EA Sports FC 25 review – taking graceful advantage of open gaming goal
Pushing Buttons newsletter
Sony’s big-budget hero shooter Concord failed spectacularly – here’s where it went wrong
Sony reveals £700 PlayStation 5 Pro console
PlayStation 5 shooter Concord taken offline just two weeks after release
August 2024
Concord: Sony’s online shooter is flying but not yet soaring in a very crowded airspace
Summer games previews
A new age begins: Civilization 7 captures the chaos of human history in manageable doses
Summer games previews
Wanderstop: challenging the cosy escapist fantasies of burnt-out workers
Summer games previews
Grab your Ouija board: behind Fear the Spotlight’s 90s-inspired horror
July 2024
Summer games previews
Star Wars Outlaws: what to expect from Ubisoft’s galactic adventure
Set in the year between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Outlaws follows Kay, an ambitious street thief as she plots a giant heist. We meet the gang behind the gang
Flock review – chill creature-collecting flying game is shear bliss
Filling a field guide is the simple goal of this endearingly strange game, in which you float on a giant bird, collect gently surreal sea life, and shave sheep
Zenless Zone Zero review – stylish, enchanting and seductive
In this free-to-play gacha game, Earth is invaded and survivors living in a neo-city balance dystopian alien battles with cute, fluffy moments such as helping locals find love and taking photos of local cats
June 2024
‘It’s important for us to be happy’: Astro Bot, the most joyous game on PlayStation 5
Team Asobi’s Nicolas Doucet on creating PlayStation 5’s next big game – and, he hopes, its next big mascot
Still Wakes the Deep review – The Thing, but on a Scottish oil rig in the 1970s
This horror game creates great atmosphere with its acting and visual design, but is regularly brought to its knees by uninspiring gameplay
Civilization 7 and more announced at Summer Game Fest
The latest title in the long-running strategy series was the biggest reveal at an event that celebrated small indie titles as much as big hitters
May 2024
XDefiant review – Overwatch meets Call of Duty in an Ubisoft theme park
Sea of Thieves on PlayStation 5 review – you’ll laugh, you’ll sail, you’ll drink grog until you’re sick
April 2024
TopSpin 2K25 review – game, set and match to an engrossing tennis sim
Whether you’re playing as a real-life pro or your own wacky avatar, this subtly calibrated title will have you perfecting your lobs and dropshots for hours
March 2024
Alone in the Dark review – Jodie Comer and David Harbour can’t save this soporific horror
The stars are lost in a swamp of poor writing and buggy combat in this wearisome reimagining of the 1992 survival classic
PlayStation, ahoy! How Rare’s pirate adventure Sea of Thieves set sail for a new platform
Six years since its voyage began, the oceanic co-op is landing on PS5 – and the team behind the game can’t wait to empower the creativity of a whole new community of players
WWE 2K24 review - arcade fighter celebrates 40 years of Wrestlemania with slapstick spectacle
Visual Concepts pulls off an incredible reversal on this formerly beleaguered series, just in time for Wrestlemania’s big 4-0
