People often forget that while The Doom Slayer is primarily a demon killer, he also moonlights as a stock exchange expert.

This is the month of remasters and console games hitting PC, starting with the delightfully charming Maquette, carrying through to Crash Bandicoot 4 no longer being a timed exclusive, and ending Disco Elysium’s final cut of content. Between all that, we’ve got Tony Hawk landing a 4K kickflip, Tales from the Borderlands on Nintendo Switch, and even Google’s Stadia managed to lock a third-party game down. Not bad!

In absolutely unsurprising news news to start the week off with, E3 as a physical show won’t be happening this year for the second time.

There are still those who are willing to get up at the crack of dusk and boot up their console to find him for you. People who’ll risk digital life and limb to let you know if Xur is selling a treasure or rubbish. I just so happen to be one of those people. Maybe you’re stuck at work and can only log in later tonight. In that case: Where is Xur?

The least-liked generation of pocket monsters has long been dormant since its release on the Nintendo DS back in 2007, but it’s finally time for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl to get a second chance at life! Nintendo announced that the Sinnoh region of games will be headed to the Nintendo Switch this year, as brand-new and faithful remakes titled Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

Pokemon games have always felt like they took part in some magical future with bleeding edge technology that could be used to store living gods inside of a convenient pokeball, but for the next game in the series? Nintendo and developer Game Freak are looking to explore the origin of the species. The Pokemon Company showed off Pokemon Legends Arceus, a game set in a feudal era version of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl’s Sinnoh region.

More than just a game, Pokemon is a media empire which has expanded beyond the humble Gameboy cart that the original game was coded onto. How do you even sum its impact up? By taking a quick look at what has made Nintendo’s pocket monster series so popular over the ages. Here’s 25 things that we love about Pokemon.

After years of questions, rumours and delays, it looks like all those System Shock fans are about to be more than a little excited.