Flock review – chill creature-collecting flying game is shear bliss
Filling a field guide is the simple goal of this endearingly strange game, in which you float on a giant bird, collect gently surreal sea life, and shave sheep
June 2024
Still Wakes the Deep review – The Thing, but on a Scottish oil rig in the 1970s
This horror game creates great atmosphere with its acting and visual design, but is regularly brought to its knees by uninspiring gameplay
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 first look – 300GB of spies, zombies and Margaret Thatcher
Preview of this autumn’s new edition promises fresh missions in the service of US power and a ‘ground floor’ rebuild of the gaming monster truck
Perfect Dark, Indiana Jones and a new Gears of War: all the new games from the Xbox Games Showcase
In the middle of a troubled year for Xbox, Microsoft showed a packed slate of games for its Game Pass subscription service in 2024 and 2025
May 2024
Crow Country review – breathtaking survival horror game that harks back to Silent Hill
This lushly detailed game with a chunkily retro polygonal protagonist is a gorgeous homage to landmark titles of the past
March 2024
WWE 2K24 review - arcade fighter celebrates 40 years of Wrestlemania with slapstick spectacle
Visual Concepts pulls off an incredible reversal on this formerly beleaguered series, just in time for Wrestlemania’s big 4-0
February 2024
I swore I’d never go back … but here I am, jonesing for Fifa
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Microsoft bringing Xbox games to PlayStation and Nintendo, amid major strategy shift
Stroke of genius? How one developer earned over £250k from games made in 30 minutes
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Pushing Buttons: What Microsoft’s ‘vision for the future of Xbox’ could look like
January 2024
Lashings of fun? Microsoft reveals new Indiana Jones game
Can MachineGames’s new first-person adventure Indiana Jones and the Great Circle live up to the third-person thrills of Indy-influenced hits Uncharted and Tomb Raider?
December 2023
Building blocks of a new metaverse: Lego Fortnite is a delight to play
This open-world survival sim is a shameless act of corporate synergy, but it’s luscious and relaxing, with a nostalgic, surprisingly emotional charm
November 2023
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Pushing Buttons: The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One ushered in an era of technical brilliance – but creative timidity
SteamWorld Build review – tinker with a tiny township full of robots in hats
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III review – exhilarating multiplayer combat rescues a tired format
Choice shames Coles and Woolworths with Shonky award for ‘cashing in during cost-of-living crisis’
October 2023
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Pushing Buttons: It’s been a fantastic year for games – unless you’re someone who makes them
In this week’s newsletter: The pressures of time, money, expectations and technology are creating a volatile development environment
September 2023
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty review: excellent expansion enhances an overhauled game
CD Projekt’s stylish RPG has undergone a radical transformation, and the expansion starring Idris Elba makes the best of the game’s new features
Plans for next-gen Xbox revealed in leaked Microsoft court documents
Unredacted court documents show digital-only cylindrical Xbox Series X console plans, a new controller and future Bethesda games releases
Lies of P review – inventive Pinocchio RPG has a fiendish heart
This hack-and-slasher clings to its Soulsborne heritage too tightly, but does creative things that no other Soulslike until now has managed to pull off
