Feature Now Playing | Absolum, from the publisher of Eurogamer Essential Streets of Rage 4, is a brawler that lets you cash-out a combo - and it's brilliant Having a brawl. Oct. 9, 2025 Connor Makar 12 comments
Feature "Incredibly moved and grateful" - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's director talks success, "art house" aspirations and the scope of future projects "We don't necessarily want to make something bigger. We want to make something as good." Oct. 8, 2025 Ed Nightingale 38 comments
Feature "It's kind of a sociological experiment" For Blizzard, World of Warcraft neighbourhoods, Azeroth NIMBYs, and curtain-twitching drama is all part of the plan "Neighbourhoods should be guilds, and guilds should be neighbourhoods". Oct. 6, 2025 Connor Makar 6 comments
Feature "The role of the console is shifting" - are rising prices the end for games consoles as we know them? "There is a groundswell of concern from the industry." Oct. 6, 2025 Robert Purchese 262 comments
Feature A love letter to Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, one of the best demos of all time (even if it isn't really a demo) Giving it the Greene light. Oct. 5, 2025 Alex Donaldson 25 comments
Feature The Big Question | After the Xbox Game Pass price hike, is it time to cancel and start buying games again? A sub-optimal situation. Oct. 5, 2025 Tom Orry 153 comments
Feature What we've been playing - mud slides, 9-0 wins, retro difficulty anguish, and space hoppers A few of the things that have us hooked this week. Oct. 4, 2025 Robert Purchese 140 comments
Feature Now Playing | Digimon Time Stranger reminds me of the best (and worst) of PS2 era RPGs, and that's why I can't put it down Stranger Danger. Oct. 3, 2025 Dom Peppiatt 8 comments
Feature EA's takeover, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, and "vanity mega projects": Human Rights Watch assesses the impact of gaming's latest controversy "This is a trillion dollars in Saudi state wealth that should be invested to realise the economic and social rights of Saudi citizens." Oct. 3, 2025 Connor Makar 81 comments
Feature The revolutionary politics of Final Fantasy Tactics, and why Ramza Beoulve is a hero for our times History remakes itself. Oct. 3, 2025 Harper Jay MacIntyre 22 comments
Feature Now Playing | Clover Pit does for slot machines what Balatro did for poker, and I can't stop spinning Jackpot. Oct. 3, 2025 Robert Purchese 5 comments
Feature Now Playing | The Sims 4's Adventure Awaits expansion is exactly the kind of getaway I've been looking for Jolly holiday. Oct. 3, 2025 Matt Wales 9 comments
Opinion If Xbox Game Pass dies then we'll have lost one of gaming's best tools for discovery The big names might make the headlines, but it's the selection of smaller games that make the service so important. Oct. 2, 2025 Tom Orry 180 comments
Feature As the Western games industry spirals, TGS 2025 showed Japan is resurgent - though you might not recognize that over live streams You really get the impression that this country's industry is once again happy, confident, and building. Oct. 1, 2025 Alex Donaldson 27 comments
Feature Supporters | Five of the Best: Thefts Pinched from elsewhere. Oct. 1, 2025 Robert Purchese 24 comments
Feature Now Playing | Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2's ports bring two all-timers to the Switch 2, but I wish Nintendo made that just a little easier to celebrate One small step forwards, one small step back. Sept. 30, 2025 Alex Donaldson 78 comments
Feature The Big Question | As Hades 2 arrives in full, is early access good or bad for the overall video game experience? Do you play games in early access or does playing them piecemeal put you off? Sept. 28, 2025 Tom Orry 63 comments
Feature Now Playing | Swery's oddball roguelike Hotel Barcelona isn't exactly good, but its janky jaunt through horror movie history is endearing all the same Press X to Jason. Sept. 28, 2025 Matt Wales 14 comments
Feature What we've been playing - potential games of the year, and good, and only good, games A few of the things that have us hooked this week. Sept. 27, 2025 Robert Purchese 123 comments
Feature Supporters | Five of the Best: Babies Cry engines. Sept. 26, 2025 Robert Purchese 26 comments
Feature Part-MMO, part-FPS, Eve Vanguard's devs are toying with a fascinating solution for bad in-game behaviour: leverage toxic players' actions for content "There are specific places with a high propensity for bastardy". Sept. 26, 2025 Dom Peppiatt 3 comments
Feature Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2025 Broadcast live - Forza Horizon 6 and a Gungrave remake lead the show A thin showing for Xbox but not without some announcements. Sept. 25, 2025 Tom Orry 91 comments
Feature PlayStation State of Play live - Wolverine headlines the show All of the updates as they happened. Sept. 24, 2025 Tom Orry 149 comments
Feature Round-up | Here's everything announced in PlayStation's latest State of Play showcase Wolverine! Saros! A God of War controller! Sept. 24, 2025 Matt Wales 72 comments
Feature Now Playing | Dying Light: The Beast manages to be a very entertaining video game despite repeatedly insisting on being a boring one Every little Alps. Sept. 23, 2025 Matt Wales 18 comments