Finally. After years of speculation, Nintendo released the Switch 2 in May 2025. As of November, over 10 million units have already been sold, making it the fastest selling console of all time. What does the Switch 2 do differently? Not much at all, in truth. This machine is ultimately just a more powerful version of the original console, but that will keep Mario, Link, Pokemon and countless others in gaming households for years to come.
Most games fail. They cost time, money and the market is gobbled up by the biggest releases. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the nigh-on miraculous exception to that rule. Created by a small team of French developers, cobbled together by a visionary producer, it has sold millions of copies and redefined what storytelling and maturity looks like in the JRPG genre. Destined to be remembered.
The ‘console wars’ have been part of gaming lexicon since the 1980s, but that may have changed for good this year. Microsoft announced a strategy that will see them effectively cede ground to become a publisher first and foremost, with their flagship xbox consoles unlikely to compete with Sony and Nintendo in future.They even announced that Xbox icon Halo would be coming to PlayStation. Raise the white flag!
The term ‘friendslop’ surfaced this year,meaning silly,smaller games to be played co-operatively with other people. No game fit that description better then Peak, were players work together (or not) to ascend a mountain in the center of an island.It’s an experience meant to create hilarious, stressful, triumphant moments with friends organically – and it does a great job of that. peak gaming? Maybe not. Peak fun? Definitely.
Anyone following the sporting and business landscape in recent years will have noticed Saudi Arabia’s many investments globally,as the region looks to expand their economic interests. However, it was still a surprise when their Public Investment Fund (PIF) spent $55 billion to acquire Electronic Arts (EA), the company who make EA Sports FC and Battlefield among others. Whether this huge acquisition will have an impact on culturally sensitive topics in EA’s video games remains to be seen.
Seven years after it was initially announced, indie sequel Hollow Knight: Silksong was released in September after years of delay, briefly taking over the gaming world.