Turbo charge

Analogue announces Duo, a new console for NEC’s PC Engine family

MOTION TWIN

The French cooperative that’s getting bigger and smaller at the same time

DREAM TEAM

The Xbox Series goes double or quits on a player-first approach that could be the dark horse of the next generation

Orwell's Animal Farm

Nerial’s videogame adaptation has certainly got legs – but how many?

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Why EAD Tokyo’s ageless platformer may still be Mario’s finest hour

MILITSIONER

In post-Soviet Russia, you watch Big Brother

LITTLE NIGHTMARES 2

Tarsier’s grisly bedtime fable escapes to the big city

Pay to win

As confusion reigns around new consoles, Microsoft’s money makes the clearest statement of the generation so far

HOOD: OUTLAWS & LEGENDS

The creators of Eve Valkyrie blend folklore with heist movie

GOING DUTCH

As they call time on indie studio Vlambeer, Rami Ismail and Jan Willem Nijman reflect on their remarkable ten-year journey

CREEPY JAR

On leaving the big leagues and surviving the wilds of indie game development

TWIN MIRROR

Dontnod’s narrative mystery redoubles the mind games

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

NUTS

A squirrel-infested forest harbours unsettling implications

MARVEL'S AVENGERS

Earth’s mightiest heroes aren’t looking so super

CLOUD GARDENS

The co-creator of the Kingdom series sends out new shoots towards the sky

STAR WARS: SQUADRONS

Motive’s dogfighter wisely focuses on strategy over spectacle

Toy town

Understanding the success of Townscaper, the non-game breaking into the mainstream

HEAD TRIP

Double Fine takes our brains to another dimension in the psychedelic Psychonauts 2

LA Noire

Re-opening the investigation into Rockstar’s extravagant, cinematic ode to noir fiction

Ghost Of Tsushima

For the second time in as many months, we wonder how our Share button is still with us. Tsushima is a virtual photographer’s dream; in fact, the island feels as if it’s been built with its own photo mode in mind. This is quite simply one of the most picturesque game worlds we’ve ever seen. It’s beautiful even before the wind whistles across its pampas grass and through its shrine gates, but when the breeze whips up a storm of maple leaves, sakura petals and more, it’s wondrous to behold.

HYPER SCAPE

Late to the party, Ubisoft’s first battle royale shooter fights for attention

DUST BORN

Speak truth to power on a road trip across a divided America

Half-Life: Decay

A forgotten expansion to Valve’s masterpiece was two decades ahead of its time

Disintegration

Our love affair with Halo began two decades ago, and it’s been one since the flame dwindled. Playing Disintegration, though, feels like a fresh breakup at that point when everything reminds you of your ex.

THE LONG GAME - FALLOUT 76

A progress report on the games we just can’t quit

Keep talking

Conversing with Guildford’s Mojiworks on the meteoric rise of chat games

A sporting chance

With the world shut down, sports fans and athletes look to sport simulation videogames

SESSION

Bringing skateboarding games back down to earth

MAQUETTE

Graceful Decay’s romantic recursive puzzler won’t be tied down