There is one other way to celebrate the other side of the globe’s festival season, and that’s by living vicariously through the Steam Summer Sale. Because what better way is there to appreciate the warmest quarter of the year, than by staying inside and playing video games.

The US games retail-tracking company the NPD has released its figures for last month, showing that Sony’s PlayStation 4 remains the best-selling console in the US. As is usual, their analysis includes hardware, physical copies of games sold at retail, and some (but not all!) games sold digitally.

As far as attendees go, it was the busiest E3 since 2005. According to E3 organiser The ESA, this year saw 69,200 people step through the heavily guarded and secure doors of the the Los Angeles Convention Centre. They came to see the 3250 products, games and services demonstrated by 200 exhibitors -- including 85 companies that were exhibiting for the first time.

Every month, we get a handful of games from PlayStation Plus and Microsoft’s Games With Gold – and every month, they’re a middling collection of mid-weight hitters. That most certainly can’t be said for March 2018 though, because the PlayStation 4 games on offer are two of the best exclusive games the system has to offer. In fact, one of them may still be the system’s very best game: Bloodborne.

There's a Yakuza 6 demo. The idea was that people could play the opening moments of the game, and if they liked it, be able to pay and keep playing. Sometimes ideas and reality diverge, and the version on the US store didn’t have the necessary restrictions.

If your bank account had a working selection of orifices, now would be the right time to pass it a tub of KY Jelly. January is done, its two biggest releases in the bag and the month of love ain’t bothering with any foreplay before it gets down to business. From giant-slaying action to ports aplenty and a few remakes of the most classic JRPGs around, here’s what you can expect to spend a romantic evening on in February.

South Africa's competitive year will kick off early 2018 with the Ballistix Masters.

Ten teams have won the bid to join the North American LCS, which include four new names to the franchise.