Looks like there might be some kind of Xbox One VR news to talk about next month…

The rumor mill is a-churning, and with good reason as some proof has emerged that a new Xbox One console is coming in short order.

At some point every gamer wonders “What does it take to develop the games we love?” 

All three of the major console-makers have something to be happy about for 2014.

And now, our obligatory look back at our favorite gaming memories and our thoughts on the biggest gaming stories of 2014.

Ho, ho, ho! It’s time to give (and get) the very best once again and we’ve got a full selection of the greatest games, toys, books and more for you to tear into on whatever day of giving you and yours celebrate around December time.

Blizzard announced a new IP Overwatch, a 6v6 multiplayer shooter, today at BlizzCon. This will be Blizzard’s first new franchise in seventeen years. Good news for Blizzard fans considering the announcement of canceling Titan, another MMORGP, a few months ago. Overwatch takes place in the near future on Earth and features …

It’s crunch time for NYCC 2014 as the show opens up tomorrow (Thursday the 9th) and IDW has a packed schedule set to deliver panels galore and signings you won’t want to miss.

There’ll be a nice little assortment of books and goodies for fans of IDW’s stable to pick up at the New York mega-con in a few days time.

Downloading your games before release so you can play ’em the second they activate has been a staple of PC gaming for a while, and now Microsoft has followed Sony in adopting the policy for console players.

Microsoft and Crystal Dynamics dropped quite the bomb today at Gamescom as they announced that the upcoming Tomb Raider (reboot) sequel would be coming exclusively to the Xbox One.

The publisher of the Halo comics’ collectable wing is about to ramp up production on some detailed replicas of the UNSC and Covenant’s finest.

Diamond Select’s new X-Men Minimate set is looking pretty awesome.

The Amazon-owned digital publishing platform is set for a big showing at this year’s Comic Con in San Diego. Update: New times and corrections as well as the addition of Mike S. Miller, who’ll be signing alongside George R.R. Martin.

A special panel showcasing all three Dead Island games currently in development will be hosted by publisher Deep Silver at next week’s San Diego Comic Con.

A panel presentation is on tap for the upcoming mega-show that’ll shed a little more light on Hardline and what single-player gamers can expect from it.