Month: April 2025

Indiana Jones And The Great Circle – bigger on PS5 (Bethesda) The Tuesday letters page explores the connection between Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Ubisoft, as one reader wonders at PlayStation’s summer showcase plans. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk Taking overIt is startling to think that Microsoft is now, for all intents and purposes, a third party publisher and almost nothing else. They make their own consoles but nobody’s buying them and I really can’t see … Continue reading “Games Inbox: Has Xbox gone completely third party?”

Forza Horizon 5 – now available on PS5 (Xbox Game Studios) One of the Xbox’s most acclaimed exclusives is now available on PS5 and it’s the best open world arcade racer ever made. Microsoft’s blockbuster Forza racing franchise comes in two contrasting flavours. Its Motorsport games are sober, poker-faced affairs that sit comfortably alongside Gran Turismo in their dedication to simulating car racing as accurately as possible. Forza Horizon, on the other hand, is open world, centres around a colourful … Continue reading “Forza Horizon 5 PS5 review – no longer only on Xbox”

An Indy hit on PS5 (Bethesda) Microsoft’s shift to becoming a multiplatform publisher appears to be paying off, as an oddly PlayStation-specific trailer for Doom: The Dark Ages is released. Four months after it originally launched on Xbox Series X/S and PC, Indiana Jones And The Great Circle was officially released on PlayStation 5 this month. The game is the latest in a growing number of Xbox exclusives appearing on other platforms, as Microsoft shifts to becoming a multiplatform publisher … Continue reading “Indiana Jones selling faster on PS5 over Xbox and PC as new Doom trailer targets Sony’s console”

Which franchises do you want to see on Switch 2? (Nintendo) The release schedule for the Switch 2 is a mystery beyond this year but what secrets are Nintendo working on and when might they appear? Several important Nintendo franchises haven’t been announced for the Switch 2, as well as some less important ones that could flourish on the console. There were plenty of exciting game reveals at the Nintendo Switch 2 showcase, particularly from Nintendo itself. Although the likes … Continue reading “16 Nintendo franchises missing from the Switch 2 line-up”