Kind of looks like a boombox but I dig it. For the last couple of month’s the next-gen Xbox has been operating under the codename of Project Scarlett, a name that was bound to change as Microsoft finalised plans on the overall look, philosophy and internal design of a device that’ll pave the way for a new console cycle. That prototype era is officially over, as Microsoft officially unveiled Xbox Series X at The Game Awards last night.

After hours of deliberation, we've come up with the definitive list of which Nintendo Switch games are the absolute best for those long hours of load shedding.

Could Half-Life: Alyx come to console, especially the PS4 and its PSVR hardware? Probably not anytime soon.

Here we are, the end of the year. Hundreds of games in the bag, with only a mere handful left to be instant stocking stuffers. Who’d have thought we’d end up with this list of gems? Not me! And yet here we sit, ready to look at the best of the best. The cream of the crop, the gold standard for gaming in 2019. We’ve got a number of winners in various genres, plenty of nominees but much like the best Highlander film would say, there can be only one.

Over on reddit, Fallout 76 players are reporting that certain armour effects of the legendary variety are being entirely busted like a silly myth whenever they reload their weapons. It’s not happening to everyone, but there’s enough consistency across the board to make this a worrying issue.

Bad news for fisticuffs fans: EA's magnificent Fight Night Round 4 has one more round in the tank before it shuts down its servers in early 2020.

That console you’ve got in your living room? Its more than just a gateway to new gaming experiences, online adventures and a hub for sharing content. It’s also a box that can serve a certain other need that usually revolve around a little of the ol’ five-knuckle shuffle. With consoles having a web browser, a lot of pocket pinball players opt to get their sultry kicks through that piece of hardware.

If there’s a joy in life that has to be experienced, it is the sheer thrill of petrolhead paradise that is Forza Horizon 4. A gripping collection of races over a vast section of merry ol’ England, you don’t even need to be competitive to enjoy, as a simple afternoon drive behind the wheel of an impossibly fast supercar is …