Preview
After a couple of hours, Mario Kart World's open world left me slightly underwhelmed - but is there more to it?
Still plenty to love, but a new hands-on raises new questions.
Chris Tapsell (Page 2)
Guide
How to get the best armour in Zelda Breath of the Wild
How to find the Ancient Armour the Akkala Ancient Tech Lab, and complete Robbie's Research.
Opinion
Video games' soaring prices have a cost beyond your wallet - the concept of ownership itself
As the industry's big squeeze reaches consumers, a grim bargain emerges.
Feature
Remedy's Control spin-off FBC: Firebreak has only come together at the last minute - and somehow feels better for it
"It's actually possible, within an afternoon, to throw in anything."
News
Remedy hopes FBC: Firebreak can defeat the "predatory" live-service trap - with help from small budgets, Game Pass, and PS Plus
"It's very much about spreading the risk."
Feature
Inside Muse, Microsoft's gen-AI game tool everyone hates - what's really going on and why is it being marketed at Xbox fans?
If Muse isn't creating games, then what is it creating - and how should we respond?
Feature
MindsEye, from former Rockstar developers, wants to revive the tight, linear, cinematic blockbuster game
"You can stick a camera anywhere, but then it has this whacky quality to it."
News
Pokémon Legends: Z-A has a battle royale mode that finally explains what its name means
Plus, a few more little details we spotted.
Feature
With Assassin's Creed: Shadows, Ubisoft remains the undisputed king of snackable open worlds
Naoe to stop 'em.
Feature
Now Playing | Fragpunk could be brilliant, if it wasn't so obsessed with being a hyper-rewarding slot machine
Cashbang.
Feature
Now Playing | A new card just made Pokémon TCG Pocket's strongest type even stronger
Irida thought they'd know better.
Opinion
Pokémon games have become consistently ugly, and it's alright to wish they weren't
Honest Feebas.
News
X-COM's original creator keen on a return to the series, if Firaxis was ever to ask him
"I'm still waiting for the call from Sid..." jokes Julian Gollop.
Preview
X-COM's creator believes the strategy genre's in dire need of innovation, and his new game is his attempt
"You're competing with nostalgia," says Julian Gollop, as we play through Chip 'n Clawz vs. The Brainioids.
