System Profile: Sega Dreamcast
by Ian Dransfield | Apr 28, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Charting the rise, decline and surprising afterlife of Sega’s 1999 wonder console
Gaming
Eternal Hope review | A flawed puzzle-platformer with heart
by Alan Wen | Apr 27, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Can love conquer all?
Disco Elysium: designing the city of Revachol
by Konstantinos Dimopoulos | Apr 23, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
A behind-the-scenes look at Revachol, the city at the heart of one of the most innovative RPGs ever
The 3DO Company, and how the games industry changed in the 1990s
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Apr 22, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Meetings, design docs, tiny knives: Howard recalls his time at Trip Hawkins' ill-fated The 3DO company
NUTS review | Shooting squirrels, the humane way
by Malindy Hetfeld | Apr 20, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Think of it as an arthouse Pokémon Snap
How to love video game writing as a job
by Antony de Fault | Apr 19, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Telling stories begins as a passion, but the reality of doing it as a job can be daunting. Here’s how to keep the spark…
Now playing: Stuck in the mud with SnowRunner
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 16, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
It takes a heck of a lot of patience to end up as immobile as Ryan does in SnowRunner
Blue Fire review: a familiar warmth
by Andrew Fisher | Apr 15, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
This action-platformer is a terrific pastiche of other, more groundbreaking games
Now playing: Wreckfest
by Ian Dransfield | Apr 13, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
It's the crashy, silly successor to Destruction Derby. Ian gets stuck into the hectic arcade racer, Wreckfest
Looking ahead to Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 12, 2021 | Gaming, Previews
We catch up with the developer of Little Nemo to see how it's bringing artist Winsor McCay's work back for a new generation
Why do games shun the good old murder mystery?
by Lottie Bevan | Apr 09, 2021 | Gaming, Opinions
Nuts to Dickens and Tolkien and J. K. Rowling.
Coping with Covid: crafting convivial online communities can help
by Millicent Thomas | Apr 08, 2021 | Gaming, Opinions
How video games can provide solace in the midst of a global pandemic
Cyber Shadow review: die hard
by Andrew Fisher | Apr 07, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
A HD homage to the original Ninja Gaiden – with a difficulty level to match
Hidden Deep preview: 2D terror under the ocean
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 06, 2021 | Gaming, Previews
Developer Łukasz Kałuski takes us beneath the surface of his physics-based horror adventure
Access Granted: how video games are improving the lives of people on the autism spectrum
by Laura Francis | Apr 02, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Exploring – and celebrating – the good that video games can do for autistic people
Masocore: the making of the Nioh series
by Aaron Potter | Mar 31, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
To mark Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition’s arrival on next-gen, we speak to series director Fumihiko Yasuda about Team NINJA’s path to creating a Soulslike hit
Skycadia: a solo developer’s homage to Star Fox
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 30, 2021 | Feature, Gaming, Previews
Developer Ian Snyder channels the spirit of Star Fox in his colourful arcade combat game
Woodsalt review - ambling without momentum
by Jon Bailes | Mar 29, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
How much wood would a Woodsalt salt if a Woodsalt could salt wood?
Learning through play: gaming's rising place in the classroom
by Anthony McGlynn | Mar 26, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Games are being increasingly used in education. Here’s how the medium’s being used to teach everything from genetics to critical thinking
Oniria Crimes review: playing pixel detective
by Paul Walker-Emig | Mar 25, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
The detective game of your dreams is weighed down by a few niggling frustrations
Nascent Prophecy: looking ahead to an adventure on a lonely planet
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 23, 2021 | Gaming, Previews
Designer Jon Caplin takes us inside his isometric sci-fi thriller
Olija review - out of this world
by Ian Dransfield | Mar 22, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Choppy waters in another world
The Collage Atlas review - artistic beauty, average game
by Harry Slater | Mar 19, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
A beautiful collage forms an inconsistent picture
Ultrakill - improvisational and impulsive
by Ian Dransfield | Mar 17, 2021 | Gaming, Previews
With a name like that, what do you expect?
The Riftbreaker preview: base building, strategy, and giant stompy robots collide
by Ian Dransfield | Mar 16, 2021 | Gaming, Previews
Multi-genres and giant stompy robots combine well in EXOR’s upcoming strategy-blaster
Hitman 3 review - Karma Chameleon
by Nic Reuben | Mar 15, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Never has Agent 47’s bar-coded dome shined so angelically
Life after permadeath - the brutal, beloved mechanic
by Ryan McAdam | Mar 12, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
An examination of the fear – and allure – of gaming’s ultimate penalty
Backbone: looking ahead to a gorgeous raccoon noir
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 11, 2021 | Gaming, Previews
Narrative designer Aleksandra Korabelnikova tells us how personal experience drives this dystopian noir adventure
South of the Circle review - almost nothing to dislike here
by Harry Slater | Mar 10, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
A snowed-in afternoon that you’re unlikely to ever forget
Paradise Killer, and designing a gripping courtroom drama
by Antony de Fault | Mar 09, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Paradise Killer has some of the best-feeling detective work yet seen in a video game, and teaches vital narrative design lessons
Little Nightmares II review - theatrically unsettling
by Alexander Chatziioannou | Mar 08, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Exquisite squalor
Now playing - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
by Ian Dransfield | Mar 03, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Ian’s questioning his memory with a return to a true great
