Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass is easily some of the best value for money in a very crowded field. The idea is simple: A few bucks a months gets you access to a wide variety of games, with the library regularly updating itself and rotating a curated selection in every month with new offerings. That value is about to get better, because Xbox One Game Pass is finally coming to PC.

Mobile may very well be a big part of Blizzard’s future. Here is a platform that already exists in the hands of hundreds of millions of people. A userbase that is more than ready to give the Diablo universe a bash if the option presents itself. The question is, can Blizzard make a good mobile and retain its identity as a PC-first platform for its various franchises? New Blizzard president and head honcho J. Allen Brack believes so.

Over the last couple of years since Xboss Phil Spencer took over the brand, things have changed for Microsoft. Their E3 press conference has evolved into a blitzkrieg of trailers that highlight third-party and first-party games for the Xbox One and PC, a show that has minimal waffling and maximum excitement. Last year’s show was especially good, a highlight reel of expected and new games for team green. This year? That show is going to run a full two hours.

Metal Gear Survive is the kind of game that you wouldn’t want to touch with a ten-foot cattle prod. Fortunately, the rest of the month looks great. Here’s a breakdown of what your dollar dollar will get you at the end of May and beginning of June on Xbox Game Pass.

So long as you have the cash to flash, the industry doesn’t care who you are, which is a fact that is sadly lost on a small subset of gamers who have developed a god complex around certain games and believe themselves to be the gatekeepers of their favourite franchise. Xbox wants to change that.

You thought Batman meeting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was an unlikely alliance? Well buddy hold onto your butts, because this generation’s most unexpected team-up has been announced: Sony and Microsoft are joining forces to create a “strategic partnership” that will see the duo develop new cloud-based tech for their Xbox and PlayStation divisions.

Just because E3 is less important as an event these days, doesn’t mean that it has lost that significance entirely. A fact that the Entertainment Software Association is well aware of, as they work to find a new relevance for E3 not as just a trade and industry show, but a week long celebration of games.

Even without some of its biggest players, the annual showcase of all things to do with video games is still shaping up to have plenty to show off via the tried and trusted press conference gauntlet. Now spread out over several days instead of one gruelling marathon, here’s a look at when you can see the hottest new reveals ahead of E3 2019 grand opening.