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  • Video game still of a character wearing glasses and a woollen hat looking at a screen in a dark and gloomy town street

    Summer Game Fest highlights: 34 new video games to look out for, from Alien Isolation to Crazy Taxi

    Hundreds of video games were shown at June’s annual bonanza. After watching more than 15 hours of showcases, our video games editor picks the highlights
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    Goals review – disruptor football game attempts to smash the competition

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    Spyro the Dragon returns with a new game after almost two decades

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    Mina the Hollower review – squeaky fresh fun full of vintage magic

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    From God of War to Until Dawn – seven reveals from last night’s PlayStation event

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    Lego launches Pokémon ‘smart’ bricks equipped for interactive battles

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    Nex Playground: the family game-night gadget that revives the spirit of the Wii

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Opinion

  • Title screen for Daley Thompson's Super Test video game showing various Olympic events

    double quotation markI touched a ZX Spectrum for the first time in decades – and I liked it

    Dominik Diamond
  • Imogen West-Knights

    double quotation markWhat my zen week with a virtual power-washer taught me about gaming – and life

    Imogen West-Knights
  • Keza MacDonald

    double quotation markIncluding online games in social media bans is unworkable, unnecessary and would harm young people

    Keza MacDonald
  • Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator game, screenshot

    double quotation markStop the world, I want to get off and run a video rental store in the 1990s

    Dominik Diamond
  • 007 First Light game, screenshot

    007 First Light review – a triumphant James Bond game made by obsessive fans

  • Forza Horizon 6.'s animated racing cars compete on a track with spectators, a Horizon Festival banner, and a snow-capped mountain backdrop

    Forza Horizon 6 review – classic open world racing sim roars beautifully into Japan

  • A video call screen split into four squares showing four people in different rooms looking at their cameras from the film LifeHack

    LifeHack review – old-school heist movie updated for the meme age

  • Two animated characters with shocked expressions push another in a shopping trolley.

    Mixtape review – tongues, trolleys and classic 90s tracks celebrate teenage misadventure

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