Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy review – picture-postcard retelling of haunting Minoan myth
The medieval franchise is transplanted to Crete, conjuring action-adventure magic from familiar ingredients
Summer games previews
Alien: Isolation 2 – another strong female protagonist stalked in a terrifying new world
Creative Assembly could strike gold again with this follow-up to their fan-favourite, film-inspired game … if you’re brave enough to venture outdoors
Agent 64: Spies Never Die review – licence to kill time like the 90s never ended
Metroid at 40: happy birthday to Samus Aran, gaming’s greatest badass and my personal heroine
Summer games previews
‘He’s tiny, dumpy and funny – so his BMX tricks are hilarious’: Tanuki: Pon’s Summer, an adorable slice-of-life adventure
June 2026
The 7th Guest Remake Review – a spirited reboot of a ghost story classic
‘The enormity of the idea helped me’: how Patrick Gibson became gaming’s new James Bond
Spyro the Dragon returns with a new game after almost two decades
Mina the Hollower review – squeaky fresh fun full of vintage magic
April 2026
Pragmata review – soulful sad dad saga in stunning outer space
Engineer Hugh is sent from Earth to investigate a malfunctioning research station and meets a young android who helps him fend off murderous mechs
March 2026
Scott Pilgrim EX review – is it time to grow up?
A treat for nostalgia fans and completists, but there’s little new in this rehashing of a classic that feels like an add-on rather than a fully fledged adventure
January 2026
How we made
‘I wanted that Raiders of the Lost Ark excitement – you could die any minute’: how we made hit video game Prince of Persia
‘There was no animation software in those days. So I videotaped my brother David running, jumping and climbing in a car park’
December 2025
The 10 most anticipated video games of 2026
The video games you may have missed in 2025
November 2025
The Outer Worlds 2 review – improved space-faring sequel is an enjoyable time sink
While its story fails to deliver, this enjoyable follow-up to Obsidian’s 2019 adventure makes it up with considerable advances elsewhere
October 2025
I tried out a virtual Halloween festival – and got more than I bargained for
Keza MacDonald
Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival began as a lockdown project and has now become an annual gaming tradition. My children and I paid it a visit
Out of Words – crafting gaming’s most unusual love story from clay and glue
Most games want you to save the world. This stop-motion adventure wants you to hold someone’s hand
Keeper review – a sparkling ecological fantasia of pure imagination
This whimsical action-adventure game sees you stomping through nature as a life-giving lighthouse – and it only gets weirder from there
September 2025
‘Laughing at a libertarian crypto dragon? That rules’: Brennan Lee Mulligan on how Dungeons & Dragons took over the world
Hades II review - underworld sequel is an improvement in every witch way
