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DREAM TEAM
The Xbox Series goes double or quits on a player-first approach that could be the dark horse of the next generation
10+ min |
Christmas 2020
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CHORUS
Space shooting with an unusually oppressive atmosphere
5 min |
Christmas 2020
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Orwell's Animal Farm
Nerial’s videogame adaptation has certainly got legs – but how many?
4 min |
December 2020
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Super Mario Galaxy 2
Why EAD Tokyo’s ageless platformer may still be Mario’s finest hour
7 min |
December 2020
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MILITSIONER
In post-Soviet Russia, you watch Big Brother
4 min |
December 2020
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LITTLE NIGHTMARES 2
Tarsier’s grisly bedtime fable escapes to the big city
6 min |
December 2020
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Pay to win
As confusion reigns around new consoles, Microsoft’s money makes the clearest statement of the generation so far
9 min |
December 2020
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HOOD: OUTLAWS & LEGENDS
The creators of Eve Valkyrie blend folklore with heist movie
4 min |
December 2020
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LAB RAT
Kine’s creator returns with a lockdown-inspired puzzler
4 min |
December 2020
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GOING DUTCH
As they call time on indie studio Vlambeer, Rami Ismail and Jan Willem Nijman reflect on their remarkable ten-year journey
10+ min |
December 2020
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CREEPY JAR
On leaving the big leagues and surviving the wilds of indie game development
8 min |
December 2020
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BRIGHT FUTURE
With Beyond Light, Bungie reshapes Destiny 2 for a new generation
10+ min |
December 2020
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My Favourite Game Mike Shinoda
The Linkin Park frontman on his love of Nintendo, obsession with drawing Mega Man and tour-bus Halo sessions
4 min |
November 2020
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TWIN MIRROR
Dontnod’s narrative mystery redoubles the mind games
4 min |
November 2020
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Spelunky 2
Environments are alive with detail, better disguising the game’s tilebased nature
10+ min |
November 2020
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Shaping the future
Meet the studio making Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, a Jet Set Radio revival with street culture sincerity
4 min |
November 2020
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Trigger Happy
Shoot first, ask questions later
3 min |
November 2020
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NUTS
A squirrel-infested forest harbours unsettling implications
4 min |
November 2020
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MARVEL'S AVENGERS
Earth’s mightiest heroes aren’t looking so super
6 min |
November 2020
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REMEDY ENTERTAINMENT
From Max Payne to Control: how one studio stayed true to its obsessions for 25 years
9 min |
November 2020
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Quantum Break
Remedy’s game-television hybrid is a product of its time, for better and worse
8 min |
November 2020
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CLOUD GARDENS
The co-creator of the Kingdom series sends out new shoots towards the sky
4 min |
November 2020
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Unreliable Narrator
Exploring stories in games and the art of telling tales
3 min |
October 2020
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Trigger Happy
Shoot first, ask questions later
3 min |
October 2020
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STAR WARS: SQUADRONS
Motive’s dogfighter wisely focuses on strategy over spectacle
3 min |
October 2020
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Toy town
Understanding the success of Townscaper, the non-game breaking into the mainstream
4 min |
October 2020
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HEAD TRIP
Double Fine takes our brains to another dimension in the psychedelic Psychonauts 2
10+ min |
October 2020
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OOBLETS
Glumberland serves up a whole new flavour of life simulator
3 min |
October 2020
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LA Noire
Re-opening the investigation into Rockstar’s extravagant, cinematic ode to noir fiction
7 min |
October 2020
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FUTURLAB
The Velocity maker on unlikely tie-ins, the games that got away and living up to its brilliant breakthrough
8 min |