We’re just days away from the end of the month, which means it’ll soon be the end of the year, and the beginning of a new decade. I know, I feel old too. Anyway, as the year comes to a close, it’s time for all of those “Game of the Year” awards to start showing up everywhere. As is custom, …

After more than a decade of waiting, Age of Empires finally returns with a fourth game in the series, one that looks to walk a delicate tightrope of nostalgia and new ideas while still setting the benchmark for the RTS genre.

Stadia launched less than two weeks ago, with its early-access Founder’s Edition giving Stadia Pro access to those who jumped in early. As part of Stadia Pro, users are granted a handful of free games as part of the subscription, similar to how Games with Gold and PlayStation Plus work. When the system launched the free games offered were Destiny 2 and Samurai Shodown (which are both excellent games, by the way).

Strife, the Rider of the White Horse, is both impulsive and witty, true to the motto "Shoot first, ask questions later" or "Two Guns, one Horseman". He is the one who has blood on his boots on a pretty much constant basis. He fought countless enemies with his two best friends, Mercy and Redemption and the protection of his impenetrable armor. Always by his side is Mayhem, Strife's phantom steed.

With the fervour over the recent Rugby World cup dying down, now’s a good time to stoke the fire again. While it ideally should have been released during the World Cup to capitalise on that, Rugby 20 is readying itself for a January 23 2020 launch. The game’s already got a playable beta available to those who’ve pre-ordered, but the selection of teams an licences in the beta is limited.

Not the best Christmas present from Microsoft, but with Game Pass being such a wonderful service, they’re probably more focused on getting the good stuff on there.

The previous level cap of 100 will be raised by an extra 400 levels and include more Apex packs to unlock along the way. I’ve played a stupid amount of Apex Legends since it launched this year and if you had to look at my profile you’d hardly be able to see the 250+ hours I’d put into it. Why’s …

December will throw two games at anyone who has coughed up some cash for their monthly subscription: The heavily underrated Titanfall 2 which proved that Respawn Entertainment could craft a banger of a single-player campaign and…Monster Energy: Supercross.