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Keza MacDonald

Keza MacDonald

Video Games Editor at The Guardian - Arts & Culture

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Blumhouse comes to video games with six different indie horror projects - The Guardian

In LA last week, horror production company Blumhouse announced that it was entering the video game market with its indie horror label Blumhouse Games. Jason Blum, Louise Blain and Zach Wood discuss its approach
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The best video games of 2024 so far - The Guardian

Survive a spooky theme park, embark on a punishing journey through ancient Iceland or try your hand at a magical card game – the year’s best games so far
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Forget the AAAs, innovative indie developers were the real stars of...

In this week’s newsletter: While the blockbuster end of the games industry is in the doldrums, independent developers are leading a creative resurgence
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Perfect Dark, Indiana Jones and a new Gears of War: all the new gam...

In the middle of a troubled year for Xbox, Microsoft showed a packed slate of games for its Game Pass subscription service in 2024 and 2025
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From new Call of Duty to Star Wars Outlaws, it’s a massive few days...

In this week’s newsletter: The pandemic finally killed E3, but a cluster of loosely affiliated and competing events has risen up in its place
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Pushing Buttons: Horror game Crow Country lets you switch off the s...

Phobia toggles turn off scary elements like enemies, combat and spiders – but far from being too ‘cosy’, they help make gaming more accessible for even the most squeamish
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Pushing Buttons: With creative developers shutting everywhere, the ...

UK indie outfit Roll7 is reportedly facing closure, along with Bethesda’s Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin – but if making award-running, profitable games doesn’t guarantee safety, what will?
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Pushing Buttons: The emulator app helping gamers replay classics fr...

In this week’s newsletter: the Delta app can be used to play games on vintage consoles from the Game Boy to the Snes … but for how long?
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The Guide #136: The best mobile games – and where to find them - Th...

In this week’s newsletter: Making the most of mobile games doesn’t have to cost you a fortune or your sanity – here’s our list of on-the-go games to try
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Pushing Buttons: readers’ memories of the game-changing Game Boy at...

The little grey box – 35 years old this month – has kept you going, helped you through grief and long journeys, and been your companion through childhood
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The Game Boy at 35: a portal to other magical worlds - The Guardian

The handheld console introduced millions to the joy of video games, and remains one of the best-selling consoles ever
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Reigns Beyond review – sci-fi silliness meets rock band road trip -...

Quick-witted and hilarious, this madcap band tour/space caper is sold short by its premise
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Bafta games awards hail one of gaming's best ever years - The Guardian

Despite lay-offs and studio closures, the 20th edition of the ceremony saw Dungeons & Dragons-inspired Baldur’s Gate 3 become the runaway winner in a hotly contested field
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Pushing Buttons: Meet the pint-sized Pokémon pros - The Guardian

With its giant inflatable Pikachu, fairground games and friendly vibe, this just might be my favourite esports event around, and it’s touching to see kids living out their trainer dreams
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A skate through cyberspace: on the edge with the Now Play This fest...

This week, Somerset House houses a selection of avant garde games on the theme of liminality
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Pushing Buttons: What makes Dragon’s Dogma 2 a fiery breath of fres...

In this week’s newsletter: Casting away all the tropes of today’s open world games, Capcom’s unforgiving, unpredictable RPG is a sequel unlike anything else
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The surreal, colourful Katamari Damacy is 20 – and still the weirde...

This wacky Japanese game leaves a lifelong impression on everyone who plays it, if only because they can’t get its theme music out of their head
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Dragon’s Dogma 2 review – chaotic, unpredictable fantasy fun - The ...

This gloriously messy, medieval-flavoured silliness will give you the best adventure you’ve had in years. There’s nothing quite like it
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It’s 10 years since Gamergate – the industry must now stand up to f...

Conspiracy theorists are still routinely targeting and abusing women and ‘woke’ game consultants. With a small studio currently under fire, the games industry’s silence is deafening
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Bafta games awards 2024: Baldur’s Gate, Spider-Man and Alan Wake le...

As Bafta’s video game awards celebrate their 20th outing, the full list of nominations reflects a outstandingly creative year
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Pushing Buttons: Why do I get so emotionally attached to inanimate ...

In this week’s newsletter: Like Kratos’s axe and Halo’s Warthogs before it, Pacific Drive’s beat-up banger and I have formed a lasting connection as we survive a scary world together