Finally, the Xbox Series X and S are available for pre-order - but just like the PlayStation 5, the situation is a bit of a shambles.

At the time of writing, UK and European pre-orders are active, and those in the US and Canada will be able to crack on from 8am PT/11am ET. If you've been awake since the sunrise, refreshing pages over and over on online retailers, I salute you. People have been stuck in a queue of countless customers, who are all trying to get their mitts on either one of Microsoft's next-gen gadgets (or even both). The Xbox Series X is the heavy hitter of the duo, with 12.5 teraflops of GPU, 16GB of RAM, and support for 4K resolution up to 120 frames per second. It gives me the shivers, it does.