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Pushing Buttons: When even PlayStation is cutting jobs, something is seriously wrong with games

In this week’s newsletter: Sony’s news that it is cutting jobs and cancelling projects for the mega-console underlines a depressing fact about game development – it’s go big, or go home

Keza MacDonald

28, Feb, 2024 @12:30 PM

Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection review – a great way to relive a lost world of gaming

The cult retro label has curated and updated a series of digital dino fossils for modern players and fans of the movie franchise who missed out first time round

Keith Stuart

23, Nov, 2023 @9:51 AM

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

14 upcoming video games you probably haven’t heard of

Sick of space, shooting and samey franchises? Find something to grab you in our critics’ selection of the strangest and most interesting forthcoming video games

Keza MacDonald and Tom Regan

04, Sep, 2023 @11:00 AM

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk review – graffiti skateboard party like it’s 1999

This spiritual successor to Jet Set Radio has the same stylish look and feel, though with better gameplay for the outlaw street gang

Luke Winkie

24, Aug, 2023 @1:42 PM

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre review – a horrible treat

This is Tobe Hooper’s putrid amoral universe in film perfectly replicated as an interactive terror ride
PC, PS4/5, Xbox; Sumo Digital/Gun Interactive

Keith Stuart

22, Aug, 2023 @11:00 AM

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk: streetwise graffiti gangs paint the city wild

The latest release from Dutch studio Team Reptile sets adventurers loose in the futuristic metropolis of New Amsterdam

Calum Marsh

13, Jul, 2023 @9:00 AM

F1 23 review – a return to racing form

One of the finest and longest-running racing sims has had a significant upgrade – and gives you the chance to try the new Las Vegas track before it opens

Steve Boxer

14, Jun, 2023 @12:30 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

Lemmings meets Koyaanisqatsi: Humanity, the dream-like puzzle game that inspires delight and unease

A collaboration between famed designer Yugo Nakamura and gaming auteur Tetsuya Mizuguchi has yielded one of the strangest, most compelling puzzle games of recent years

Lewis Gordon

16, May, 2023 @10:30 AM