Ghost Recon: Breakpoint had everything going for it on launch day. It had the legacy of the massively successful Wildlands game to build on top of, the new map of Aurora looked stupidly massive and the core concept of a soldier stuck behind enemy lines while being hunted by rebels who could give him a run for his money made …

The survival aspects that were hyped ahead of Breakpoint’s launch don’t offer much other than an annoying limp should you cock up in battle, and the tiered loot system is alright at best. Ubisoft has promised a fix for those legitimate criticisms, one that was expected by the end of February but it looks like this new immersive mode is taking a little longer to be perfectly cooked.

I think it’s safe to say that Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is not, as it stands, a very good game. The game was savaged by critics, who found it both janky and generic – which is never a good combination. One f the things I appreciate most about Ubisoft though is that they’re willing to stand by their games, making even the most middling ones significantly better. While I’m not sure it’s possible to polish a turd to a sheen, Ubisoft is going to try anyway. They’ve outlined the big changes coming to Breakpoint as they do their best to mould into something worth playing.

Let it never be said that Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is a game without ideas. Great ideas, terrible ideas, and even some great ideas implemented terribly, I’ve seen them all thus far in the 20 or so hours I’ve spent with this latest entry in Ubisoft’s tactical military shooter franchise. Then there are ideas borrowed from other games only half of which seem to actually belong here.

Ghost Recon Breakpoint is out today, though it’s been in a sort of early access for those who purchased the game’s most expensive editions. During that period, it was found that the game is stuffed with all manner of egregious microtransaction. To be fair to Ubisoft, the situation’s been blown out of proportion for the most part, as just about everything that can be bought – and it’s all cosmetic nonsense – can be earned in-game. There were, however also a few of Ubisoft’s favourite needless microtransactions: Time savers.

Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is shaping up nicely so far. Jon Berenthal looks like a terrific antagonist, the gameplay has a harder edge to it and the Auroa Islands peninsula looks massively more interesting than the lush jungles of Bolivia. See for yourself in footage that we've brought back from E3.

For Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Ubisoft is dropping players onto the fictional island of Auroa, a sandbox checklist of various locations that are perfect for a squad of hairy black ops soldiers to engage in a bit of the ol’ Rambo LARP. You’ve got rainforests, snowy mountains and even a freakin’ volcano to navigate around. Pretty diverse terrain, which happens to be populated with killer attack drones that have zero empathy and ethical safeguards thanks to inventor Jace Skell not having to worry about pesky government regulations.

Tennis World Tour was one of the most anticipated sports games this year. Fans of the sport have been waiting for what seems an eternity for a good Tennis game, and that’s the opposite of what they got. I had the misfortune of reviewing the game, and while there’s potential for a decent game in there somewhere, the game was released in a half-baked state.