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Can you gift a Switch game from the eShop this Christmas? From November 17, yes - but only to your family group
System update 23.5.0 for Switch and Switch 2 lays the groundwork for eShop gifting. It switches on after an eShop update planned for November 17, and it only works inside your Nintendo Account family group - so here's what to set up before then.
Solo Leveling: Arise Overdrive Review: A Grind That Mistakes Volume for Depth
Netmarble's premium Solo Leveling action RPG reaches PS5 and Xbox Series X|S a year after PC, with no gacha, four-player raids and a lot of flashy Shadow Monarch combat. It looks the part and never asks for more money, but the loop runs out of ideas long before the grind does. Score: 6/10.
Zero Parades: Director's Cut Review: The Spy RPG Finally Fits in Your Hands
ZA/UM's espionage RPG lands on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2 with 40,000 new words, a re-recorded English dub and a Backstage mode. It is still the best-written game of the year, and the console version is the right way to read it. Score: 8/10.
The Citadel Project hits Steam Early Access on 11 November - will your PC run it?
A solo-made, Thief-style stealth game with undead guards and a medieval megastructure lands in Early Access next week. The spec sheet is friendlier than you'd expect - except for one line.
ArcheAge Chronicles Review: A Promising World Sold Too Early
XLGAMES' buy-to-play follow-up to ArcheAge hit Steam Early Access on November 3 with gorgeous UE5 regions, weighty action combat and no subscription - but also progression-breaking bugs, a thin PvP layer and a lot of missing pieces. Score: 6/10.
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered Review: Big, Dumb, Faithful Fun
Atari and Pipeworks bring the 2002 GameCube kaiju brawler back on PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series and PC with UE5 visuals and online play. Still a blast on the couch, still shallow after a weekend. Score: 7/10.
Xbox now lets your phone be the controller on a smart TV - here's how it works and why it may not work here
Xbox is testing a way to play cloud games on smart TVs with nothing but your phone: scan a QR code, controls open in the browser. Setup takes a minute - but the preview only rolls out where Xbox Cloud Gaming officially exists, and that list has a gap right where we live.
Escape Academy 2 Review: Brilliant Puzzles, Exhausting Campus
Coin Crew's open-world escape room sequel has the best puzzles in the series, but the campus between them is a slog and the launch build stutters. Best on Game Pass or with a co-op partner. Score: 7/10.
Airframe Ultra Review: Rain World's Studio Built a Great Bike and Forgot the Race
Videocult's cyberpunk combat racer looks and sounds incredible, but it is online-only, snowballs hard and launched with a tiny player base. Score: 5/10.
GTA 6: Buy the Standard Edition Now, Upgrade to Ultimate Later - What It Costs and Where the Catch Is
Rockstar will sell a separate Ultimate Edition Upgrade after launch, so there's no reason to decide on the €100 version before you've seen the game. Here's how the upgrade works, what it costs and the fine print for players in our region.
Where the Seeds Fall Review: A Short, Tense Plunge Worth One Evening
Cygames' new CygamesEdge label debuts with a compact action-platformer about climbing down a colossal World Tree. Every jump feels like a gamble, the story lands, but three hours goes fast. Score: 7/10.
VOID/BREAKER Review: A One-Man Shooter That Breaks Everything, Including Your Free Time
VOID/BREAKER leaves early access as a fast, destructive roguelite FPS with a gun-modding system you can lose whole evenings in. Runs blur together eventually, but at this price it is an easy recommendation. Score: 8/10.