Cosy and comforting familiarity win the day

Maybe it will be good! Plus the year of the PC, hands on with the Lego Smart Brick, and the Nintendo consoles with lower back pain

It's been a good one

There were hundreds of great games released this year, but these are my favourite 15.

From Celeste to Silksong, indie games have become big business as they take on the goliaths of the industry.

Treaty is our opportunity to make sure we – the Traditional Owners of these lands – always have the freedom and power to make the decisions that affect our communities, our culture, and our Country.

Ten great games that you can play right now.

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The Switch 2 is better in every way with more power, better controls and expanded platform features. But it’s a revision rather than a revolution.

At an unmarked facility in California, tens of thousands of devices a year are dropped, dunked and dismantled.

Plus Playdate, pride month, Switch 2 games and Perfect Dark.

Doom: The Dark Ages is the closest to a Hollywood blockbuster the series has come, though a human weapon destroying demons is still at the core.

High-end games and systems are more popular than ever, but what about their price tags?

New Playdate games, Apple Arcade updates, and remembering Micro Machines

We played it! It’s good! A cow can Mario Kart!

Thanks to a focus on developer freedom, a powerful Nvidia chip and ongoing killer software, the Switch 2 has the ingredients for success. But also some challenges.

Nintendo’s hybrid console gets new gimmicks, new games, and a tech upgrade to meet the wider games industry.

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Plus MAR10, WWE 2K25, new Lorcana decks, and Kirby history part 2.

New adventure games you can play on the couch next to a friend are vanishingly rare, but Josef Fares has the genre dialled in.