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    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      LexCapcom Co Ltd
      Japan gaming: Capcom brings street fighting spirit to mobile games Premium content

      Share price increase reflects expectations of sales boost from mobile offerings

      An  Indian professional e-sports athlete, plays ‘Street Fighter V’ at his residence in Gurgaon
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Review
      Nour: Play With Your Food review — virtual nourishment for hungry eyes

      The experimental food game eschews enemies and objectives to offer a feast of surprises

      An image from a video game shows a stack of burgers teetering against a backdrop of sky and a rainbow
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Review
      Starfield — a cosmic mystery with an entire universe to explore

      Bethesda’s new title allows you to jump from planet to planet, but there are glitches along the way

      An image from a video game shows a person wearing a space suit standing on the mountainous surface of an alien planet, with a ringed planet visible in the sky
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Review
      Under the Waves review — descent into the murky depths

      An offshore maintenance worker confronts personal trauma and corporate malpractice in this underwater exploration game

      An image from a video game shows a diver silhouetted, looking towards a house on the sea floor and a whale swimming
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      LexSony Corp
      Sony: more features for PlayStation are best bet for sales growth Premium content

      Sharp price rise reflects the company’s confidence in user appetite for its premium content

      A customer plays Final Fantasy XVI
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Review
      Sea of Stars review — RPG that flaunts its retro roots even while subverting them

      Arcane fantasy language and tangled lore are relieved by self-awareness and fourth-wall-breaking absurdity

      In a scene from a video game, two small figures seen from above make their way through a fantastical world
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Review
      Bomb Rush Cyberfunk review — snappy skater video game pays homage to cult classic

      Team Reptile’s latest feels modern and anarchic but stands in the shadow of ‘Jet Set Radio’

      A skater in neon yellow targs a futuristic building
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Review
      Five stars for the beguiling and demanding role-playing fantasy Baldur’s Gate 3 — review

      Six years in the making, the belated sequel delights in dialogue and role-play as a tool of experimentation

      An image from a video game shows a fantastical human-like creature with pointed ears, wearing armour and wielding a sword; a dragon flies in the background
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      Interview
      Game developer Pippin Barr on pointless pursuits and the joy of queueing

      The author, academic and gaming provocateur talks about his puzzling, playful creations

      Two combined images show a man in a check shirt standing against a brick wall; and a computerised image of a figure rolling a boulder up a steep hill, along with the words “Failures: 4”
    • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
      LexNintendo Co Ltd
      Nintendo: Mario movie means Switch keeps on giving Premium content

      The console is old but its enduring popularity means the group saves on development and marketing costs

      A scene from The Super Mario Bros. Movie
    • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
      Nintendo Co Ltd
      Zelda and Super Mario Bros Movie push Nintendo to blowout results

      Hit game and film help Kyoto-based company to break its record for first-quarter profits

      Kids take their seats at a summer daytime screening of ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      FT MagazineOliver Roeder
      Backgammon’s AI super-brain is for sale

      The creator of the swashbuckling software known as ‘XG’ has left an indelible mark on the game. Now he has had enough

    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      News in-depthNetEase Inc
      NetEase’s ‘Eggy Party’ success leaves gaming rival Tencent scrambling for hits

      Tech group in direct competition with larger competitor as viral game racks up 30mn daily active users

      An image of the Eggy Party game and characters
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Special ReportThriving Cities
      Crafting the future: involving young people in urban design

      Hargeisa in Somaliland is using the ‘Minecraft’ computer game to involve the city’s youth in remodelling public spaces

      Children using the ‘Minecraft’ video game
    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      Review
      Viewfinder is a puzzle game of snap judgments and creative solutions — review

      Photographs play a key role in levels that require you to reinvent your surroundings

      An image from a video game shows a verdant mountainous landscape into which has been inserted a large image of similar surroundings
    • Sunday, 16 July, 2023
      Activision Blizzard Inc
      Microsoft-Sony agreement opens way to seal $75bn Activision deal

      ‘Call of Duty’ pact signals truce in prolonged battle and ends Japanese group’s biggest objection

      ‘Call of Duty: Warzone’
    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      Review
      Neurocracy and when Wikipedia leads to murder

      An online encyclopedia is the setting for a narrative game about the killing of a Chinese tech mogul

      A page from a fictional website called Omnipedia displays information about two assassinations
    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
      Review
      BattleBit — cartoony and chaotic video game shakes up the scene

      Its three creators have abandoned plot and polish for quick bursts of entertainment

      Tanks roll through streets of brown houses, all rather blocky in animation
    • Thursday, 29 June, 2023
      Microsoft Corp
      Microsoft and Activision CEOs fight for their $75bn deal in court hearing

      Judge could decide as early as next week whether to grant a US regulator’s request to put the gaming acquisition on ice

      Satya Nadella
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Review
      Dordogne and Harmony: two games make you face the consequences of your actions

      ‘Dordogne’ explores the loss that comes with adulthood while ‘Harmony: The Fall of Reverie’ shows the mixed blessing of foresight

      An image from a video game, created in a watercolour style, shows a girl with a hat and a satchel standing amid trees encountering a black cat
    • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
      Microsoft Corp
      Microsoft paints Sony as ‘complainer-in-chief’ against $75bn Activision deal

      Claim comes in FTC court hearing over whether to put the brakes on huge gaming purchase

      A sign outside the Activision headquarters in Santa Monica, California
    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      Review
      Final Fantasy XVI — a silly, self-aware and strikingly intimate sequel

      The series is updated for the gritty ‘Game of Thrones’ era while retaining its sense of aesthetic adventure

      Digital-realistic image of man about to plunge a sword into something
    • Friday, 16 June, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
      Central banks all over the place

      Saudi Arabia spends billions in drive to dominate global games industry

    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      LexGames industry
      Gaming: cloud upstarts need top content to dethrone consoles Premium content

      Users won’t pay $15 per month or watch ads to play the same old thing

      People play video games on phones
    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      Review
      Mask of the Rose game review — dating and sleuthing in an atmospheric netherworld

      A subterranean version of Victorian London is the setting for this ambitious visual novel

      An image from a video game shows a burning half-ruined city with the words ‘I’m always reliving London’s last night on the surface’ across the bottom of the image
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