55 h. ago MindsEye review – a dystopian future that plays like it’s from 2012

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; Build a Robot Boy/IO InteractiveA lot of work and ambition have gone into this strange, sometimes likable cover-shooter throwbackThere’s a Sphere-alike in Redrock, MindsEye’s open-world version of Las Vegas. It’s pretty much a straight copy of the original: a huge soap bubble, half sunk into the desert floor, with its surface turned into a gigantic TV. Occasionally you’ll pull up near the Sphere while driving an electric vehicle made by Silva, the megacorp that controls this world. You’ll sometimes come to a stop just as an advert for an identical Silva EV plays out on the huge curved screen overhead. The doubling effect can be slightly vertigo-inducing.At these moments, I truly get what MindsEye is trying to do. You’re stuck in the ultimate company town, where oligarchs and other crooks run everything, and there’s no hope of escaping the ecosystem they’ve built. MindsEye gets this all across through a chance encounter, and in a way that’s both light of touc...

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5 d. ago Playing Playstation and Xbox could actually be better for you than exercising

New research from boffins has claimed that sitting around playing Playstation, Xbox or Switch games could actually be better for your brain health than exercising

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6 d. ago Will Call of Duty Black Ops 7 be available on Nintendo Switch 2?

It's planned for release on Xbox, PlayStation and both Steam and Battle.net for PC - but what about Switch 2?

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6 d. ago The biggest titles announced at Summer Game Fest, PlayStation and Xbox showcases

This week has been a pretty big one for new games, with PlayStation, Xbox and Summer Game Fest each holding their own events to show off some of the biggest upcoming games

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1 week ago Nintendo Switch 2 launch: How powerful is it compared to PS5 and Xbox Series X?

Here's what you need to know about the performance differences between the Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2

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2 w. ago June 2025's biggest new game releases for console and PC, including Nintendo Switch 2

The Nintendo Switch 2 headlines a huge month of gaming releases, and we've got everything you need to know across PlayStation, Xbox, PC and Switch for June 2025

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2 w. ago Elden Ring Nightreign review – FromSoftware brings multiplayer mayhem to the Lands Between

FromSoftware/Bandai Namco; PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC Fortnite meets Elden Ring in a matchup where a three-person team faces so many high-speed challenges you may feel distinctly short-handedA standalone spin-off from FromSoftware’s incredibly successful yet mostly single-player dark role-playing game Elden Ring, the multiplayer-oriented Elden Ring Nightreign is a curious beast, often feeling like an amalgamation of several different experiences all at once.Each session begins with players, either solo or in teams of three, dropping into a small but dense world, working to urgently gain as much strength as possible as a rapidly closing ring tightens around them – a very Fortnite experience. Rather than other players, they fight a variety of monsters and explore locations lifted directly from the Elden Ring universe. After each match, they also gain upgrade materials to modify future runs and advance the game’s story, similar to a rogue-like game so it’s a Fortnite/Elden Ring...

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3 w. ago 'Xbox Game Pass is finally hitting its stride but is it enough?'

Microsoft's subscription service, Xbox Game Pass, has grown into a must-have this year thanks to a whole host of big releases, but is it enough to help Xbox catch up to PlayStation?

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3 w. ago Is the Nintendo Switch the best console of its generation – or just the most meaningful to me?

For years, the Switch has been a companion through life’s changes , gaming milestones and a lifeline to fun in chaotic timesThe lifespan of a games console has extended a lot since I was a child. In the 1990s, this kind of technology would be out of date after just a couple of years. There would be some tantalising new machine out before you knew it, everybody competing to be on the cutting edge: the Game Boy and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in 1989 were followed by the Game Gear in 1990 and the Super NES in 1991. Five years was a long life for a gaming machine.Now, it’s more like 10. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be released in a couple of weeks, more than eight years since I first picked an original Switch up off its dock and marvelled at the instant transition to portable play. Games consoles often feel like they mark off particular eras in my life: the Nintendo 64 was the defining console of my childhood, the PlayStation 2 of my adolescence, and the Xbox 360 of the first years of my car...

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