There’s been many a rumour and plenty of social media speculation surrounding the Souzern Lions reveal. As of today the cat has finally been released from its long imprisonment in the metaphorical bag. Souzern Lions have announced the entry of the CounterStrike: Global Offensive pickup game service, FACEIT into the South African market. What is FACEIT? You may recognise them …

If you’re a fan of Devolver’s take on the Hyperbole machine that is E3’s press conferences, then good news! They’ll be back this year with another show, and they’re already apologising in advance for it.

The biggest games come out to E3 every year, but beneath their advertising blitzkrieg are a ton of other games. Titles which deserve just as much love and attention from the mainstream press. Here’s a look at five such games that we can’t wait to see at E3 this year.

If you enjoyed the first Pillars of Eternity, then there’s a damn good chance you’ll mine even more enjoyment out of the sequel. Quite a few of the smaller niggling issues that hampered the first game have been addressed, and you’re certainly not as burdened to remember nearly as much history to understand character motivations. If you’re new to the franchise, you’ll be a bit under pressure to read up on characters and events from the first game, but it caters to new players (or those who have simply forgotten everything from the first game) well enough, is one of the best story-telling experiences I’ve had in recent memory, and is otherwise bloody fantastic isometric RPG.

Mettlestate, Evetech and Lenovo – the Dota 2 #JoinTheLegion brain trust – are bringing the local CS:GO community their next tournament. The Evetech Champions League (brought to you by Lenovo) season one is still to be detailed fully. However, to get the conversation going, you can expect an exhibition match on 10 June. The match will feature a legends team …

Call of Duty is one of the worst offenders when it comes to season passes and DLC. With brand new maps perpetually tied to map packs, there’s a splintered player base. Many other multiplayer games have moved away from this model, instead giving players free maps over the game’s life time.

Destiny 2's heroic strikes currently give out some of the worst rewards in the game, a problem that Bungie aims to fix by the end of the month.

Despite reports stating the contrary, Black Ops IIII never had a traditional campaign that was eventually cut out. Instead, Treyarch never had one to start with.