One of the things that makes Steam such a nice place to buy games is its very generous refund policy. If you’ve bought a game, given it a bit of a while and not enjoyed it at all, you can request a full refund – provided you do so within fourteen days and haven’t played said game for more than two hours. If the game is a broken mess, you can get a refund outside of those terms. It’s really quite consumer friendly, and a far cry from the sort of refund policies you’d find on PlayStation. Thankfully that’s changing

The Belgian authorities have concluded that loot boxes in games are akin to gambling, and have made their inclusion in games illegal. EA has refused to remove FIFA's lootboxes, and could be under criminal investigation in the country as a result.

Local tournament extravaganza Rush is looking to grow that mainstream appeal even further this year with a selection of tournaments that caters to the three biggest genres in the scene currently, but to do just that it looks like Rush will be moving to an even bigger venue.

EA may have had a ton of controversy on its hands thanks to greedy business practises within their games, but the publisher and developer still made mad bank in 2017.

There's no dedicated FIFA World Cup game this year from Electronic Arts, but there is a free patch for FIFA 18 that'll dress the footie simulator up in the colours of your favourite national team. That's kind of nice.

After the debacle around Star Wars Battlefront II last year, Belgium is putting a ban on games with loot boxes akin to those in Overwatch, Counter-Strike and FIFA 18.

Due to work commitments, my gaming time has been severely curtailed this year so the very limited time I get needs to be spent properly and utilised to its full potential so that I can experience the widest range of gaming in the shortest possible time.... yeah right, my addiction didn't allow that.

EA is not having a good month. On top of the unfolding Star Wars: Battlefront II loot box brouhaha and a quick about-turn on Need For Speed’s very similar system of grinding for progress, it looks like FIFA 18 players also have a bone to pick with the publisher. Fans of the footie sim have long been annoyed with the Weekend League in FIFA 18, a torturous commitment to earning sweet digital prizes that requires a silly amount of time to be invested in the mode.