Bandai Namco might be ready to throw in the towel on Soulcalibur 6 if it flops in October, as the publisher is just about ready to give up on the tale of swords and gravity-defying cleavage.

At its best, Strange Brigade is a solid time-killer with plenty of class and brass to its name that is best enjoyed with a few fellow adventurers at your side. Hit or miss gunplay hobbles the experience, but at least it has plenty of charm and style to make up for its more glaring faults.

Streets of Rage may have come to an end in 1993, but 25 years later the franchise is back from the dead and ready to brandish its bare knuckles once again.

In year two of Destiny 2, Xur is returning to his mysterious roots. His will is still not his own.

In Anthem, you’re going to have a chance to flex your muscles after you’ve put in some serious time at the video game gym. Bioware has a few ideas to keep the opposition at a challenging level, while providing players with that sense of explosive power that comes from a hard day’s grind.

There are a few dead giveaways however that you might be tangling with a ne’er-do-well. Boisterous quotes about suffering and pain, skin that crackles with the darkest of arcane energies and glowing eyes usually signal that the fella in front of you might be a bit troublesome. All factors which Soulcalibur’s latest nefarious nemesis seems to possess in abundance, as the freshest face in that roster does not look like the kind of cult leader that I’d want to invite to a party...

Maybe you’re stuck at work and can only log in later tonight to spend some of your legendary shards on new armour and weapons in Destiny 2. In that case: Where is Xur?

Destiny 2: Forsaken opens with an explosive jailbreak in the Prison of Elders. As the most notorious outlaws in the system escape their confines, the only thing standing between them and our home is you and Cayde-6, the most legendary Hunter sworn to protect the City.