With a new year comes new plans, as is the case for Blizzard who have announced what lies in store for the World of Warcraft Esports program in 2019. The big headlines of the announcement include the return of the Arena World Championship, which will see players bang it out for a larger prize pool, which will be sourced from …

February this year is pretty crowded when it comes to blockbuster games, and no date is more crowded than Friday 15. On that day, we’ll see Crackdown 3 finally hit retail after too many delays to mentions. We’ll also see Ubisoft’s Far Cry 5 spinoff New Dawn, anime brawler Jump Force and the post-apocalyptic shooter Metro Exodus. Just a week later, and EA and Bioware’s Anthem will be out. It leaves Metro Exodus competing for wallets and time with some big heavy hitters – but publisher Deep silver isn’t too worried.

These days, you can find Final Fantasy VII on a wide range of platforms. In 2019, it’ll be joining Final Fantasy IX and the remasters of of X and X-2 on Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch. So what’s the deal? Why is Final Fantasy VIII given the cold shoulder constantly? The answer, lies in two possible reasons that fans have debated across the internet for ages.

Anthem has a pair of demos out this week and the week after that, kicking off for pre-order and EA Origin Access pals on January 25 and everyone else on February 1. What do you get for your gigabytes? A hopefully solid taste of Bioware back on form and ready to rock with their Destiny-killer that has you piloting advanced warsuits across hostile terrain and lighting up the land with lethal ordinance. Basically, a taste of things to come. Here’s the catch though: That taste may differ from the main course.

This week’s announcement? A bunch of new characters that includes a bunch of ninjas: Boruto Uzumaki, Gaara, Kakashi Hatake and Kaguya Otsutsuki from the Naruto universe. If your AMV senses aren’t tingling yet, that’s a stable of powerful fan favourite ninjas (and Boruto) that’ll be joining Uzumaki Naruto in action. Plus a certain someone else from the Joestar bloodline looks set to make the cut.

SEGA has now sort of revealed when Yakuza Kiwami, a brilliant remake of the very first game, is headed to PC. The game was announced alongside modern prequel Yakuza 0 for the PC last year. While Yakuza 0 is already on steam, we’re still waiting for Kiwami. It doesn’t seem like we’ll be waiting very much longer. In a taser gif on the Steam store page, a single frame flashes the game’s release date: February 19.

It’s so awfully cliched and trite that I’m genuinely disappointed in myself – but there I was, pumping my fist in the air, impassionately whooping while Kenny Loggins’ “Highway to the Danger Zone” played inside my head. I’d just finished one of Ace Combat 7’s dogfighting missions, that saw me pilot my plane through a thunderstorm while trying to take …

Warframe developer Digital Extremes has a lot planned for their F2P looter shooter in 2019, and they've laid out their roadmap for the hugely popular game.