Here’s everything that The Game Awards 2019 had to show off in the game reveal and brand spankin' new trailers department.

Kind of looks like a boombox but I dig it. For the last couple of month’s the next-gen Xbox has been operating under the codename of Project Scarlett, a name that was bound to change as Microsoft finalised plans on the overall look, philosophy and internal design of a device that’ll pave the way for a new console cycle. That prototype era is officially over, as Microsoft officially unveiled Xbox Series X at The Game Awards last night.

After hours of deliberation, we've come up with the definitive list of which Nintendo Switch games are the absolute best for those long hours of load shedding.

Announced yesterday, MPC Vancouver has shut its doors and let go hundreds of workers due to “more attractive opportunities in other locations”.

Could Half-Life: Alyx come to console, especially the PS4 and its PSVR hardware? Probably not anytime soon.

Here we are, the end of the year. Hundreds of games in the bag, with only a mere handful left to be instant stocking stuffers. Who’d have thought we’d end up with this list of gems? Not me! And yet here we sit, ready to look at the best of the best. The cream of the crop, the gold standard for gaming in 2019. We’ve got a number of winners in various genres, plenty of nominees but much like the best Highlander film would say, there can be only one.

If you called it, saying that the outrage around Rocket League’s exorbitant pricing seemed like a manufactured stunt that would lead to lowered pricing intended to make everybody happy, then give yourselves a high five and/or pat on the back. While it may not be quite as conspiratorial as that, Psyonix has announced that they’re reworking the game’s economy, by slashing the prices on its much maligned store.

Over on reddit, Fallout 76 players are reporting that certain armour effects of the legendary variety are being entirely busted like a silly myth whenever they reload their weapons. It’s not happening to everyone, but there’s enough consistency across the board to make this a worrying issue.