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Halo: Campaign Evolved screenshot

Halo: Campaign Evolved hands-on: Is this Unreal Engine 5 remake a bizzaro world Combat Evolved or an "opportunity to pave the way for the future of Halo"?

By Josh West published

Preview Hands-on | Even with the classic Halo feel intact, Combat Evolved has... evolved

Preview

The best Nintendo Switch 2 controller 2025: Compatible gamepads road tested with Ninty's new handheld

By Duncan Robertson published

Buying Guide The best Nintendo Switch 2 controllers aren't always easy to spot, and compatibility is still an issue - these are the best gamepads we've tested so far.

Buying Guide
A Pokemon trainer posing for a photo in front of Lumiose City's tower in Pokemon Legends Z-A

Pokemon Legends: Z-A makes the world feel livelier than ever before, but it's not because of Lumiose's design

By Fran Ruiz published

Opinion Opinion | Z-A's setting is our closest and most compelling look yet at day-to-day life in the Pokemon world, but it's all a cheap façade

Opinion
Mel staring head-on with one red eye in Hades 2

I spent 507 days obsessed with playing Hades 2, so I'm revisiting the first roguelike to decide which is my actual favorite

By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published

Now Playing | Zagreus, how I've missed you

Hades
Spooky Express screenshot showing a small skeleton shaped train carrying a vampire passenger past a scared human

Spooky Express is an adorable puzzle game that has me mapping out tracks in Trainsylvania to help undead passengers, and it's perfect for Halloween

By Heather Wald published

Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | If you're looking for a puzzle game for the Halloween season, Spooky Express is just the ticket

Indie Spotlight
Cleaning a DJ disco station in Powerwash Simulator 2

"There's a ravenous sense that people want to wash more stuff": PowerWash Simulator 2's devs are rolling out the red carpet for cleaning sickos, and they've already got big plans for 2026

By Alicia Haddick published

Interview Interview | FuturLab's Jess Green and Dan Chequer discuss the steps they've taken to build upon the success of PowerWash Simulator

Interview
Pokemon Legends ZA dratini

Pokemon Legends: Z-A put my favorite Pokemon on a random roof, and it couldn’t have been a more fitting spot

By Daniel Dockery published

Opinion Opinion | The Dratini line represents the scope of Pokemon like few others

Opinion
Emem from Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong holds a rose in cropped key art for the game

After 15 hours of Bloodlines 2 disappointment, the embrace of Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong has healed my bloodied heart

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Now Playing Now Playing | Returning to Swansong has revealed it an underrated social RPG gem that lets the fangs do the talking, and the perfect cure for Bloodlines 2

Now Playing
Pokemon Legends: Z-A Canari quiz

Pokemon Legends Z-A tests my 25 years of Pokemon experience in all the wrong ways, and I'm begging Game Freak to ease up on the tutorials

By Ali Jones last updated

Opinion "I know more than you"

Opinion
The siblings stand in a train carriage, lighting nearby empty human skin around them in Reanimal

After playing Reanimal's terrifying opening, it's filling the Little Nightmares void in my heart

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Hands-on Hands-on | There's nothing little about this nightmare – Reanimal brings some big, primal fears of the unknown to the fore

Hands-on
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