The game’s new mysteries, powers, and stories are exciting and challenging, even if there is some awkward pacing.
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PlayStation VR 2 Review: As Impressive As It Is Expensive
Eye-tracking, better controllers, and innovative games are a delight, if you can get over the price tag.
Review: ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ Has No Magic
The game is mid at best, and its real-world harms are impossible to ignore.
Total War: Warhammer III Is an Epic Final Chapter
The grand finale of this trilogy is a strategy masterwork that will take over your life.
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Is a Wasted Opportunity
This “definitive edition” is a buggy and broken trip down memory lane. You might want to stay at home.
PS5 vs. Xbox Series X: How They Compare 1 Year Later

Sony and Microsoft have had a year to address supply shortages and improve game libraries for their new consoles. Here’s how they stack up.
New Pokémon Snap Doesn’t Want Your Avant-Garde Photography

The successor to the 1999 classic is a fun romp through a new Pokémon landscape, but don’t expect a revolutionary approach to photography.
The Best Accessories for Your New PlayStation 5

From backup controllers to full-on sound systems, here are our favorite complements to your PS5.
The Best Controllers for ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’

We may all still be trapped at home for a while, but we can at least take flight. Virtually, that is.
12 of the Greatest Mini-Games We’ve Ever Played

In these games-within-a-game, you can take a break to go fishing, play a few hands of combat dice, or administer a Voight-Kampff test.