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Steve Hogarty is a London-based freelance journalist covering games and technology. His bylines have appeared in publications including GamesRadar, The Independent, Yahoo, VICE, Eurogamer, and more. He is also the co-host of the pocast, Regular Features.

Latest articles by Steve Hogarty

An image of a disc in an Xbox One console

Is it time to let go of physical game discs?

By Steve Hogarty published 5 April 19

Opinion Official Xbox Magazine's Steve Hogarty reckons we should ditch the packaging and go digital for the good of humanity

Opinion

Are exploding red barrels the biggest cliché in video games?

By Steve Hogarty published 25 March 19

Opinion It's time to take those explosive containers, currently enjoying a renaissance in The Division 2, and put them somewhere safe

Opinion

Smashing the fantasy RPG trope of the all-powerful potion: let's make games more realistic

By Steve Hogarty published 25 December 17

Opinion

This is how to improve video game inventory screens (sort of...)

By Steve Hogarty published 9 December 17

Opinion

Are hacking minigames the most overused of gaming tropes?

By Steve Hogarty published 1 August 17

Opinion

Jiggling the handle on the trope of the unopened door

By Steve Hogarty published 12 July 17

Opinion

Why infuriating fetch quests in games should take a hike

By Steve Hogarty published 6 June 17

Opinion

Tackling the bottom-rung shock tactic in games: the jump scare

By Steve Hogarty published 17 May 17

Opinion

Morality in video games shouldn’t be about being a good turtle or evil scorpion

By Steve Hogarty published 26 April 17

Opinion

Here's how Final Fantasy 15 creates believable friends who live inside your television

By Steve Hogarty published 4 April 17

Opinion

Improve games by throwing those infuriating audio logs in the bin

By Steve Hogarty published 14 March 17

Opinion

How removing regenerating health brings tension and challenge back to modern gaming

By Steve Hogarty published 14 February 17

Opinion

This is how developers can fix stealth mechanics in games

By Steve Hogarty published 8 February 17

Opinion

Aliens vs Predator review

By Steve Hogarty published 18 February 10

Creepy, ultra-gory three-species war mostly lives up to the legacy

Aliens vs Predator review

By Steve Hogarty published 17 February 10

Creepy, ultra-gory three-species war mostly lives up to the legacy

Action

Aliens vs Predator review

By Steve Hogarty published 17 February 10

Creepy, ultra-gory three-species war mostly lives up to the legacy

Action

Brink – hands-on

By Steve Hogarty published 3 February 10

A shooter on the cusp of something spectacular

Action

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction - hands-on

By Steve Hogarty published 22 December 09

Two men, one co-op: taking the stealth online

Tom Clancy's

BioShock 2 - hands-on

By Steve Hogarty published 3 December 09

Back beneath the waves, Big Daddy’s home

Bioshock

RAGE

By Steve Hogarty published 17 November 09

Get dragged into the sun by id’s blue-sky shooter

Action

RUSE

By Steve Hogarty published 17 November 09

Lying has become the new tactic of choice

Strategy

Mass Effect 2 – hands-on

By Steve Hogarty published 24 October 09

Shepard rises from the galactic grave in gaming's biggest space opera

Mass Effect

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty – hands-on

By Steve Hogarty published 17 October 09

We get elbow-deep in the campaign's spawning pool

Strategy

Silent Hunter 5 – first look

By Steve Hogarty published 16 October 09

Silent but violent

Simulation

Brink – updated impressions

By Steve Hogarty published 16 October 09

Agile first-person shooting with a customized, persistent avatar

Action

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