Latest articles by Jasmine Gould-Wilson
After Silent Hill 2 helped Bloober Team redeem itself, is the once-controversial studio poised to become horror's latest darling?
Opinion Opinion | Konami's second Bloober Team partnership could spell a future bright enough to banish its darkest days
I thought I was going evil in Avowed, but one quest changed everything I thought I knew about morality in this RPG
Now Playing Now Playing | Morality is not all black and white in Avowed, but it took me 28 hours to see that
Assassin's Creed Shadows' transmog looks set to combine the best of Odyssey and Vahalla to make changing my drip easier than ever
Opinion Opinion | It's taken years to get here, but I'm glad that AC Shadows won't make me visit a blacksmith to jazz up my look
Split Fiction feels like a Mass Effect-meets-Fable platformer and I'm obsessed with it after just one hour
Now Playing Now Playing | Hazelight's latest two-player co-op game is a slick and stylish genre-bending adventure
Escaping an asylum hidden in an 18th century Spanish monastery is a curious concept for a stealth game, but I couldn't put this one down
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | The Stone of Madness is stunningly haunting new stealth tactics game from the indie devs behind Blasphemous
Playing Atomfall for 90 minutes booted me out of my comfort zone more than any other survival action game, and that's a very good thing
Preview Preview | Atomfall is a little bit Stalker 2, a little bit Dying Light, and a lot of something else entirely
Avowed's dialogue can feel more like a tabletop RPG than Baldur's Gate 3's, but in a totally different way
Opinion Opinion | By reverse-engineering your backstory, Avowed's dialogue system is its most powerful storytelling hook
Move over, Hogwarts Legacy and Dragon's Dogma 2 – Avowed's magic combat might be my favorite in RPG history
Now Playing Now Playing | I'm playing Avowed as a pure wizard and have zero regrets
Playing Hades 2 in Early Access makes it feel like a roguelike soap opera, and it's the only reason I still use Steam
Now Playing Now Playing | Experiencing all the balances, tweaks, and narrative beats being added in real time is one of the greatest joys of playing Hades 2
While I'm hyped for GTA 6, my biggest fear is that it's already dated itself
Opinion Opinion | Will GTA 6's lengthy development time be too much for Rockstar's satire to overcome?
Avowed's companion system is giving me strong Mass Effect vibes – and not only because of Kai
Now Playing Now Playing | Obsidian's new RPG has been compared to Skyrim, but 12 hours in I'm feeling Avowed's Mass Effect love
Assassin's Creed Shadows has the opportunity to right Valhalla's most offensive RPG wrong: Eivor's inability to serve
Opinion Opinion | Historically accurate clothing doesn't have to be hideous
10 Games like Hogwarts Legacy to explore outside of the wizarding world today
Best List From Tiny Witch to Lego Harry Potter, here are the best games like Hogwarts Legacy to play right now
10 games like Palworld for more creature-catching, raiding, and survival crafting adventures
List 10 games like Palworld for more creature-catching, raiding, and survival crafting adventures across a range of platforms
The Blood of Dawnwalker is already showing its Witcher 3 roots, but it also reminds me of my favorite underrated vampire RPG
Opinion Opinion | The Blood of Dawnwalker could be everything Vampyr set out to be
I remade Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 in The Sims 4 because I had massive FOMO, and now Henry is a serial frog-napper
Now Playing Now Playing | Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has a lot in common with The Sims 4's Rags to Riches challenge, and I'll prove it
South of Midnight wants you to feel like you're "inside a miniature" – and after playing one chapter, I want to stay in this world forever
Opinion Opinion | Every inch of South of Midnight's handcrafted world tells a story
I want Saros to riff off a misunderstood Hades feature to become a very different roguelike to Returnal
Opinion Opinion | Housemarque's upcoming action roguelike could be the perma-God Mode game I've been waiting for
Understanding the push, pull, and magic of South of Midnight's combat: "Spells control the flow of combat"
Preview | From weaving to unravelling, here's how combat works in South of Midnight
I had to break Killing Floor 3's first multiplayer beta in order to survive, but don't expect this strategy to work again
Preview Preview | Turns out Killing Floor 3's "oh shit" button is very aptly named
As console exclusivity quietly dies, I'm reaping the rewards on PC
Opinion Opinion | If Nintendo and GTA 6 are the last bastions of console exclusivity, I'm glad the rest of the games industry seems to be changing tack
Yes, South of Midnight will still run at 60fps despite its stop motion animation: "you're still in this crafted world without making it, you know, too nauseating"
News "If we applied that equally everywhere, I think it would be too jarring"
With no Far Cry 7 in sight, I'm glad the FPS' best spin-off sequel just landed on Xbox Game Pass
Now Playing Now Playing | New Dawn is here to sate those Far Cry cravings and make you reappreciate the series' two most underrated entries
