In gaming, there is an old saying:

Better to have raided forever alone, than never to have raided at all.

It's not a very good saying, however it is particularly relevant in this case
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The time has come for us to consider the implications of Microsoft's claims at E3 that the Xbox One will be "forward-compatible". What does this even mean? How will it impact on the games we play, if at all? How will it shift a heavily consumer-driven market?

"The fact is that these characters have rich backstories and complex personalities, that were sometimes created by men. This is blatant, public sexism. The only way we can fix this disturbing issue is by use of blanket bans. These 'characters' must be made vapid, and without personality. To allow anything else is oppression - how do we know that any female character wants her assets to be determined by a man? We can't ask her, she's isn't even real - isn't that crux of the issue here?" - Anita Sarkeesian

Earlier this month, Blizzard enacted one of their usual ban-waves, targeting gold farmers and bots deemed responsible for crippling the game's otherwise thriving economy. The result of this action was an unfortunate 75% drop in active subscriptions, and it was revealed that a significant portion of the WoW players, were in fact not players at all. In a move this week to rectify some of the damage done to the game's image, and to rake the subscriber numbers back up, Blizzard have introduced two new beginner packages, in an attempt to entice players of a new demographic into the fold.

E3 has now concluded for 2015, spanning the last three days with presentations from Microsoft (Xbox), Sony (Playstation), Bethesda, Square Enix, Ubisoft and Nintendo. Those of you who follow Sweetroll Ninja on Twitter may have seen our extensive coverage of the conference on that platform, however for those who haven't, we have put together a collection of what we deemed the most important announcements from the event...