Keith Stuart
Keith Stuart is an experienced journalist and editor. While Keith's byline can often be found here at 12DOVE, where he writes about video games and the business that surrounds them, you'll most often find his words on how gaming intersects with technology and digital culture over at The Guardian. He's also the author of best-selling and critically acclaimed books, such as 'A Boy Made of Blocks', 'Days of Wonder', and 'The Frequency of Us'.
Latest articles by Keith Stuart
Why Star Wars Outlaws is the most authentic Star Wars sequel since Rogue One
By Keith Stuart published
Opinion Opinion | From Hidden Fortress to Flash Gordon, Massive Entertainment has taken everything that inspired George Lucas to bring us right back to the heart of the story
The 7 biggest trends from Summer Game Fest 2024
By Keith Stuart published
SGF List | The highlights of SGF say a lot about video games trends for the next 12 months (and counting)
Stellar Blade is basically a PS2 game, and I mean that as a compliment
By Keith Stuart published
Opinion Opinion | Stellar Blade and its hack and slash action take me back to the PS2-era
Why Helldivers 2 is the best RPG of 2024
By Keith Stuart published
Opinion Opinion | What's more freeing than shouting at the top of your lungs into a headset on a server full of strangers?
The 8 top gaming trends of 2023
By Keith Stuart published
Feature Opinion | From fighting to frightening, here are this year's biggest talking points in video games
We're still Doomed! How John Romero's FPS design rules live on in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3
By Keith Stuart published
Feature Interview | John Romero casts his mind back over the last 30 years, and looks to the future of a tried and tested genre
How Marvel's Spider-Man 2 gets to the heart of the character in a way the MCU films can't
By Keith Stuart published
Opinion Opinion | Insomniac's latest is packed with break-neck superhero action – but its quieter, human moments are just as important
8 video game trends to look out for in 2023
By Keith Stuart published
BIG IN 2023 Big in 2023: How video games could change and evolve the medium as we know it over the next 12 months
Modern Warfare 2 is playing with your mind
By Keith Stuart published
Features How a new rendering technique is changing the way we see the world in Call of Duty
8 video game trends to look out for in 2022
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Features Big in 2022: How video games could change and evolve the medium as we know it over the next 12 months
Ignore the rumors, there won't be a Switch 2 for quite some time
By Keith Stuart published
Features Industry analysts on why the Switch 2 is a couple of years away, and why that's undoubtedly a good thing
7 innovative video game moments that pushed game design forward in 2021
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Why the stunning Forza Horizon 5 intro sequence took six months to create
By Keith Stuart published
Features Playground's art director Don Arceta details the work that went into a 10 minute sequence that most players will only see once
Does the Metaverse, cloud gaming, and the battle royale really represent the future of gaming?
By Keith Stuart published
Features Will disruptive new technologies widen the scope of gaming experiences? Yes, but not in the ways that you might expect
Five moments that defined the first year of Xbox Series X
By Keith Stuart published
Features From the acquisition of Bethesda to the re-reveal of Halo Infinite, here's a brief look at Xbox Series X in 2021
Five moments that defined the first year of PS5
By Keith Stuart published
Features Great exclusives, supply issues, and exciting showcases – a brief look at PS5 since its release on November 12, 2020
Xbox Everywhere: Phil Spencer wants an Xbox app on as many devices as possible
By Keith Stuart published
Features The future of Xbox is about breaking down barriers to focus on player joy and ease of access
The 10 things they never tell you about building a gaming PC
By Keith Stuart published
Features From head-mounted torches to HDD Tetris, this is what the PC building guides don't tell you
More human than human? How the future of video game AI will change the way that we play
By Keith Stuart published
Features EA, Ubisoft, Warner Bros, and more explore how artificial intelligence innovations will lead to more believable open worlds and personal adventures within them
Five eras Ubisoft should set the Star Wars Lucasfilm Games title, from The High Republic to Rise of the First Order
By Keith Stuart published
Features The Division developers are making a Ubisoft Star Wars game, here's where and when we think it should be set
10 video game trends to look out for in 2021
By Keith Stuart published
Features Here's how video games could shift and evolve the medium as we know it over the next 12 months
10 things we learned about games in 2020
By Keith Stuart published
Features From the Fortnite contenders to the experiences that brought us closer together, 2020 has been an informative year for the industry
Why the PS5 and Xbox Series X launch has been more complicated than any other next-gen console release
By Keith Stuart published
Features A global pandemic, stock shortages, and subscription services have contributed to a rather unconventional next-gen launch
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