Latest articles by Andrew Brown
The 25 best FPS games to play in 2025
Best list Shoot sharp in the best FPS games of all time, from Half-Life to Halo 2
Black Friday Secretlab deals 2025: Offers have officially begun
Deals Black Friday Secretlab deals have officially launched for another year. Here are the deals you can get in the lead-up to the big day.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Everything we know so far about the upcoming Switch game
Guide Metroid Prime 4 finally got a release date for the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and Samus' return looks well worth the wait
Upcoming Xbox Series X games for 2025 and beyond
Upcoming Get ready for the biggest upcoming Xbox Series X games this November and scope out next year's most wanted while you're at it
Pokemon Pokopia: Everything we know about the Pokemon game that looks a lot like Animal Crossing
Guide We finally have a Pokemon Pokopia release date, so here's everything you need to know ahead of humanoid Ditto's big adventure on the Switch 2
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 – Everything we know about the new RTS game
Guide Mark your calendars, because Dawn of War 4 is coming in 2026 to deliver a super serving of RTS goodness
Everything we know about The Duskbloods
Guide FromSoft's upcoming PvP game The Duskbloods is a Switch 2 exclusive with plenty of bite
Radiolight channels Twin Peaks and Alan Wake for a late night walk in the woods, and I'm amazed a solo developer crammed so much atmosphere into this secret horror game
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | There's something very, very strange in these old woods
This is my formal apology to Battlefield 6's most misunderstood class: I'm sorry, I wasn't really familiar with your game
Opinion Opinion | But I'm still not giving HQ campers a pass
RPG fans stay winning: 2025 has been a critical hit for the genre, though I'm anticipating a GOTY bloodbath
Opinion Opinion | This year proved that no matter what type of RPG you crave, there's room for everyone
Arc Raiders' studio founder is an enemy health bar hater, saying they turn games into an "Excel sheet" and immersion is better than "answers served on a silver platter"
Interview Interview | Why doesn't Arc Raiders have enemy health bars? Embark Studios founder Stefan Strandberg gets something off his chest (and head)
Arc Raiders gives Escape from Tarkov a run for its money, and the secret is making the shooter feel like an RPG that you can "almost play as a single-player game"
Interview Interview | Embark Studios founder and chief creative officer Stefan Strandberg explains how Arc Raiders beats the "Excel sheet" allegations
Arc Raiders devs "don’t use generative AI," CCO says AI text-to-speech is used to help "make rich worlds" while keeping the studio small but "there's no end goal in replacing any actors"
News Arc Raiders uses AI TTS similarly to The Finals, in combination with real actors
The Outer Worlds 2's first area is all about nailing Obsidian's "hardcore RPG feel" – which you can trace back to New Vegas, Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines, and the first Fallout
Interview On the Radar | Creative director Leonard Boyarsky and art director Daniel Alpert explain how the first Outer Worlds' unrealized vision laid the perfect foundations for Paradise Island
Battlefield Redsec is out now, and I'm relieved to say EA's battle royale stays true to Battlefield instead of pinching too much from Warzone or Fortnite
News A class-based battle royale with Battlefield 6's destruction and a one-hit-kill circle? Oh, go on then
I'm convinced Support is the strongest class in Battlefield 6, and I've spent 20 hours playing the FPS like a strategy game because of it
Opinion Opinion | Keep your rockets, Engineers
As The Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary looms, I'm begging Nintendo to stop ignoring its greatest run of Zelda games and make this generation's Ocarina of Time
Opinion Opinion | When has Zelda ever moved in a straight line?
Fallout 5: Everything we know so far, and what we hope to see
Guide Fallout 5 is the next big Bethesda game coming after The Elder Scrolls 6, but there's not much we know about it yet
Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul has "always wanted" to be in a game, but The Boys-esque superhero comedy Dispatch was the first truly irresistible role: "Nothing really felt like the right fit"
Interview Interview | The Telltale-style game sees Aaron Paul play a hero-turned-dispatcher for an invisible asthmatic and a man-bat who does investment fraud
Ghost of Yotei's art director wanted the RPG to look like a "living painting," but the detail required stresses even me out: "When the wind blows, the trees know how strong the wind is"
Interview Interview | Art director Joanna Wang takes us through designing one of the prettiest games ever made
Battlefield 6's campaign is rooted in silliness, but after playing through all 9 levels I wouldn't have it any other way
Now Playing Now Playing | Diluting realism helps Battlefield 6 escape its real-world parallels
Remember Evolve? The studio behind Delta Force certainly does, because it's making an Escape From Tarkov-style shooter where one player is a very hungry monster
Preview Preview | In Project Spectrum, bringing tentacles to a gun fight isn't so bad
If Baldur's Gate 3 and Pentiment were blasted into space, you'd get Warhammer 40K: Dark Heresy – and after checking it out for an hour, I couldn't have plucked a better RPG from my dreams
Preview Preview | The Elder Scrolls 6 who? If you loved Baldur's Gate 3, Dark Heresy should already be your most-anticipated game
