I get it, I finally get why collecting shoes is a major thing in other parts of the world right now, because just look at these beauties.

Spider-Man Spider-Man, does whatever a Spider-Man can like unleashing bio-electric venom blasts and gadgets into mobs of hired good who are terrorising New York City wait that’s not how the song goes…is it? Miles Morales may be the newest webhead on the Manhattan block, but unlike Peter Parker he has a few different tricks up his costumed sleeves.

Rambo attacks with vicious grapples and uses traps to keep his opponents guessing, combined with his brutal strength to take on any Kombatant who stands in his way.

Another year, another Assassin’s Creed…right? Not exactly. Ubisoft’s premier sandbox for ancient mysteries, bridging the generations and just plain fun action has had a more staggered release over the last few years, and the current saga is coming to an end on current-gen machines while also making a debut on next-gen consoles.

Earlier this week, NBA 2K21 players noticed that the latest game in 2K’s annual franchise had become a touch bit…annoying. Unskippable adverts for Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 VR headset had been placed into loading screens, and even if you were running the game on an SSD on PC, you had to watch the whole advert before you’d be allowed to start playing a game of five on five.

Come November, you’ll be able to harness the power of the Darkness and unleash Stasis energies on your enemies in Destiny 2: Beyond Light. You’re not the only lifeform who’s getting that upgrade though

For over two decades, Sony has ruled gaming store shelves with the PlayStation consoles. Mighty machines, shipped in sturdy boxes. Some of them have been awful, others brilliant. This is the defintitive ranking, that history will remember.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will receive two major expansions of narratively driven gameplay, one of which will focus on nature’s original hippies the druids, the second casting a spotlight on the French. Will the dastardly French build their own castle on English soil, speak in an OUTRAGEOUS accent, and tell you that your mother was a hamster? One can only hope.