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  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Review
    Still Wakes the Deep — video game rigged up for horror

    You play a worker on an oil platform where a biological terror starts to possess colleagues

    A cabin on an oil rig is in a state of collapse, with fallen roof beams and a fire; in the foreground, the nozzle of a fire extinguisher points towards the blaze
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Why gamers are finding joy in sticking to old favourites

    Some of today’s most popular titles were released years ago. Why is this, and what does it mean for the industry?

    An image from a video game shows a woman wearing silver headgear and a fur-trimmed robe, carrying a large silver staff; behind her stand an array of characters and creatures
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Review
    Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II — so cinematic that it forgets to be a game

    Gorgeous visuals can’t make up for a sequel in which combat and even walking are tedious

    An image from a video game shows a fierce-looking female warrior with a metal helmet and a blood-streaked face; behind her are shadowy warrior figures
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    Review
    Nine Sols — ‘taopunk’ twist on classic 2D action-platformer

    The Taiwanese makers draw on south-east Asian mythology for a visually extravagant exploration of past and future

    A cartoonish Asian-influenced landscape with large red trees and small characters wearing masks
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    Review
    Braid: Anniversary Edition — reissue of the indie classic is a game-changer

    Puzzle platformer’s ambitious update adds better graphics, creator’s commentary and alternate versions of levels

    An image from a video game shows an animated character running towards a bridge in a forest; the bridge has a gap in its span and appears to be defended by creatures
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Review
    Five stars for beguiling puzzle game Paper Trail — review

    You mission is to help Paige Turner navigate her way through adventures across sheets of paper

    In an image from a video game, a stylised figure of a young woman stands near a simple house, outside which are two adults; around them there are trees, a pond and a railway track
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    God and the devil fight for a nun’s soul in Indika

    The game’s makers fled Russia because of its critique of the Orthodox church

    A scene from a game in which a nun walks through a snow-covered street
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    Review
    Homeworld 3 — the perils and pleasures of steering a spaceship in three dimensions

    The real-time strategy game makes you marshal your resources while mastering countless hotkeys

    An image from a video game shows a battle between spaceships; one has exploded in a fireball
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    Review
    Animal Well game review — a dazzling puzzle-platformer of Lynchian strangeness

    The solo-developed Metroidvania has the player exploring a ravishing labyrinth populated by bewitching creatures

    An image from a video game shows a dark environment inhabited by cats with malevolent grins
  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    Review
    Manor Lords — rule over your medieval settlement and keep the bandits at bay

    In a new simulation and strategy game, vast swaths of empty countryside are at your disposal

    In an image from a video game, a medieval village is seen from above, with thatched roofs, smallholdings and a church, with hills in the distance
  • Monday, 22 April, 2024
    Embracer Group
    Debt-strapped European games group Embracer plans 3-way split

    Manager of ‘Tomb Raider’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ franchises to restructure as it works to pay down debt

    Visitors queue to play the video game ‘Shadow of the Tomb Raider’
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    Sport
    NBA player gets lifetime ban for gambling on basketball games

    Penalty against Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter comes amid concerns about betting industry’s influence on sport

    Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter in  a game against the Denver Nuggets
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    Are video games coming for the novel?

    With immersive storylines and powerful, emotive writing, some of the most thrilling fiction out there is being created in game form

    A video game scene depicting a rundown port town
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    Review
    Harold Halibut review — touching interactive game set on a city-sized spaceship

    Exquisite handmade visuals and convincing worldbuilding elevate this cosy story of a janitor and an alien 

    An animated male figure from a video game stands in a room wearing a slightly mournful expression
  • Saturday, 13 April, 2024
    LexNetEase Inc
    ‘World of Warcraft’ return to China will bring peace to NetEase investors Premium content

    The gaming giant once made as much as 5% of its total sales from Blizzard games

    People playing computer games at an internet cafe in Beijing
  • Saturday, 13 April, 2024
    Ella Risbridger
    Tampering with Scrabble is a losing strategy

    A new version of the game promises to drain it of everything that makes it so compelling

    A Scrabble box sits on a board used for the game
  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    Bafta Game Awards 2024: Baldur’s Gate 3 fights off Zelda and Spider-Man for five wins

    Year of high-quality titles hailed even as job losses and studio closures blight industry

  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2024
    ReviewTelevision
    Fallout — Westworld showrunners return with subterranean sci-fi series

    Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy imagine a nuclear apocalypse in new Amazon series adapted from popular video game

  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2024
    Your home console can become a gaming museum

    The video game industry has a problem with its heritage: an interactive documentary provides an answer

    Two animated people fighting
  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2024
    Review
    Open Roads — absorbing game of family secrets

    Character development is the key to this visually stylish walking simulator

    Illusration of a woman in a claret top diving her casually dressed daughter
  • Tuesday, 26 March, 2024
    Review
    Rise of the Rōnin review — the fighting is fun but its world is overstuffed

    Team Ninja’s ambitious new game is set during Japan’s opening-up to the outside world

    In an image from a video game, a person wearing traditional Japanese clothes stands on a hillside looking out over a small town and beyond to the sea, where sailing ships are heading towards the settlement
  • Monday, 4 March, 2024
    Interview
    Game designer Lucas Pope on bringing aliens to the table in Mars After Midnight

    His new title, set in an extraterrestrial community centre, is a quirky affair made for a niche platform

    An image from a video game shows an owl-like bird with three eyes and a hooked beak
  • Tuesday, 27 February, 2024
    Review
    Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth game review — a remake that lavishly upgrades the original

    The much-loved role-playing adventure is radically expanded in this second instalment of the trilogy

    An image from a video game shows a character with spiky blond hair wearing armour and looking up
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    Review
    Pacific Drive review — a game of survival in a shadowy exclusion zone

    Frenzied motoring alternates with quiet moments of solace as you play a delivery clerk in a world where reality is out of kilter

    A screen shot of a car dashboard looking through the windscreen at a jungle where a bolt of lightning is just striking
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    Spending a lot of time on RuneScape

    Cash cow, or fantasy economics?

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