Though not official at this stage, IGN claims multiple sources tell them that all three of the major console developers - Xbox, Sony and Nintendo - intend to skip this year's E3 (Electronics Entertainment Expo).
Sony last attended in 2018 and it's not clear whether the withdrawal of the other big two is due to event management problems or continuation of a trend towards big developers doing their own thing.
Without any previous experience of the property, June's action roleplaying game Xenoblade Chronicles 3 trailers left us scratching our heads in bewilderment.
Maybe it wasn't just us they confused because those have been followed up with a great 8 minute introductory trailer which sets up the game's story then demonstrates and showcases key features.
No Man's Sky have released a literally freighter sized update titled Endurance. Possibly a reference to the developer's endurance through a tumultuous launch and its aftermath.
It brings a major overhaul of building on freighters and their capabilities (eg. scanning planets from space), organic frigates, living ship upgrades, new spatial phenomena to explore and greater variation and size of asteroid fields.
Coming out of TennoCon 2022, the annual convention for free-to-play online mech piloting shooter Warframe, is quite a few reveals.
A trailer for the new Prime warframe Khora, a trailer for the upcoming Veilbreaker update, a trailer and also the first 20 minutes of gameplay for The Duviri Paradox expansion coming later this year, and finally an animated teaser for the 50th Warframe Styanax.
The third game in formerly Sega's and now Nintendo's Bayonetta action adventure series has been given a release date along with a new cinematic and gameplay trailer.
This is a series we hadn't even heard of until recently but anticipation for the latest entry is high and that's not surprising given how loved the first two were by critics.
Top down and time-bending action roleplaying game XEL has been given a release date with a new story trailer.
Billed as a sci-fi love letter to the classic Zelda games it features a protagonist who must use gadgets and time travel to solve puzzles and overcome enemies.