Scarf review | Cosy 3D platforming
by Aaron Potter | Feb 18, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews
Wrapping your head around it
Gaming
Wordle Gummidge
by Steve McNeil | Feb 16, 2022 | Gaming, Opinions
Columnist Steve McNeil catalogues the rise of the internet's favourite word game
The new normal: the indie developers changing our conceptions of difficulty
by Jon Bailes | Feb 15, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Thanks to a new wave of game designers, difficulty's no longer a case of easy, normal, and hard
How to become a user researcher
by Steve Bromley | Feb 14, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Start a career making games better with user research. Steve has all the details.
White Shadows review | For the birds
by Jon Bailes | Feb 11, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews
See through the smoky fog of this dystopia
Examining Ghost of Tsushima's DLC masterclass
by Antony de Fault | Feb 10, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Antony discovers that Sucker Punch’s biggest hit saves the best for last with its Iki Island expansion
Be a hero: shun NFTs in video games
by Dan Root | Feb 09, 2022 | Gaming, Opinions
Will blockchain ruin gaming? Dan Marshall has a few thoughts...
AI and rapid prototyping: the future of game design?
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Feb 08, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Could AI help developers prototype games – or even design a triple-A hit from scratch? Atari legend Howard Scott Warshawhas a few thoughts
Lost Twins 2 preview: a platformer with a hint of Ghibli spirit
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 07, 2022 | Gaming, Previews
From Pakistan comes a puzzle-platformer inspired by the work of animator Hayao Miyazaki
The Gunk review | Like an interstellar Luigi
by Andrew King | Feb 04, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews
SteamWorld Dig developer Image & Form return with a gooey, beautiful 3D platformer. Our review of The Gunk...
Hoplegs: an indie game born on Twitch
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 02, 2022 | Feature, Gaming, Previews
Developer Kevin Andersson explains how an idea dreamed up during a livestream formed the basis for his latest opus
Groundhog Play: analysing the stories in time-loop games
by Antony de Fault | Feb 01, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Why have time-loop games like Deathloop captured devs’ imaginations, and what challenges and opportunities do they present? Antony takes a closer look
OlliOlli World: Roll7 on making a bigger, better skateboarding game
by Ian Dransfield | Jan 31, 2022 | Gaming, Interviews, Previews
Back to the grind: Roll 7 talk exclusively to us about their ambitious skating sequel, OlliOlli World
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes review | Bled dry
by Alexander Chatziioannou | Jan 26, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews
Supermassive sticks to the Until Dawn formula for its latest horror entry
Game history needs to be preserved and made accessible to all
by Craig Grannell | Jan 25, 2022 | Gaming, Opinions
The games industry needs to do more to preserve the medium's past, Craig writes
Designing town squares for video games
by Konstantinos Dimopoulos | Jan 24, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
How to approach the design and history of the open-air, fascinating hearts of civic life
Surveying the serene skateboarding scene
by Aaron Potter | Jan 21, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
We chat to the indie developers who’ve explored the tranquil side of skateboarding
GamesMaster proves that video games still have a place on TV
by Kim Justice | Jan 20, 2022 | Gaming, Opinions
What the new GamesMaster lacks in pants, it makes up for in Sir Trev’s taste for charred contestants
Re-playing Mass Effect 2: Life and Solus
by Ian Dransfield | Jan 19, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Ian's starting to feel the grind with the Legendary Edition
Remembering Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden, and its pioneering wall jump
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 18, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Later games refined it, but Tecmo’s action-platformer first popularised the physical freedom of the wall jump
Digital Love - the video games tasked with tenderness
by Dan Cooper | Jan 17, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
For a medium intent on proving itself as an art form, how has gaming handled that most grown-up aspect of human relationships: the romance?
Lost Judgment review | How do you do, fellow kids?
by Alan Wen | Jan 14, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews
The school of hard knocks, but you get to do the knocking
Jurassic World Evolution 2 | Life doesn't find a way
by Nic Reuben | Jan 12, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews
I dino what to tell ya
Chasing scores in the upcoming 502's Arcade
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 11, 2022 | Gaming, Previews
Due out this year, a collection of score-chasing arcade games designed to test your brains and reflexes
Shattle: Finding shelter on the battlefield
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 10, 2022 | Gaming, Previews
Emil Sandberg talks us through his team’s upcoming survival shooter
Alliance Peacefighter preview - star fury
by Ian Dransfield | Jan 07, 2022 | Gaming, Previews
Wing Commander with a Homeworld/Star Fox aesthetic? Sold!
Metroid Dread review | Earning its title
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 05, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews
Mighty Morph Ball Power Ranger
Sea of Shadows: looking ahead to Silt
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 04, 2022 | Gaming, Previews
How a fine artist and a former research scientist are making Silt: one of the most beautiful adventure games of 2022
The cosmic, cataclysmic wonder of Outer Wilds
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 23, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Ryan belatedly catches up with Outer Wilds - an ambient mood piece about exploration and discovery
Now Playing Mass Effect: Mako the most of it
by Ian Dransfield | Dec 22, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
A first dip into the Legendary Edition, Ian re-tackles Mass Effect
Yuzo Koshiro's Sonic
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 21, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Best known as a composer, the eminent Yuzo Koshiro also oversaw Sonic the Hedgehog’s first 8-bit outing
SkateBIRD review | Good pun, poor game
by Andrew Fisher | Dec 20, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
SkateBIRD isn’t ready to leave the nest
