Shooting games

Pushing Buttons: Why the Resident Evil 4 remake works

The new Resident Evil 4 remake is like a crime novel, each chapter ending on a cliffhanger – proof that linear narrative games always have a place amid the open world blockbusters

Keith Stuart

15, Mar, 2023 @11:45 AM

‘Keir Starmer just ordered an alpaca airstrike!’ The game that holds up a dystopian mirror to the UK

Dan Douglas started Duke Smoochem as a Twitter joke. Now the project has spiralled into an epic portrait of a declining nation – with everyone from Matt Hancock to GB News in its satirical crosshairs

Tim Jonze

08, Mar, 2023 @3:54 PM

Dead Space at 15: ‘We wanted to make one of the scariest games ever’

With its frequent dismemberments, repulsive creatures and total immersion, Dead Space spliced horror and sci-fi to make a truly classic video game – even though it initially tanked

Graeme Mason

23, Feb, 2023 @4:00 PM

A beautifully preserved slice of video game history – Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol 1 review

Four games from a cult 1980s shoot-em-up developer – from Zero Wing to Truxton – show the value of game preservation

Keith Stuart

14, Feb, 2023 @12:04 PM

Street Fighter returns, Link is back and vampires run amok: 15 video games to anticipate in 2023

From space exploration and eerie late night fishing to dungeon-delving and confronting your exes, there’s lots to be excited about – including some long-awaited sequels

Keza MacDonald

29, Dec, 2022 @1:00 PM

The 20 best video games of 2022

From robot-dinosaurs and hypersexual witches to epic clashes with mythological Gods and exquisite fantasies of supernatural wars, 2022 had it all – including a certain word game. Our critics pick the best

Keza MacDonald

21, Dec, 2022 @3:33 PM

High on Life review – limp gunplay and questionable taste

This first-person shooter from Rick and Morty’s co-creator pairs a barrage of nihilistic jokes with flimsy gameplay

Nic Reuben

16, Dec, 2022 @10:00 AM

You can’t out-shoot a teenager: how to play first-person shooters if you’re over 30

Reflexes start to decline in your 20s, but that doesn’t mean you can’t be competitive at first-person shooters any more. Keith Stuart shares some hard-won knowledge

Keith Stuart

15, Nov, 2022 @9:30 AM

‘I need to do this scene upside down’: what it’s like to act in a Call of Duty game

The performance-capture body suits, the annoying helmet cams, the makeshift props … actors describe the experience of making video games ‘where there’s nowhere to hide’

Keith Stuart

27, Oct, 2022 @9:00 AM