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
October 2023
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Pushing Buttons: Why Alan Wake 2 will be the most talked-about game this Halloween
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Pushing Buttons: It’s been a fantastic year for games – unless you’re someone who makes them
July 2023
Best culture of 2023 so far
‘You can play it for five minutes or play it for five hours’: Guardian readers’ best games of 2023 so far
From new iterations of Street Fighter, Diablo and Zelda to modern takes on 80s arcades and an evil pizza atop a pizza tower, readers share their picks
March 2023
Resident Evil 4 Remake review – beautiful, tense, camp, gory: all that’s best about the series
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Pushing Buttons: Why the Resident Evil 4 remake works
January 2023
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Pushing Buttons: The gaming trends that will dominate 2023
Final Fantasy and Resident Evil return, Silent Hill’s creator has a new offering and open-world adventures ramp up – and more games on my radar this year
October 2022
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Pushing Buttons: the ghostly echo of games past sustains me
Climbing my first wall in Tomb Raider, playing Sonic the Hedgehog with my dad … snatches of games I’ve played over the years deliver a world unclouded by nagging doubts
July 2022
TV review
Resident Evil review – you will binge-watch like never before
The seven best shows to stream this week
Better Call Saul to Resident Evil: the seven best shows to stream this week
April 2022
Shoot em up! How TV fell in love with video games
From Halo and Resident Evil to emo apocalypse thriller The Last of Us, video game adaptations are storming our screens. Is this a fast-track to quality TV – or a cynical cash grab?
March 2022
Why aren’t video games scary any more – am I just middle-aged and jaded?
Dominik Diamond
When you’re young, you believe in the possibility of anything – ghosts, goblins, the Resident Evil house – but by my age, the spell is broken
December 2021
The 10 best games on Xbox Series S/X
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City review – unpretentiously gory horror-game reboot
June 2021
The 15 greatest video games of the 1990s – ranked!
It was the decade Sonic the Hedgehog, the original PlayStation, the Nintendo 64 and so much more entered the world – here are the 15 best games of this golden age of gaming
May 2021
Resident Evil Village review – nerve-shredding descent into horror
The action careers superbly through spooky gothic castles and underground complexes where monsters and a bloodsucking femme fatale lie in wait
February 2021
Why is video game Twitter obsessed with Resident Evil's giant woman?
The gigantically tall character in a wide-brimmed hat has become the latest meme to light up social media with speculation, fan art and barely concealed lust
May 2020
The best games of 2020 so far
Resident Evil was reanimated, Coffee Talk brewed up a mindful treat and Final Fantasy VII made our dreams come true
April 2020
Resident Evil 3 review - uniquely apposite reboot
PS4, Xbox One, PC; Capcom Dealing with a deadly virus seems relevant in this remake, which adds a multiplayer mode, though it’s not as meaty as Res Evil 2
January 2020
Will the success of The Witcher herald a golden age of game-to-TV adaptations?
With their long, complex stories, video games fit television better than film – especially now streaming services have the firepower to make such projects
