The latest generation of Xbox One player avatars from Microsoft looks cute, whimsical and more detailed than ever in this leaked video.

It’s safe to say that when it comes to implementing microtransactions is Star Wars: Battlefront II was a mess. So ,much so, that the company received a world of vitriol and backlash, and yanked them right out before stuffing them back in months later. It’s a situation that the company doesn’t want to repeat.

At its E3 showcase in 2015, Sony announced that Shenmue III was coming. Of course fans were excited to finally see its conclusion. Now, everyone else can finally see its beginning.

You ever wish that you could step back into an age where games had no microtransactions attached to them, their experiences were strictly single-player and they happened to resemble a container of LEGO having a seizure? Well good news chaps! This month you can slap on the rosiest-tinted nostalgia goggles that you can find, as the Xbox One will soon be home to plenty of new old games.

You could reasonably argue that Overwatch has a toxicity problem. You could also reasonably argue that much of that toxicity has to do with the nature of the game itself and its prescribed meta – and how players not adhering to that meta makes other people angry. That said, Blizzard starting taking its first steps to combatting the game’s toxicity last year, with improved reporting tools. Now, they’re looking towards machine learning and AI to curb awful behaviour

The first Far Cry 5 live event is now…uh…live, and Ubisoft wants you to get your hunt on. Not just any hunt mind you, but an expedition into the rocky Montana wildnerness where you track down and kill live game with fire.

Microsoft is teasing something big for original Xbox backwards compatibility support, and the reveal is just under a week away.

Games with Gold will test both your agility and brain with Assassin's Creed: Syndicate and the puzzling masterpiece The Witness headlining a great months for the service.