Plumbers are red, hedgehogs are blue. Push start to join and be my player two.

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics are looking to push two special editions of Marvel's Avengers on fans, each one giving a three day headstart to the action within and free access to the upcoming beta if you throw in a pre-order as well. BUY. CONSUME. OBEY.

There’s a new generation of video games on the way, and one of the first such titles looking to bring the idea of enemy heads erupting in a geyser of maths all so that you can score some sweet loot, is Outriders. Developer People Can Fly, they of the dick-killing fame behind the criminally underrated Bulletstorm, are dipping their toes into loot ‘n shoot territory on the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, and so far the game looks kind of neat.

Magic Arena as once gain made Magic: The Gathering popular at a digital level. And it is going to be coming to your mobile device soon too.

A good carpet can do a lot to spice up the aesthetics of a room. It can throw in a splash of colour, provide some a necessary flow to the lounge and maybe give the cat something to scratch on that isn’t your lovely new couch. The one thing a good carpet can’t do is cover a hole. The sort …

The couch co-op roguelite game has been pushed back to an unconfirmed date so who knows when we’ll get to play it next.

If you play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, then you’ll already know that the game’s patches have become unbearable. They’re annoying enough for those on uncapped fibre, but for people with any sort of limited connection, they must be despised. That’s because they’re not just frequent, but often clock in at dozens of Gigabytes. The latest one clocked in PlayStation 4 was 51 GB and a frankly ludicrous 68 GB on PC and Xbox One. That’s fine and well, but there was a 50Gb patch just a few weeks ago.

This week’s latest Destiny 2 bug was a bit serious, as players began losing extremely valuable currency and rare items. A fix was of course on the cards for Bungie’s emergency response team, one that the studio actually took time to talk about and explain how things got out of control in the first place.