While this year’s incarnation see’s Infinite Warfare’s Infinity Ward (try saying that five times fast without tying your tongue in a Gordian knot) step up to the plate for a rumoured new Modern Warfare 4, next year’s chapter in the franchise will see Sledgehammer back in action. Or maybe not.

There are still those who are willing to get up at the crack of dusk and boot up their console to find him for you. People who’ll risk digital life and limb to let you know if Xur is selling a treasure or rubbish. I just so happen to be one of those people. Maybe you’re stuck at work and can only log in later tonight. In that case: Where is Xur?

With Season of Opulence around the corner, Bungie is nerfing several weapons and armour pieces in the Exotic catergory, as they currently make upcoming endgame content a nightmare to develop.

You thought Batman meeting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was an unlikely alliance? Well buddy hold onto your butts, because this generation’s most unexpected team-up has been announced: Sony and Microsoft are joining forces to create a “strategic partnership” that will see the duo develop new cloud-based tech for their Xbox and PlayStation divisions.

Akane always ends in violence, bloodshed and the death of the titular hero. It’s the journey towards that inevitable conclusion, that makes this retro-styled experience one of the finest examples of its genre as it deftly weaves a subtle strategy with some of the tightest action on the market today.

Pokemon Rumble Rush is the perfect antithesis to anyone who doesn’t want to have to go outside and actually expose themselves to the elements if they want to catch Pokémon.

Skull and Bones has been charting its way through development waters for a good while now, and while it was originally scheduled to reach the 2019 dock after it had been forced to sail past an autumn 2018 window, it looks like it’ll be spending some more time at sea.

Nintendo’s Super Mario Maker was whatever you wanted it to be when it came out in 2015. Which for most people, was a chance to create absolutely mad and punishing levels that required godlike thumb gymnastics to get through. With the tools to create their own retro classics, the only thing missing was a proper story mode. Super Mario Maker 2 aims to fix that.