This Week in gaming Bethesda Turtles and Bandicoots

Another incredible week has flown by here at 3Bit, and with has been even more astonishing gaming news, announcements and releases that have both shocked and excited fans from around the world. This week the spotlight has shone heavily on Bethesda, but so much more has happened over the last seven days, so be sure to check out anything you may have missed below in our weekly catch up where we explore all the latest headlines.

· The biggest news of the week was that Xbox has finally acquired Zenimax Media. The deal was finalised this Tuesday after the European Commission approved the takeover on Monday, meaning many future RPG and adventure games, including the Elder Scrolls, Doom, and Dishonoured franchises, will potentially all become Xbox or Game Pass exclusives.

· A new monster Hunter live stream event gave us more details for Monster Hunter Rise and Stories 2. You can check out all the details for both titles here.

· Strongholds Warlords releases on Steam. Have you started building your kingdom to the east yet?

· Denuvo Anti Cheat is to become available to PlayStation developers. Could this be a good sign, or could it slow down the games?

· The turtles are returning for an all-new beat-em-up adventure in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge.

· WRC9 releases on Nintendo Switch.

· Forza Horizon 4 joins the Steam roster.

· #EAGate trends across the internet as EA staff are accused of selling rare Moments for FIFA Ultimate Team to players privately. This has also opened an opportunity for scammers to take money from keen players looking to get that one card they have always wanted.

· The 3Bit rumour mill has launched. You can check our latest rumours from around the internet here.

· Obsidian announces its second and final DLC for the Outer Worlds, Murder on Eridanos. You can check out the trailer and the early details here on the 3Bit news page.

· An all-new Ask 343 has appeared on YouTube, answering all of your questions for Zeta Halo.

· Silver Rain Studios. A London based indie developer, co-founded by Bayek voice actor Abubakar Salim.

· The Bethesda Softworks collection is now available on Game Pass. Will you be playing any of the great titles on Xbox or PC.

· Crash Bandicoot 4 is currently coming to Battle.net on March 26th.

· The Zero Point is destabilising as Fortnite's Zero point chapters come to a close. All of this season's hunters are available for a limited time.

With that, you are all caught up with another fantastic week of gaming news. However, be sure to stay with us here at 3Bit as next week we will have tonnes of exciting news to bring you from Square Enix, including details for Dying Light 2 and the next chapter to Life is Strange. To get all the latest news, reviews and much more from us here at 3Bit, first be sure to follow us on our social media channels below, or check out our freshly revamped Discord and join the discussions with some great developers and incredible community members here at 3Bit.