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Gamescom 2025: Opening Night Live Predictions

Gamescom returns to Cologne, Germany, this week for its 17th outing. With E3 in the mud, the video game industry needs physical events like it more than ever. Video game journalism continues to mutate into a promotional arm for publishers, but these events offer a chance for it to assert…

August 18, 2025August 18, 2025

Call of Duty Gaming

Battlefield 6 Won’t Kill Call of Duty. It Doesn’t Need To.

The reveal of Battlefield 6 has set the heather alight. For the first time in a long time, there’s excitement surrounding a AAA first-person shooter that isn’t Call of Duty. Change seems to be in the air, but is it all bluster? I’ve never been much of a Battlefield…

August 3, 2025August 3, 2025

Gaming Xbox

Xbox Steps Back and PlayStation Steps Beyond

Whether it was due to the vocal outcry online or disappointing pre-order numbers, the decision has been made: The Outer Worlds 2 will no longer release at the previously announced $79.99 RRP. It’s yet another unforced error by Xbox, which just can’t seem to stop shooting itself in the foot.…

July 27, 2025October 12, 2025

Gaming Xbox

It’s Not Xbox Anymore. It’s Microsoft Gaming.

Last May, I wrote: “Hopefully, the June showcase can put some fears to rest, but it will take a lot of work for Xbox to regain the trust of its fan base and the wider gaming community. We can no longer take anything the company says at face value, and…

July 5, 2025July 5, 2025

Gaming Nintendo

Predicting the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct

Years and years of speculation are nearly over; we’re roughly 24 hours out from the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct. I’ve been anticipating an upgrade to the Switch since the Switch Pro/OLED fiasco, so it’s about damn time! The upside of waiting so long is that I’ve saved the odd £20…

April 1, 2025April 1, 2025

Destiny Gaming Meta

Bungie and Game Informer: We Aren’t Out of the Woods Yet

Sigh. When it looked like the worst industry-wide redundancies were behind us, Bungie decided that one round of layoffs wasn’t enough. Despite an initial cost-cutting exercise in October 2023, the studio decimated its ranks by a further 17% this past week. Nothing I write here will be unique; it’s all…

August 4, 2024August 4, 2024

Gaming

After Latest Studio Closures, Xbox Has Killed All Trust

This week, I originally planned to preview the forthcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops reveal in June, maybe focus on Nintendo finally acknowledging the successor to the Nintendo Switch, or talk about some of the great releases this week, such as the Metroidvania puzzler Animal Well, but Xbox decided to…

May 12, 2024October 12, 2025

Gaming Xbox

With E3 Gone, the Big Three Look On

The video game industry is a fast-moving beast. Trends appear overnight and disappear just as quickly. Development studios close at the click of an executive’s finger. The game of the moment becomes tomorrow’s afterthought. One constant, however, is the period in early summer, when publishers, developers, and hardware manufacturers…

May 3, 2024October 12, 2025

Gaming Nintendo

Switch 2 Launch 2025: Nintendo Is in Dangerous Territory

I’d put myself in the upper echelons of Nintendo fandom. I’ve had a long history with the company since my first hand-me-down GameBoy Pocket. I’m an Animal Crossing die-hard, my girlfriend beats me at Mario Kart, and I frequently reminisce over Wii Sports taking over the world in 2007. I…

February 17, 2024October 12, 2025

Gaming

The Game Awards 2023 – Picks & Predictions

It’s awards season! And there’s no better way to kick it off than The Game Awards, a show that I consistently enjoy despite not always being the most entertaining. Geoff Keighley has stuck with his vision for TGA and evolved the show into a slickly produced showcase of the past…

December 7, 2023August 4, 2024