One Friday evening in 2002, a copy of Star Fox Adventures fell out of my bag in a London pub. The game was fine. My dignity, ...

Playing Metal Gear Solid for the first time in 2026 reveals a game that can feel frustratingly old-fashioned, but still ahead of its time. No one can play every game. No one can be completely ...

FromSoftware’s upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 game, The Duskbloods, is a strange multiplayer experience that just might make me a convert. Writing about a FromSoftware game is almost as daunting as ...

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 returns with a welcome Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade that brings technical improvements and new gameplay elements. I really struggled with Xenoblade Chronicles 2 when it originally ...

I sometimes spend as much time thinking about the process of playing video games as I do playing them. It’s a mid-life thing, for sure. When I was younger, in that sweet spot of having time, space, ...

“This is probably gonna be the most culturally accurate Indiana Jones property ever,” says Kate Edwards, “more than any of the films have ever been.” It’s a bold claim, but a well-supported one. At ...

Pokémon Pokopia is a spin-off that swaps catching for crafting and unexpectedly turns out to be one of the best Pokémon games ever made. On paper, the game reads like a focus-tested mashup. Pokémon + ...

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been named Game of the Year at the 26th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, taking home five awards during the ceremony held at the 2026 GDC Festival of Gaming. The ...

The passing of hardware designer Hideki Sato has made me reflect on how the Sega Master System shaped the way I enjoy video games, and on a friendship I made along the way. My childhood was framed by ...

Mario Tennis Fever puts the nostalgia debate to bed and succeeds on its own terms as an excellent tennis game for Nintendo Switch 2. Reviewing Mario sports games can be exhausting. Not because they’re ...

Grid Legends races to Nintendo Switch 2, but can Feral Interactive repeat its porting magic? Grid Legends first hit PC and consoles in 2022. It earned strong reviews, no mean feat given competition ...

The 26th annual Game Developers Choice Awards finalists have been announced, and, as expected, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the pack with eight nominations. As part of the newly monikered GDC ...