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10 years on, Bloodborne remains an unmatchable feat of atmosphere thanks to the mind-boggling oppressive scale of Yharnam
Opinion Opinion | A decade studying the dangerous streets of Bloodborne's Yharnam has me convinced – the cloying city is why it remains my favorite Soulslike
"We don't want to force one terabyte of data on the players": Assassin's Creed Shadows' tech director on the clever tricks Ubisoft uses to "go beyond" current-gen
Interview Interview | Assassin's Creed's Pierre Fortin talks about the huge technical leaps from Assassin's Creed Syndicate to the jaw-dropping Assassin's Creed Shadows
Upcoming Xbox Series X games for 2025 and beyond
Upcoming All the new and upcoming Xbox Series X games confirmed to launch in the coming months
After 18 years, I'm convinced Assassin's Creed Shadows has perfected the series' ultimate stealth loop – all thanks to its deliciously dense castles
Opinion Opinion | Assassin's Creed Shadows features some of the snappiest stealth to date, and I can't stop going back for more
The best games to play in 2025, so far
Best List From Assassin's Creed Shadows to Monster Hunter Wilds, here's the 14 best games of 2025 to play across PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Nintendo Switch
Best Black Friday 75-inch TV deals 2025: what to expect from this year's big screen sales
Deals Black Friday 75-inch TV deals are set to return November 2025, and we're already building a picture of big screen sales to expect.
Upcoming PC games: New PC games for 2025 and beyond
Upcoming All the hottest upcoming PC games to watch for in 2025, from Atomfall to Elden Ring Nightreign
Black Friday graphics card deals 2025: what to expect from GPU offers this year
Deals Black Friday graphics card deals will return this November, and while GPU supplies are limited right now, discounts could emerge this year.
Assassin's Creed Shadows' yellow paint parkour challenges are a highlight for me after 11 hours jumping around the world
Now playing Now Playing | Assassin's Creed Shadows' use of yellow paint points towards some really fun parkour challenges
Assassin's Creed Shadows can wait – I spent 40 hours mopping up the map in the one game in the series everyone skipped
Now Playing Now Playing | Assassin's Creed Rogue was scuppered by bad release timing, but this last hurrah for the series' golden era is a terrific dark eagle, and I can't believe it took me so long to notice
Does Avowed have romance, and if so then with whom?
Guide Although there isn't traditional romance in Avowed, there is at least one character you can bond with during your journey
Baldur's Gate 3 has a new contender in this Steam Next Fest RPG demo filled with talking fish, clones, and very violent bubble tea
Hands-on Moves of the Diamond Hand elevates the humble six-sided die into your primary way to interact with its strange, off-kilter, and utterly captivating world – and comes to Early Access soon
This roguelike strategy game puts you in charge of a dieselpunk alt-WW2 mech squad, and its Steam Next Fest demo is wonderfully bite-sized
Hands-on Grit and Valor – 1949's dieselpunk mech theming is an interesting alt-WW2 twist, and I love how the roguelike structure makes each RTS skirmish feel like a tasty snack
This puzzle game almost made me want to talk to strangers after its chill Steam Next Fest demo got me hooked on organizing seating charts
Hands-on Is This Seat Taken? challenges you to fulfil the requests of those soon-to-be-seated, with incredibly chill vibes and surprisingly sharp storytelling
15 hours in, Monster Hunter Wilds has relieved my anxiety from Rise – this really is my Monster Hunter World 2
Now Playing I'm pleased to report that Monster Hunter Wilds has brought me right back into the hunt, and it feels like the sequel to Monster Hunter: World I've been after for so long.
10 best Monster Hunter games of all-time, ranked
Best List With Monster Hunter Wilds, now, erm, in the wild, we carve up the best Monster games in the franchise you can play right now
This exploration roguelike has no combat, and just tasks you with placing rooms on a blueprint – but its Steam Next Fest demo is delightfully devious
Hands-on Blue Prince tasks you to find the 46th room in a mansion that has just 45 – oh, and its layout completely changes every single day
10 years after Yakuza 0, Majima's swashbuckling return finally puts a bowline knot on decades of character growth
Opinion Opinion | Across almost forty years in-universe, it's been an unavoidably long time since I had a solid hangout sesh with Goro Majima – Pirate Yakuza gives me what I needed
This looter slasher mashes up Remnant 2 with shades of Final Fantasy 14 and lashings of special moves, all in an action-packed Steam Next Fest demo
Hands-on Empyreal is an action RPG that has you delving into a Monolith for short excursions, mixing together challenging battles with the data you need to persevere
My dream Sonic game is finally real and it even has online multiplayer, except it's actually this "high-speed" 3D platformer with a glorious demo in Steam Next Fest
Hands-on Rollin' Rascal is a rip-roaringly fast 3D platformer that goes toe-to-toe with Sonic games thanks to how it embraces some seriously thrilling momentum
TMNT rocks Steam Next Fest with the snappiest, slickest tactics RPG I've ever played
Hands-on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown comes from Strange Scaffold, the certified dev sickos behind favorites I Am Your Beast, El Paso, Elswhere, and more
10 card games like Hearthstone to deck around with
Feature The best games like Hearthstone that you can start playing today
10 games like Terraria that'll build up your adventurous side
Feature From Starbound to Palworld, here's what to try next if you're a Terraria diehard
Super Mario Odyssey and Wind Waker collide in this expressive Steam Next Fest 3D platformer that's already an early GOTY contender for me
Hands-on Demon Tides' open world platformer structure combines with some of the most expressive 3D platforming I've ever played to set its telescopic sights on the genre crown
