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.

Christmas Weekender

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

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."

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 - 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.

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."

Kitase on Final Fantasy XIII-2

Final Fantasy developer, and producer on Final Fantasy XIII-2, Yoshinori Kitase discusses the title's development as well as the franchise and its future.

The Skyrim Diaries: Week One

Skyrim's a huge world, and there's a lot to discover. We kept notes during our first week in the realm; of our findings, thoughts and interactions. This is our tale.

TGS 11: The state of fighting games

"If there is one genre where the Japanese still reign supreme and showed a lot of promise at Tokyo Game Show, it's the fighting genre."

Tokyo Game Show: Pictorial Review

A pictorial guide to Tokyo Game Show: GRTV documents the sights and scenes at TGS between interviews and gaming hands-on.

The Music of Space Marine: Track by Track

In an exclusive commentary, the composers of the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine soundtrack talk us through their creation process for the game's score track by track.

The Games of Gamescom

Germany's about to spend a week getting hammered by some of the most exciting titles in the industry. We tackle the heavy-hitters and left field picks of Gamescom.

Best of Fall: Arkham City

"Why are we excited? One simple fact: three months before release, the game's finished. The studio is simply spending the time until launch polishing it to perfection."

Military Aid - Andy McNab and DICE

Author and former SAS operative Andy McNab has joined forced with Battlefield developers DICE. Gamereactor met with him to discuss Battlefield 3 and realism.

The Road to Gamescom

The doors to Gamescom open up in a week's time and we summarize what we might - and hope to - see at the convention down in Germany.

Media Molecule Interview

"When you have something that is a success you have to take it and improve it, but without breaking it."

Game Artwork: E3 Special

With great games comes great concept artwork. Our new series kicks off with a selection of the best gaming art coming out of E3 for your viewing pleasure.

Tomb Raider Interview: Karl Stewart

"There's an affinity with the character, of course, that people will tell you if you're breaking that. But there's also the feeling like you will get stale."

Dirt 3: The Soundtrack

To celebrate the release of Dirt 3, game composer Christian Stevenson explains the long-haul process necessary in putting together its soundtrack.

Creating the perfect game soundtack

We caught up with Dirt 3 composer Christian Stevenson to talk the dos and don'ts of licensed music in videogames. Here's eight commandments every game should follow.

Duke Nukem at BAFTA

Why does Duke work today? Would Gearbox go digital? Will we see sequels to Borderlands? Answers to all that (plus an awkward fist-bump) in sixteen chunks of Q&A goodness.

Codemasters on Dirt 3

"The sensation of driving a rally car through the technical stages and that gamble of touching a snow bank has really been captured..."