2025’s Backlog Round-Up
I have an ever-growing list of games which I either missed upon release, have had recommended to me, or have picked up absurdly cheap second-hand or during Steam sales, and I have made a solid attempt this year to significantly dent this backlog. (Have I ended up with even more to play next year? How…
The Game Over Archives 2025 Game Awards
Not to be confused with THE Game Awards. Geoff Keighley has nothing to do with this incredibly prestigious accolade. For context, this list is composed entirely of new releases which launched in 2025. Ordinarily, I just rank the best games I played that year, regardless of release date, but I played such a slew of…
A Conversation With…Steve Beverley
The Game Over Archives is very proud to share with you an exclusive interview with a veteran developer whose career spans three decades, from the early days of the ZX Spectrum to modern PC…who also happens to be my dad. El: Hello Steve—Dad—which would you prefer? Thanks a lot for taking the time to chat…
Gaming is Getting More, and Less, Expensive
Ballooning budgets, enormous teams consisting of hundreds – if not – thousands of staff, publishers raising prices, hardware prices spiking, tariffs—it’s easy to take a quick glance at the gaming landscape in 2025 and lament the hit that the consumer is expected to take in order to remain up to date with the latest releases.…
Retro Collective – A Treasure Trove of Gaming History
Tucked away in the village of Chalford in the heart of Gloucestershire lies an old 18th Century mill — a truly unsuspecting residence for one of the UK’s most impressive collections of videogaming history. That’s right, sat by the water’s edge in this sleepy little village is a true treasure trove of historic hardware and…
The Slow, Excruciating Death of GAME & UK High Street Gaming Shops
Head to the city centre or the high street anywhere in the UK in 2025 and you will likely have to venture into the depths of a Sports Direct to find the increasingly bare and dilapidated wares of GAME, the lone remnant of our once-thriving high street gaming vendors. Dare to peruse the wares of…
Valve’s 2026 Hardware Lineup
In 2015, Valve released their first ever hardware device, known as the Steam Machine. It was a standalone device designed to sit as a halfway house between a console and a PC, allowing users to access their Steam library on a device designed to be used with a TV, which came bundled with Steam’s own…
Mario for Movember
Last weekend, my good friend Adam and I undertook a monumental challenge – a head-to-head race to defeat Bowser in Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy respectively, whilst donning moustaches and streaming the experience to the world on Twitch. The Cause – Movember This charity stream was all in aid of Movember, the leading…
The Nintendo Switch 2 Experience London
I was lucky enough to be selected (along with my lovely fellow Nintendo Online Family Members) to attend Nintendo’s Switch 2 Experience event in London at the ExCel Centre yesterday. Nintendo had held a similar event the week prior in New York, and I believe they are headed to Paris next week, as part of…
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Returning to Familiar Places [Video 🎥]
Entry 01: The Game Over Archives Returning to Familiar Places
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