It's a simple digital collection of old standards, card games, mechanical toys and pub classics - though not all of them transfer well to the medium. Those that do are a delight to play. It doesn't have the usual charm you'd find in Nintendo games, but the presentation makes up for it with familiarity, fun tutorials and interesting bits of trivia.

It’s time! TO S-S-S-S-S-S-S-SPENDUEL SOME CASH! CUE DRAMATIC MUSIC AND SOMETHING ABOUT THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP! Usually around this time, Sony kicks off a Days of Play event that has some significant discounts offered up, perfect for those gamers who don’t mind shoving their hungry kids out of the way as if they were a line-cutter at Tops on June 01. This year? It’s happening again.

I’m close to 60 hours into Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and I’ loving every single minute of it, to a point where my enthusiasm for the franchise has been properly reinvigorated along the way.

While visually intriguing and distinct, Liberated feels more like an idea than a game, thanks to an uninspired story, boring gameplay and a stunning lack of polish.

Larian Studios has teased that we can expect more from the highly anticipated role-playing game this week, although what form that’ll take has yet to be confirmed.

Whether there was a crowded city square, a perfect gargoyle vantage point or even a brief pause between a sword swings, they all had one thing in common in Assassin’s Creed: Those were the perfect moments of opportunity within which to strike hard and fast with a hidden blade, a weapon that had become the trademark tool of the Assassins …

Nothing lasts forever. Empires have crumble, Highlanders have gotten their heads chopped off in bafflingly bad fourth films in a movie franchise and even a French baguette dreads the day when it is no longer fit to be used as a stale baton. You can throw video game servers onto that list, because no matter the fandom or the passion for any particular game, there will come a day when the lights are turned off and that final multiplayer match is had.

Is there any hope for the Xbox Series X, in giving Sony and Nintendo a run for their money? Only if they switch gears and brands, to revive one of the most beloved names in the land of the rising sun. According to the wildest of rumours, Microsoft looks set to break into Japan by giving their next console a brand spankin’ new name: The SEGA Series X.