My retro life

When you include all the different maps under one game heading, Ticket to Ride is my second most played tabletop game (behind Race for the Galaxy). The fact that the hobby’s best-selling game is often

THE FIRST TOTAL WAR GAME WAS THE BREAKOUT HIT THAT CREATIVE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO FREE ITSELF FROM ITS WORK-FOR-HIRE SITUATIONSHIP WITH ELECTRONIC ARTS. SINCE THEN THE SERIES HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, COVERING EVERYTHING FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE NAPOLEONIC WARS TO SKAVEN AND UNDEAD LORDS

As he prepares to wrap up his career, Peter Molyneux looks back at 40 years’ worth of game creation

Despite their overwhelming popularity, handheld PCs raise some tricky questions

REINSTALL OLD GAMES, NEW PERSPECTIVES

The team get schooled on the epic Total War series