Oli Welsh-Senior Editor, U.K.

Oli Welsh

January, 2022
Grand Theft Auto 6, Forza Horizon 6, Nintendo
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About Oli Welsh

Oli Welsh has been covering the business and culture of video games for two decades. He started out writing for Edge and other publications (specializing in MMOs and Blizzard, as cover for his World of Warcraft playtime) before joining Eurogamer, where he worked for 14 years as reviews editor, deputy editor, and editor-in-chief; Eurogamer won many Games Media Awards during his tenure. At Polygon, he writes about film and TV as well as games, and provides news, analysis, and criticism on the entertainment we love and the industries that make it, all from his home in London. He loves role-playing, racing, puzzles, tactics, exploration, storytelling, Nintendo, mysteries, spies, fantasy, reality, cars, and classic cinema. He wanted to be a movie critic when he grew up, and now he’s definitely grown up, and occasionally is one. He considers this a win.

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6 Switch 2 games releasing in October 2026 you can't miss

Sports, zombies, blocks, dragons, guns, and sprites

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World of Warcraft: Forever has a serious sky elf problem

Blizzard's fresh take on classic WoW is going great, but the Skyborne show just how hard it is to add new stuff to an old game

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The Witcher 3 Remastered is officially the best-reviewed game of the year

Can even Grand Theft Auto 6 beat it?

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GTA 6 won't break Clair Obscur's big GOTY record

Rockstar's behemoth is ineligible for the Golden Joystick Awards, meaning a Big Five slam is off the cards

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Minecraft Dungeons 2 goes from good baby Diablo to great junior Diablo

Dungeon-crawling for all the family

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Xbox almost spoiled the best time of year for games

It was a weird, sad week for Xbox fans, but great games just refuse to be killed

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Control Resonant has a secret weapon in the GOTY race

Remedy is a perennial underdog, and everyone loves an underdog

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The GTA series is a game preservation nightmare

Rockstar doesn't seem to care about its old games, but it should

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PC gamers will have GTA 6 at home on Nov. 19
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Meet Phantom Vice Auto, a cheeky game with a cheeky release date

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The cast of Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave poses together.
Nintendo should make more games about people

It's rare for Nintendo games to embrace messy humanity, but Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave does it and then some

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Over the Hill is the perfect antidote to Forza Horizon

And it's out next month

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World of Warcraft would never work on PS5 or Xbox

The official gamepad support in WoW: Forever is about as good as it could be, but it's still a square peg in a round hole

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Game Awards 2026: All Game of the Year front-runners and predictions

What’s in pole position for gaming’s top prize? Let’s make some predictions

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an image of Master Chief from behind, standing at the opening of a spaceship bay with blue light flooding in, in Halo Infinite
Xbox is turning its back on Xbox Game Studios

Only three studios remain at the flagship studio group; Xbox's own publisher is on the way out

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Xbox layoffs and studio mergers said to be imminent as huge Halo move rumored

Xbox's premier franchise is reportedly moving to Activision Blizzard

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Silent Hill: Townfall can't match the stellar reviews of 2025's Silent Hill f

Critics love the atmosphere and storytelling, are less impressed by the gameplay

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Fire Emblem just majorly shook up the 2026 GOTY race

An underdog in any other year, in 2026, Fortune's Weave is one of the strongest contenders yet

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WoW producer Holly Longdale in a feathered Warcraft themed outfit
BlizzCon was good, but the vibes were weird

Blizzard's big celebration carried a note of desperation, but also some heartwarming stories

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The GTA timeline doesn't matter

Yes, the games are in the same universe(s), but each stands alone for a reason

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Nintendo just demolished everyone’s free time

The new Fire Emblem is big. Is it too big?

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