The death of video game VR is a crying shame – Reader’s Feature
[ad_1] The future didn’t last very long (Sony) After buying a PSVR2 and a Meta Quest 3, a reader laments that a potential golden age for VR gaming already seems to have come to an end. I’m in my late 40s now and for my whole life VR has been something that has always been […]
3D Monster Maze is a 45 year old survival horror and it’s still scary today
[ad_1] 3D Monster Maze – terrifyingly old (Vassilii Khachaturov/Wikipedia) A reader returns to Sinclair ZX81 classic 3D Monster Maze and finds arguably the first ever survival horror game to still be impressively frightening. Instilling fear is something video games can do most effectively. Watch a horror film and although sometimes it can feel like it, […]
No prizes for guessing what won Best Game at Bafta 2026 Games Awards
[ad_1] A very unsurprising winner (Credits: Getty Images for BAFTA) The last major video games award event of the season has honoured narrative game Dispatch with three awards, but it didn’t win Best Game. At this point, the only possible surprise that could have come from the BAFTA 2026 Games Awards is if Clair Obscur: […]
Pragmata is another unexpected Nintendo Switch 2 showcase – with some caveats
[ad_1] Pragmata – almost as good on Switch 2 (Capcom) Capcom continues its hot streak with Pragmata, delivering both a great sci-fi shooter and another impressive Nintendo Switch 2 port. Between Resident Evil Requiem, Monster Hunter Stories 3, and Pragmata, Capcom is already having a banner year in 2026. We’re only four months deep as […]
Street Fighter movie trailer highlights the problem with being too authentic
[ad_1] Will you be seeing the movie in cinemas? (Paramount/X) Video game movies are certainly more authentic nowadays, but are films like the new Street Fighter too obsessed with looking like their source material? After debuting at last year’s The Game Awards with a teaser trailer, the upcoming Street Fighter movie has just received a […]
Nigel Alderton interview – the man behind ZX Spectrum classic Chuckie Egg
[ad_1] A blast from a very distant past (Elite Systems) 1983 smash hit Chuckie Egg is being remade for mobile phones, and we’ve spoken to the bedroom programming teen protégé that originally made it. It’s always sobering to realise that what counts as retro gaming is constantly changing. Although there’s no official definition, it was […]
Games Inbox: What video game has the most bugs and glitches?
[ad_1] Fallout: New Vegas – the buggiest of them all? (Bethesda) The Tuesday letters page advises Xbox not to release Fable this year, as a reader thinks people are treating the ZX Spectrum with rose-tinted glasses. Games Inbox is a collection of our readers’ letters, comments, and opinions. To join in with the discussions yourself […]
Resident Evil Zero remake will have online co-op suggests new leak
[ad_1] Resident Evil Zero – it wouldn’t take much to improve it (Capcom) The next Resident Evil remake will make some major changes to the original, according to the latest rumours, with a return to online co-op for the mainline series. Even with a new hack having taken place this week, and it being the […]
Starfield on PS5 is ‘unplayable’ complain gamers plagued by bugs and crashes
[ad_1] Artemis II has a munch more successful launch (Bethesda) Bethesda has once again failed to send out review copies of Starfield, with the PS5 version coming under fire from fans unhappy with its performance. As you might have guessed, we were not sent review copies of Starfield on PlayStation 5, when it launched on […]
Nintendo GameCube is my favourite console even though I know it’s not the best
[ad_1] How do you feel about the GameCube? (Nintendo) Despite its flaws, in terms of hardware and software, a reader explains why the Nintendo GameCube is his mostly fondly remembered video game console. My love of Nintendo GameCube is weird. I’m not going to deny that the Nintendo GameCube is my favourite games console ever. […]