As children, we don’t always have the greatest sense for what is exactly good. Critical thinking skills come later, and you’re able to finally work out why you like the thing you like so much. For me, ThePlayStation 2was the first console I properly had to play for myself and gather games for. And I gathered a lot. In the around 100 or so PS2 games I had, which was a lot for a rural child like me, I played some certified bangers....

Summary Combat inBaldur’s Gate 3can get pretty tough at times. If you’re not one to bump the difficulty down, you may have some trouble againstRaphael, Ansur, and of course, the whole Netherbrain fight. While there are creative ways to win these fights easily, they rely on your knowledge of the game’s systems. However, cheesing a fight in Baldur’s Gate 3 isn’t very easy. Each encounter is unique, and your surroundings often play a big part – thefight against the Adamantine Golem in the Grymforge, for instance....

Baldur’s Gate 3is a relatively well-put-together game, especially considering how large and expansive it is. However, after almost two years of patches, a morbid, yet hilarious, bug involving Karlach is still present in the game. I am, of course, speaking about Headless Karlach — the brainless barbarian. The setup for achieving this bug is elaborate, but if successful, you’ll have a headless friend for life.Reddit user Klondyrecently triggered this bug and provided a step-by-step explanation on how to recruit the now-hornless tiefling....

Once youget your party levelled upa bit inBaldur’s Gate 3, you can thin herds with Lae’zel’s multiple attacks, clear rooms withGale’s fireball, or simply yeet enemies aside as a giant Karlach. EvenShadowheart will stop missing attacksas often. While your group of companions will become some of the strongest beings in the land, there’s one NPC who will give even the most overlevelled party a run for their money. Should you or any of your companions decide to become a paladin, you’ll have to keep one of several oaths....

Summary Battlefield 6has been in the works for quite a while, and people have beentrying the game out in private via the Battlefield Labs program. That was the intention anyway, as people unsurprisingly began sharing footage of the game in action all over social media,despite several warnings from EA, so it’s safe to say that we’ll be getting a new Battlefield pretty soon. Unfortunately, we still don’t know exactly when.We already have a vague release window, as EA has confirmed that Battlefield 6 will launch within the current fiscal year, but a specific release date has never been established....

An open-world FPS as chaotic asBorderlands 4running on Nintendo Switch 2 is an impressive feat, going to showjust how far handhelds have come in the last decade. But it isn’t without concessions. When asked on Twitter if the game will run at 60fps,Randy Pitchford explained(viaInsider Gaming) that “It was important to us not to cut anything and to support cross-play with other platforms. So, no. It’ll be mostly around 30fps, with some dips in some intense moments, heavy combats, or if hosting a multiplayer game in handheld mode, etc....

Dave Bautista launched his very own production company in 2022, Dogbone Entertainment. Having worked on movies like My Spy sequel The Eternal City, the studio has just announced its most ambitious project to date. Cat Assassin, a franchise Dogbone is working on alongside Titan1Studios, and it all starts with a game. As revealed by Game Rant, while Cat Assassin’s introduction to the world will be via a video game, there are already big plans for the series....

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33ramps up the difficulty gradually if you’re staying on the main path. However, if you decide to explore a bit more, you’ll come across enemies who’ll gommage you before Maell can yell “Parry it!” Whether it’s Simon or the titular Clair and Obscur, there are plenty of tough bosses to fight. But the game’s hardest obstacle is not an enemy at all, it’s math. At two separate points in the game, you’ll have conversations about the gommage and when it’s time for certain characters to turn into petals – the first is between Gustave and Maell, while the second is with a young Gestral....

There have been a few unexpected hits during the first half of 2025, but none of them have hit quite as hard asClair Obscur: Expedition 33. A game that wound up being so popular,its physical edition sold out everywhere within days of its release. The studio behind it has been trying to rectify that, but supply is still low, and demand is still high. Supply is not so low that Clair Obscur’s physical edition is nowhere to be found, though....

Quick Links Climbing the mountain inPeakisn’t just about muscle and grit; your stomach plays a bigger role than you might think. As you scale the cliffside solo or with friends, hunger quietly chips away at your stamina, making every move more exhausting and every hold more precarious. But don’t worry, this guide has you covered with everything you need to know about managing hunger on the mountain. From foraging coconuts to hunting down rare honeycomb, and even avoiding poisonous berries that can turn your climb into a nightmare, we’ll help you keep your energy, and your wits, intact....

Former Rockstar Games artist David O’Reilly, who worked on Red Dead Redemption 2 and some of GTA 6, has responded to the claims that GTA 7 could be made with AI by arguing that the technology “can’t replace people”. As we’re all very aware of, AI has started to emerge as a pretty common tool in the gaming industry.While there’s still a lot of (earned) backlash whenever it’s spotted or not disclosed, it looks like more and more developers are going to be utilising it when making games,which could even apply to some of the biggest studios out there....

Quick Links Destiny 2: The Edge of Fateis making sweeping changes to Destiny’s core difficulty and progression systems. Loot pursuits are getting some major reworks in July, notably armor sets and how armor stats work. Nearly every aspect of Destiny’s armor system is about to change. Stats now go to 200, set bonuses return for the first time since Season of the Drifter, and a new tiered rarity system will change how you farm for endgame armor....

Ask 100 people what their favourite video game is, and plenty will sayDisco Elysium. All the others will be wrong. It’s right up there with my own all-timers (just check out my bio as proof), and is the only game in that list that I don’t have any sense of nostalgia for. That’s mostly because, the first time I played, I didn’t get the ending at all. Major spoilers for Disco Elysium to follow....