PS Vita Launch: The Essentials

The PS Vita's launch lineup reviews are starting to hit: everything you need, from reviews, videos, as well as all our essential PS Vita coverage is all here.

Gaming's Defining Moments - Sega Rally

Sega Rally Championship; the game that changed racing forever.

Weekender: The Online Pass

"The days of buying a complete boxed experience once and then own it for all time is probably going the way of the Dodo."

Gaming's Defining Moments - The Darkness

"Do you see a happy ending here Jackie?"

Gaming's Defining Moments - L.A. Noire

Team Bondi and Brendan McNamara might have only made one game together; but what a game! Although L.A. Noire had limitations, it still opened the door to whole new world of realistic interactive entertainment.

Weekender: The Watering Hole

This Weekender, we toast bars, inns, cafes, islands: those particular settings in games that become our particular watering holes from the day's adventure.

Circle Pad Pro: Worth the buy?

The Circle Pad Pro, the new accessory for the 3DS, has arrived in UK stores. Here are our impressions and photos as we ask whether it's worth the buy.

Paradox's Reign

We laid waste to Paradox's new line up as we spent two days with the company in a remote castle deep in Sweden.

FIFA: On Top of the World

With FIFA 12 becoming the best-selling sports title of all time, we look at the franchise and how it has evolved over the years to become the most popular sports title on the planet.

Star Wars: The Old Republic Interview

Ready for the expansion of the universe as Bioware reveals what players should expect to see in The Old Republic for the months to come.

Gaming's Defining Moments - Smart Bombs

"In video games there are few things as sweet as the smart bomb."

Weekender: Team Attack

"It's akin to school reunions - despite time passing and people changing, everyone unconsciously resumes familiar roles within the classic group structure."

Resident Evil 6: Trailer Breakdown

The announcement trailer for Resident Evil 6 packs a hefty punch and - if you blink - you'll miss some key information and teases. Here's the facts and speculation so far.

Gaming's Defining Moments - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Much the same as the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled, one of the defining moments of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - in a game rammed full of them - you mightn't have even knew existed.

Weekender: Arrow's Path

"A lot of focus group testing has gone into the design of Skyrim's quest arrows and quest design. The problem is that what's easy and accessible isn't always a benefit."

Fatshark and Krater: Concept to Creation

Gamereactor went behind the closed doors at Fatshark as we followed its latest game from initial concept to its worldwide reveal.

Gaming's Defining Moments - Pool of Radiance

Pool of Radiance - role-playing like they did back in 1988.

Weekender: Arkham City Rises

How does Arkham City reign supreme as the best best sandbox environment of the genre currently? We explore the reasons why in our first Gaming Weekender of the year.

Wallpaper: New Year Special

Usher in the new year with a selection of wallpaper to spruce up your desktop, theme, tablet background, featuring the best of new and classic gaming artwork.

Innovations: The Next Gen Review

"Let's just hope that the decisions they make help build on the strong foundations already in place, rather than hindering progress of generations to come."

The Music of Bastion

"My assignment was essentially to 'write some town music' keeping in mind the Cormac McCarthy-does-fantasy tone."

Gaming's Defining Moment: 2011

"Deus Ex pressed you for an answer. You had to go with your gut, and hoped you could read people well enough to succeed."

New Year Weekender

As we turn over a new leaf for 2012, we look back at the year that was as the team discuss their favourite memories and games of 2011.

The Year that will be... 2012

It's that time of year, the time we set aside to speculate and perhaps even provoke one or two of you. What is 2012 going to be like? Here's our take.

Gaming Music Playlist Vol.4

We draw this year's Playlists to a close with Bastion composer Darren Korb, as he takes us through his personal game music favourites.

Free Where?

Why pay when there's plenty of free games available online? In this new ongoing feature, we investigate the world of Freeware and rate what's worth the download.

2012's Most Wanted: PS Vita

"We know we crave it, but let's dig a little deeper than our typical superficial lust for new technology."

Gaming's Defining Moments - Civilization II

Twenty years ago Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley designed Civilization. We delve into that moment that truly defines the series - that very first settler trying to find a spot for your first city.

Christmas Weekender

On the eve of the Christmas celebrations the team recounts memories of season past, and how they're spending their holidays.

Games for Non-Gamers

Combining gaming with family social occasions over Christmas can be tricky business. Here's a few games that be enjoyed even by your non-gaming loved ones.

Gaming's Defining Moments - Tomb Raider

Up + R1 + Square.

GR-UK Gaming Weekender

Before the seasonal cheer kicks in fully, we reflect on the disappointments of the year, and whats the plan for the weekend.

Composer Interview: Jason Graves

"I honestly wasn't sure if they would allow string quartet music in a huge horror title, but fortunately they trusted me enough to let me try."

Gifts for Gamers

Stuck for gifts to buy friends, loved ones - or even yourself? We present a quick run of potential gaming gift ideas for all.

Spike VGAs: The Announcements

The Spike Video Game Awards aired this weekend, with a horde of new announcements, screens and trailers. We round up everything you need to know and see.

Skyrim: One Month On

"The best experiences we've had in Skyrim have probably been off the main trail, on side quests and just doing random stuff."

Gaming's Defining Moments - Command & Conquer

In the continuing series of Gaming's Defining Moments, we go back to a game that taught us that there was more than one way to blow something up: Command & Conquer.

SWTOR: The Essentials

It's finally here, and we've collected all you need to know ahead of the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Frontline: The War of 3

FRONTLINE returns with a three-way split across Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3 and Gears of War 3 - how are all three faring online?

Digital Frontier #2

Lee West is back with another stack of iOS titles tried and tested. Read on to find out what you should be draining your batteries on this month.

Your new Xbox 360 Dashboard

As we welcome in the new Xbox 360 Dashboard Update today, we take a look around to see what Microsoft's introduced to the front-end.

Gaming's Defining Moments - Bioshock

Our fifth piece in Gaming's Defining Moments takes us back four years to the first Bioshock title and the amazing plot twist it brings.

Gaming Wallpaper

We compile the best high-res artwork currently around for you to admire and download for your desktop, mobile device, tablet or gaming console.

Gaming Music Playlist 3

The newest Gaming Music Playlist comes by way of Outland and Super Stardust developer Housemarque.

Housemarque Interview

Housemarque, creator of Furmins, Outland, Dead Nation and Super Stardust, sit down with us to discuss the company, mobile development, and what it plans for the future.

Ubisoft's Digital Days: Report

Assassins, limbless heroes, trigger happy bot-killers. Arcade thrills, classic platforming, card games: see how Ubisoft's digital titles and future plans are shaping up.

Gaming's Defining Moments - Doom

DOOM.

Frontline: Halo Anniversary Special

In our new series, we examine the current state of online-enabled titles and whether they're worth your time and effort. To kick off, we look at Halo's diminishing presence on Xbox Live.

Battlefield 3: Composer Interview

"We'd play different games, mute the sound and try out our own music sketches to different game situations and see what we thought worked the best."

Gaming's Defining Moments - Goldeneye 007

In this, the third part of our series of Gaming's Defining Moments, I'm going to reminisce about the game that finally persuaded me to go Nintendo: GoldenEye 007.