Call of Duty fans are following a breadcrumb trail of clues which is expected to lead up to the formal reveal of Black Ops 3.

On Monday, an unexpected update to the console editions of Black Ops 2 was deployed, but it appeared at first to make no noticeable changes to the popular first-person shooter. Players discovered, however, that a strange symbol had been covertly added onto in-game posters found within the multiplayer maps.

These images, as documented in the YouTube video above, are Snapchat friend request codes. When activated, these codes lead to a peculiar video that people speculate is somehow related to Call of Duty: Black Ops 3.

As shown below, the ten-second video features a blinking eye, a shadowy woodland area, and finally a solitary tree standing within plains of snow. Some players have noticed, though it may be a coincidence, that the shadow cast by the woodland trees creates a sunlight-silhouette of the roman numeral III.

In February, Activision said it expects to release a Call of Duty game this fall, and confirmed that the project is in development at Black Ops studio Treyarch.

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A scheduled server switch-off for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One editions of NBA 2K14 has wiped players’ save files because they required online synchronisation.

Despite publisher 2K Games previously assuring fans that save files would survive the transition, players began to notice in early April that their career mode data was no longer accessible.

2K Games did not warn players that their save files would be deleted, and has only confirmed the issue via responses to emails.

One such message, obtained by Polygon, explains that those who still play the basketball sim will need to restart their career mode if they wish to continue playing.

A 2K Support representative wrote: “This means that if you had created a MyCareer or a MyGM online save file that was once connected to our servers it too sadly has retired and is no longer available for use and it would be necessary to re-create these files as offline saves.”

Players who have poured hours of time into the game have expressed their disappointment at the decision.

On Twitter, one player exclaimed: “Was 1/3 into my tenth and final season of NBA 2K14 career mode and you shut down the servers for good? Thanks a lot, 2K, I’m done with you!”

Another wrote: “Hard to believe a game that is 1.5 years old is useless already. Can’t access my season now. Awful way to treat your customers.”

Freelance games journalist Chris Scullion suggested on his blog that a bond of trust has been broken. He wrote: “Just like that, 2K Sports has ended my 73-hour single player career by killing its online servers.”

GameSpot has contacted 2K to discuss whether the game’s successor, NBA 2K15, will also implement the same save file deletion should its servers ever be switched off.

Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game are not affected.

The support message continues: “Sadly this may come as an inconvenience to some of you and if so we truly do understand and can feel for how upsetting this may seem as there always is a special bond that occurs between a player and their MyCareer save but all good things must come to an end and rest assured your MyCareer or MyGM went out while on top!”

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Two separate games from Tokyo studio From Software now feature in the UK all-format games chart, according to official data.

While the PlayStation 4 exclusive Bloodborne drops one place to third during its second week since release, its predecessor also joins it in the top ten. Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin–a remaster of the acclaimed 2014 title for Xbox One and PS4–enters the chart at eighth. It marks the first time two titles developed by the studio have featured in the same chart bracket simultaneously.

EA’s police-themed FPS Battlefield Hardline, meanwhile, retains its position in first for the third week running. The console version of Grand Theft Auto V, ahead of its release on PC, climbs to second.

Easter sales promotions help Far Cry 4 climb three places to fifth, while Dying Light maintains its successful run, holding in at ninth.

Two new releases made the top 40. Sims 4 expansion Get to Work enters at 18, while Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, which can only be played on the New Nintendo 3DS, comes in at 27.

The full top ten follows.

1. Battlefield Hardline
2. GTA V
3. Bloodborne
4. FIFA 15
5. Far Cry 4
6. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
7. Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
8. Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin
9. Dying Light
10. Destiny

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During the latest Nintendo Direct, the company revealed that fan-favorite Lucas would be returning to the Smash Bros. franchise this June. That may be something of a wait, but the YouTube channel Master0fHyrule directly compared the animations from the Nintendo Direct trailer for Lucas and his previous appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

The results are pretty neat and help highlight some of the key differences between Brawl and the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS releases. The Wii U footage looks much clearer because of the bump to high-definition visuals. Lucas is also a bit faster in the new version, which matches the general increase in the speed of play in the latest Smash Bros. release.

Lucas will be the second DLC character for Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. The first downloadable fighter, Mewtwo, will be available on April 28. Players who purchased Smash Bros. on both systems and registered their copies with Club Nintendo before March 31 will receive download codes for Mewtwo for free. Everyone else can purchase the character on one system for $3.99 or both for $4.99.

Masahiro Sakurai, the series’ director, previously stated that there would be no more paid DLC. As such it’s not clear whether players will need to pay for Lucas as some will with Mewtwo.

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