
Children struggling to right a world wrecked by the old is a popular theme nowadays, within video games and beyond them…

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Children struggling to right a world wrecked by the old is a popular theme nowadays, within video games and beyond them…

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is a series of delightful, intriguing surprises. Our review.

It's enjoyable enough, and has glimpses of vintage Metroid shining through, but Metroid Prime 4: Beyond could and should have been so much more. Our review.

Kirby Air Riders pushes beyond the confines of a traditional racing game and serves up a fascinating genre-defying party racer.

A shift away from single-player leaves Black Ops 7 with its most lopsided and homogenous entry in decades, though what it does offer is still good fun.

From coconuts to black holes and watch parts, Lumines is back in fine voice in Lumines Arise.

Rich combat and an unusually friendly community make Arc Raiders an cracking extraction shooter, but Embark Studios' continued use of AI voices is inexcusable.

The Outer Worlds 2 remains fluffy gaming comfort food for better and worse, but it is better than its predecessor in almost every way.

Is there a sound more beautiful than the ding of a squirt well-squirted and a job well done? A baby's laugh, you might …

Psychonauts studio Double Fine returns with a surprising, shapeshifting adventure of captivating wonder and beauty.

The Chinese Room has managed to make something from a box of inherited parts, but this action RPG feels hollow and functional. Sadly, it hasn't worked.

Ball x Pit is a glorious reworking of Breakout, with a Roguelite twist.

Lumiose City could do with work, but Pokémon Legends: Z-A is a much more tightly focused - and delightfully goofy - return to better form. At least by modern Pokémon's standards.

Battlefield 6 delivers a thrilling multiplayer reset and decent, if derivative single-player. But shows nagging doubts about what makes Battlefield special.

Supermassive plays it safe, meaning too many familiar frustrations. But impressive artistry – and a mid-game uptick – still makes for a compelling adventure.

Jenny Jiao Hsia's dazzling, semi-autobiographical tale of teenage life finds wit and warmth in its WarioWare weirdness, even as it deals with difficult themes.

Hercule Poirot travels to Egypt, only to get sucked into the politics of someone else's bad romance, but on the bright side, there's a lot of murder.