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June 2026

  • A cartoon mouse character in red and black robes holds a sword, framed by ornate gold decorations

    Mina the Hollower review – squeaky fresh fun full of vintage magic

    This brilliant adventure creates a whole world from one character with a unique ability

May 2026

  • Forza Horizon 6 screenshot

    How Forza Horizon took on Japan with deep research – and 360-degree cameras

    The open world driving sim has roared through locations from Colorado to Australia, its authentic feel resting on exhaustive research. But, as the team explain, Japan was the toughest challenge yet

April 2026

  • Person playing a video game on Microsoft Xbox One console

    New Call of Duty games will no longer be part of Xbox’s Game Pass

    Microsoft has also reduced the price of its Xbox Game Pass video game subscription service, Microsoft Gaming boss Asha Sharma has announced

March 2026

  • Marathon video game screenshot

    Marathon is a stylishly merciless video game built for cut-throat times

    A lot is riding on the success of the latest multiplayer online shooter from Halo creator Bungie, a DayGlo spectacular that whisks players to a far-off planet mired in an endless battle for resources

February 2026

  • A screenshot of a woman

    double quotation markSpeed Dates is no feeble full-motion video game – it’s a bold art film, subtitles and all

    Dominik Diamond
    With original dialogue in Turkish, this shuffling of potential partners in a sequence of meaningless encounters ranks with the finest auteur movies
  • Out with the old … Sarah Bond (left) and Phil Spencer (centre) are leaving, while Matt Booty (right) gets a promotion.

    Pushing Buttons newsletter
    Why Xbox’s corporate shake-up matters for everyone who plays games

    With ​i​ts longtime figureheads stepping aside, Microsoft’s gaming division faces a pivotal moment​, raising questions about whether ​i​t can still balance creative ambition with corporate strategy​ in the age of AI
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  • Romeo is a Dead Man (2026), game screenshot

    Romeo Is a Dead Man review – a misfire from a storied gaming provocateur

    After some dumb fun hacking at zombies, legendary developer Suda51’s first original game in a decade sadly only delivers a host of incoherent disappointments

January 2026

  • Aava scales Mount Kami in Cairn.

    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
  • Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles.

    Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles review – remastered 1997 classic is even more politically resonant now

    This landmark role-playing game remains a revolutionary tour de force
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

    The 15 best Xbox Series S/X games to play in 2026

    This now venerable hardware remains an ideal platform for classics such as Minecraft and daring experiments from the brightest new developers

December 2025

  • Terminator 2D: No Fate game screenshot

    Terminator 2D: No Fate review – the least bad Terminator game in a long while

  • The Xbox 360, released in the UK on December 2 2005

    From Gears of War to Uno: the 15 most important Xbox 360 games

November 2025

  • Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft's Xbox division and Microsoft Studios, speaks at the Xbox E3 2015 briefing ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the University of Southern California's Galen Center in Los Angeles.

    Pushing Buttons newsletter
    T​he era-defining Xbox 360 ​reimagined ​gaming​ and Microsoft never matched it

    Two decades on, the Xbox 360’s influence still lingers, marking a moment when gaming felt thrillingly new again
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October 2025

  • Two claymation characters taking a rest.

    Out of Words – crafting gaming’s most unusual love story from clay and glue

  • A screenshot of video game Keeper, showing a lighthouse shining a light on a structure.

    Keeper review – a sparkling ecological fantasia of pure imagination

  • ROG Xbox Ally X played in handheld mode at a desk.

    ROG Xbox Ally X review – like nothing handheld gaming has seen before, for better or worse

  • Pay to play … Game Pass Ultimate will increase from £14.99 to £22.99 a month.

    Pushing Buttons newsletter
    What the Xbox Game Pass price hike says about the rising cost of playing games

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August 2025

  • Keeper.

    Summer games previews
    Keeper is the ecological ‘fever dream’ where you play as – checks notes – a lighthouse

    Double Fine’s latest is a whimsical action-adventure that takes inspiration from real-life biology as much as cult fantasy movies from the 1980s
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 game

    Is Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 just another ‘lazy’ addition to the franchise?

    The 20-year-old series has been getting industry flak, with accusations of predatory monetisation and in-game bugs. But the latest instalment offers obvious bang for your buck
  • Mafia: The Old Country.

    Mafia: The Old Country review – by-numbers action game is elevated by Sicilian period setting

    This Cosa Nostra caper has few fresh ideas to revitalise the cover shooter, but benefits from a well-researched time and place
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