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A bright and colourful piece of cartoon-style artwork for OlliOlli World, showing a young skateboarder with a wrist in plaster cast standing atop a huge wooden ramp.

Opinion

Goodbye Roll7, you deserved so much better

A cherished font of bright new ideas, closed for good.

2 May 2024 Robert Purchese

102 comments

Feature

Digital Foundry | Keyboards big and small: three enthusiast options reviewed in spring 2024

Mistel AirOne, Meletrix BOOG75 and a custom Keychron Q1 with MX Purples.

2 May 2024 Reece Bithrey

1 comment

A close-up image of the Scrabble board, showing letter tiles laid out.

Feature

Is Scrabble Together "anti-human", or is it a creative win for accessibility?

Onboarding.

2 May 2024 Christian Donlan

42 comments

steam deck running control with ray tracing

Feature

Digital Foundry | Steam Deck has quietly become a reasonably capable ray tracing handheld

And the Asus ROG Ally is even better.

1 May 2024 Oliver Mackenzie

10 comments

Homeworld 3 official screenshot showing a spaceship to the left departing a giant spaceship dock to the right, against a solar orange background

Feature

What to Play This May 2024

Our recurring series curating the month ahead.

1 May 2024 Chris Tapsell

36 comments

Flintlock official screen showing Nor and Enki overlooking a large settlement in otherwise rocky, arid, sunny environment

Preview

Flintlock's breezy visual panache suggests another fine addition to the burgeoning "souls-lite" genre

God of Nor.

1 May 2024 Chris Tapsell

22 comments

The cover of Hand to Mouth, a Paul Auster book

Feature

A quick memory of Paul Auster: novelist, screenwriter, and... game designer?

The music of chance.

1 May 2024 Christian Donlan

12 comments

A diver is silhouetted by a whaleshark in Endless Ocean Luminous

Feature

Endless Ocean Luminous isn't very good and I sort of love it

Fast fish and loose fish.

30 Apr 2024 Christian Donlan

36 comments

A Sea of Thieves screenshot showing a scruffy pirate staring at the camera against a tropical backdrop of blue skies and swaying palms.

Feature

18 nifty things to do in Sea of Thieves that the game doesn't tell you

Anchors wahey!

30 Apr 2024 Matt Wales

8 comments

A Rotwood hero leaps through the air wielding a hammer and an intimidating expression.

Feature

Klei's latest game sounds like Hades but is nothing like Hades

Rotwood's its own thing.

30 Apr 2024 Christian Donlan

13 comments

Elden Ring player character rides torrent through field of ghostly gravestones with giant tree weeping yellow in the background

Feature

Elden Ring Symphonic Adventure was the perfect recap before Shadow of the Erdtree

The strings between.

29 Apr 2024 Ed Nightingale

10 comments

The Collage Atlas screenshot, shows hand-drawn pinwheels bunched together.

Feature

How The Collage Atlas' creator drew a pen-and-ink world into life over four years

Onwards, always.

28 Apr 2024 Henry Stockdale

2 comments

dragon's dogma 2 compared with and without path tracing

Feature

Digital Foundry | Dragon's Dogma 2 has a hidden path-traced renderer - and modders have found it

It's real, it works - but it's not built for gamers.

27 Apr 2024 Alex Battaglia

21 comments

Manor Lords artwork showing a person armoured head-to-toe, brandishing a sword to the air as if to say "charge!". A long red banner flaps in the battle-misted air around them.

Feature

Manor Lords and a hidden risk of early access we don't talk about

Who's really in control?

27 Apr 2024 Robert Purchese

37 comments

Tales of Kenzera screenshot showing main character looking out at giant storm bird in the sky

Feature

Supporters | Game of the Week: exploring the other things that make a Metroidvania great

Door dash.

26 Apr 2024 Christian Donlan

7 comments

Botany Manor screenshot showing a green garden.

Feature

What we've been playing - Good manors and finger patterns

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

26 Apr 2024 Robert Purchese

101 comments

Link crouching atop a glider as he soars through the sky with floating islands amidst the clouds in the background.

Feature

The best 18 Switch games you can play right now

From Xenoblade to Zelda and everything in between.

25 Apr 2024 Ford James

Feature

Digital Foundry | Windows 11 prestige handhelds review: Lenovo Legion Go vs OneXPlayer 2 Pro vs AyaNeo Kun

The heavyweights battle it out against Asus ROG Ally and Steam Deck.

25 Apr 2024 Richard Leadbetter

36 comments

Close up of dark-haired Final Fantasy 16 protagonist Clive with his eyes closed surrounded by glowing blue energy

Feature

Final Fantasy 16 is finally complete, though its DLC won't appease critics

A flawed favourite.

25 Apr 2024 Ed Nightingale

39 comments

Your friendly red crab from Another Crab's Treasure stands on two legs and holds a two-pronged fork, a rusty tin can on his back.

Feature

Another Crab's Treasure feels a natural evolution for an underwater Soulslike

Pincer movement.

25 Apr 2024 Christian Donlan

17 comments

Feature

Digital Foundry | Stellar Blade brings old-school console sensibilities to PS5 - with a modern flourish

A highly polished, bug-free experience.

24 Apr 2024 John Linneman

29 comments

A stylised image of Josemonkey staring at the camera.

Feature

Long read | Where in the world is Josemonkey?

How TikTok's most intriguing geolocator makes a story out of a game.

24 Apr 2024 Christian Donlan

9 comments

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes abstract image of woman walking through pink maze like a shattered mirror

Preview

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a classy, cinematic puzzle box that preys on my fear of maths

Primed for release.

23 Apr 2024 Ed Nightingale

7 comments

Close up of Hades 2 blonde-haired witch protagonist Melinoë on blue background

Feature

Hades 2 is kicking things off with a special weapon: familiarity

Once more with feelings.

23 Apr 2024 Christian Donlan

33 comments

An illustration of a trial bike rider ho-handsing their bike towards the camera in a plume of dirt, while in the background, other trial bike riders soar through the air.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Motorbikes

Triumphs.

23 Apr 2024 Robert Purchese

28 comments