For better or for worse, exciting times lie ahead of us. It’s a brave new world out there for video games and for many of us, we didn’t even see it sneak up on us.

It’s Destiny all over again, which is a pity because Anthem has some terrific potential to craft a new Arthurian legend for itself using its themes of Freelancers in shiny mechanised armour riding out to save the day. There is some very well deserved criticism towards Anthem’s storyline, especially when you factor in the narrative that could have been.

It turns out you don't need a fancy new RTX card to get some ray-tracing in your games anymore. Though if you want the best performance, you're still going to want to spend a fortune on the top of the range RTX cards.

It’s official! Google is entering the gaming sphere, and they’re planning to bring some massive disruption to the traditional hardware sphere that gaming has existed in for many a year now. Revealed last night at GDC 2019, Google’s Stadia will bring gaming to just about any device, without the requirement of a dedicated hardware box beyond the display itself to run games.

Late last week Valve announced a raft of improvements to Steam’s backend services for game developers, promising new networking features and protection against hackers and script kiddies looking to ruin everyone’s day. There’s also some performance bonuses in there as well, although it’ll take some time before these materialise in the games you play on Steam that use Valve’s network. …

There was only one way to settle the ancient feud between Xenomorphs and the Predator race, and that method involved an entire NRA convention’s worth of bullets back in the 1990s video game boom. If SEGA had been given a chance, they’d have settled the hash between two of the deadliest species in a much different way. On the sports field.

Hey, let me hit with you with a hot take: Walking kinda sucks. Hotter take: Running is even worse. How about the hottest take of them all: Running whilst adorned with piles of body armour and medical supplies whilst wielding heavy firearms as well as enough bullets to punch through a lead-lined safe is the worst. I know you all …

Welcome to E3 2019! Over here you’ll see Sony’s latest offerings and uh…Wait, they’re not here this year. Okay, moving on you can see what Microsoft has in store and oh wait they moved their operations to the Nokia theater across the road from us. Okay, not a train smash, but at least we’ve got EA to fill up the …