Steve Boxer

Writer

Steve has written about video games since the early 1990s. Nowadays, he also writes for The Guardian, Pocket-lint, VGC and Metro; past outlets include Edge, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Mirror, The Face, C&VG, Esquire and sleazenation.

Latest articles by Steve Boxer

Atomfall hands-on; various scenes from a video game set in a 1950s England after the apocalypse

"We wanted it to feel big" – playing Atomfall from an art director’s perspective

By Steve Boxer published

Art director Ryan Greene explains how Rebellion is making its England-set Fallout-like game a grand day out.

Video Game Design
Sniper Elite Resistance review; a man kneels on a roof looking down a rifle scope

Sniper Elite: Resistance review - unexpectedly compelling and moreish

By Steve Boxer published

A welcome, meaty and supremely playable mid-iteration dose of third-person Nazi-shooting.

Gaming
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review; a painting of a character holding a whip

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review: most cinematic game ever made

By Steve Boxer published

Indy gets a whole new movie – except it’s a video game, and you’re at the controls.

Gaming
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl review; a shooting fantasy game

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl review: gloriously gloomy use of Unreal Engine 5

By Steve Boxer published

Forged in adversity, this Ukrainian-developed shooter delivers a beautiful open-world survival-shooter like no other.

Gaming
Dragon Quest III 2D-HD remake; art for a fantasy a game

Why Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake's 'zombie tech' is the future of retro-gaming

By Steve Boxer published

Square Enix's remake hits the sweet spot I never new existed.

Video Game Design