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  • Todd Howard, director of the Fallout game series, and Jonathan Nolan, director of the Fallout TV show.

    ‘They even got a real jetpack in there!’: Todd Howard and Jonathan Nolan on Fallout

    The director of the Fallout TV series and the director of the modern Fallout video games sit down together to talk about the audacity of video-game storytelling and hope in a post-apocalyptic wasteland
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    How Neopets’ nostalgic revival tripled users in six months

  • a woman and a man smiling and laughing as they play a video game (out of shot)

    Now Play This 2024 review – the eccentricity is the point

  • Georg Backer accepts the British game award for Viewfinder at the ceremony.

    Bafta games awards hail one of gaming’s best ever years

  • Adventurers in a medieval-themed kingdom … The first edition of Dungeons & Dragons was launched in January 1974.

    It crawled from below 50 years ago: how the global Dungeons & Dragons empire began in a basement

  • Botany Manor video game screenshot - Conservatory

    Botany Manor review – a peaceful period drama of a puzzle game

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Opinion

  • Nothing but trouble? … Zelda in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

    If life is one giant computer simulation, God is a rubbish player

    Dominik Diamond
  • Keza MacDonald

    It’s 10 years since Gamergate – the industry must now stand up to far-right trolls

    Keza MacDonald
  • Roblox on a TV screen

    The Guardian view on video games: computer generated worlds are influencing real ones

  • Does nothing for your Uber rating … the rebooted Crazy Taxi

    The 15 greatest Sega arcade games – ranked

  • Botany Manor video game screenshot - Conservatory

    Botany Manor review – a peaceful period drama of a puzzle game

    Potter around a stately home as a Victorian botanist, figuring out how to get eccentric plants to grow
  • Luscious beige, orange and brown … the Atari 400 Mini.

    Atari 400 Mini review – a fascinating adventure in the land of 8-bit

  • Fantasy war … South Park: Snow Day!

    South Park: Snow Day! review – a crude, enjoyable playground tussle

  • Princess Peach Showtime video game screenshot

    Princess Peach: Showtime review – a paper-thin performance

  • Dragon’s Dogma 2.

    Dragon’s Dogma 2 review – chaotic, unpredictable fantasy fun

  • Summerhouse video game screenshot

    Summerhouse – this dreamy pixel renovation game is the ideal escape

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What to play

  • From left … Tekken 8 and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Cloud Strife.

    The best games to look forward to in 2024

  • Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth.

    The games readers are most excited about in 2024

    Here are your most anticipated games of the year, from long awaited heavyweights to cute 2D efforts. Plus, I pick my own
  • Privileged to play … Clockwise from top left: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Thirsty Suitors, Dave the Diver

    The 20 best video games of 2023

    From skateboard romances and a horror fishing simulator to the return of beloved classics and the ever-enduring appeal of Zelda, 2023 was a bumper year for gaming. Our critics pick their favourites
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