Best and worst of 2025: video games
Let’s take a moment to look at a few of the projects to make it out the sector alive. And what better place to start than last week’s Game Awards — an event that inevitably brings us to the riotous … Continued
As AI floods our culture, here’s why we must protect human storytelling in games
Buying the Zombies, Run! studio wasn’t part of my plan, but our post-apocalypse game has a story that makes people feel seen. Source: As AI floods our culture, here’s why we must protect human storytelling in games | Games | … Continued
Golden Joystick Awards 2025: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins big
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has swept the Golden Joystick Awards – picking up seven gongs including the main prize.The critically acclaimed role-playing game (RPG) won Ultimate Game of the Year at the event – one of the oldest and biggest … Continued
How generative AI in Arc Raiders started a scrap over the gaming industry’s future
The use of AI in the surprise game-of-the-year contender has sparked a heated cultural and ethical debate, and raised existential questions for artists, writers and voice actors. Source: How generative AI in Arc Raiders started a scrap over the gaming … Continued
Steam Machine: Valve rivals Xbox and PlayStation with new console
Valve, the company behind PC gaming platform Steam, has revealed a new console to rival Nintendo, Xbox and PlayStation.The Steam Machine is a home console designed to allow gamers to play PC games on their TV – though it can … Continued
‘We were effectively props’: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and a lack of support from the beginning. Source: ‘We were … Continued