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Xbox is betraying their console audience
Xbox is betraying their console audience

A recent Game Pass price-hike has left the Xbox fanbase in frustrated outcry, devaluing console gaming’s best offer.

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Xbox and the PC: A perfect match?

Stephen Lewis considers the tensions between Xbox and its old-school rival, the PC

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Blood Dungeon review: Survivors-like chaos meets precision platforming in an intense and bloody good time
Blood Dungeon review: Survivors-like chaos meets precision platforming in an intense and bloody good time

Messhof, the studio behind indie classics like Nidhogg, is back with Blood Dungeon, and what’s possibly their craziest game yet

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Denshattack! review: High-octane, high-quality mayhem
Denshattack! review: High-octane, high-quality mayhem

A surprise smash hit, Denshattack! proves to be one of the year’s finest as a fresh and vibrant on-rails experience

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Netflix unveils first (official) look at Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay
Netflix unveils first (official) look at Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay

After over a decade of development, the first official gameplay footage of Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto VI is available now

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Opinion: The problems with the gaming industry
Opinion: The problems with the gaming industry

Between mass lay-offs, ramped-up prices and the erosion of physical discs, the gaming industry’s future appears dire

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How casual game design philosophy changed over time
How casual game design philosophy changed over time

Casual games have repeatedly expanded who games are for, where they can be played, and what “playing” a video game can even mean.

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Coffee Talk Tokyo review: a lo-fi respite worthy of your time
Coffee Talk Tokyo review: a lo-fi respite worthy of your time

Chorus Worldwide Games head to Tokyo with the newsest installment in the brew-making visual novel series Coffee Talk

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Collateral damage: how layoffs are purging the potential of gaming in 2026
Collateral damage: how layoffs are purging the potential of gaming in 2026

As gaming gets larger and more profitable, the bubble on these macro-budget giants is about to burst, devastating the prospects of the medium’s most undeserving

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Banjo-Kazooie: the forever game
Banjo-Kazooie: the forever game

Banjo-Kazooie is still showing other platformers how it’s done, even almost 30 years down the line

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Normalised beneath our noses: how AAA gaming is eroding away our resistance to AI
Normalised beneath our noses: how AAA gaming is eroding away our resistance to AI

As a large sector of the AAA landscape goes all-out on AI, creativity’s value in gaming is in a disorienting place

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Halo’s newest game is breaking down borders
Halo’s newest game is breaking down borders

Halo’s return to the ring that started everything is bringing with it big changes regarding exclusivity

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After seven long years, Hollow Knight: Silksong delivers something unforgettable
After seven long years, Hollow Knight: Silksong delivers something unforgettable

A long-awaited odyssey, Silksong soars beyond expectation with haunting beauty, punishing challenge, and a living world worth the seven-year wait

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After so many layoffs, what’s even left of the games industry?
After so many layoffs, what’s even left of the games industry?

In the midst of even more announced layoffs, the games industry appears to be completely floundering

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Thirsty Suitors review: Jala Jayaratne’s precious little life
Thirsty Suitors review: Jala Jayaratne’s precious little life

Outrageously funny, desperately horny, and somehow also emotionally mature, Outerloop Games’ debut title will leave your heart pining for more

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Soundtracking: The best FIFA songs of all time
Soundtracking: The best FIFA songs of all time

Our resident Mancunion FIFA players choose their favourite tracks from soundtracks past and present.

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Social distancing: how to get your sporting fix
Social distancing: how to get your sporting fix

Joey Millington dissects the plethora of sport related entertainment available while in lockdown

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Preview: The Occupation
Preview: The Occupation

Pete Bottomley of White Paper Games speaks about their latest project – The Occupation – on the eve of its release

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The State of Skate: where are the games?
The State of Skate: where are the games?

EA and Activision have no plans for a bigger budget skate game or re-boot, but two indie studios are stepping to fill the breach

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Review: RIOT – Civil Unrest
Review: RIOT – Civil Unrest

RIOT – Civil Unrest is fighting a losing battle

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