Here’s a look at what I thought was going to happen this year…and what has actually happened so far.

In Rise of Iron, players could get their hands on Artifacts, valuable antiques which would give them slight boosts that made a world of difference during more hectic encounters across the solar system. In Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, they’re finally making a return.

Here’s the catch when it comes to cultivating a cult of personality through streaming: Everything you do will live on forever in infamy, whether it be picking your nose during a stream or dropping the kind of language that you’d never want your mom to see you using. Here’s a prime example of fame creating infamy: Alinity Divine or Natalia Mogollon to her parents, created a buzz online when her cat came to her for some love during a round of Apex Legends and she instead threw the furry fella behind her so that she could carry on playing.

At the San Diego Comic-Con, Death Stranding game director Hideo Kojima revealed how he got pulled over at the American customs department for carrying around that creepy BB Pod baby with him.

Many years later, and what has changed in Gears 5and its new arcade mode multiplayer mode? Not much, but just enough.

Months after launch, something is finally happening inside of Anthem as part of a pre-Cataclysm event. New challenges are now up, but the only thing that’s actually noteworthy right now is how they’ll make a homeopath shriek in terror as the majority of them involve killing crystallised enemies, collecting their quartz remains and completing other crystal-themed events.

Microsoft has just released its fourth quarter 2019 financial report, and while the numbers within are potent enough to double as chartered accountant Viagra, it did paint an interesting picture of the near future for the brand.

You fink you’re ‘ard mate? Well let’s see if you’re hardcore enough for Cyberpunk 2077, a game which wants to up the ante not only on the challenge of surviving in a city run by unchecked capitalism but also make the story of that experience stand out.