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Lara Croft is 30! We look at the video game icon’s biggest blunders

We all know the highlights of the tomb raider’s storied career – but what about the lowlights? We dig deep to unearth the archaeologist’s less glorious moments

Ellie Gibson15h ago

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 review – a thrilling airport novel of a game

From parkour over Manhattan rooftops and car chases in Paris to the climactic battle at a North Korean air base, the developers have thrown absolutely everything at the game

Keith Stuart2d ago

Nintendo Switch Sports Resort review – Wii Sports lives on in this effortlessly appealing collection of games

Bringing a holiday vibe and a generous selection of sport-themed games, this is exactly what you want from a family video game

Keza MacDonald3d ago

‘The audience gets to be in on it’: How narrative-led gameplay is Call of Duty’s greatest weapon

As video games chase spectacle, Modern Warfare 4 makes a case for putting character and consequence at the heart of its biggest battles

Keith Stuart4d ago

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Which coffee chain was founded in London in 1971? The Saturday quiz

From Divine, Frank Fiegel and Helen Kane to the West Sussex estate pioneering rewilding, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

Thomas Eaton17 Oct

Penguin Colony review – an Antarctic odyssey of Nazis and Lovecraftian horrors

This odd but absorbing adventure sends you waddling across Antarctica in search of an eldritch entity – uncovering a world far stranger than it first appears

Lewis Gordon16 Oct

From Mario to machine guns: how Ubisoft Paris made Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Tactics

The studio is swapping the Mushroom Kingdom’s vivid palette for the blood-soaked grit of military action series

Tom Regan15 Oct

Ready player one? Why the games arcade is having a rebirth

After years of sprawling, never-ending games, players are rediscovering the pleasures of shorter, more focused experiences. Could a new wave of independent arcades bring back the social side of gaming?

Keith Stuart14 Oct

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era

The kingdom of Hyrule has been prettified, the soundtrack is newly orchestrated and our hero feels strikingly different under the thumbs … we play a hands-on demo of Nintendo’s Switch 2 remake of a 1998 game-changer

Matthew Castle14 Oct

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse review – every fantastical vampire-hunting vision is fulfilled

There are buzzsaws and blood pits, bats burst into blood and demons burn to cinders. The series’ new emphasis on twitch-based action may annoy purists but you can’t call it dull

Harper Jay MacIntyre13 Oct

What the £350 Grand Theft Auto ‘collector’s box’ says about the escalating cost of gaming

The launch of a collector’s box hints at a new reality: the kinds of games I grew up with are becoming a luxury item, locked behind a forbidding spending barrier

Keza MacDonald7 Oct

Silver Pines review – a stylish, neo-noir detective drama

Abandoned shops, ruined apartment buildings and rotting sewer networks make up a dark landscape in which you play a private eye searching for a missing singer-songwriter

Keith Stuart6 Oct

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

Kirk McKeand1 Oct

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

Keith Stuart30 Sept

‘Mum, where did my Robux go?’ The Roblox scam targeting children

Criminals are trying to glean login details to harvest players’ in-game currency and personal data

Shane Hickey27 Sept

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

Patrick Lum25 Sept

Playing video games with my 22-year-old son has brought me to tears

I’ve been holed up in an flat, affectionately dubbed the ‘brotel’, with my son for weeks – and we’ve revisited the first game we ever played together

Dominik Diamond25 Sept

Meet the real-life Pokémon professors, the unsung heroes of competitive monster-battling

They offer advice, referee card games and manage players’ tantrums – we caught up with some of the volunteer profs who keep the competitive game going at this year’s world championships

Ana Diaz24 Sept

Why fans are digging their claws into Wolverine over its patronising gameplay

From highlighted ledges to characters telling you what to do, blockbuster games are increasingly taking the challenge out of playing – and players are pushing back

Keza MacDonald23 Sept

Control Resonant review – save New York from paranormal phenomena

A surprisingly conventional game from a famously weird developer, this sequel to 2019’s Control is accomplished but safe

Phil Iwaniuk22 Sept

Silent Hill: Townfall review – shame and suffering on the Scottish coast

Tragedy, and an apocalyptic fog, befall a fishing community. It is up to outsider Simon to offer some kind of closure

Lewis Gordon21 Sept