Fighting games

Street fighting years: when Tekken and its enemies ruled the world

The fighting game was once at the bleeding edge of what games could do – as well as being great fun to play with your mates after the pub

Keith Stuart

02, Feb, 2024 @1:07 PM

The best games to look forward to in 2024

A first open-world Star Wars saga, something lurks beneath a North Sea oil rig and Tekken 8 continues to blend stylish and ridiculous – the hotly anticipated games of the year to come

Keza MacDonald

28, Dec, 2023 @3:00 PM

Video games and musical theatre: 2023’s most unlikely crossover?

There has been a remarkable intersection between video games and musical performance this year, from villains lending vocals to their own theme tunes to interactive songs

Rick Lane

20, Dec, 2023 @12:00 PM

Doorman’s holiday: a security guard’s take on stealth games

As a bouncer, you might not think that trying to outwit guards would be relaxing for me – but stealth games do make me think about my job a little differently

George Bass

12, Dec, 2023 @12:15 PM

Thirsty Suitors review – emotional combat that’s equal parts funny, horny and heartfelt

Your bitter exes are the enemies in this turn-based adventure, which has you talk through your feelings even while delivering kick-ass martial arts moves

Malindy Hetfeld

01, Nov, 2023 @4:00 PM

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria review – mining a shallow vein

Picking up after the defeat of Sauron, in Tolkien-world terms, this survival game traps you in the dwarven mines, fighting green-skins and crafting weapons as you go – but it’s a bit one-dimensional

Julian Benson

27, Oct, 2023 @1:00 PM

Mortal Kombat 1 review – Johnny Cage and co return with the same old moves

Fans of the fighting game’s cast of lunatics will enjoy this nostalgic reboot, but its combat fundamentals have remained largely unchanged

Luke Winkie

26, Sep, 2023 @9:07 AM

How Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was written: ‘you start with sticky notes’

From consulting with military advisers on raid tactics to tailoring responses for different player styles … the game’s development team take us inside their creative campaign

Keith Stuart

12, Sep, 2023 @11:00 AM

Corgis and cats with crossbows: Party Animals wants to be your new Saturday night video game

The head of Recreate Games talks about the inspiration behind the studio’s forthcoming cartoon brawler – which features many of the team’s own pets

Bex April May

29, Aug, 2023 @1:00 PM

‘They should be called Bruce-’em-ups’ – how Bruce Lee shaped fighting games

Fifty years since the death of the martial arts film superstar, we look at how he inspired generations of games developers – and helped take the beat-’em-up mainstream

Thomas Hobbs

28, Aug, 2023 @9:30 AM

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

Pushing Buttons: Is the brutal new police ‘bodycam’ shoot ’em up game too indistinguishable from reality?

In this week’s newsletter: Unrecord puts players in the role of a police officer, and looks every bit like real shootings – so how realistic is too realistic?

Keza MacDonald

26, Apr, 2023 @10:45 AM