Mouthwashing review – 2024’s most difficult game, but not in the way you might expect
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review – whip-smart, fascist-fighting, open-world adventuring
PlayStation at 30: the console that made video games cool
November 2024
Simon Parkin on games
The Rise of the Golden Idol review – thrilling 70s whodunnit takes sleuthing to the next level
This ingenious follow-up to The Case of the Golden Idol requires all your powers of observation, deduction and reasoning
Am I too old to be a mobster? I played Mafia: Definitive Edition to find out
Dominik Diamond
I finally got to live out my gangster fantasies and found I fit right in with this bunch of jabronis
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl review – transfixing Ukrainian dystopia built on underlying tragedy
Explore the starkly beautiful landscapes of the irradiated Zone in this foreboding and remorselessly challenging survival adventure
October 2024
‘Our ghost meter went crazy’ : we played horror games all night in a haunted prison
Halloween is coming, and our minds are turning to scary games. But which titles are genuine fright fests? Our writers decided to find out in the most ill-advised way possible
September 2024
Fable at 20: a uniquely British video game with a complex legacy
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: a video game that will whip film fans into a frenzy
August 2024
Summer games previews
A very British Fallout: Atomfall conjures up a cosy nuclear catastrophe in the Lake District
Summer games previews
Grab your Ouija board: behind Fear the Spotlight’s 90s-inspired horror
July 2024
Simon Parkin on games
Riven review – ponderous yet powerful remake of the 90s island classic
High scores
The Last of Us has three main characters: Ellie, Joel and Gustavo Santaolalla’s music
June 2024
Best culture of 2024 so far
The best video games of 2024 so far
Simon Parkin on games
Animal Well – beautifully wrought indie underground adventure
May 2024
Hauntii review – a ghost searches for understanding in the afterlife in this imaginative debut
Possess ladybirds and rollercoasters in Moonloop Games’ quirky, inventive take on the afterlife
April 2024
As if Wes Anderson ran amok at Aardman: Harold Halibut, the visually stunning puppet adventure game
Fourteen years in the making, this character-driven sci-fi tale is a wonder of technology and imagination so texturally convincing you’ll want to touch it
