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Infinite Lives top three games of 2025
Along with other games of the year worth your time.
Dec 29, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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An AI recalibration? Indie supremacy and discoverability worsens: The Australian games industry's predictions for 2026
What game developers, journalists and industry insiders see coming in the new year.
Dec 22, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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Sadly, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond isn't a metroidvania
REVIEW: Possibly 2025's biggest letdown. A game almost two decades in the making shows great technical prowess and world building, only to forget what…
Dec 18, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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Polygon's sudden sale is another dire warning for games journalism's future
May 2, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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A word of warning from the Steam Machine's 'ideal' customer
Nov 14, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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Six months in, I'm struggling to justify spending $1200 on the PS5 Pro
May 21, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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Why isn't Australia celebrating Hollow Knight, its greatest gaming success
Sep 3, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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Explainer: Gaming’s great price correction. Why it’s suddenly getting so expensive to game
Apr 9, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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I'm turning 35: Here's how my lifelong gaming preferences have changed
Nov 6, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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The Outer Worlds 2 feels like another victim of ‘game-passification’
REVIEW: The sequel refines the combat but frustratingly loses sight of what made the original special: meaningful choice
Dec 15, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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'Ship and survive': The Game Awards' GOTY nominees highlight gaming's quiet accessibility crisis
Most of this year's Game of the Year nominees are missing basic accessibility features, exposing how industry layoffs and budget cuts are pushing…
Dec 10, 2025
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Naomi Jackson
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Six months on: The Switch 2 is fantastic but Nintendo still doesn’t understand the internet
REVIEW: While I love playing Nintendo exclusives on it, I’m reluctant to use the console for anything else. And with the evolving device ecosystem…
Dec 3, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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Ghost of Yotei is PlayStation's best revenge story to date
REVIEW: It may have been snubbed for Game of the Year, but this masterclass in restraint, humanity and storytelling justifies its premium price tag.
Nov 27, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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Valve’s “Wii moment”: Australian game devs are psyched for the industry implications of the Steam Machine
"We’re looking at thousands—maybe tens of thousands—of extra sales for local studios that wouldn’t happen otherwise".
Nov 24, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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How the games industry sees the decline of traditional reviews
Games journalism once made or broke a game. Today, it’s kept around mostly for scores and pull quotes.
Nov 21, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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A word of warning from the Steam Machine's 'ideal' customer
Console gaming is all about pick-up-and-play. PC gaming is innately more fiddly. While the Steam Deck tried to bridge the divide, to succeed the Steam…
Nov 14, 2025
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Harrison Polites
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