Category: Gaming

Blue Prince creates a different manor every day (Raw Fury) The latest indie hit is also a surprise game of the year contender, as you try to discover the secrets of your great uncle’s mysterious manor. Since the early 1990s, when Myst and Riven wowed gamers with their pre-rendered CD-ROM graphics, puzzle games have been perfectly content not to explain themselves, letting players infer far more about their plot and setting than they’re explicitly told. And that’s certainly not something … Continue reading “Blue Prince review – the best puzzle game of the year”

Have you ordered yours yet? (Nintendo) The Wednesday letters page thinks The Duskbloods was the worst part of the Nintendo Direct, as one reader worries that Zelda: The Wind Waker HD won’t be on Switch 2. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk Smooth saleThere has been some justified criticism of Nintendo’s handling of the Switch 2 launch, from unclear messaging to the decision to make the big announcement on the same day the global economy imploded, but … Continue reading “Games Inbox: What’s the best way to pre-order the Nintendo Switch 2?”

Astro Boy wins again (BAFTA/Getty Images) Astro Bot has won the lion’s shares of this year’s trophies at the Bafta Games Awards, with Still Wakes The Deep picking up three. Most organisations had their yearly game awards some time ago, with Astro Bot wining Game of the Year at The Game Awards in December – although we named Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth our favourite title of 2024, in our own Top 20 list. The Bafta Games Awards are always heavily … Continue reading “Bafta Games Awards 2025 honours Astro Bot with five awards including Best Game”

South Of Midnight – it looks better than it plays (Xbox Game Studios) The creators of We Happy Few return with one of the best looking games of the year, featuring some stunning stop motion animation. Microsoft has bought a lot of developers over the last decade or so but perhaps the most inexplicable purchase is little known Canadian studio Compulsion Games. Up until now their only games have been the relatively ambitious, but intrinsically flawed, Contrast and We Happy … Continue reading “South Of Midnight review – shallow gameplay in the Deep South”

Have you managed to get a pre-order yet? (Nintendo) Rather than wait for Nintendo to drop its own pre-orders, you might want to check other UK retailers for stock of the Switch 2. Nintendo was supposed to open pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 on its website today, but while that may have happened for a select few it’s not something anyone can just do themselves on a whim. If you’re lucky, you may have received an email granting you … Continue reading “Nintendo Switch 2 UK pre-orders are live again at Amazon and Argos”

Yoshida bumped up his rating purely for FromSoftware’s new game (Sony) While diehard Nintendo fans ate up the Switch 2 showcase, former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida has proven harder to please. The first big Nintendo Direct for the Switch 2 left viewers feeling a whirlwind of emotions. It was exciting thanks to all the big game reveals, particularly for the likes of Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, but there was a downside too. Some announcements left people a … Continue reading “Ex-PS5 boss calls Nintendo Switch 2 Direct underwhelming apart from one thing”

Yes, this is actually what the game looks like (Margarite Entertainment) Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing has made a comeback nobody wanted, but at least it looks like it works this time. The problem with video games being labelled as the worst ever made is that it makes people curious to try them out. Rather than being quickly forgotten, some are more famous than genuinely good titles and get remastered surprisingly often. We’ve seen it happen before, with the … Continue reading “One of the worst video games ever made has just been re-released on PC”

Have you ever tried licking a Switch cartridge? (Nintendo) Switch 2 cartridges are designed to taste so disgusting that you’ll spit them out, but you know people will try it anyway. Back when the original Nintendo Switch launched, it became something of a trend to lick the physical game cartridges, if not pop them in your mouth altogether. This was because Nintendo had deliberately coated the cartridges in a special agent that gave them a bitter taste and prevent small … Continue reading “Nintendo Switch 2 cartridges taste funny so you don’t try to eat them”

Will you be trading in your Switch 1 when the Nintendo Switch 2 comes out? (Nintendo) Although the Switch 2’s price tag is not necessarily its biggest problem, Nintendo has acknowledged that it’s too much for some people. The current console generation has been weird. Thanks to numerous factors, Sony and Microsoft couldn’t completely abandon the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for years, and even now plenty of developers continue to make games for the older systems. As such, despite … Continue reading “Switch 1 won’t die as Nintendo admits not all fans can afford Switch 2”

The Nintendo Switch 2 is probably going to be hard to get hold of this year (Nintendo) The Tuesday letters page thinks the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct was amateurish, as one reader is surprised Silksong’s brief reveal has gone largely unnoticed. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk Tariff turmoilI’m not surprised to find the Switch 2 is already starting to sell out, in terms of pre-orders. Based on the success of the original Switch and Nintendo’s overall … Continue reading “Games Inbox: Will the Nintendo Switch 2 sell out?”