Features

A woman readies her bow in a forest scene in Avowed.

Interview

How Avowed is building its world on Pillars of Eternity

Support column.

Nov. 21, 2024 Rick Lane

A Flight Simulator 2024 screenshot showing a plane approaching a distant tornado beneath a brooding sky.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Planes

Winging it.

Nov. 20, 2024 Robert Purchese

A photo of an award on a table. The award is circular and stood up on a circular base. In the middle is what looks like a globe but actually it's a deconstructed controller that looks like a globe. Around it is green and blue, and the material looks to be stone of some kind. It's very pretty actually.

Feature

Big changes for the Green Game Jam as it targets triple-A games

Planet toaster.

Nov. 20, 2024 Robert Purchese

Towers of Aghasba screenshot shows the player riding a small animal, while a larger beast roars in the background.

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Now Playing | Towers of Aghasba offers mindless pleasures and tiny hippos to pelt with fruit

Shore thing.

Nov. 19, 2024 Christian Donlan

A view from a wooden platform overlooking the sea in the game Rust. In the distance is an oil rig - the the same oil rig that has been painted onto a board in the foreground of the image. In the painting, the oil rig is silhouetted against a deep red sun that's dipping into the sea behind it. In 'reality', we see the oil rig in daylight. It's a striking painting.

Feature

I painted landscapes in the horribly violent world of Rust

A brush with death.

Nov. 17, 2024 Emma Kent

Karate Survivor key art. It shows a six characters arranged in a V shape, facing the camera, with skyscrapers and two fists in the background, somewhat inexplicably. It's exactly the kind of image you'd see on a '90s Hong Kong action movie poster: young hero, muscular thugs, baseball bats, guns. There's gonna be some punching going down.

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Now Playing | This Vampire Survivors-like is a knock-out blend of Jackie Chan martial arts and the prop flinging of Yakuza

A black belter.

Nov. 17, 2024 Robert Purchese

Artwork of an orc clutching an axe in Warcraft 2

Feature

From The Archive | Warcraft 2 was terrific, influential - and absolutely ridiculous

Historical conflict.

Nov. 16, 2024 Paul Dean

A Lego Fortnite image showing a fishy Lego character holding a torch in a darkened area.

Feature

What we've been playing - Lego horror, cheerful games, and others we just can't get into

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

Nov. 16, 2024 Robert Purchese

Blizzard artwork showing the familiar sight of hulking green orcs facing off against grey plate-wearing, blue-plume helmeted humans. Will they ever be friends?

Feature

Opinion | I love World of Warcraft, but I wish Blizzard would stop looking backwards

Job's done?

Nov. 15, 2024 Robert Purchese

Two Beastieball teams prepare to fight in Beastieball.

Feature

Now Playing | Beastieball gives Pokémon an Into the Breach-style sports twist, and I can't get enough of it

Volley good.

Nov. 14, 2024 Katharine Castle

A boy holds up a snail close to his face in Miniatures.

Feature

Now Playing | Miniatures is a dreamy, interactive picture book of strange, dark tales I would have loved to have as a kid

Amanita more of this.

Nov. 14, 2024 Katharine Castle

A photograph of the PS5 Pro and Dualsense controller.

Feature

The PS5 Pro value dilemma - is a release from FOMO all you're getting here?

Did Sony really take the PSSR?

Nov. 14, 2024 Tom Orry

An image - it could be a photograph - a vintage TV sit sat on a surface in the dark, emitting a snowy static glow.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: TVs

LED it be known.

Nov. 13, 2024 Robert Purchese

This could be a scene from a Japanese horror film, except it looks like a scene from an old adventure game. It's painted in two colours, one a kind of brown for the environment, and one in purple showing a hunched over girl holding the end of a bed, hair obscuring her face. She is out to get you.

Feature

The anatomy of a scare: how do games frighten you?

Jump. Stare.

Nov. 13, 2024 Robert Purchese

FM24 screenshot showing the pre-match lineup screen for Manchester United

Feature

I tried Ruben Amorim's tactics with Manchester United in Football Manager, and the results were all over the place

Devils, play, cry.

Nov. 10, 2024 Chris Tapsell

Feature

Digital Foundry | PlayStation 5 Pro: what does the PS4 image enhancement feature actually do?

To what extent do legacy PS4 games improve on a 4K screen?

Nov. 9, 2024 Oliver Mackenzie

Feature

What we've been playing - Agatha Harkness, karate, and the Smurfs

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

Nov. 9, 2024 Robert Purchese

A mysterious symbol showing an inverted black triangle with white, jagged lines cutting across it. Around it are yellow circles and mysterious glyphs or writing on concentric stone rings. It's from Dragon Age: The Veilguard's secret post-credits scene. What does it reference - the Executors?

Feature

After The Veilguard's secret post-credits scene, where does Dragon Age go from here?

Yes, Executorly.

Nov. 8, 2024 Robert Purchese

A stock image of a colourful fireworks display. Reds and blues and golds and myriad other popping rockets fill the sky. It's very bright.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Fireworks

Bangers.

Nov. 7, 2024 Robert Purchese

red dead redemption key art showing arthur morgan, a moustache-wielder and a zombie

Feature

Digital Foundry | Red Dead Redemption PC tech review: the best way to play a stone-cold classic

Good, stutter-free performance, with graphics options that scale beyond consoles.

Nov. 7, 2024 Alex Battaglia

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Digital Foundry | Sony PlayStation 5 Pro review: across the board improvements, but is it worth the money?

Clearly made for enthusiasts - while laying the technical foundations for the next generation.

Nov. 6, 2024 Richard Leadbetter

A gruesome zombie with their head wrapped in bandages, lying on what looks like an operating table. The images is cartoon styled.

Feature

What we've been playing - comments are back

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

Nov. 6, 2024 Robert Purchese

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Digital Foundry | Can PS5 Pro run Elden Ring at 60 frames per second?

No - but Game Boost still makes this the best console experience out there.

Nov. 6, 2024 Richard Leadbetter

A close-up image of a Speedball illustration. Two heavily padded almost American Football-like players clash. One rams an elbow and fist into a punky looking opposing player's face.

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Now Playing | Speedball is back from the dead, but don't get too excited

I scream, I scream.

Nov. 5, 2024 Robert Purchese

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Digital Foundry | PlayStation 5 Pro: we've removed it from its box - and there's new information to share

The manual says that elements of the leaked specs were wrong.

Nov. 4, 2024 Richard Leadbetter