Boxed in and outfought by Sony’s all-conquering PlayStation, Microsoft is navigating Xbox beyond the traditional console landscape. After two decades of living and dying by its hardware, Microsoft is ...

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As someone who was born in the early 1980s, I was around when gaming really started to get serious. I began actually playing video games in the late 1980’s (mostly at home on platforms like the ...

Balatro picks up the top prize at the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards. Balatro was the big winner at the 25th annual GDC Awards. The roguelike deck builder developed by LocalThunk secured four ...

Forspoken and the return of Dead Space lead this week’s lineup of new video game releases for the PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Despite a fair degree of hype, Forspoken remains something of ...

Kao the Kangaroo and Pac-Man are among the lineup of new Nintendo Switch releases this week. Kao the Kangaroo could be a perfect fit for Nintendo Switch. Nintendo’s platforms have always been the ...

Following the cancellation of GDC 2020, organisers have lined-up a week of talks and sessions to be live-streamed on Twitch, starting today. This year’s GDC was set to host hundreds of panels, talks, ...

Elden Ring takes home Game of the Year at the 23rd annual GDC Awards. The 2023 Game Developers Choice Awards saw some of last year’s biggest games recognised for their achievements in front of an ...

Dredge and MLB The Show 23 top this week’s list of new video game releases for the PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Dredge is a new single-player fishing RPG with an undercurrent of cosmic ...

Humanity and Lego 2K Drive lead this week’s lineup of new video game releases for the PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox. Humanity is a new abstract puzzle game from Enhance, the studio founded by ...

Hundreds of PS4 and PS5 games are discounted in this year’s PlayStation Store Summer Sale. It’s time to empty that wallet and top up the pile of shame. This year’s PSN Summer Sale features a host of ...

The Callisto Protocol and Marvel’s Midnight Suns headline this week’s lineup of new video games for the PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. The Callisto Protocol is the long-awaited sci-fi ...