Activision has a few more of those remasters up its sleeves. With the publisher having scant few properties under its belt other than Call of Duty right now, Activision has realised that there’s some big money to be made when they give the past a face-lift. In a recent Q&A session that the company held with its voracious stockholders as they discussed the financial earnings for the 2nd Quarter, Activision president Rob Kostich detailed how their current remasters had done well on a critical and a financial level.

A new patent from Microsoft recently cropped up for a device that’ll turn your smartphone into an Xbox One hub, and while said patent doesn’t have any Xbox branding on it, it does have some intriguing technology based around the idea of “removable input modules”.

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?

Over in the world of Samurai Shodown, things are a little bit different. Sure the game has a broad selection of characters who all pack a universal wallop in their weapons, but at the highest level possible there’s a small number of favourite characters who stand out. And that’s just the way that Samurai Shodown director Nobuyuki Kuroki likes it.

The RTX 2080 Super is a strong, fast performing card that will definitely be difficult to feel disappointed with. But with both the RTX 2070 Super and the RTX 2080 Ti so closely around it, it’s a tough sell on either end of the spectrum.

That could be a really good thing considering the Strand genre is under-represented on PC

Mid-generation hardware updates have separated even console gamers into the haves and the have-nots. The PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X are faster, more powerful variants of now six-year-old consoles that are capable of pushing out more pixels per second than the base machines. While that does mean that some games are rendered at a glorious 4K (sigh..yes, really), …

Galar form Weezing in Pokémon Sword and Shield is the kind of silliness I live for, a Pokémon who looks like he’s ready to deny that climate change is real. Naturally the Internet did what it does best, which is run wild with fan art, video and memes highlighting just how wonderfully silly this new take on Weezing is.