Meet the people bringing Japanese video games to life in English
Tokyo-based translation firm 8-4’s mission is to reduce cultural gaps between countries, and infuse games with local personality
June 2018
'I don't like the stress of dying': the game for people who don't want to fight
#SelfCare packs a ‘tend and befriend’ strategy to appeal to players who find combat titles a turn-off. Its designers, Brie Code and Eve Thomas, make the case for staying in bed all day
May 2018
Developer of hit video game Fortnite sued for alleged copyright infringement
Irish anti-abortion campaigners dodge Google's ad ban
April 2018
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery – a wizarding fantasy on your phone?
The first Harry Potter game in years is out today on Android and iPhones. Here’s what to expect
Inside Nintendo's secretive creative process
Nintendo’s ‘conductor’ takes us behind the game giant’s inner workings, how it finds talent and the philosophy that sparks its eccentric ideas
Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon return to Hogwarts for new Harry Potter game
Mobile adventure game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, which will allow players to become students at the wizarding school, will be launched on 25 April
March 2018
What's it like to play Fortnite on an iPhone?
Purrfect plan: why a young couple made a video game about dating cats
February 2018
Florence review – powerfully relatable snapshots of first love
This graphic novel-style chronicle of twentysomething romance uses a delicate aesthetic and clever interactions to keep you emotionally invested
January 2018
New Harry Potter game coming to smartphones
Hogwarts Mystery, the first JK Rowling-inspired game since 2012, to be released this spring
June 2017
Sega Forever: Sonic and other retro games coming to mobiles for free
Sega Forever collection, which includes the likes of Sonic the Hedgehog, will be free to download on iOS and Android from Thursday
May 2017
Games reviews roundup: Injustice 2; Hanazuki; LocoRoco Remastered
The latest DC Comics fighting game knocks the competition flat, while a children’s mobile game and a PSP classic offer winningly simple charms
February 2017
Is there a Nokia 3310 of video games?
Keith Stuart
Pokémon Go launches Valentine's event hoping to lure loving players
January 2017
Games reviews roundup: Her Majesty’s Spiffing, Super Mario Run, Don Bradman Cricket 17
Brexit Britain goes into space, Mario hits the smartphone sector in style, and the cricket simulation series hits us for six
October 2016
Pokémon Go Halloween: can a spooky 'event' tempt people back to catch 'em all?
CBS to turn Candy Crush into a TV gameshow, because money
August 2016
Pokémon No: game's daily active users, downloads and engagement are down
Just weeks after the augmented reality game Pokémon Go shot to the top of the app charts, millions of people are no longer using it, according to a report
July 2016
10 places our readers are playing Pokémon Go
As the mobile game spreads its tentacles around the world, our readers let us know where they’ve managed to play the game so far
