Latest articles by Joe Donnelly
The 10 best FromSoftware games for those craving crushing defeats
Best list From Elden Ring and Dark Souls, get punished with the best FromSoftware games of all time
The 10 best football games to play right now
Best List From EA Sports to Football Manager, here are the best football games of all time
The best free Xbox Series X games you can play right now
Best Quality comes cheap in the best free Xbox Series X games, and these 15 are a great place to start
Free PS5 games: the 10 best titles to enjoy without breaking the bank
Best Thanks to the best free PS5 games, you don't need a dime to have a blast
10 Games like Zelda that are full of exploration and adventure
Best List After Breath of the Wild, try playing these best games like Zelda for more adventuring fun
GTA 6 wishlist – everything we want from the next instalment of Grand Theft Auto
Big in 2025 | We've got high hopes for our trip to Vice City
The best video game Easter Eggs for happy hunters
Best List From Helldivers 2 to The Witcher 3 here's the 25 best video game Easter Eggs to keep an eye out for
Elden Ring's newcomer discovery is just one reason its legacy will outlive the best RPGs of all time – including Skyrim
Opinion | Remember your first trip through The Lands Between?
Rockstar didn't need to fix Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy before GTA 6, but the move will likely prove genius in the months to come
Opinion Opinion | Mighty Morph Suit Grand Theft Rangers
Slitterhead: Everything you need to know about the Silent Hill creator's new horror game
Feature The Slitterhead release date is finally here, so here's everything you need to know before you start playing
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has the same crippling claustrophobia I haven't felt since this 27-year-old console horror slasher scared the crap out of me
Now playing Opinion | I first discovered the PS1 classic by accident on a 1997 magazine demo disc
There are 5 expansions that changed the face of video games – here's why Shadow of the Erdtree is one of them
List Opinion | The best expansions are still worth talking about 25 years later
Skyrim mods have been downloaded over 6 billion times from the biggest modding site – will anything ever come close to the RPG's stunning legacy?
Opinion Opinion | The fifth Elder Scrolls entry is a giant in so many ways, and it still, somehow, shows little signs of slowing down
Shooting Nazis in the arse while lying flat out in the prone position in the middle of my living room might be the best video game experience I've ever had
Now Playing Now Playing| And I think I've finally seen through the VR looking glass
Rediscovering the brilliant and brutal 22-year-old RPG that charges a ridiculous 1,000 in-game coins just to save your game
Opinion Now Playing | The game's party recruitment system can also lead to a bloodbath revolt
My favorite Spelunky character is a masterclass in roguelike risk versus reward: "Stealing in games is fun in the same way running across the top of the screen is in Super Mario"
Interview Interview | The game's creator Derek Yu explores the workings of Spelunky's grumpy, and deadly, shopkeepers
GTA players are still discussing how to 100% this top-down classic – proving it was years ahead of its time at the turn of the millennium
Opinion Opinion | Is Grand Theft Auto 2 the most underrated of all GTA games?
The Rogue Prince of Persia is an unlikely roguelike slant on the 35-year-old series from one of the best genre developers in the business
Preview Preview | The Rogue Prince of Persia is a strange but welcomed roguelike take on the newly revitalized series
As we stare down the Elden Ring DLC, I can't decide which of my all-time favorite builds to take into the RPG's Shadow of the Erdtree expansion
Opinion Opinion | I'm juggling save files in the Lands Between and I'm terrified I'll make the wrong call
With Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, Ninja Theory is learning from player feedback and past experience in its sustained push to challenge mental health stigma
Interview Interview | How Hellblade 2 is building on the foundations laid by 2017's Senua's Sacrifice
Sometimes unashamedly riffing on the biggest genre hits works – just ask Nightghast, a creepy budget horror game in the vein of P.T., Resident Evil and Silent Hill
Feature Indie Spotlight | Nightghast is short but sweet and proper unsettling
Rediscovering the 25-year-old console JRPG whose jaw-dropping CGI cutscenes I once considered the indisputable pinnacle of video game graphics
OPINION Opinion | And the biggest question is: How could I possibly forget this bygone PS1 classic?
Elden Ring's DLC can only be reached from a very specific late game location – 13 years later, is this signature FromSoftware access method still practical?
Opinion Opinion | Accessing added content has never been straightforward in FromSoftware's esteemed action RPGs, but is this a good or a bad thing?
