Jody Macgregor

From 'BMX XXX' and 'Bubsy 3D' to a game about a talking sausage and the least erotic sex games imaginable. Meet the very worst of the worst

There have been a lot of 'Alien'-related video games over the years, but only a select few have captured the atmosphere of the movies

Whether he's time-travelling to punch dinosaurs, or ripping off 'Zelda' games – England's sword-snatching hero is never short of an extra life

From kart-racing to chess to Death Star real estate wrangling, here are the 10 unlikeliest expressions of the galaxy far, far away

Once the refuge of the cheap cash-in, superhero games are now as varied and fun as the costumed characters they showcase

With Sony and Nintendo riding high as Sega faltered, this one year defined genres and built franchises like almost no other

The Atari VCS, first released 40 years ago, was home to a host of brilliant games that still resonate today

A brief journey through the ignominious history of simian games

From early, oddball Atari tie-ins to full-on, big franchise side-stories, games and comics have a long history of cross-pollination

We played the games made by the studio that was famously kicked off Steam

What you need to know about the series before playing 'Resident Evil 7'

Blizzard's hellish dungeon crawler turns 20 this month. Here's why it mattered.

From 'The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion' to 'Brain Age', see the games that set standards a decade ago

Best quest, a new pet and the chance to fall into another dimension