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LAKE

Getting away from it all in small-town ‘80s Oregon

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January 2021
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FORZA POLPO

PS1 meets SNES in an airy J-pop platformer

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4 mins  |
January 2021
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COMFORTABLY NUMB

Games understand the human experience of boredom as well as any psychologist

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10+ mins  |
January 2021
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Call Of Duty: Black Ops II

Treyarch’s unexpectedly experimental shooter still surprises and discomforts, though not always intentionally

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8 mins  |
January 2021
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Ubisoft’s open-world model was made for Vikings.

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January 2021
3d World Inspired By '90s Game Box Clay Dioramas
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3d World Inspired By '90s Game Box Clay Dioramas

Cobysoft Co’s monster-collecting visual novel is a glimpse into a gorgeous, chimerical 3D world inspired by ’90s game box clay dioramas – but made purely with software

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Christmas 2020
Unreliable Narrator
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Unreliable Narrator

Exploring stories in games and the art of telling tales

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Christmas 2020
Weird science
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Weird science

Meet Playables, the production company quietly behind the coolest interactive experiments going

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Christmas 2020
Trigger Happy
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Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

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3 mins  |
Christmas 2020
Turbo charge
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Turbo charge

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

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7 mins  |
Christmas 2020
MOTION TWIN
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MOTION TWIN

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

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9 mins  |
Christmas 2020
Death Stranding
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Death Stranding

Kojima’s post-apocalyptic Pat might have delivered the message of hope 2020 needs

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8 mins  |
Christmas 2020
DUE PROCESS
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DUE PROCESS

The joke is that you don’t get it

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Christmas 2020
DREAM TEAM
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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

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Christmas 2020
CHORUS
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CHORUS

Space shooting with an unusually oppressive atmosphere

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5 mins  |
Christmas 2020
Orwell's Animal Farm
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Orwell's Animal Farm

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

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4 mins  |
December 2020
Super Mario Galaxy 2
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Super Mario Galaxy 2

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

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7 mins  |
December 2020
MILITSIONER
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MILITSIONER

In post-Soviet Russia, you watch Big Brother

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4 mins  |
December 2020
LITTLE NIGHTMARES 2
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LITTLE NIGHTMARES 2

Tarsier’s grisly bedtime fable escapes to the big city

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6 mins  |
December 2020
Pay to win
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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

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9 mins  |
December 2020
HOOD: OUTLAWS & LEGENDS
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HOOD: OUTLAWS & LEGENDS

The creators of Eve Valkyrie blend folklore with heist movie

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4 mins  |
December 2020
LAB RAT
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LAB RAT

Kine’s creator returns with a lockdown-inspired puzzler

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4 mins  |
December 2020
GOING DUTCH
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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

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10+ mins  |
December 2020
CREEPY JAR
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CREEPY JAR

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

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8 mins  |
December 2020
BRIGHT FUTURE
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BRIGHT FUTURE

With Beyond Light, Bungie reshapes Destiny 2 for a new generation

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10+ mins  |
December 2020
My Favourite Game Mike Shinoda
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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

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November 2020
TWIN MIRROR
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TWIN MIRROR

Dontnod’s narrative mystery redoubles the mind games

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4 mins  |
November 2020
Spelunky 2
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Spelunky 2

Environments are alive with detail, better disguising the game’s tilebased nature

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10+ mins  |
November 2020
Shaping the future
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Shaping the future

Meet the studio making Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, a Jet Set Radio revival with street culture sincerity

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4 mins  |
November 2020
Trigger Happy
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Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

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3 mins  |
November 2020