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  • Été.

    Été, the Amélie-inspired game where you paint Montreal into life

    The forthcoming game is a nostalgic exploration of a city in summer. Its creative director explains how it helps players to feel they are making the world more beautiful
  • ‘PlayStation Plus is confusing and expensive’.

    Video game subscription services are simply too complicated

  • Flock.

    Flock review – chill creature-collecting flying game is shear bliss

  • ‘You’re really just trying to get that potato for your grandma’s soup’ … a screenshot from Sopa.

    A recipe for magical realism: Gabriel García Márquez and a video game about potatoes

  • Colorado’s Travis Hunter is one of the cover stars of the new EA Sports college football game.

    EA Sports College Football 25: could this be the US’s most anticipated sports video game ever?

  • Image of a games console control pad with pound symbols on the action buttons

    ‘Advergames’: how games platform Roblox became a corporate marketing playground

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Opinion

  • Dream machine … the Amiga.

    My undying love for the painfully uncool Amiga

    Dominik Diamond
  • 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

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  • Sea of Thieves.

    Sea of Thieves on PlayStation 5 review – you’ll laugh, you’ll sail, you’ll drink grog until you’re sick

    You’re pirates on the ocean wave, fighting sea monsters and digging up buried treasure, but you’re also larking about playing musical instruments
  • Top Spin 2K25 video game screenshot

    TopSpin 2K25 review – game, set and match to an engrossing tennis sim

  • Death is frequent, and funny … Reigns Beyond.

    Reigns Beyond review – sci-fi silliness meets rock band road trip

  • Botany Manor video game screenshot - Conservatory

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

  • 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

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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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    RollerCoaster Tycoon at 25: ‘It’s mind-blowing how it inspired me’

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    ‘A portal to a new world’: when the Trocadero was the centre of the video game universe

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