Nintendo needs to streamline its messy ecosystem of smartphone apps to match its otherwise impressive online services.

The post-pandemic landscape hasn’t been kind to video game conferences. While global giants rethink their futures, MIGS is ...

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 ...

Here’s the full tracklist of songs included in Just Dance 2021, from Adore You by Harry Styles to Zenit by Onuka. Ubisoft’s Just Dance franchise returns with another floor-filling lineup of tracks.

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 ...

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 ...

Tunic, Betrayal At Club Low, and Neon White are among the games nominated at this year’s IGF awards. The narrative goes that 2022 wasn’t a banner year for games. This year’s list of Independent Games ...

Consume Me wins the Grand Prize at the 27th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards. The IGF awards, held as part of the 2025 Game Developers Conference, celebrated the most innovative and ...

As befits the genre, our mystery begins with our detective’s peace shattered by a ringing telephone – a call from their supervisor, and a new case to investigate. But what animal would a detective be?

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl refresh a Nintendo DS favourite with a subtle but effective spit and polish. At first blush, the Nintendo Switch remakes of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & ...

A Plague Tale: Requiem, follow-up to 2019’s Innocence, is bigger, flashier, and even more rat-filled than its predecessor. Our first order of business, with regard to A Plague Tale: Requiem, is to ...

Hope is a dangerous thing in football, but for once, Nintendo players might be right to feel it. We go again. We know what we’re getting. We know it’ll be more of an evolution than a revolution. And ...