We’re big, big fans of the Nintendo Switch here at Critical Hit. Home to many of last year’s best games, Nintendo’s hybrid machine lets players play on the go, or dock the system at home and play on their TVs. It’s wonderful, and allows lapsed gamers who struggle to fit games into their lives return to their once-favoured hobby. So we're giving one away.

Successful Doomfist players know that the key to victory lies in closing the gap between any and all opposition. A feat which has become more and more difficult as of late and pretty much non-existent in competitive circles. The primary problem? Doomfist’s pool of health is a mere 250compared to some of the other heavy characters in Overwatch, his cooldown between special moves leaves him open to vicious counterattacks and sacrificing range for damage doesn’t always guarantee a quick kill. Problems that Blizzard are looking to nerf as they begin tweaking the punchtastic villain.

At E3 this year, Atari announced that it would be returning to the hardware business, with a brand new console. They've now revealed that it's a mini Linux Pc.

Looking to buy something that looks visually impressive? The Xbox One X might be your best bet. Sure, it may not be launching with any new games, but it’ll certainly be making existing games look quite sexy with numerous enhancements as fans wait for proper native 4K games to trot out. Good luck grabbing one locally come November though, as it sounds like the console has met its biggest obstacle: Bureaucracy.

EA’s digital simulation of life has been a PC mainstay for many a year now, last spotted on a console back in 2010. That’s all changing in November, as The Sims 4 is finally ready to jump back into those Xbox One and PS4 waters on November 17.

Atari is back in the hardware business with a new machine that's set to play retro games and current ones. It sure is sexy, but will it be any good?

Announced earlier in the year, fans have been waiting for a local release date and pricing on the SNES Mici Classic Console. Here it is, according to Raru: September 29, for 1249 of your Randelas. That’s a tad bit pricier than the NES Mini Classic, although you know exactly who to blame for it.

It’s E3 time! That’s exciting for gamers because it’s like gamer Christmas – as long as your family Christmases were about looking at things that you can’t have, just like mine were! Now you can have stuff, with PlayStation and Xbox stuff on sale.