I am pretty confident in my ability to judge video games. I've been playing them (increasingly badly over more recent years!) for almost 40 years and writing about them for over 20, so it's rare that something blindsides me. But that's exactly what happened with Blades of Fire, the action soulslike adventure from Mercury Steam. I loved the studio's Castlevania rethink, Lords of Shadow, but was so-so on its output... Read more ›
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Two of the lead Dispatch creators believe Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul wouldn't have agreed to be in the game had he realised how much work it would actually be. Read more Read more ›
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Battlefield 6 fans are starting to suspect that generative AI cosmetics have been added to Battlefield 6, in spite of previous statements by senior EA staff stating that wouldn't happen. Read more Read more ›
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"It's OK to make a small game," said Astro Bot director Nicolas Doucet at this year's GDC. For many, Astro Bot was 2024's Game of the Year, a game that may have been made by a PlayStation-owned studio, but according to Doucet was based on smart AA-sized ambition. Read more Read more ›
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Do you need a new Pokémon T-shirt? Don't answer that. Could you be convinced to buy a new Pokémon T-shirt if a nice one popped up? Well, prepare yourselves, because trendy Japanese high street clothing company Uniqlo has announced a new Pokémon collab for 2026. Read more Read more ›
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Sometimes you just know. A few seconds into Sektori, through an alluringly vague tutorial and out the other side into your arrowhead cockpit, dropped into the little starting play zone of pent-up ecstasy, a diamond shape of refining, refracting kinetic potential, winding up, coiling, taking shape… yes. You know. This thing is about to blow your mind. Read more Read more ›
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Vince Zampella, co-creator of Call of Duty and legendary studio head, has passed away. Read more Read more ›
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Time-travelling psychological horror game Cronos: The New Dawn is finally getting an additional, easier difficulty mode for people who want less of a gameplay challenge. Read more Read more ›
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Before we tell you know what we think, and before we get to what you think, we thought we'd do something a little bit different this as part of our usual end-of-year celebrations. What, we wondered, do the people who actually make the games think? As so we've chatted with the developers behind some of our favourite 2025 releases to find out which new games have resonated most with them... Read more ›
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Since Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 released, there has been much discussion about the game's performances. While all are exemplary, and saw the likes of Jennifer English and Ben Starr receive nominations for Best Performer at this year's The Game Awards, there has since been debate over what exactly it means to be nominated in this category. Read more Read more ›
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New details have been revealed regarding the Knights of the Old Republic 2 false advertisement lawsuit for Switch consoles. This includes an argument made by one expert brought in by Aspyr who stated that the fan-made Restored Content mod the missing DLC was based on had "no economic value". Read more Read more ›
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The rebooted 2013 Tomb Raider made its Switch debut just a matter of weeks ago, and thanks to the "passionate response" from the community, port developer Aspyr may now consider bringing the trilogy's final two entries to Nintendo's platform as well. Read more Read more ›
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Square Enix has announced the Octopath Traveller series has surpassed 6m lifetime sales, shortly after the release of Octopath Traveller 0. Read more Read more ›
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Hideo Kojima has popped up on Wired's (fantastic - did you know that we're closer in time to Cleopatra than Cleopatra is to the beginning of ancient Egypt?) Tech Support series answering questions about – well, himself, in the main. Read more Read more ›
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The Indie Game Awards has withdrawn two awards previously given to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, not because of the debate about what does and doesn't constitute an "indie" game, but because a representative of Sandfall Interactive had agreed that no gen AI had been used in the development when, in fact, it had. Read more Read more ›
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While every site you've ever visited in 2025 seems intent on summarising your year even for things you absolutely don't need to be summarised (the cards I completed in Asana this year? Uh, no thanks), there's one wrapped message you probably won't be getting this year: Xbox. Read more Read more ›
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Fortnite will not be returning to iOS in Japan next year "as promised" because, according to Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney, Apple has allegedly launched "another travesty of obstruction and lawbreaking". Read more Read more ›
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Battlefield 6 is changing vehicle availability on its Breakthrough maps to improve pacing and "vehicle availability" for attackers and defenders. Read more Read more ›
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There's a lot more to ten-pin bowling than meets the eye. What to most people is something you do while half-cut during a boozy night-out or take your kids to for a birthday hides a chilling secret: it's actually a very complex sport. Video games have generally treated bowling as the former, though - that's why the greatest-ever bowling game is one that is played with extremely broad motion controls... Read more ›
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Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing. This week Bertie swears he didn't touch the pills, Kelsey screams (or is that a laugh?), and Tom goes up North. Read more Read more ›
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