This week's games news

Maverick games designer and father of the Metal Gear Solid franchise, Hideo Kojima, has taken to Twitter to declare his abject melancholy after watching the trailer for Grand Theft Auto V, deciding – without playing it – that the upcoming Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain isn't going to be as good. Microsoft has decided to kill its rewards programme, which gave you infinitesimal Microsoft Point bonuses when you spent money on Xbox Live, more often than not sending monthly emails informing you that you'd accumulated "0 points". Microsoft Points itself is also done for (you'll be able to buy games using local currency instead), a decision that feels considerably less weasely than the current Disney Dollars approach. Games out this week include The Smurfs 2 (Xbox, PS3, Wii, Wii U, DS) and tactical ancient Chinese hack-and-slash Dynasty Warriors 8 (Xbox, PS3).