From the initial glimpse in the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal trailer, Star Wars Outlaws appeared to be an ambitious yet somewhat ...

Split Fiction doesn’t just move at a clip. It blazes like Tom Cruise sprinting across the rooftops of London. I’m not sure I’ve ever experienced an hour of video game action as whirldwind as Split ...

XP Game Summit returns to Toronto to champion Canadian talent and equip developers for global success. In an industry dominated by flagship events like GDC and DICE, the XP Game Summit 2025 provides a ...

A long-overdue update improves Xbox Remote Play on macOS. Microsoft’s “This is an Xbox” campaign launched with much fanfare last year, but for Mac users trying to use Xbox Remote Play, the slogan rang ...

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 ...

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 ...

Calling Donkey Kong Country Returns HD non-essential might seem harsh, but the phrase fits as snugly as a banana in its peel. This HD remaster of the beloved 2010 Wii title brings minimal innovation ...

It’s often said that horror is more effective when we don’t actually see the monster. Which is fine, a valid statement, even – but what if the monster is the haunting spectre of verruca socks and ...

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 ...

Port-and-remaster specialist Aspyr has dusted off another old relic from gaming history, the original Tomb Raider trilogy. The biggest relief of Tomb Raider I–III Remastered is getting acquainted with ...

Blue skies, lurching water, and an island looms into view. Such were the sights that began Another Code: Two Memories, on the Nintendo DS, in 2005. A thirteen-year-old girl, named Ashley, boated to a ...

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 ...