Gears 5 debuts later this year, and with it comes a new multiplayer pursuit in the form of Arcade mode. The idea is simple: Two teams of five players pick their favourite character and race to see who can murder the other team first to the tune of 50 kills.

The Lancer from Gears of War is one of the best weapons in video games, an unholy combination of close quarters combat and marksmanship, a device so deadly that it cannot possibly exist in real life because it’s just too awesome. The toy version though? That’s another story.

A release date, a new game mode and chainsaws on a gun. It could only be Gears 5

Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass is easily some of the best value for money in a very crowded field. The idea is simple: A few bucks a months gets you access to a wide variety of games, with the library regularly updating itself and rotating a curated selection in every month with new offerings. That value is about to get better, because Xbox One Game Pass is finally coming to PC.

While Gears 5 did get a reveal at last year’s E3, Coalition has been mum on details since then, keeping fans in the dark regarding the story of the sequel and where new character Kait’s story will take her next. Thanks to a slip-up and the Internet’s ability to grab details quicker than the Flash when he gets struck with a case of the Speed Farts, we’ve now got a quick synopsis from the marketing materials that paints a delightful picture.

Over the last couple of years since Xboss Phil Spencer took over the brand, things have changed for Microsoft. Their E3 press conference has evolved into a blitzkrieg of trailers that highlight third-party and first-party games for the Xbox One and PC, a show that has minimal waffling and maximum excitement. Last year’s show was especially good, a highlight reel of expected and new games for team green. This year? That show is going to run a full two hours.