Neil Watton

With the usual high quality that is found with all Numskull Designs products, it’s a relatively simple ask to be able to highly recommend any of the Official Xbox range, but without question, our favourites from this recent drop are found in the Metal Badge Heat Mug, the Achievement Unlocked’ Keychain and the Official Xbox One Carbon Fibre Wallet.

It's long been known that Skybound Games and Beamdog have teamed up to ensure that some of the most classic of Dungeons & Dragons experiences will be soon coming to Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch. But now even more details have emerged, as they confirm their arrival this coming Fall.

Are you ready to enter a world of mystery? Well, PixARK has finally ditched the Game Preview tag to hit out on Xbox One, PC and Nintendo Switch with Update 1.0!

For many, it's one of the greatest games that have ever been created. For more, it redefined the puzzler forever. For others, it's just damn funny, hugely intriguing, and an utter joy to play. Yep, it's Portal: Still Alive, and it's now free to download on Xbox One and Xbox 360 thanks to the Xbox Games With Gold scheme for June 2019.

It's been a tough few months for Xbox gamers looking for decent freebies, with the once great Games With Gold scheme struggling to really provide anything of notable worth, overshadowed by Xbox Game Pass in the process. That changes with the free Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles for June 2019 though, with a stellar lineup of games being gifted out. The first of those is now here and it's time to embrace EA Sports NHL 19 for all it is worth!

The first action RPG to reside in the Warhammer Fantasy Battles world, Warhammer: Chaosbane is here, as it plunges Xbox One, PS4 and PC players into the heart of the Old World - and should you be brave enough to throw your cash the way of the Magnus Edition or Digital Deluxe version, then making that move into the Old World is now possible.

Admit it, you've always wanted to blend together a bit of post-apocalyptic sci-fi action-strategy with some manic card battling. Well, that's where Golem Gates comes in and today it is found launching on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

You may have heard of Shiro Games, for it is they who were behind 2013's Evoland, the acclaimed sequel, Evoland 2, and the launch of the popular Viking strategy affair of Northgard on Steam Early Access in February 2017. Now though it is that latter game - Northgard - which will be making its way to Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PS4, with Shiro Games confirming a 2019 release. Oh, and there's a nifty little trailer to take in too.

The months continue to roll by, and as one gears up to end another is always waiting to take over madness. But as those new months approach it's a good time for gamers, especially Xbox gamers, as four new free Xbox titles get ready to be sent into our digital libraries for absolutely zero cost. And yep, as June 2019 readies itself for action, once more a number of free Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles are being confirmed as part of the Xbox Games With Gold scheme for June 2019. But what are they? Well, many may well find that it's a pretty decent month if truth be told.

If you like a bit of micro-managing and aren't afraid of ghosts and ghouls then working as a Graveyard Keeper is well worth a dabble. But sometimes overseeing the finest of details can get tiresome and that is where the first bit of DLC for Graveyard Keeper on Xbox One comes into play - as the Breaking Dead DLC helps you gain an easier life.

It was way back in July of 2016 when we first heard of Snooker Nation Championship, as it arrived on Xbox One in Game Preview form. Now though, near on three years later, we finally see the game emerge from the shadows to release as a fully fledged experience on Xbox One.

The Xbox Game Preview programme is the perfect place for developers to get their product out there, all whilst still being able to work on it and ensuring that the development process focuses on the matters at hand. It also gives gamers across the globe the chance to check out the potential of the product, helping the team behind it move in the right direction to ensure the end experience is the best it can be. It's been used multiple times over the years with the likes of DayZ and Astroneer using it to it's full potential. Heck, even Snooker Nation Championship made the most of its time in the scheme. Now though we find anything game running down the Xbox Game Preview route, as Hunt: Showdown slowly becomes a reality.

It's time to grab your hiking gear and head to a constantly changing world, as Outer Wilds throws you into a new space program that is searching for answers in a strange solar system.

What do you get when you combine horror, a Lovecraftian-themed adventure, and futuristic, cyberpunk ingredients? Well Transient is that game - and it's coming to Xbox One, PS4 and PC in 2020.

You should know by now that Konami are found to be celebrating their 50th year in business throughout 2019, and the recent releases of the Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection and Castlevania Anniversary Collection are worthy additions to game libraries around the globe. But Konami aren't done yet and there's another Collection fast approaching - that of the Contra Anniversary Collection. And now, finally, we know exactly what games will be included in the third collection of the year.