Google officially ended support for updating Stadia controllers at the end of 2025, but I'll be using mine for a long time to ...

Everything you need to know about PlayStation Plus Essential, Extra and Premium. Sony’s PlayStation Plus has grown from a simple “online multiplayer plus free monthly games” service – which we ...

From the initial glimpse in the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal trailer, Star Wars Outlaws appeared to be an ambitious and somewhat unlikely port. On one hand, it was exciting to see Ubisoft showcasing its ...

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 ...

Clap Hanz’s special brand of golf makes its long overdue Nintendo debut with Easy Come, Easy Golf on Nintendo Switch. Has it been worth the wait? First up, a disclaimer: Yes, I am aware that Easy Come ...

Heading to GDC 2025? Here are our top picks from a packed lineup of panels, talks, and tutorials. The Game Developers Conference (GDC) returns to the Moscone Center in San Francisco next week, ...

What happens when you bring experimental theatre into a sci-fi video game? In an insightful talk at GDC 2025, Remy Siu, founder and creative director of Sunset Visitor, revealed how the story of ...

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment tells a sweeping war story that makes the Musou formula feel essential. There’s nothing better than when a video game is surprising. Whether it’s a mechanic, a ...

Do You Remember… is our regular retrospective. This week, it’s shape-shifting platformer Psycho Fox, released for Sega Master System in 1989. There have been, to my reckoning, a disproportionate ...

Getting a shiny Pokémon in Sword or Shield isn’t easy. If you don’t know what you are looking for, you might not even notice if you catch one. Here’s how you can tell. The chances of getting a shiny ...

One of the greatest tricks Valve – erstwhile video game developer, now mostly minding its enormous digital storefront – ever pulled was making the Black Mesa Research Facility, in 1998’s Half-Life, ...