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 review; a soldier in a post-apocalyptic landscape stands vigilant, overlooking a futuristic, ominous structure in the distance

Atomfall PS5 review: kitsch design and a playful nod to British folk horror

By Steve Boxer published

Rebellion's survival shooter is an exercise in very British nostalgia that cleverly manages to feel fresh and original.

Gaming
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