Pete Bottomley of White Paper Games speaks about their latest project – The Occupation – on the eve of its release

RIOT – Civil Unrest is fighting a losing battle

Epic Games continues its war on Steam and joins forces with Metro Exodus

What to expect from the games industry in Manchester in 2019

An impressive title, an unimpressive port

“The difference we’re making, you can see it in the smiles, the laughter, the noise level. It’s the sound of fun. It’s a sound every person, every kid, should be able to have,”

“It can be a dangerous thing, having a conscience.”

Sony make the shock decision to pull out of E3 for the first time in 23 years

Bugs can make a game a classic, and can even be their own participatory entity of gameplay, writes Rob Pate

EA and Activision have no plans for a bigger budget skate game or re-boot, but two indie studios are stepping to fill the breach

David Uncle outlines why Rainbox Six Seige has stayed fresh in an often stagnant genre marketplace

The real-time strategy game based on real-life events is given an official release date

Manchester’s Odd Bug Studios announce new title to kick off 2019

Danny Jones retells The Game Awards action in his Mancunion swansong

Felix Hanif-Banks recounts the action at King of the North VI

A round of hotly contested qualifiers concluded with some surprising results in the King of the North qualifiers

We take a retrospective look at Dead Cells after the game won Indie Game of the Year at the Golden Joysticks

Half-Life still holds up 20 years later, writes Callum Lunn