Gears of War: E-Day review – an alien invasion shouldn’t be this boring
E-Day boasts the best combat in 20 years of Gears games – but everything surrounding it is disappointing
September 2026
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How Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil stands out from all other game adaptations
There’s no Leon, Claire or Ada Wong in Cregger’s adaptation. Instead, it re-creates something more fundamental – the strange, terrifying experience of actually playing the game
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve review – brilliant aerial combat game fulfils the Top Gun fantasy
The game generates blood-pumping moments as you twist, turn and weave through the skies, while your locked-on missiles speed away to obliterate an enemy plane
Control Resonant review – save New York from paranormal phenomena
Raiding the past: Lara Croft relives her first adventure in Legacy of Atlantis
‘Ruin and decay bring a chance of rebirth’: Hidetaka Miyazaki on uniting players in a damaged world
August 2026
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy review – picture-postcard retelling of haunting Minoan myth
Summer games previews
Stupid Never Dies – a zombie fights for the love of a frozen corpse
Summer games previews
Alien: Isolation 2 – another strong female protagonist stalked in a terrifying new world
Summer games previews
Carcass Clad: stifling tank combat promises tension, terror and surprising laughs
Metroid at 40: happy birthday to Samus Aran, gaming’s greatest badass and my personal heroine
Beast of Reincarnation review – a taxing reflection of human-made damage
June 2026
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AI backlash, single-player epics and Y2K nostalgia: eight trends from Summer Game Fest
From horror galore to Chinese action games, the key trends, trailers and surprises from Summer Game Fest many, many hours of streams and broadcasts
‘The enormity of the idea helped me’: how Patrick Gibson became gaming’s new James Bond
As Hollywood searches for its next iteration of the superspy, the actor explains how he earned pop culture’s most sought-after role – and how he’s taking 007 back to basics
Mina the Hollower review – squeaky fresh fun full of vintage magic
This brilliant adventure creates a whole world from one character with a unique ability
May 2026
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Licence to thrill: could 007 First Light be the best Bond game since GoldenEye?
James Bond games have always fallen short of capturing the precise feel of the classic movies. But Amazon’s first dip into the 007 mythology seems to have a character of its own
April 2026
Replaced review – nostalgic cyberpunk tribute has few ideas of its own
‘Seeking connection’: the video game where players stopped shooting and started talking
March 2026
Scott Pilgrim EX review – is it time to grow up?
A treat for nostalgia fans and completists, but there’s little new in this rehashing of a classic that feels like an add-on rather than a fully fledged adventure
February 2026
Resident Evil Requiem review - there’s plenty of life in the undead yet
Fear, fights and feverish fanservice collide in this celebration of Resident Evil’s recent and retro legacy
