Halo, the Xbox’s beloved first person shooter is finally coming to PC. Okay, okay. The first two games in the series did get PC ports, but that’s where it ended. Now, the whole series is on its way to PC, by the quite excellent Halo: Master Chief Collection that stuffs every core game in the series into one package. Unfortunately, its first test has been delayed.

First ‘leaked’ earlier in the week and even months before, the rumours are now official: Microsoft is rolling out a discless Xbox One console and a new tier of Game Pass for anyone who wants to centralise their subscriptions into one convenient setup.

With the likes of Google Stadia and other advances in streaming technology making video games more accessible than ever, who needs a dedicated piece of hardware to feed game discs into?

Look, I’m not just saying that the March edition of Xbox’s Games With Gold was brilliant because I have a full arm sleeve tattoo of Raiden fighting Metal Gear Ray, but hey! Having Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance for free was a hell of a treat that made my Xbox Live subscription worthwhile. This month’s offerings in that department? MEH.

The ides of March may be a taboo subject around a Caesar salad bar, but for gamers? The third month of the year is looking pretty good if you happen to be nostalgic, starved of action and you feel like playing with your food. Xbox’s regular Games With Gold promotion that doles out free games has a whopper of a selection that happens to scratch all three of those moods, as the month ahead will see the following games released as freebies.

Developer 343 Industries’ new take on the Halo series wants to be both a narrative-heavy adventure and the next step forward in the multiplayer arena that is currently dominated by the likes of Apex Legends and Fortnite.

In the month of love, Xbox Game Pass is about to get even better. While Crackdown 3 is the biggest release of the month for Xbox Game Pass, it’s not the only high-profile game arriving. The second and fourth-best Batman games respectively, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Akrham City, are also on the way, with Square Enix’s Shadow of the Tomb Raider rounding out the new releases.

It would seem that nobody is having a good quarter this financial year. Just as Square Enix announced they were struggling to make a profit despite increased game sales, EA meanwhile is financially underperforming. But they may not be taking that lying down, if they follow through on certain “indications”. Despite following a successful launch of new battle royale game …