Fallout 76 is a failure to grasp onto what the most captivating elements of a Fallout adventure are, relegating them to the side in the pursuit of uninteresting multiplayer mechanics and aging combat.

Crackdown 3’s multiplayer looks kind of addictive. Microsoft promised an orgy of cloud-powered destruction in the form of Crackdown 3’s Wrecking Zone multiplayer, which features two teams of five tackling one another in a highly destructible environment. See for yourself in the video below.

Getting multiplayer servers set up for games is a challenge, on top of all the work that goes into making games themselves. There’s an awful lot to contemplate, including the type of hardware, how many players to expect, the sorts of matchmaking types to support and an awful lot more. It’s why dedicated servers that run in the cloud – on systems like Amazon’s Web Services and Microsoft’s Azure. Microsoft wants even more developers to use Azure.

There’s a lot to love about Call of Duty Black Ops IIII. It’s fast, the emphasis on multiplayer has made it more polished than ever and Blackout is a pitch perfect combination of battle royale ideas and Call of Duty’s own legacy. What the Blackout part of the game certainly isn’t right now, is anywhere near playable if you happen to live south of the equator, with many South American and South African players complaining lately of being unable to join any games in a variety of modes.

Joining its recently announced multiplayer mode, Hitman 2 will also feature all new content for its co-operative Sniper Assassin puzzle mode.

Call of Duty is getting their hands dirty with their own Battle Royale mode called Blackout, and it's retaining the core shooting and ridiculoous weapons to create something that looks rather special.

Although Nintendo aren't yet comfortable nailing down a single date, we no know that their planned Online Service for the Nintendo Switch will launch in the latter half of September. Get ready to pay up for multiplayer.

Some people reckon that Destiny 2’s Time To Kill factor is perhaps too generous, that it needs to be shortened and reduced drastically. Well congrats folks, because that’s happening and I’m sitting here with my arms crossed in a huff about this.