Feature | What we've been playing - Open-world dress up, plant puzzles, and festive levels

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Digital Foundry | The winter mechanical keyboard shootout: four tiny options put to the test

It's time for another roundup.

Once Human's mobile pre-registrations top 26m as April release window now confirmed

Or are we dancer?

Palestinian pseudo-3D stealth game Dreams on a Pillow looks set to hit £150K crowdfund target early

"A land full of people being made into a people without land."

XDefiant's final patch includes content that would have released in future seasons if it hadn't been cancelled

"All of this and more are our last tribute to all of the hard-working people that made this game."

Diablo 4 gets free trial over Christmas as it competes with Path of Exile 2

Fe-Lilith Navidad.

Digital Foundry | Space Marine 2 on PS5 Pro: a much-needed image quality and performance upgrade

Plus: the base PS5 game patched with improved frame-rates.

Frostpunk dev 11 Bit cancels project as it was conceived when "story-rich games held stronger appeal"

The cancellation has resulted in an unknown number of job losses.

Skibidi Toilet and Plungerman plop into Fortnite

With Mariah Carey to follow.

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 has quietly replaced some of its Zombies cast - here's why

"I sincerely hope to collaborate in the future once performers are protected against AI abuse."

Ubisoft quietly releases new Web3 game featuring Rayman and NFTs

Based on Netflix animated spin-off.

Feature | Reappraising Shadow the Hedgehog, one of 2005's biggest misfires

The Ultimate Life Form endures.

Hi-Fi Rush sequel being considered "positively" but Tango Gameworks considering "various opportunities"

"I want to cherish this IP."