In this issue

Soundbytes
Game commentary in snack-sized mouthfuls, featuring Brad Smith.

Blood Moon
How Striking Distance Studios is venturing beyond Dead Space in sci-fi horror The Callisto Protocol.

The Preservationists
Taking stock with the archivist groups seeking to safeguard videogaming’s history..

Tokyo rising

Japan’s long-running expo returns with a renewed, outward-facing urgency

5 mins

SYSTEM SHOCK

Rebooting the '90s immersive sim with some hi-tech augmentations

3 mins

ΡΕΝΤΙΜΕΝΤ

Obsidian's medieval mystery is a trove of novel influences

5 mins

HUBRIS

A VR space adventure that's reaching for the stars

3 mins

THE DARK PICTURES ANTHOLOGY: THE DEVIL IN ME

Supermassive turns to a notorious serial killer for its season finale

3 mins

DELIVER US MARS

A pair of pickaxes raises the stakes in this expanded sequel

3 mins

MARS FIRST LOGISTICS

From Deliver Us Mars to Deliver On Mars

3 mins

DRAGON QUEST TREASURES

Will this spinoff prove to be a hidden gem?

3 mins

BLOOD MOON

Striking Distance goes beyond Dead Space with the highly evolved survival horror of The Callisto Protocol

10+ mins

ΤΗΕ PRESERVATIONISTS

Digging through the archives with the people striving to safeguard videogame history

10+ mins

AN AUDIENCE WITH…LARS WINGEFORS

Embracer’s CEO explains the story behind the company’s explosive expansion

10+ mins

ΤΗΕ MAKING ΟF DEATHLOOP

How the time-loop shooter won over Bethesda, players – and its own developers

10+ mins

STUDIO PROFILE MILESTONE INTERACTIVE

How Italy’s long-running studio moved from arcade racer to sim specialist and back again

7 mins

Splatoon 3

We open on a clear, blue sky – as vivid a hue as any with which you’ll ink your environment and opponents in Splatoon 3. In the wastes below, an Inkling shelters from the baking sun, shawled in a threadbare cloak, sporting mirrored shades and what appears to be some kind of breathing apparatus.

10 mins

Roadwarden

This engrossing fantasy RPG may be predominantly text-based, but one of its finest tricks is entirely visual. A large window dominates the centre of the screen, containing flavourful descriptions of the place you’re visiting or the people you’re conversing with, above the available actions or answers.

7 mins

Steelrising

Developing a Soulslike poses a very particular challenge. FromSoftware’s output is the yardstick by which all others are measured, and the studio has a habit of putting greater distance between it and its peers.

4 mins

Metal: Hellsinger

The rhythm shooter was, perhaps, inevitable. After all, a sense of timing and the ability to predict what’s coming next serve you equally well whether you’re lining up a head in your crosshairs or strutting your stuff on a Dance Dance Revolution machine.

4 mins

Return To Monkey Island

There is a COVID joke in Return To Monkey Island. This shouldn’t be surprising, given that the series has always given its pirates distinctly modern concerns – retirement, health inspections, adequately expressing the power of Loom’s 3D engine.

4 mins

The Case Of The Golden Idol

Any detective story worth its salt needs a good villain, and this clever, complex and exuberantly macabre tale from Latvian brothers Andrejs and Ernests delivers a veritable rogues’ gallery.

4 mins

Sunday Gold

Timing is everything during a heist, but seldom as obviously as in Sunday Gold – a point-and-click crime caper that is technically a single 15–20-hour turn-based RPG encounter, played out in mansions, warehouses and laboratories across a near-future London.

4 mins

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