Microsoft has secured the service of Kim Swift (Portal) to help develop some cloud-native games for its xCloud service.

The Strong Museum of Play announces new finalists for its Video Game Hall of Fame every year, and this year’s potential inductees are a heavyweight collection of video game franchises and titles that have become legendary in the years since they were first released. And Farmville’s also there for some reason. Here’s the full list from the Strong Museum.

PlayStation’s scored a goal with their PlayStation Plus games for June. You’ve got the Borderlands Handsome Collection (itself a collection of two games, one of which is great and the other is a middling cash-grab of a prequel), and Sonic Mania, arguably the best Sonic game in the history of Sonic games. The Xbox Games with Gold for next month don’t quite score goals, but they’ll let you score them.

Facebook wants an AI assistant of their own, though they see it playing more of a role in their hardware products than as a pure software assistant.

Bridge Constructor Portal will blend the laws of structural engineering and technology straight from Aperture Laboratories into an exciting new game experience, all under the demanding gaze of GLaDOS

This year’s nominees into the Video Game Hall of Fame have been announced, and they stretch from that one game you always find yourself clicking away on when your boss isn’t checking up on you through to a need to catch ‘em all.

After Portal and Quantum Conumdrum, designer Kim Swift is heading to EA Motive to work with Jade Raymond and Amy Hennig.

Star Wars director J.J. Abrams tells fans to expect an announcement around the Portal film very soon.