My Beloved PSP Era Lost Gem Tactics Game Finally Returns

Every original PSP owner has ‘that game.’ Not the one that got away. The one that’s still trapped in a tower high. Year after year, more PSP exclusives are ported or remastered. The ones that remain landlocked on the handheld become more esoteric, refined and uncanny. I’m talking about the Patchwork Heroes, the Parasite Eve…

Control Resonant might be a new direction for the studio, but it still feels like a Remedy game at heart

I’m lost in a maze of apartments, room after room stretching out in all directions – suspended high in the air, yet somehow hundreds of feet under the streets of Manhattan. An unfortunate resident named Anne floats high above me, twisted into a reality-warping threat by the malicious Hiss. I’m playing Control Resonant, and unlike…

Best Sonic Games Of All Time

21st June 2026 marks the 35th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog’s Mega Drive debut. In North America, 23rd June is generally accepted as the launch date, but copies were being sold a couple of days earlier in the UK, at least. (Release dates were generally a little looser in the ’80s and ’90s, with stores…

Steam Week in Review: spammy, AI-generated capsule art is a pox, and it makes browsing Steam less fun

Every Monday morning I scroll through the previous week’s new games on Steam. I’ve always enjoyed doing this. It can surface niche gems I might otherwise not have found, and it’s also useful for detecting new trends in their infancy. But if I’m perfectly honest, the reason I’ve always loved to browse through Steam’s raw…

5 Mario Kart World habits players should stop doing immediately

Mario Kart World’s been out for over a year, and brought with it new game modes, unique character costumes, customization options and, of course, an enormous, interconnected map. If all this new content was a bit daunting to you, you may not have realized some of your racing habits might be holding you back from…

Order Of The Sinking Star’s Biggest Villain Is Its Own Creator

The first thing you will see in the Next Fest demo for Order of the Sinking Star is a menu prompt. The current build uses computer-generated voice overs as placeholders, likely AI judging by the demo’s Steam page disclosure. You are given two options, one to leave them on or one for “No Clankers!” It’ll…

Lucky Block Rush codes (June 2026)

If you’re looking to make each swing of the training dummy go a little further, you’ll want to redeem these new Lucky Block Rush codes. Good for free cash, strength, and the odd boost potion you’ll find in your inventory, you’ll save a lot of time with these. And that’s saying something given its largely…

Why These Two Very Different Games Are Getting Rave Reviews And Attention Right Now

In case you missed it, Mixtape and Subnautica 2 are picking up strong momentum, each capturing attention for different reasons and contributing to a broader wave of conversation across the gaming landscape. Both are available on XBOX Game Pass Ultimate, with Subnautica 2 currently in Game Preview. Mixtape has emerged as one of the standout…

In The Zone – Our Favourite Sonic The Hedgehog Levels, Music & Memories

Image: Zion Grassl / Nintendo Life Sonic the Hedgehog is one of gaming’s most enduring characters. He’s been through multiple eras and designs over the course of a 35-year career, starring in a huge number of games, and branching out from his bread-and-butter platformers with spin-offs in many other gaming genres. And he’s not going…

Former Unreal Engine ‘lead evangelist’ Sjoerd De Jong leaves Epic Games, says the industry is reaching a ‘pivotal’ moment that he must ‘come to terms with’

Sjoerd De Jong, an Unreal Engine expert from its early days who joined Epic Games full-time in 2014—first as “lead evangelist” and most recently as the senior director of an unannounced project—has left the company, he revealed last week in a LinkedIn post. “After 27 years of Unreal Engine, and 12 years at Epic Games…