Metroid Prime 4 evolves a classic formula into something bigger, stranger, and more ambitious, but does it hold together?

Balatro looked like an overnight indie miracle, but the game's success took planning, strategy, outreach, and a little luck.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment tells a sweeping war story that makes the Musou formula feel essential. There’s nothing better than when a video game is surprising. Whether it’s a mechanic, a ...

Can Pokémon ever truly reinvent itself? Pokémon Legends: Z-A makes a compelling case that it can. Having played 2022’s Pokémon Legends: Arceus to completion, and now having toiled away on the streets ...

Hope is a dangerous thing in football, but for once, Nintendo players might be right to feel it. We go again. We know what we’re getting. We know it’ll be more of an evolution than a revolution. And ...

I have purchased Yakuza 0 three times. Once on Xbox, where it still lives untouched. Once on Steam, as part of a backlog-building bundle. And now, finally, on Nintendo Switch 2 – in the form of Yakuza ...

Donkey Kong steps back ‒ or rather, smashes through a wall – into the spotlight. One of the most familiar rhythms in games is the gradual accumulation of power. Link starts off with a boomerang and, ...

Masahiro Sakurai has made some of Nintendo’s greatest games, but his YouTube channel might be his best work. (Yes, I know I’m super late to the party on this one, but what the hell, consider this a ...

A long-overdue update improves Xbox Remote Play on macOS. Microsoft’s “This is an Xbox” campaign launched with much fanfare last year, but for Mac users trying to use Xbox Remote Play, the slogan rang ...

While the Hollywood machine spins its wheels in nostalgia, two recent video games take Star Wars and Indiana Jones into fresh territory. There’s something risky about revisiting the stories that ...

What happens when you bring experimental theatre into a sci-fi video game? In an insightful talk at GDC 2025, Remy Siu, founder and creative director of Sunset Visitor, revealed how the story of ...