Opinions

Opinion | The new PlayStation Plus still feels like a missed opportunity

You're Spartacus?

Opinion | Until Starfield and Redfall's delay I guess I didn't fully understand Game Pass

Adventures in the screens trade.

Opinion | Whatever EA Sports FC is, it must be better than FIFA

Leaving the tarnished name of FIFA behind gives EA an opportunity, but who knows if it'll take it.

Opinion | Microsoft's dodgy DRM comes into the limelight, and no-one's smiling

A weekend of outages suggest some old problems remain.

Opinion | Sony's response to Game Pass is both confident and conservative

PlayStation Plus size.

Supporters only | Letter from the Editor: The trouble with game awards

Games have never been more diverse, but that's seldom reflected in games of the year lists. Why?

Opinion | Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard isn't just a question of what it means for the games

Change won't come easy.

Supporters only | Letter from the Editor: Feast and famine

The only thing worse than not enough games is too many of them. Or is it?

Opinion | Imagining FIFA Ultimate Team without pay-to-win loot boxes

It's all kicking off.

Supporters only | Letter from the Editor: What's with all the good reviews?

We're supposedly suffering a game drought, but we've never recommended so many games. What's going on?

Opinion | In defence of God of War's Thor

Fat of the land.

Opinion | Sony just did a better job of convincing me Xbox Game Pass is viable than Microsoft has so far

Home run.

Opinion | Football really could learn from video games, if it bothered to understand them

The Super League creators worry young people care more about games than football - they're right, but for the wrong reasons.

Opinion | Capcom's convoluted Resident Evil Village demo rollout disrespects our time

The horror.

Opinion | PS5 and Xbox present strikingly different visions - and both bring big positives for games

Reasons to be cheerful.

Opinion | Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda is all about Game Pass

Maybe you'll play The Elder Scrolls on PS5, maybe you won't - but for Xbox, and indeed for Bethesda's studios, that's not really the point.

Opinion | Microsoft still hasn't made the case for Xbox Series X

Game Pass is another matter.

Opinion | GTA's casino isn't the worst of gambling in games - but it puts it in perspective

Full Houser.

Opinion | Bethesda's anti-consumer review policy comes as no surprise

And reminds us not to pre-order video games.

Opinion | Google and Xbox just started the next platform war

And this one will be different.

Opinion | Nintendo speaks a little too directly to fans at E3

Super smashing great.

Opinion | Steam's content policy is both arrogant and cowardly

Having appointed itself the god-king of PC gaming, Valve is vacating the throne.

Opinion | Nintendo's half-arsed online cripples FIFA 18 on Switch

You'll always walk alone.

Opinion | Sony's flat E3 conference shows signs of a mid-generation lull

A less than stellar year for PlayStation.

Opinion | Ubisoft storms E3 with a vital reminder that video games are human and fun

Jaded?