Why Kirby Air Riders is the perfect Christmas game – Reader’s Feature

Kirby Air Riders – not our favourite game this year (Nintendo) Although it’s not the Switch 2’s most universally popular game, a reader explains why he loves Kirby Air Riders so much and why it’s perfect to play over the Christmas break. With GameCentral staff and its readers all tucking into some Christmas treats, and playing some new games, I felt an alternative opinion piece on Kirby Air Riders might be worth a go. Reviews are just opinions after all, and alternative

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How to save Xbox by someone who actually likes them enough to care – Reader’s Feature

It’s been an annus horribilis for Xbox (Microsoft) With the mood around Xbox being more negative than at any time in its history, a reader tries to think of ways to save it and explains why he wants it to survive. Let me start with a quelling statement, as everyone seems to hate the Box of X at the moment. It seems to me – a gamer layman – the mad slashing of jobs this year has come from above Xbox division, from Satya Nadella’s drive to fund his AI slop bubble

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Video Games Top 20 of 2025 – the best games of the year from Hades 2 to Sektori

Year of the indie game (Metro) Metro GameCentral’s list of the best video games of 2025 is dominated by indie titles, as the Nintendo Switch 2 and big name sequels also get their due. Not since Zelda: Breath Of The Wild has there been such an obvious front-runner for game of the year. But what’s important about 2025 is not just that almost everyone agrees what the best game is, but that indie titles in general have dominated this year in terms of critical acclaim, while also do

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The 11 biggest video game news stories of 2025 – from Switch 2 to GTA 6

And what a year it’s been (Metro/Nintendo/Rockstar/Sandfall Interactive) GameCentral takes a look at the biggest video game news stories of 2025 and what impact they’ll have on the new year to come. If you can say one thing about video games in 2025, it certainly wasn’t boring, although that’s not necessarily a good thing. It followed the pattern of the last couple of years, with plenty of incredible video games produced in spite of the industry’s machinations

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Secret Switch exclusive by Silent Hill 2 devs is inspired by Eternal Darkness

Sanity’s rebirth (Nintendo) Bloober Team has teased what to expect from its unannounced Nintendo exclusive, including a ‘bold twist’ never seen in a horror game. While we weren’t so crazy about the studio’s latest title, Cronos: The New Dawn, enthusiasm around Bloober Team’s future has grown significantly since last year’s Silent Hill 2 remake. At the moment, we know the Polish developer is cooking up a remake of the original Silent Hill, but they’re also w

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