Gaming

Making Tears of the Kingdom: Inside The Legend of Zelda's finest hour

Nintendo developers Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi exclusively reveal how they followed one of the best video games ever made

By Jack Rear

Rock star developers, low poly grapes, and clip-on cat ears: Inside the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest

From cosplay to console wars and the reveal of a new expansion, Dawntrail, this Las Vegas party had it all

By Dan Silver
Redfall review: vampire blaster is a bloody, baffling, but often beguiling mishmash

2/5

Arkane's open-world vampire shooter has some of the developer's trademark spark, but is let down by an identity crisis and technical woes

By Tom Hoggins
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor review: a fizzy, fun if unfocused galactic adventure

4/5

Respawn's Star Wars sequel builds on its promising predecessor, even if it suffers from the same lack of focus

By Tom Hoggins
'Until you have a million people show up, you just never know': Blizzard on the Diablo 4 beta, loot and a development culture shift

After a few teething issues, Diablo 4 has had an auspicious start with its beta, here its creators talk about managing the queues to hell

By Tom Hoggins

Reviews

Women footballers line up alongside men in new EA Sports FC videogame

4/5

The new EA Sports offering comes without the 'Fifa' branding, but it is all that different from what came before?

By Dan Silver
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom review: Nintendo's magnificent return to Hyrule

5/5

The long awaited follow-up to the seminal Breath of the Wild is an expected, inventive triumph for Nintendo's famous series

By Jack Rear
Redfall review: vampire blaster is a bloody, baffling, but often beguiling mishmash

2/5

Arkane's open-world vampire shooter has some of the developer's trademark spark, but is let down by an identity crisis and technical woes

By Tom Hoggins
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor review: a fizzy, fun if unfocused galactic adventure

4/5

Respawn's Star Wars sequel builds on its promising predecessor, even if it suffers from the same lack of focus

By Tom Hoggins
EA Sports PGA Tour review - a great golfing comeback

4/5

EA's return to the course is a surprisingly understated and supremely accomplished golf sim

By Tom Hoggins
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp review: rich and satisfying strategy gameplay

4/5

Nintendo's 20-year-old tactical war simulator is like video-game chess - difficult to learn but satisfying to master

By Jack Rear

Features

My night in a 'gaming suite' forced me to reckon with the time I spend playing video games

Gaming has become big business, but does this luxury hotel suite actually change the game for travelling players?

By Jack Rear
From Resident Evil 4 to Final Fantasy XVI - These are the best games of 2023

Spacefaring, samurai and Spider-Man form some of the gaming highlights of 2023. Here, in chronological order, are the most notable releases

By Tom Hoggins
How Pokémon Go went from viral sensation to serious competition

Pokémon Go began its life as a simple virtual treasure hunt, but gamers have made it into a popular competitive tournament

By Jack Rear
FIFA 23 hands-on preview: focus on women's football makes final FIFA game the most inclusive ever

It's business as usual elsewhere on the pitch as EA Sports and FIFA begin their long goodbye

By Dan Silver

Inside esports

More stories

Making Tears of the Kingdom: Inside The Legend of Zelda's finest hour

Nintendo developers Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi exclusively reveal how they followed one of the best video games ever made

By Jack Rear
Women footballers line up alongside men in new EA Sports FC videogame

4/5

The new EA Sports offering comes without the 'Fifa' branding, but it is all that different from what came before?

By Dan Silver
Rock star developers, low poly grapes, and clip-on cat ears: Inside the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest

From cosplay to console wars and the reveal of a new expansion, Dawntrail, this Las Vegas party had it all

By Dan Silver
After Fifa and EA Sports’ split – what is next for the future of football gaming?

Successful 30-year partnership ended last year, with the games developer to launch its new offering later in 2023

By Dan Silver