Zenless Zone Zero review – stylish, enchanting and seductive
In this free-to-play gacha game, Earth is invaded and survivors living in a neo-city balance dystopian alien battles with cute, fluffy moments such as helping locals find love and taking photos of local cats
June 2024
‘It’s important for us to be happy’: Astro Bot, the most joyous game on PlayStation 5
Team Asobi’s Nicolas Doucet on creating PlayStation 5’s next big game – and, he hopes, its next big mascot
Still Wakes the Deep review – The Thing, but on a Scottish oil rig in the 1970s
This horror game creates great atmosphere with its acting and visual design, but is regularly brought to its knees by uninspiring gameplay
Civilization 7 and more announced at Summer Game Fest
The latest title in the long-running strategy series was the biggest reveal at an event that celebrated small indie titles as much as big hitters
May 2024
XDefiant review – Overwatch meets Call of Duty in an Ubisoft theme park
Sea of Thieves on PlayStation 5 review – you’ll laugh, you’ll sail, you’ll drink grog until you’re sick
April 2024
TopSpin 2K25 review – game, set and match to an engrossing tennis sim
Whether you’re playing as a real-life pro or your own wacky avatar, this subtly calibrated title will have you perfecting your lobs and dropshots for hours
March 2024
Alone in the Dark review – Jodie Comer and David Harbour can’t save this soporific horror
The stars are lost in a swamp of poor writing and buggy combat in this wearisome reimagining of the 1992 survival classic
PlayStation, ahoy! How Rare’s pirate adventure Sea of Thieves set sail for a new platform
Six years since its voyage began, the oceanic co-op is landing on PS5 – and the team behind the game can’t wait to empower the creativity of a whole new community of players
WWE 2K24 review - arcade fighter celebrates 40 years of Wrestlemania with slapstick spectacle
Visual Concepts pulls off an incredible reversal on this formerly beleaguered series, just in time for Wrestlemania’s big 4-0
February 2024
Pushing Buttons newsletter
Pushing Buttons: When even PlayStation is cutting jobs, something is seriously wrong with games
Helldivers 2 review – the most fun I’ve had with a co-op shooter since Left 4 Dead
January 2024
Tekken 8 review – 3D fighter packs more punch than ever
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth review – happy yakuza holiday
The Last of Us Part II Remastered review – unmissable repacking of modern classic
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown review – a new gaming kingdom awaits
December 2023
‘Like an unnecessarily horny seaside postcard’: Yorkshire comedy game Thank Goodness You’re Here!
In a sea of Portakabins in Shoreditch, a pair of best friends are making a very British surreal comedy game based on their northern home town
November 2023
Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection review – a great way to relive a lost world of gaming
The cult retro label has curated and updated a series of digital dino fossils for modern players and fans of the movie franchise who missed out first time round
Jusant review – a skyscraping climbing game with the gift of perspective
The mostly wordless adventure tasks you with ascending an exquisitely rendered mountain with a troubled past
Thirsty Suitors review – emotional combat that’s equal parts funny, horny and heartfelt
Your bitter exes are the enemies in this turn-based adventure, which has you talk through your feelings even while delivering kick-ass martial arts moves
