Gaming

For the heritage gamers among you, what are your best memories of the Atari ST and Amiga machines? Did you use it for more than games? Share your rose-tinted nostalgia in the discussion thread.  

A console update rolls out in the next few days, with 15 titles set for a variable refresh rate patch in the weeks ahead.  

Nintendo is a very successful business, and the gaming world wouldn't be the same without it but the company's had a few wobbles amongst the innovations too, such as choosing to stick with cartridges over CDs. What do gamers think its worst decisions have been?  

Housemarque’s stylish shooter picks up four awards, with It Takes Two, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Unpacking also having a good night.  

The Borderlands spin-off featuring the series’ greatest creation isn’t quite perfect, but it is a gloriously silly blast of shooter-looter action powered by a stellar voice cast.  

For the price of PlayStation Now, you’ll be able to access nearly 750 free games, including new and retro titles.  

Believe the hype. Elden Ring is arguably FromSoftware’s best adventure yet and one that Dark Souls veterans and newcomers alike can get effortlessly lost in.  

An intriguingly twisted story that is just a little too willing to dive into the horrifying darkness rather than embracing its strengths.  

There's been a few successfully remastered video game titles of late, so if you could see a game on any platform from any era that you love remade from the ground up, with game mechanics and play style intact, what would it be? Check out the suggestions here.  

Sony has announced it intends to purchase renowned US video game developer Bungie for a cool $3.6 billion.  

Play as Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer in their own standalone adventures as they are forced to confront their pasts and forge their own legacies in this collection which includes Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, remastered for PS5.  

It may feel a little bite-sized compared to previous R6 titles, but Extraction offers a fresh co-op PvE spin on things that delivers an absorbing risk-reward experience.  

Microsoft has announced that it is buying US gaming giant Activision Blizzard in a deal worth $68.7 billion set to complete in 2023.  

Whether it was a gameplay element, story twist or graphic/audio highlight, what was the moment that had you slack-jawed with wonder during your gaming exploits? Leave your best examples in the thread.  

We're only a few weeks into the new year but what games have you beaten already in 2022? Was it the latest Triple AAA you received at Christmas or did you go back and replay an old favourite? Let us know in the comments.  

Our top picks of just some of the standout videogames to put on your shopping list for the year ahead…  

The SoundSlayer SC-GN01 wearable gaming speaker adds new Final Fantasy graphics for a distinctive look and is optimised for use with FF XIV Online.  

We cherry pick a handful of our favourite gaming moments from the past 12 months. What did we miss?