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  • ‘It’s not meant to be French propaganda’: Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – how a tiny studio developed the Belle Époque-set gaming blockbuster

    What started as Guillaume Broche’s personal project has been nominated for 12 Game awards, sold more than 2m copies and been praised by Emmanuel Macron as a ‘shining example of French audacity’
  • Skate Story.

    Skate Story review – hellish premise aside, this is skateboarding paradise

  • Horses game

    Horror game Horses has been banned from sale – but is it as controversial as you’d think?

  • Human-sized brown bear and blue bunny in bow ties

    Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 review – inept game-based horror is one of the year’s worst

  • Red Dead Redemption 2, a Western-themed action-adventure video game developed and published by Rockstar Games.

    Dan Houser on Victorian novels, Red Dead Redemption and redefining open-world games

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  • Impeccably awesome … Sarus Aran in her purple-accented armoured suit in Metroid Prime 4.

    Metroid Prime 4: Beyond review – Samus Aran is suited up for action again. Was it worth the 18-year wait?

  • Sleep Awake.

    Sleep Awake review – Gary Numan cameos in an overly straightforward sleep-deprivation horror

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Opinion

  • A character in in a blue suit bending down to stroke a cat in PowerWash Simulator 2.

    A PowerWash Simulator sequel is exactly what we need right now

    Ellie Gibson
  • Keza MacDonald

    I tried out a virtual Halloween festival – and got more than I bargained for

    Keza MacDonald
  • Man holding a mobile phone playing a video game version of Uno, with Uno imagery in the background.

    Are digital board games as fun as the real thing? Turns out: absolutely not

    Dominik Diamond
  • Marina Hyde

    It’s the art of the dodgy deal, Middle East edition: author Donald Trump, updated by Jared Kushner

    Marina Hyde

Reviews

  • Kirby Air Riders screenshot

    Kirby Air Riders review – cute pink squishball challenges Mario for Nintendo racing supremacy

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 game, screenshot

    Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 review – hallucinogenic romp through dystopia is stupidly pleasurable

  • The atmosphere is palpable … Football Manager 26.

    Football Manager 26 review – a modern sim for the modern game

  • A cast of characters conversing in The Outer Worlds 2.

    The Outer Worlds 2 review – improved space-faring sequel is an enjoyable time sink

What to play

  • Odd couple … Split Fiction and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

    The best video games of 2025 so far

  • Nintendo Switch 2.

    Beyond Mario Kart World: what else is worth playing on Nintendo Switch 2?

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

    ‘Close to perfect’: readers’ favourite games of 2025 so far

  • The Last of Us.

    The 15 best PlayStation 5 games to play in 2025

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    Gaming in their golden years: why millions of seniors are playing video games

  • A rainbow created in Minecraft by Ellie Finch and her nieces and nephews

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