The cost of gaming is soaring – but for many fans, a game is ‘worth’ more than its price tag
As tariffs raise the price of consoles, is it time for gamers to reevaluate our relationship with new releases?
Mario Kart World: hands-on with Nintendo’s crucial Switch 2 launch game
It may not reinvent the wheel but the forthcoming racer looks awesome, plays flawlessly, offers more exhilarating carnage than ever before – and even allows some open-world exploration
I got to play Nintendo Switch 2: hands-on with 2025’s gaming must-have
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Everything we learned from Nintendo’s ‘deep dive’ into the Switch 2
Nintendo reveals Switch 2 console due to launch on 5 June
March 2025
Expelled! review – turning the tables on the private school class hierarchy
Inkle’s latest game revels in lying, stealing and blackmail as you resort to any means necessary to avoid expulsion from a posh school
February 2025
The 15 best games to play on the Nintendo Switch in 2025
From the cutest postapocalyptic world to multiplayer mayhem and a modern family classic, here are the Switch’s must-play games
Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered review – the good, the bad and the gloomy of Lara Croft releases
The reissues campaign continues with three more delves into early Lara lore, which shoot, jump and run the gamut of nostalgic gameplay
Civilization VII review – your empire strikes back in glorious new detail
The fiendishly addictive sim returns with compelling fresh challenges across the ages. Prepare to say goodbye to a lot of free time
January 2025
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector review – we’re putting together a crew
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The Nintendo Switch 2 reveal was exciting – but will it entice you to upgrade?
Nintendo announces its next console, the Switch 2
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Greater power, magnetic controllers and backwards compatibility: what to expect when Nintendo announces the Switch 2
October 2024
Fear the Spotlight review – engrossing, eerie and unexpectedly thought-provoking horror
Its expertly retro, low-poly visuals are a nod to Resident Evil and Silent Hill, but this horror game has an emotionally resonant story at its heart
Neva review – sublime portrait of a warrior and her wolf in a dying world
Rarely do games move me to tears, but this tale of a woman rearing her wolf cub in a world plagued by demons had a deep emotional effect
Former Nintendo factory in Kyoto opens as nostalgia-fuelled gaming museum
Museum features consoles from 1983’s Famicom to 2017’s Switch, as well as honouring Nintendo’s pre-video-game era
September 2024
EA Sports FC 25 review – taking graceful advantage of open gaming goal
While there are no spectacular advances on last year’s game, new refinements provide a vivid glimpse of what it’s like to be a genius on the field
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom review – a lot to learn
It’s great to finally get to play as Zelda, but working out how to take an active part without being able to fight is rather hard work
The Plucky Squire review – jolly adventures on and off the page
Meta spin on arts-and-crafty games has you helping an eccentric trio able to access the world outside their story to battle the evil Humgrump
August 2024
Summer games previews
A new age begins: Civilization 7 captures the chaos of human history in manageable doses
Firaxis Games needed to move on from Civilization 6 because, its developers explain, ‘it was getting too big for its britches’
