Latest articles by Joe Donnelly
10 games like Stardew Valley that’ll keep you working on the farm until the cows come home
Feature There are plenty of games like Stardew Valley if you're craving an immersive farming sim-meets-RPG experience
The best PS5 headset in 2024
Buying Guide We're rounding up the best PS5 headset options you can choose from to team with your new-gen console.
Best Assassin's Creed games, ranked
Feature Whether you're team Ezio or Edward, we can all agree that these are the best Assassin's Creed games
The 15 best city building games to play today
Feature From Frostpunk to Aven Colony, here's our list of the best city building games that will have you reaching for the skies
10 games like GTA you need to play while waiting for GTA 6
Feature Games like GTA: Whether it's the fast cars or the loaded guns you love, here's everything you need to check out
Fallout 5: Everything we know so far, and what we hope to see
Features Bethesda remains rather quiet about Fallout 5, but we know that it's on its way
The 25 best Nintendo 3DS games of all-time
Best List With this list of the best 3DS games, you'll never be bored of Nintendo's finest handheld
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
Slitterhead: Release date, gameplay, and everything we know about the Silent Hill creator's new horror game
Feature The Slitterhead release date has been set for November 8
Skate 4 trailer, playtests, and everything else we know
Feature Upcoming free-to-play game Skate 4 has been retitled Skate
Everwild: Everything we know about the new game from Rare
Feature Everwild is a beautiful upcoming adventure game where natural and human worlds collide
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
The 10 best zombie games that will munch your brain
Feature Success in the best zombie games is simple: remove the head or destroy the brain
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 25 best fighting games you can play right now
Best List From Street Fighter 6 to Tekken 8, here are our picks of the best fighting games
The best single-player games to play right now
Feature From blockbuster hits to indie gems, these are the best single player games we'd recommend right now
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
The best strategy games you can play right now
Feature The very best strategy games will have you scratching your skull in no time
