Awards for 2023’s best video game visuals, music, and storytelling are up for grabs, along with the hotly contested Worst Game of the Year.
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The Thursday letters page tries to imagine what Sony in panic mode over the PS5 would be like, as one reader enjoys Stellaris Nexus.
The Meta Quest 3 has got its killer app, with what may be the best VR game ever made and one of the best action role-players of 2023.
A reader tells a complex and distressing story of incompetent delivery people and lost tempers when dealing with Steam customer support.
One Rockstar Games fans is so excited about GTA 6 he wants legal permission to not wash for a week while playing it.
One of the most popular VR zombie shooters gets a sequel on PSVR 2 and Meta Quest, as one man and his dog brave the undead.
A reader Is overcome with déjà vu when playing Spider-Man 2 and wonders if superhero fatigue from the movies also applies to games.
A reader is shocked to discover how monetisation works in Diablo 4 and starts to understand why publishers are so keen on live service games.
The legend of Robin Hood is reinterpreted as a four-player co-op game set in a steampunk version of medieval England, but is it any good?
A reader is unimpressed by the first three years of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, despite the quality of this year’s crop of games.
16-bit classic Flashback finally gets a modern sequel by the original director but it’s not quite what fans have been hoping for.
The Wednesday letters page is glad that Elon Musk hasn’t bought a video games company yet, as a reader contemplates 100 years of Pokémon.
A reader thinks that Take-Two’s idea of charging for games as you play them could work to everyone’s benefit, with a little adjustment…
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The Thursday letters page looks forward to Paper Mario being a role-playing game again, as one reader enjoys Yakuza spin-off Judgment.
The precursor to Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi gets a welcome remake on Nintendo Switch, in what is the only Nintendo x SquareSoft team-up.
The latest spin-off to JRPG classic Persona 5 takes inspiration from XCOM, with a new tactical role-playing adventure set in the Metaverse.
The Wednesday letters page thinks there’s not enough time to make next year’s Call Of Duty, as a reader tries to predict the Switch 2.
The most wholesomely destructive video game this year offers some classic sandbox entertainment, where the violence isn’t mindless.
GameCentral offers its final verdict on the Modern Warfare 3 reboot and what is easily the worst mainline Call Of Duty game so far.
The Monday letters page hopes for a break from formula with GTA 6’s plot, as one reader wants the Zelda movie to be like Lord of the Rings.
Another crossover fighter takes a swing at Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s throne, but Nickelodeon’s improvements might be too little too late.
Before the next mainline game rolls around, the Like A Dragon series puts former protagonist Kiryu back in the spotlight.
Three new expansions for World Of Warcraft and a new Overwatch 2 hero are amongst the announcements at BlizzCon 2023.
Someone has provided the first real in-depth look at the PS5 Slim, revealing a couple of new details ahead of its November launch.