Want more monkeys with jetpacks and space exploration in wild, graffiti laden ships? Beyond Good and Evil 2 is getting a new livestream look later today.

It’s still in early access, but this slice of life after the zombie apocalypse has consumed many an hour of my life so far, and I can’t wait to see what the completed game looks like eventually. Said completion is taking another step forward this week, as the Walken Dead tactics game (I gotta have more cowbell…and brains) builds upon its foundation with a stack of tweaks and new buildings.

Destiny 2's most masochistic event, the new Leviathan Raid Lair Spire of Stars, will launch pretty soon after Warmind drops.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider isn’t hesitating to give itself an extra graphical push, at least according to Eidos Montreal studio boss David Anfossi who reckons that the machine is more than capable of running the latest Croftastrophe caper at 4K and 60FPS.

Lumines Remastered is still bringing its intoxicating sounds and sights this year, but you'll have to wait until June now.

One upcoming game that won’t be dipping its toe into those battle royale waters, even though it has the potential to not be too shabby at it? Microsoft’s zombie apocalypse survival sim State of Decay 2.

I know it’s heavily romanticised, what with the fact that poor dental health, dysentery, rampant lawlessness, poor communication between towns, corrupt law enforcers, abundant poisonous wildlife, frostbite, pissed off Native Americans seeking retribution for decades of abuse, bullets being an expensive luxury that few could actually afford and…where was I? Oh right, the fact that the old wild west was …

With E3 around the corner, May is usually more barren than my fan club on any given day. That’s not to say that there aren’t any games coming out, but the biggest guns are usually reserved for the months following the annual gaming extravaganza. Where one side of the industry refrains from going all out, another side takes the opposite approach as this year’s May-day celebration is crammed to say the least.