Deep Dive #1: What Christmas Means To Gamers, And Why Its Our Favourite Holiday.

It’s that time again – with Battlefield’s latest chapter now out in the wild, we look back at the series to see which wars are still raging, and which have finally gone quiet.

It’s that time of year again - a new Call of Duty is almost upon us, and so we must look back at the more recent entries in the series to see which are worth playing, and which are better left in the past.

While Discounty has plenty of potential, its rough edges and relatively poor sales mean that much of that potential will go unrealised.

Space Adventure Cobra: The Awakening combines the best of the 2D run-and-gun and Metroidvania genres to create what is possibly one of the best niche titles of 2025.

While Yooka-Replaylee improves upon the original in almost every way, it still lacks the evergreen appeal of golden-era platformer franchises such as Sonic, Crash Bandicoot, and Mario.

Tri Survive is a very enjoyable action roguelike, held back by a near-total lack of build-crafting potential and meaningful in-game progression.

Wandness: WandCraft Survivor is an excellent "Brotato-like" held back by repetitive visuals and a near total lack of meta progression.

While Killing Floor 3, is decent fun to play on your own, and exceptionally fun with friends, most things involving zombies and guns are, which is why it continues to struggle for market share in a year dominated by better games.

Shape of Dreams expands upon the action rogue-like genre in ways that rival and occasionally surpass Vampire Survivors, something very few other titles have been able to accomplish