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Adventure games

July 2024

  • gangway going out to a semicircular building and the sea

    Simon Parkin on games
    Riven review – ponderous yet powerful remake of the 90s island classic

  • Gustavo Santaolalla.

    High scores
    The Last of Us has three main characters: Ellie, Joel and Gustavo Santaolalla’s music

June 2024

  • From left to right; Dragon's Dogma 2 character, Cloud from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.

    Best culture of 2024 so far
    The best video games of 2024 so far

  • Animal Well game

    Simon Parkin on games
    Animal Well – beautifully wrought indie underground adventure

May 2024

  • Melancholy yet goofy … Hauntii.

    Hauntii review – a ghost searches for understanding in the afterlife in this imaginative debut

    Possess ladybirds and rollercoasters in Moonloop Games’ quirky, inventive take on the afterlife

April 2024

  • Searching for the meaning of life … Harold Halibut.

    As if Wes Anderson ran amok at Aardman: Harold Halibut, the visually stunning puppet adventure game

  • A ride through the early days of the internet … Crashboard.

    A skate through cyberspace: on the edge with the Now Play This festival of experimental video games

March 2024

  • Sea of Thieves

    PlayStation, ahoy! How Rare’s pirate adventure Sea of Thieves set sail for a new platform

    Six years since its voyage began, the oceanic co-op is landing on PS5 – and the team behind the game can’t wait to empower the creativity of a whole new community of players

January 2024

  • The remastered version of The Last of Us Part II.

    Pushing Buttons newsletter
    Pushing Buttons: I hated going back to games – until The Last of Us Part II Remastered came along

  • The Last of Us Part II Remastered

    The Last of Us Part II Remastered review – unmissable repacking of modern classic

December 2023

  • From left … Tekken 8 and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Cloud Strife.

    2024 culture preview
    The best games to look forward to in 2024

  • Real live music … Poets of the Fall AKA Old Gods of Asgard perform with the cast of Alan Wake 2 at the Game Awards in LA in December.

    Video games and musical theatre: 2023’s most unlikely crossover?

  • Privileged to play … Clockwise from top left: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Thirsty Suitors, Dave the Diver

    2023 in Culture
    The 20 best video games of 2023

  • Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora game screenshot

    Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora review - welcome to the jungle, it’s yours to reclaim

November 2023

  • Frog Detective standing in an office while on the phone to the supervisor.

    Simon Parkin on games
    Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery review – whimsical whodunnits

  • A wistful, wordless story … Jusant.

    Jusant review – a skyscraping climbing game with the gift of perspective

October 2023

  • Step into the steel toe-capped boots of a dwarf … The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria.

    The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria review – mining a shallow vein

  • Alan Wake 2 video game

    Pushing Buttons newsletter
    Pushing Buttons: Why Alan Wake 2 will be the most talked-about game this Halloween

September 2023

  • Dave the Diver goes underwater

    Simon Parkin on games
    Dave the Diver review – an irresistible deep-sea adventure

    ]A sushi waiter is on a mission to bring exotic fish to the table in this stylish, satisfying game that delivers a vital message on sustainability

August 2023

  • Diablo IV traveling drysteppes dd 002 (1)

    Pushing Buttons newsletter
    Pushing Buttons: ‘Forever games’ like Diablo IV want to be the only thing you play – but is that a good thing?

    Live service games that try to monopolise attention put immense pressure on developers to keep pace with players
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