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Verdict By building on the original’s foundations with more impactful decision-making and gameplay refinements, The Outer Worlds 2 feels like the Obsidian game that Fallout: New Vegas fans have craved for over a decade. Fallout: New Vegas is up there among the greatest games of all time, and it’s difficult not to compare anything Obsidian does to its 2010 masterpiece. I already went through it at the beginning of last year with the middling Avowed and half-baked The Outer Worlds 1 before that. But this time, The Outer Worlds 2 actually delivers, finally living up to the high bar that…
Nintendo Switch 2 hardware sales slowed during the Christmas period compared to its predecessor in many Western markets, including the US and UK.That’s according to The Game Business, which reports that, following a record-breaking launch earlier in the year, Switch 2 sales in the US over the holiday period (November – December) were down by around 35% compared with what Switch 1 managed during the same period in 2017.It was a similar picture in the UK, where Switch 2 sales for the last eight weeks of the year were 16% lower than Switch 1 in the same period of its…
Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 is entering its final days, but it may have already peaked on Thursday, January 7. That’s the day that brought us an American Truck Simulator race so off the rails, so absurd, and so utterly chaotic that it seems destined to live forever in GDQ infamy.You might be wondering exactly how you go about doing a speedrun of American Truck Simulator, an open-ended game without clear objectives that’s made up mostly of long, lonesome highways that generally allow you to easily pin the accelerator down. The obvious choice, of course, is to run a point-to-point…
Microlandia deserves a much longer article, preferably written by our resident virtual metropolis judger Sin Vega. For the moment, I will only say that it’s a work-in-progress city-builder fuelled by a poetical mixture of admiration and terror for cities.
Riot has just dropped the full details for League of Legends 2026 Season One upon us, and there’s plenty to be excited for. The new ‘For Demacia’ update is here, and alongside the much-anticipated Shyvana rework, there’s confirmation that ARAM Mayhem will be extended for at least a while longer, and a look at exactly what we’ll be doing in the Demacia Rising event. If Riot is able to deliver on everything it’s been teasing, then 2026 is shaping up to be a pretty transformative year for the long-running MOBA. We were already treated to the new cinematic for League…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Ghost of Yōtei, Arc Raiders, and Dispatch are the most nominated games at this year’s DICE Awards.On Thursday, The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) revealed the nominees for the 29th ceremony, which will take place in Las Vegas on February 12 at 8pm PT, streamed live online.Topping the list with eight nominations each are Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Ghost of Yōtei, followed by Arc Raiders and Dispatch with six nominations each. In addition, Blue Prince earned five nominations, followed by Death Stranding 2: On the Beach with four.The five games nominated for Game of the Year at the DICE Awards are Arc Raiders, Blue Prince, Clair…
Nintendo has confirmed the first set of new Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con designs, and underwhelming doesn’t even cover it.Part of the excitement of a new Nintendo console once the initial hype has died off is seeing what weird and wonderful variants will get conjured up. This was at its peak during the 3DS days, but the Switch mostly kept these changes to Joy-Con colors throughout its lifespan, like Splatoon, Pokemon or Animal Crossing themed colours, with the occasional design like the lovely Zelda Skyward Sword ones. The lack of console changes was a bit underwhelming, but at least that means…
CES 2026 doesn’t technically end until tomorrow, but then if it were a football match, it’d be the kind where the home side gets battered 4-0 and the cameras keep cutting to a stream of season ticket holders slumping towards the doors with 20 minutes left. An all-timer in the history of Consumer Electronics Show, it has not been. You can probably guess why. If CES 2024 and CES 2025 were characterised by gaming hardware’s tightening embrace of artificial intelligence, 2026 seems to be the year it submitted to a full AI Brain takeover. Practical, sensible kit has been announced,…
OK, I’ll admit it: I actually quite like the newly revealed Fallout crossover in Black Ops 7. I’m not proud of it, given my past criticisms of Call of Duty’s bizarre, totally unrelated collabs. Sure, seeing Ella Purnell call in a UAV or The Ghoul wall-bouncing with a rocket launcher is jarring, but as a fan of Fallout (the games and the Amazon series) they’re pretty cool skins. However, I’m not sure liking it is the same as supporting it. I think some elements work well here, but on the whole, seeing Pip-Boys and blue jumpsuits in Black Ops 7…
Following its launch in Japan last year, Nintendo will debut its range of My Mario products in the US and Europe next month, it’s announced.My Mario is a range of Mario-themed products aimed at young children, including a wood block set featuring characters and items from the Super Mario series, which also double as Amiibo toys.The range also includes a Hello Mario! App, which lets users interact with the plumber on their phone or tablet, a stop-motion series, a board book, apparel, and more.The My Mario collection will be available at Nintendo’s New York and San Francisco stores, the My…