In Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World, one of the Switch’s most endearing ...

While the Hollywood machine spins its wheels in nostalgia, two recent video games take Star Wars and Indiana Jones into fresh territory. There’s something risky about revisiting the stories that ...

Balatro picks up the top prize at the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards. Balatro was the big winner at the 25th annual GDC Awards. The roguelike deck builder developed by LocalThunk secured four ...

Reflecting on the launch day of the Nintendo DS. As you age, most days blend into an endless soup of daily routines, family obligations, work, sleep, and deciding what to eat for dinner. It’s easier ...

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom blends the series’ classic structure with innovative gameplay, creating an experience that feels both nostalgic and modern. The early hours of Echoes of Wisdom ...

In Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, you play a series of games that came out on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Or, rather, you play a series of gamelets: choice cuts of the classics, ...

Baldur’s Gate 3 and Venba triumph at the 2024 Game Developers Choice and Independent Games Festival Awards. If Geoff Keighley’s tedious exploits at The Game Awards leave you cold, this year’s Game ...

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 ...

Humanity and Lego 2K Drive lead this week’s lineup of new video game releases for the PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox. Humanity is a new abstract puzzle game from Enhance, the studio founded by ...

Elden Ring takes home Game of the Year at the 23rd annual GDC Awards. The 2023 Game Developers Choice Awards saw some of last year’s biggest games recognised for their achievements in front of an ...

Betrayal At Club Low wins the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at this year’s IGF awards. It was another vintage year for the Independent Games Festival, with the likes of Tunic, Citizen Sleeper, and Neon ...

Blanc and Theatrhythm Final Bar Line headline this week’s lineup of new PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch video game releases. Blanc is pitched as an “artistic cooperative adventure” that follows ...