Cairn review – obsession, suffering and awe in a climbing game that hits exhausting new heights
A punishing, beautiful survival game that turns mountaineering into an intimate test of endurance, fixation and emotional resolve – you’ll be in tears by the end
TR-49 review – inventive narrative deduction game steeped in the strangest of wartime secrets
The UK game developer’s latest is a database mystery constructed from an archive of fictional books. Their combined contents threaten to crack the code of reality
A beginner’s guide to Arc Raiders: what it is and how you start playing
‘It’s a loving mockery, because it’s also who I am’: the making of gaming’s most pathetic character
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles review – remastered 1997 classic is even more politically resonant now
December 2025
The 10 most anticipated video games of 2026
Arc Raiders review – pure multiplayer pleasure
Terminator 2D: No Fate review – the least bad Terminator game in a long while
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The 20 best video games of 2025
Karts, cakes and karaoke: the eight best party games to play with family this Christmas
Star Wars, Tomb Raider and a big night for Expedition 33 – what you need to know from The Game Awards
‘Charismatic, self-assured, formidable’: Lara Croft returns with two new Tomb Raider games
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – how a tiny studio developed the Belle Époque-set gaming blockbuster
Skate Story review – hellish premise aside, this is skateboarding paradise
November 2025
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 review – hallucinogenic romp through dystopia is stupidly pleasurable
A PowerWash Simulator sequel is exactly what we need right now
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Football Manager 26 review – a modern sim for the modern game
The Outer Worlds 2 review – improved space-faring sequel is an enjoyable time sink
October 2025
The Séance of Blake Manor review – gripping gothic detective game steeped in mystery and menace
I cannot stop playing this preposterous game about falling down a mountain
