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Princess Peach on bike with Mario and Bowser on track in backdrop.

Mario Kart World gets my gold medal thanks to the thrilling 24-player Knockout Tour, and I can't wait for another lap

By Rollin Bishop last updated

Preview Hands-on | Mario Kart World might truly be the system seller Nintendo Switch 2 needs

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Key art for Den of Wolves showing a squad of four wolves with unique masks

My first Den of Wolves heist, from Payday's creators, has me dropping plasma shields and brain-diving with teammates to steal minds: "We've been refining this formula for over 20 years now"

By Tom Regan published

Hands-on Hands-on | Den of Wolves takes the co-op heister into the near future but "we're trying to anchor our sci-fi in reality"

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The Doom Slayer aims a super shotgun at a demonic enemy with an inverted cross helmet in Doom: The Dark Ages, in a Big Preview frame

I didn't expect to say it, but Doom: The Dark Ages adding a shield and a parry somehow makes it feel more Doom than ever

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Hands-on Hands-on | Three hours with Doom: The Dark Ages is enough to convince me these less-than-obvious additions to the series are incredibly creative, and simply superb fun

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Revenge of the Savage Planet

Revenge of the Savage Planet is a refreshingly colorful and light-hearted co-op throwback to the carefree action platformers of the noughties

By Tom Regan published

Hands-on "It was really validating for us when we saw those games": Revenge of the Savage Planet promises to be our next co-op favorite after Split Fiction

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Alsynes attacks an enemy with a laser halberd in Mecha Break's Mashmak mode

"For mechas, this will be a breakthrough": Mecha Break impresses across its chaotic 6v6 action and revamped Mashmak extraction mode

By Eric Van Allen published

Hands-on Real steel – Mecha Break feels tailor-made for the mecha sickos

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Mio and Zoe encounter a Sandfish in a ruined sandy world in Split Fiction

Split Fiction ups the ante on It Takes Two's wacky co-op action, while showing why human creativity still matters

By Alessandro Fillari published

Hands-on Game director Josef Fares explains why Split Fiction is about human stories, and wonders why other developers aren't making more co-op games

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To-Fu battles it out with a normal sized door in Promise Mascot Agency

Yakuza and living, breathing mascots collide in this adventure that has you battling a "normal sized door", faulty cash registers, and a playful dog

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Hands-on Promise Mascot Agency is the Paradise Killer dev's latest, and another cult classic in the making: a yakuza love letter that might be one of the strangest games I've ever played

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WWE 2K25

WWE 2K25 preview: Bloodline Showcase, intergender matches, and big roster surprises make for an electrifying mix

By Ben Wilson published

Preview Preview | Rhea Ripley takes down Dominik Mysterio in our WWE 2K25 hands-on that leaves us sweating for more

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Big in 2025 image for Metal Gear Delta showing a detailed render of Naked Snake's face, plus him fighting, hiding in cover, and balancing on a tree

Over 20 years of muscle memory made Metal Gear Solid Delta feel like I was just playing the original – and MGS heads like me know that's truly special

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Big in 2025 Big in 2025 | Metal Gear Solid Delta might only be as good as Metal Gear Solid 3. Wait… only as good as Metal Gear Solid 3?!

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Paragliding in Exoborne towards a rig

Exoborne is striving to be an approachable open-world extraction shooter with a strategic edge: "I don't think there's anything quite like it"

By John Carson published

Hands-on Preview | Going hands-on with Sharkmob's tactical extraction shooter and getting ready to face the weather

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