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Playing In the Dark: On Gaming’s Blind Protagonists
'Perception' and 'Beyond Eyes' are very different experiences connected by their protagonists' shared disability. We speak to their makers.
It Was Once the Biggest eSport In the World, So What’s Happened to ‘StarCraft’?
Blizzard's RTS title has slipped from the headlines as MOBAs have become dominant in the eSports scene.
Photographing the 2015 EGX Cosplay Championship
It's the biggest cosplay event in Britain, so people made an effort. Most people, anyway.
A Conversation with Football Commentator Martin Tyler at the Launch of ‘FIFA 16’
He's the voice of the Premier League and of EA Sports' FIFA series, which is just showing off, really.
The Most Beautiful Video Games Inspired By Famous Artists
From Walt Disney to Piet Mondrian, video games have long been taking visual cues from a great number of artists past and present.
Production of Your Next Favourite Video Game Could Be Disrupted By a Voice Actors Strike
The performers behind the characters you love to play as are demanding a better deal for their essential work.
Hands-On with ‘Halo 5: Guardians’: A Campaign to Put ‘Destiny’ to Shame
Two's company, four's a Game of the Year candidate? Thoughts on 'Halo 5''s ensemble campaign and cracking Spartan Abilities.
The Unwilling Hardcore: How Video Games Helped Me Battle My OCD
Using video games to train those with OCD that risks can be adventure, and that you can't control everything save for how you react, is important.
Debating the Greatest Football Video Game of All Time
'Pro Evolution Soccer 2016' is out now and is, by all accounts, amazing. But no football game is better than 'Sensible Soccer', surely?
The Magical, Menacing Mobile Game ‘Year Walk’ Is Now a Nintendo Essential
One of the greatest iOS games of recent years has been ported to the Wii U, and it's the best version yet.
Imagining an Alternative Gaming History Where ‘Myst’ Was More Influential Than ‘DOOM’
How would today's gaming landscape be different if the first-person puzzler, not the gory shooter, was the most important game of the 1990s?
A Song of Metal Gear Solid: Photographing ‘The Phantom Pain’
Framing the scenes that make Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear goodbye so memorable.