I like my video game news to be delivered in much the same way that I like my pizza to be dropped off by me: Brief, cut into easily digestible segments and incredibly disappointing when there’s not even the merest mention of a new Batman game which results in me spending the night in a shower crying my heart out. …

Tonight’s PlayStation State of Play event may have been heavy on delightfuly quirky games and very very light on rumoured caped crusader reveals starring a certain gang of night owls, but the show didn’t end without Sony revealing one big card up their sleeve: The Last of Us Part II. Long in development and shrouded in mystery, the upcoming sequel to the hit post-apocalypse adventure from several years ago finally has a release date: February 21, 2020.

Project Resistance may be aimed at a multiplayer crowd, but it'll have plety of meat on its bones with an offline narrative mode, multiple characters and more.

Borderlands 3 may have a campaign whose main appeal lies in an ever-increasing power fantasy and chance to respec yoself before you wreck yourself, but Gearbox is looking to add a little variety to the spice of life that is the latest sequel to the OG loot ‘n shooter. Such an event kicks off soon, as the latest Borderlands 3 livestream revealed more details on the upcoming Bloody Harvest event that’ll add some spookiness in October.

Batman: Arkham Oranges Origins developer Warner Bros. Montreal tweeted for the first time in four years on Sunday, with something a tad bit on the cryptic side. Hoo could they be referring to?

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?

It seems as though the Terminator and its assorted peripheral characters are making cameos in just about everything right now. There are Terminators and Sarah Connor in Gears 5, while the Terminator will be in Mortal Kombat, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint and probably more before the year is out. Now, there’s a whole new Terminator game coming, and it’ll be out before the end of the year

Borderlands 3 may be a braindead story of already dead on arrival memes and a cast that is largely forgettable (Save for Tannis, I still love you for being my socially inept spirit animal), but it’s easily the most satisfying power fantasy of the year thanks to its amazingly tuned gunplay and a sophisticated flow of action that picks up the juvenile slack.