Boasting over 45 million players and the Twitch record for most live viewers on a stream, third-person shooterFortnite Battle Royalehas taken the gaming world by storm. But given that it uses a free-to-play model, how is it avoiding the controversy that often surrounds in-game microtransactions?

How do people pick what to watch in the evening? What role will tech play in music discovery? And how are subscription services changing media consumption habits? In this part of the 2018 Expert Outlook, we speak to three experts about how we’ll entertain ourselves in the coming year.

Mountain Dew has created a soft drink range especially for gamers, named Game Fuel. As the world of e-sports gains more public attention, the product line plays up the idea that being a professional gamer can be just as demanding as being a professional athlete.

The Rainbow Arcade in Berlin has opened to celebrate gay and queer culture's influence on video gaming. The exhibition contains 33 years of gaming history and helps people to recognise the significant impact queer culture has had on not just gaming, but the arts in its entirety.