'It can be unnecessary - and even too much': Are violent video games like Grand Theft Auto 6 becoming too realistic?

The latest in the franchise is the most hyped release of 2026 and looks set to push the boundaries of gaming visuals – but it ...

From final boss battles to the dangers of open-world bloat, TV and film can learn a lot from video games

Stranger Things’ climactic showdown is the latest pop culture spectacle to feel like its been ported straight from a console. The industries’ reciprocally influential relationship can be to everyone’s ...

Despelote showed me the year's greatest intro sequence, and its greatest advert for video games full stop

There have been other moments that hit me with more force this year - several of those in Despelote itself in fact, later on ...

‘I wanted that Raiders of the Lost Ark excitement – you could die any minute’: how we made hit video game Prince of Persia

There was no animation software in those days. So I videotaped my brother David running, jumping and climbing in a car park’ ...