Square Enix’s Marvel’s Avengers game was very clearly what the Square Enix conference of this year’s E3 was building towards, and our expectations were finally fulfilled with an extended presentation on the upcoming story-driven action adventure title. If you can move yourself to look beyond the uncanny valley faces that makes the entire team look like a group of cosplayers rather than the real deal… Well, there’s a fair amount to be excited about here. We’ll break it all down in this here Marvel’s Avengers game guide, with details on the game’s release date, trailers, and story – and anything else we’ve gleaned so far from the reveal.

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Ubisoft’s portion of E3 2019 began with a really rather intriguing look at Watch Dogs: Legion – the highlights of which were a lovely-looking London gone wrong, a growing Resistance group fighting against an authoritarian surveillance state, and a 78-year-old hacker named Helen Dashwood who’s likely tasered more security guards than you’ve had hot dinners. Our Watch Dogs: Legion guide will break down everything we know so far about this extremely ambitious open-world title, from the game’s expected release date to trailer breakdowns, story and setting info, and much more.

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It s impossible not to be struck by the sheer aesthetic splendour of Fountainhead Palace. The combination of the vivid red of its temple architecture, the turquoise of its lake, and the pale pink of its swirling cherry blossoms. It s perhaps the most memorable location in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice for this reason alone, but if we dive below the surface, we find more subtle arguments for why Fountainhead Palace is not just a visual marvel, but also a masterstroke of level and world design.

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When it comes to dealing death in Apex Legends, your guns are only as good as the attachments you add to them. Like PUBG there are a great many different attachments to be found each match, and like Fortnite what you find is broken down into different colours and quality levels. It can be a lot to wrap your head around, but fear not – our Apex Legends attachments guide will walk you through every single attachment in Apex Legends, with descriptions of each and lists of guns to which you can attach them.

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People are screaming at either side of me. “HE’S THAT ONE AT THE FRONT! SHOOT HIM!” They’re talking about me. I’m staying perfectly still, as though my friend’s vision is based on movement, like a T-Rex. The shot rings out, and all the screaming stops. The last bullet has been fired – not into me, but into an innocent NPC who happened to be looking suspicious at the front of the pack. I’m now free to abandon my statue act and sprint towards the finish line. A great big grin crosses my face at the knowledge that nothing can stop me now.

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Here’s one for the space-goggles crowd to jump on. Croteam, the plucky studio behind the Serious Sam series and the lovely philoso-puzzler The Talos Principle, are running a 26th anniversary Steam sale for the next two days. While offering good deals across the board, the most surprising thing is a bundle of all their virtual reality games, currently going for 92% off its usual price. A cheap and cheerful way to pad your library if you’re skint after spending hundreds of quid on exotic headgear. Below, the must-haves of this sale.

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The face of war is always changing, and Warface‘s latest face is skull-faced androids fighting faceless robot drones on Mars, because why not? Perhaps My.com have gotten their free-to-play shooter confused with Warframe? Either way, I’m always down for a little robot-on-robot laserfight action. The new update adds a new co-op mission set on the red planet, remote robot bodies to inhabit, zappy laser rifles and a swarm of new mechanical enemy types. Yes, there’s even (robot) spiders from Mars; where’s Bowie when you need him? Below, a trailer.

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Obsidian’s quirky espionage RPG Alpha Protocol is the latest to be de-listed from Steam. The game’s store page confirms that it was removed from sale at the request of the publisher, Sega, whose rights for the game has expired. While no longer for sale, players who bought it during its nine and a half years of availability can still download and play it, and keys from other sellers should still work. While much maligned at launch and best played with a gamepad back when such things were unfashionable, it was a sneaky RPG well worth experiencing at least twice.

Update: Sadly, the reason for de-listing the game is as mundane as it gets. As reported by cheery RPS fan-site PC Gamer, Sega’s music licenses for the game had expired, and while Microsoft have purchased Obsidian, Sega still hold the Alpha Protocol rights.>

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The world’s deadliest stag and hen weekend holiday company are introducing the final three features for a truly unforgettable night of deadly banter: a foolish ride in a novelty vehicle, daft pyrotechnics, and climbing onto the roof of a restaurant. The next Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds update will add an amphibious boatcar, make the vehicle-refuelling petrol cans explode when shot, and let us grab onto ledges in mid-air to haul ourselves up. Oh you’ll be stumbling down the church aisle with one leg in a cast and your jaw wired shut, I see you. But at least it’s also adding Apex Legends-style contextual text messages to point out places and items, so you’ll be able to ping her hand with an “I do.”

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Card-slinging tactical roguelike Nowhere Prophet has a release date locked in, and it’s exactly one month away, landing on July 19th. Rather than re-tread tired ground, Sharkbomb Studios are blending genres and wrapping them around a fresh Indian-inspired take on dusty sci-fi worlds, giving it a distinct look and sound. There are complex multi-lane battles between building decks and managing a nomadic caravan on a strategic level, a bit like The Banner Saga by way of FTL with a dash of Slay The Spire. I could see this being the next big thing for deck-builders.

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