Filling a field guide is the simple goal of this endearingly strange game, in which you float on a giant bird, collect gently surreal sea life, and shave sheep

In this week’s newsletter: Sony’s news that it is cutting jobs and cancelling projects for the mega-console underlines a depressing fact about game development – it’s go big, or go home

Sick of space, shooting and samey franchises? Find something to grab you in our critics’ selection of the strangest and most interesting forthcoming video games

The latest release from Dutch studio Team Reptile sets adventurers loose in the futuristic metropolis of New Amsterdam

One of the finest and longest-running racing sims has had a significant upgrade – and gives you the chance to try the new Las Vegas track before it opens

Plumbing the depths of our fear of the ocean, this clever and compelling video game will suck you in for hours at a time

Setting one’s unease at delighting in hi-tech warfare aside, this is a precisely tooled, intensely immersive combat simulator