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Year of high-quality titles hailed even as job losses and studio closures blight industry
Jonathan Nolan, brother of Christopher, on why the end-of-the-world adaptation is the beginning of a new one
A new essay collection by the novelist and author is a bracing rebuttal of more cautious criticism
Croft’s second novel is a metatextual mystery that reflects on truth, fiction and literary interpretation
His new title, set in an extraterrestrial community centre, is a quirky affair made for a niche platform
Frenzied motoring alternates with quiet moments of solace as you play a delivery clerk in a world where reality is out of kilter
Ubisoft’s new seafaring adventure finally arrives on the high seas
Set Prague, this exhilarating novel within a novel offers all manner of narrative twists, turns and tricks
Chase & Status are supporting ultra-grassroots football in west London
A creeping sense of unease infects a domestic emergency help service in this horror game
From zeroes to heroes, this eye-opening history takes in the mysteries of mathematics and its unsung pioneers
Gargantuan role-playing games and an addictive fish-based simulator were standouts this year
By moving with the rhythm, your character smoothly glides over beautifully painted landscapes
The music in this genre-straddling project develops according to players’ choices
It offers players a satisfyingly blank canvas — though design standards are not high
A heartfelt memoir on being single, living alone and the existential experience of loneliness
The rapper celebrated his birthday with a performance that tackled topics such as fatherhood and climate protesters
For the new game, the medieval city was created with the help of painstaking research
Bethesda’s new title allows you to jump from planet to planet, but there are glitches along the way
The electronic musician’s London show was ambitious, but key moments were lost in noise
An offshore maintenance worker confronts personal trauma and corporate malpractice in this underwater exploration game
Arcane fantasy language and tangled lore are relieved by self-awareness and fourth-wall-breaking absurdity
Unseen boundaries are the ones with the most life-changing consequences, argues Maxim Samson’s illuminating collection of case studies
The author, academic and gaming provocateur talks about his puzzling, playful creations
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