Long story short, gaming next year is going to look and sound absolutely amazing.

Warner Bros. Montreal and their rumoured Batman game has so far encompassed everything from a new prequel pitting the dark knight against the Court of Owls, a proper sequel focused more on fear than ever before to a spin-off starring Damian Wayne under the cowl. One aspect of Batman mythos that hasn’t been touched on yet? The idea of a Batman who takes up Bruce Wayne’s mantle long after the caped crusader laid his war on crime to rest. A new hero for a new age where Batman needs to go…Beyond.

It may have all the trappings of a looter-shooter, but People Can Fly's new game Outriders is bucking the live service trend and attempting to deliver as complete a game as possible on launch day.

We’re on the verge of a new console gaming era, and you’re most likely already saving up to grab either a PlayStation 5 or an Xbox Series X. This coming generation might be the priciest of the lot if new reports are accurate.

There’s a new generation of video games on the way, and one of the first such titles looking to bring the idea of enemy heads erupting in a geyser of maths all so that you can score some sweet loot, is Outriders. Developer People Can Fly, they of the dick-killing fame behind the criminally underrated Bulletstorm, are dipping their toes into loot ‘n shoot territory on the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, and so far the game looks kind of neat.

As of now, developer Ghost Games is scaling back and handing Need for Speed to EA’s other racing game studio: Criterion.

While it’ll most likely be years and years before this technology can be ready for consumer use, having smaller downloads that get more players hopping into a game quicker than ever before will be a hell of a feather in the cap of the Xbox Series X if Microsoft can pull this feat of software sorcery off.

A year later and Anthem currently exists as a prime example of how not to chase the bandwagon, with the game being made fun of yet again for leaving its Christmas decorations up long after Saint Nick had ignored it. Is there any hope for Anthem and can it be salvaged? Bioware certainly thinks so, as they’re planning a “longer-term redesign” for the looter shooter.