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Evil Empire creatives explain how it is playing to today's 'metroidvanias' and honouring the original's legacy with much fresh slaying to be done ...

Colourful, counter-cultural and captivating, this rail riding game set in a dystopian Japan is as weird as it is exhilarating ...

Brennan Lee Mulligan's Dungeons and Dragons push is part of a wider trend using tabletop games for political action ...

As global anxieties multiply, video games from Resident Evil to Mouthwashing are providing rich source material to help decode society's problems ...

A soft puzzle game makes a sharp point about the over-optimised future ahead ...

Pokémon Go celebrated its 10th anniversary with a Times Square takeover featuring a special event to defeat the Pokémon species Mewtwo.

Sony's announcement spells the end of a whole ecosystem built by superfan collectors - and signals a troubling shift in the industry ...

Ubisoft has removed all the boring parts of pirate life from its fantasy RPG, creating something far more focused and fun ...

The massively multiplayer online role-playing game has grown into a virtual social space and part of daily life for thousands of players ...

Thousands of gaming jobs will be shed over the coming fiscal year as Microsoft continues to invest heavily in AI ...