Feature If consoles are dead, how do we explain the phenomenal success of Nintendo's Switch? NES no stopping it. Nov. 5, 2025 Robert Purchese 225 comments
News 30 years later, a classic Namco arcade game is about to get a first console release Tanks. A lot. Nov. 5, 2025 Robert Purchese 17 comments
News Switch poised to overtake DS and become Nintendo's best-selling console - and it could take the all-time crown from PS2 It's a Mariocle! Nov. 4, 2025 Robert Purchese 24 comments
News Why did Grand Theft Auto never return to London as a setting? One of the biggest reasons was guns "There's a reason why GTA kept coming back to Miami, New York, Los Angeles..." Nov. 3, 2025 Robert Purchese 77 comments
News Open-world spy games don't work - that's why Rockstar abandoned PlayStation-exclusive spy game Agent "What makes them really good as film stories makes them not work as video games." Nov. 3, 2025 Robert Purchese 34 comments
Feature What we've been playing - "playing the flute in front of people tends to diffuse any tension" A few of the things that have us hooked this week. Nov. 1, 2025 Robert Purchese 131 comments
News PUBG creator Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene is about to release his next game, and it's not what you're expecting at all Storm's coming. Oct. 31, 2025 Robert Purchese 18 comments
News What will Microsoft do about the Trump administration's provocative use of the Halo IP? "What I wouldn't do is anything public," says former Microsoft attorney "The list of brands Microsoft wants most to protect probably doesn't have Halo on it." Oct. 31, 2025 Robert Purchese 57 comments
Feature Revisiting Dragon Age: The Veilguard - one year on, how have our thoughts changed on BioWare's opinion-splitting RPG? Faded memories. Oct. 31, 2025 Robert Purchese 211 comments
Feature Supporters | Five of the Best: Graveyards Don't be cross. Oct. 31, 2025 Robert Purchese 34 comments
News Trump administration's use of Halo "ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation", says key series designer "I personally find it despicable." Oct. 30, 2025 Robert Purchese 38 comments
Feature Now Playing | Escape from Duckov is not what I was expecting at all, and it's another startling reminder that perhaps we're going about this whole making games business all wrong Quacked it. Oct. 29, 2025 Robert Purchese 59 comments
News If only Hideo Kojima had known the Wachowskis wanted him to make a Matrix game, maybe he could have found a way to make it work Whoa. Oct. 29, 2025 Robert Purchese 15 comments
News Amazon isn't closing MMO New World right away, but it won't guarantee the life of the game past 2026 "We've reached a point where it is no longer sustainable." Oct. 29, 2025 Robert Purchese 10 comments
News Overlooked top-down horror Darkwood is getting a sequel and surprise new developer An Ice-Pick. Oct. 28, 2025 Robert Purchese 10 comments
News Individual Diablo, Hades and Persona orchestral musical concerts are coming to London, and if last year's Baldur's Gate 3 concert was anything to go by, you won't want to miss them Score. Oct. 28, 2025 Robert Purchese 12 comments
News We're fairly convinced Baldur's Gate 3 is about to become an Xbox Play Anywhere game, which is ideal for the ROG Ally X Can't wait Tav it. Oct. 28, 2025 Robert Purchese 9 comments
News Will Microsoft be able to stop the White House using AI-generated Halo imagery to depict Trump as Master Chief and to promote and recruit for ICE? Depressingly, I doubt it Warthogs and all. Oct. 28, 2025 Robert Purchese 84 comments
Feature Getting into the Halloween spirit? Here are the 21 best spooky, scary games to play right now Ghosts in the machine. Oct. 27, 2025 Matt Wales 81 comments
News Valve does not get "anywhere near enough criticism" for the gambling mechanics it uses to monetise games, DayZ creator Dean Hall says "I'm honestly disgusted." Oct. 27, 2025 Robert Purchese 70 comments
News Can ghost-hunting phenomenon Phasmophobia work as a board game? We're about to find out Dicey. Oct. 27, 2025 Robert Purchese 4 comments
News How much did you play Brain Training? A new study proves the age-defying benefits Grey matters. Oct. 27, 2025 Robert Purchese 23 comments
Feature What we've been playing - Battlefield's return to form, Pokémon chokeholds, and familial football A few of the things that have us hooked this week. Oct. 25, 2025 Robert Purchese 174 comments
Feature Report | DayZ creator Dean Hall is a changed man - after years of living the high life, he's focused on saving a studio that flew too close to the sun "If we don't do this, we're dead." Oct. 24, 2025 Robert Purchese 19 comments
News DayZ creator's survival game Icarus is coming to PS5 and Xbox soon, but it won't have cross-play Four years after PC. Oct. 23, 2025 Robert Purchese 4 comments