20 July 2022
If you can't leave the country over the holidays, then video games have you covered, whether you fancy flying a plane with Microsoft Flight Simulator or exploring a galaxy of planets with No Man's Sky, says Jacob Aron
27 April 2022
The story of Aloy, a hunter in a future world ravaged by climate change and dominated by robotic animals, continues in an open-world game that is even better than its predecessor Horizon Zero Dawn, says Jacob Aron
2 March 2022
The parkour element of Dying Light 2 Stay Human makes escaping from the undead tremendous fun, but the gameplay is fairly predictable, says Jacob Aron
25 August 2021
Time-loops in video games can easily become a bit boring, but mystery adventure game The Forgotten City has found a nice way to bypass the problem, says Jacob Aron
13 January 2021
New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss
1 July 2020
New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss
1 April 2020
This week, listen as the US debates covid-19, play a struggling survivor of an earthquake-torn city and discover how the planet gains from human progress slowing down
25 March 2020
This week, make your own ending to a thriller set in a locked-down lab, join a nature walk to track Europe’s spring and listen to the trends shaping our future
6 February 2020
A mobile video game called Sea Hero Quest has been used to test navigation abilities, showing that people who grew up in cities are worse navigators than others
14 September 2018
Even when we fail spectacularly at them, computer games are crafted to be a medium of delights, as an exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert Museum reveals
