Rory Norris, Guides Writer (Image credit: Future) Last week I was: playing way too much of the Battlefield 6 open beta. This week I’ve been: slogging my way through the Road to Battlefield event in Battlefield 2042, remembering why it’s my least favourite game in the series. For all that Battlefield 6 has done right,…
Category: gamescom August 21, 2025 There Are No Ghosts at the Grand Is Exactly as Unusual as You’d Hoped Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief The first-ever public demo of There Are No Ghosts at the Grand takes me just under half an hour to finish. And yet, in that short time, this game morphs from…
Take it to the max. Gulikit has unveiled two new premium controllers at its booth in Gamescom, both of which will be fully compatible with the Switch and Switch 2. Dubbed the TT PRO and TT MAX, the design is kind of a cross between the Xbox and PlayStation, utilising the former’s overall shape, yet…
“A homage to the happiest moment of our childhood”. The anime-watching youngsters of today might be obsessed with the likes of Jujutsu Kaisen, Solo Leveling, Naruto: Shippuden and Bleach, those of us who are old and grey will recall seeing an anime series on television that took us across the reaches of space in a…
If you’ve already unlocked Joy in Disney Dreamlight Valley, making your way through her friendship quests will be next on the list. These will automatically unlock as you periodically hit different levels, with the first coming not long after you’ve first invited her to the valley. The Capture the Sun quest will automatically unlock once…
Category: gamescom August 21, 2025 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants DLC – First Hands-on Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief Here’s a sentence I didn’t think I’d type one day – I spent a very long time exploring the secrets of the Vatican. And I wasn’t the only one. After Indiana…
“It’s been kinda locked behind the GameCube/Nintendo wall all this time”. Nightdive Studios’ CEO Stephen Kick has once again reiterated his desire to remaster Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem (or at the very least see some sort of rerelease), originally released on the GameCube in 2002. If you remember back in 2022, Kick posted on social…
Prototypes are at Gamescom as we speak. While ’80s rivals such as the Atari 2600 and Intellivision fought for domination of the TV, the Vectrex offered gamers something different – it came with its own built-in screen capable of producing vector graphics like those seen in arcade titles like Asteroids. Sadly, it wasn’t a commercial…
Category: gamescom Invincible VS: Going Hands-on with Three New Characters (Including Omni-Man) Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Published August 21, 2025 Summary We tap back in with some more hands-on time for the upcoming Invincible VS. from Quarter Up, a Skybound studio. Omni-Man, Rex Splode, and Battle Beast showcase their brutal moves at gamescom 2025….
Prologue demo also announced. Falcom and GungHo have today confirmed the upcoming title Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter will be getting a Switch 2 Edition. This particular version will be a digital release and includes higher resolution and frame rate “for sharper” and “smoother graphics”, along with reduced load times. This is part of…