It’s honestly baffling stuff, that people can flip a trigger and just become horrid turds for craps and giggles in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. It is of course, a perfect example of what happens when the Internet guarantees you some anonymity, so you have to roll with it as a tween learns that they can use curse words as adjectives. No more says PUBG developer BlueHole Studio, as the game now has a new code of conduct that seeks to stamp out discriminatory language and abuse.

Is the inclusion of characters of colour a reaction to having diversity in a game merely for the sake of it? Not even close, as Sledgehammer Games co-founder and studio head Glen Schofield told me how their presence in Call of Duty: WW II reflects the true history of the people who participated in the last great war to end all wars.

Gaming culture has a history of harmful language and it’s about time we did something about it.

There's a great big divide in gaming, leaving gamers a fragmaneted group. Let's try change that in 2017 - by listening.

We may not have elections in the gaming scene that affects the world in quite the way that Brexit or the US elections have, but nonetheless whitelash needs to be taken seriously and we need to tackle it sooner rather than later.

Yes, it matters that gaming has traditionally been a white male experience locally. Yes, we can all do something about it.

Mafia III is taking a deep dive into social issues for its plot, and it starts right at home with Lincoln Clay

Despite the change of protagonist and the new the scenic locale of New Orleans, developer Hangar 13 is insistent on Mafia III being a "true" Mafia game that doesn’t ignore the events of Mafia II and will in fact bring closure to that first sequel when it ties up a few dangling plot threads.