Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced sets sail for the past with a fresh coat of paint, but does this lavish modernisation stay the course? One immediate change is the removal of the original’s ...

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is a storybook platformer built on pure curiosity, and one of the most rewarding games on ...

Is the Nintendo Switch 2 edition of Super Mario Bros. Wonder a meaningful upgrade, or an unnecessary remix of a near-perfect platformer? Nintendo hasn’t had that same safety net this time around.

Here’s a list of the 10 most perfectly cromulent Nintendo references in The Simpsons. We hope it embiggens your spirit in these dark times. Although Nintendo has been around since the time of your ...

The latest Nintendo Direct reveals Splatoon 3, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, and Mario Golf Super Rush. “It’s been a while,” said Shinya Takahashi as he introduced the first Nintendo Direct ...

Held as part of the 2026 GDC Festival of Gaming in San Francisco, the IGF Awards celebrates the most innovative and exciting independent games of the past year. The night’s top honour, the Seumas ...

Elden Ring and Stray lead the nominations at the 23rd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards FromSoftware’s Elden Ring and BlueTwelve Studio’s Stray have received six nominations each at the 2023 GDC ...

“This is probably gonna be the most culturally accurate Indiana Jones property ever,” says Kate Edwards, “more than any of the films have ever been.” It’s a bold claim, but a well-supported one. At ...

Cocoon, A Highland Song, and Venba lead the nominations at this year’s Independent Games Festival awards. At Thumbsticks, we don’t focus much on news these days. However, we always appreciate the work ...

Tunic, Betrayal At Club Low, and Neon White are among the games nominated at this year’s IGF awards. The narrative goes that 2022 wasn’t a banner year for games. This year’s list of Independent Games ...

As The friends of Ringo Ishikawa arrives on Xbox, we speak to the game’s creator about its development and themes. The friends of Ringo Ishikawa is described by its creator – the Russia-based yeo – as ...

Fourteen years after Dead Space, Glen Schofield has gone back out into the endless dark. Black Iron is overrun with ghouls, and they like nothing better than chewing you into gristle. Time and again, ...