Keza MacDonald

As the gaming mascots of millennial childhood have been resuscitated one by one for a nostalgic audience, one has remained notably absent: 1990s PlayStation hero Spyro.

Keza MacDonald 8 min read Alien: Isolation 2 (Nintendo, PC, PlayStation, Xbox)

Did you spend hours of your weekend watching a relentless series of video game adverts? No?

From horror galore to Chinese action games and YRK nostalgia, the key trends, trailers and surprises from the Summer Game Fest

If you fancy roaring around Japan’s open roads, scaling impossible mountains and playing with post-apocalyptic Pokémon, this year’s highlights mean you can do so without leaving your chair

PC, Xbox, PlayStation 5; Halo Studios/Xbox Game StudiosHalo’s modernised introduction to all that was great about the 00s’ first-person shooter is also a welcome return trip for those of us who were there at the time

Keza MacDonald This 25th-anniversary remake of Xbox's most iconic shooter comes loaded with symbolism.

As millenials return to the games of their youth, remakes of Star Fox and Halo suggest there is still plenty to learn from the past

Keza MacDonald As much as some people more or less cease to listen to new music in their 30s , I have noticed a retreat to safe, familiar gaming territory among some of my fellow millennial gamers.

LIVE – Updated at 21:01 Under some strange circumstances, Rockstar broadcast the first (official) gameplay footage of Grand Theft Auto VI, the most-anticipated game of the year.