Games

The Light in the Darkness review – a sobering free educational game that confronts the Holocaust

This first-person adventure telling the story of a Jewish family in Nazi-occupied Paris delivers a vital historical message

Simon Parkin

10, Jun, 2023 @12:00 PM

Tell us your favourite games of 2023 so far

We would like to hear about your gaming highlights of the year so far

Guardian community team

07, Jun, 2023 @1:27 PM

Pushing Buttons: Spider-Man 2, yet more remakes and a ‘new E3’ – what to expect from June’s big games events

There’s a hotly anticipated Starfield, a conference for disabled devs and a month packed with must-see trailers. Here’s a roundup of this month’s key shows and announcements

Keza MacDonald

07, Jun, 2023 @10:45 AM

Future shockers: 10 great games about rogue AIs

Right now artificial intelligence is too busy painting and giving factually spurious answers to basic questions to pose much of a threat to humanity, but in video games, AIs have gone further

Keza MacDonald and Keith Stuart

02, Jun, 2023 @9:00 AM

Diablo 4 review – a hell of a good time?

Behind the screams and stunningly-costumed demons, this is escapist junk food for gamers – which may be exactly what you’re after

Nic Reuben

01, Jun, 2023 @1:00 PM

‘I’m terrified’: Nightdive Studios boss on remaking System Shock

CEO Stephen Kick tells the eight-year story of his firm’s ambitious reboot of a lost sci-fi horror gaming classic

Rick Lane

01, Jun, 2023 @9:00 AM

Pushing Buttons: Why I don’t worry about ‘completing’ games

In this week’s newsletter: Exploring maps and finishing side quests isn’t wasting time – it’s making memories

Keith Stuart

31, May, 2023 @10:45 AM

System Shock review – you versus a murderous AI in revived sci-fi horror classic

Lovingly remade, this game is no longer the trailblazer it once was, but there is an enduring majesty to the design of its space-station setting

Rick Lane

30, May, 2023 @2:00 PM

Street Fighter 6 review – the new king of fighting games

With a flashy new array of combat moves and ‘modern’ controls that even beginners can use to create masterful moves, this is an addictive TKO

Patrick Lum

30, May, 2023 @10:18 AM

Am I the only gamer who has no interest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? | Dominik Diamond

Dominik Diamond finds himself, once again, on the fringes of the gaming conversation, as the world is taken over by Zelda-mania

Dominik Diamond

26, May, 2023 @9:00 AM

No more ‘I took an arrow to the knee’: could AI write super-intelligent video game characters?

A new experimental game demo full of sophisticated AI characters has some game writers worried about their jobs. Is AI really going to improve games, or the games industry?

Will McCurdy

25, May, 2023 @1:00 PM

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum review - boil it, mash it, stick it in the bin

A derivative, uninteresting and fundamentally broken stealth action adventure that fails to capture anything interesting about Tolkien’s fiction