Opinions

Opinion | The Game Awards will never represent our industry in the way it needs, so what next?

"Please wrap it up."

Opinion | Cyberpunk's storytelling makes Starfield seem ancient

Performance art.

Opinion | It's a good thing Microsoft now says its "adorably all digital" future plans are outdated

They suggested a potentially different path to Sony, and poorer game preservation as a result.

Opinion | Microsoft's brilliant Xbox Games Showcase teased the best line-up in years - if you can wait to play it

Coming in 2024.

Opinion | Sony's lack of first-party focus left PlayStation Showcase feeling like a letdown

Three years in, PS5 has an unclear roadmap of all-important exclusives.

Opinion | On Tess, tendrils and game changes in The Last of Us episode two

Kiss and tell all.

VR Corner | 11 most wanted PSVR 2 launch titles that would make our VR dreams come true

Head in the clouds.

Opinion | Silent Hill is back, but is it too much too soon?

There was a SERIES here. It's back now.

Opinion | Stadia was doomed from the start by putting ownership prices on something that never felt like ownership

Dark clouds forming.

Opinion | With the new PS Plus Premium and Extra, Sony opts for the car boot sale approach to catalogue gaming

Trash Panic.

Opinion | The new PlayStation Plus still feels like a missed opportunity

You're Spartacus?

Opinion | Until Starfield and Redfall's delay I guess I didn't fully understand Game Pass

Adventures in the screens trade.

Opinion | Whatever EA Sports FC is, it must be better than FIFA

Leaving the tarnished name of FIFA behind gives EA an opportunity, but who knows if it'll take it.

Opinion | Microsoft's dodgy DRM comes into the limelight, and no-one's smiling

A weekend of outages suggest some old problems remain.

Opinion | Sony's response to Game Pass is both confident and conservative

PlayStation Plus size.

Opinion | Letter from the Editor: The trouble with game awards

Games have never been more diverse, but that's seldom reflected in games of the year lists. Why?

Opinion | Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard isn't just a question of what it means for the games

Change won't come easy.

Opinion | Letter from the Editor: Feast and famine

The only thing worse than not enough games is too many of them. Or is it?

Opinion | Imagining FIFA Ultimate Team without pay-to-win loot boxes

It's all kicking off.

Opinion | Letter from the Editor: What's with all the good reviews?

We're supposedly suffering a game drought, but we've never recommended so many games. What's going on?

Opinion | In defence of God of War's Thor

Fat of the land.

Opinion | Sony just did a better job of convincing me Xbox Game Pass is viable than Microsoft has so far

Home run.

Opinion | Football really could learn from video games, if it bothered to understand them

The Super League creators worry young people care more about games than football - they're right, but for the wrong reasons.

Opinion | Capcom's convoluted Resident Evil Village demo rollout disrespects our time

The horror.

Opinion | PS5 and Xbox present strikingly different visions - and both bring big positives for games

Reasons to be cheerful.