The Xbox Series X is already a rather nice-looking minimalist monolith, but that’s not going to suit everybody’s tastes. Thankfully, Microsoft has now answered the prayers of those looking to add a little more personality to their consoles with Xbox Series X console wraps. These offer you the chance to bring some flair to your console, and there are no stickers or tools required to do so. This ease of use means that you’ll be able to change up the look of your Xbox effortlessly to suit your every mood.

So far, only Starfield and camo wraps have been announced, but here are 10 more Series X console wraps we want to customize our console with in the future.

There’s nothing more humbling than thinking about the vast expanse of the cosmos.

To do so is to confront the stark reality that all of us are living out our lives on what astronomer Carl Sagan famously described as a “Pale Blue Dot”. It’s something that the very best works of science fiction have done repeatedly across film and literature, but arguably there has never been a video game that could be included in that pantheon of greats.

This year has been one of the busiest in gaming history. Things kicked off back in January with Hi-Fi Rush and Dead Space commanding near-universal acclaim and the release schedule hasn’t let up since. After all that, we’re now standing on the precipice of the holiday season. Impossible though it may seem, the best could still be to come. It’s all very exciting, but it does pose the question: Where do I find the time to play everything?

On the cusp of Starfield’s monumental release, here are some suggestions on how to make the most of your gaming time over the rest of 2023.

Ah, the Game Boy Color. The awkward middle child between the original Game Boy and the Game Boy Advance. It might be tempting to write the Game Boy Color off entirely with its much more capable successor arriving only less than 3 years later, but the console still had a wide library of great titles.

Not all of them hold up so well today, but a few are stone cold classics that are still worth playing if you can get your hands on them. There are some notable omissions on this list — games which have been remade or which were available in superior versions on other consoles. These are the 10 best handheld experiences that you can’t find anywhere else but on the Game Boy Color.

If there’s one guarantee when it comes to a new game featuring customizable mechs, it’s that a whole lot of people are going to be rushing to recreate their favourite anime robots. With its incredibly robust design tools Armored Core 6 has proven to be no exception. Players have already taken to the internet to show off their magnificent works of gleaming metal and here are some of the best so far.

10. Eva-01

Lets get this one out of the way first because we all knew it was coming. Neon Genesis Evangelion is widely hailed as one of the greatest anime of all time and players couldn’t wait to recreate the series’ famous purple and green mecha in AC6.

Everyone knew that FromSoftware’s latest game would be another punishing lesson in what it means to ‘git gud’, but Armored Core 6 has wasted less time than expected in putting players through their paces. Now a helicopter has become the internet’s latest nightmare. Is it all too much to expect of the modern gamer?

In the Line of Fire

Before players get access to the much praised Garage where they can start customizing their mech, they first have to complete a short tutorial area. Rather than the kind of hand-holding experience that people looking for a fun new robot shoot-em-up might’ve expected though, a few short explanations of the game’s basic controls are all players are offered before things get real.

After what feels like a lifetime’s wait, Starfield’s release is just around the corner. Sure you could spend these remaining days literally staring into space (see what I did there?) waiting for the game to launch, but there are probably more productive things you could be doing to prepare.

Are you sure your set-up is ready to start playing as soon as the game drops? Will your first playthrough be one that’s worth sticking with? Could your hype levels go just a little bit higher? The chronomark is ticking so you better get started.

Anakin’s Padawan has come a long way since her introduction in the tepidly received 2008 animated theatrical feature Star Wars: The Clone Wars. That film led into an animated series that saw Ahsoka Tano become not just a formidable Force-user, but also a firm fan favourite.

Ahsoka’s story continued in Star Wars: Rebels, and the character finally made her way to live-action when she appeared in season 2 of The Mandalorian. Following appearances in The Book of Boba Fett, the seventh season of the revived Clone Wars series, and the animated anthology series Tales of the Jedi, the titular (former) Jedi is now set to reunite with her Rebels crewmates in the live-action Ahsoka series on Disney Plus.