Welcome back to our Yakuza primer! This week we take a look at the other side of sin - gambling! Be it classic casino games to pachinko to traditional Japanese dice games, Yakuza has got it covered.

A sequel I never thought I'd ever see. The excitement I felt when NieR Automata was announced was surreal. The first NieR game was my introduction to Yoko Taro's insanity and boy does it take you for a ride. Drakengard 3 was my second foray and while that game did not have the best or to some extent, functional gameplay. I enjoyed the story. After having played the demo for NieR Automata. It finally has the missing piece. Stellar gameplay.

Origin's latest free game under its On The House program is Mass Effect 2. 

Diablo 3's anniversary patch is up - here's how to access the special Diablo 1 event in Diablo 3. 

Mark your calendars - Bioware has just announced that Mass Effect Andromeda is coming out on March 21, 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

Here are some of the video games planned to come out in January 2017.

If you are subscribed in either PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold, here are the games you'll be getting once 2017 hits. 

If you've seen the first part of our Paladins Let's Play then you know what to expect and you'd know our thoughts about the game. But I decided to give it another chance. This time around, I'm joined by the likes of Emile from Emile in the Morning at Night and Migs from the Nubs in Cubes.

I passed by McDonalds the other day and saw a poster featuring some new Super Mario Bros. Happy Meal toys again. Different from the previous set of Super Mario Bros. toys that they had before but it was still a nice surprise seeing some official Nintendo merchandise as a fast food toy.

All the reports point that the Steam Winter Sale starts this week, are we all ready? Probably not. 

Last episode for the year - we highlight what defines 2016 for us as well as mention our Game of the year.

Square Enix has given details to the new content planned for release on December 22. Holiday Pack will be free to those that own the game and those who own the Season Pass will get extra goodies during the update. Oh, and New Game+ is coming too.