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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Much has been sacrificed here, although it shouldn’t come as a total surprise. Created by a team of just 20 and self-published, Ninja Theory was always putting itself in a tricky position with Hellblade. Its intentions were noble: to make a game centered around the still-taboo subject of mental illness. Bolstered by the studio’s trademark graphical flair, smooth third-person hack-and-slash combat and a reduced price point, the aim was to revive the ‘double-A’ game in a meaningful way. Unfortunately Ninja Theory is so focused on its novel, in-game portrayal of psychosis that it has forgotten to build a decent game around it.
4 min |
October 2017
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Horizon Zero Dawn
Guerrilla delivers an ambitious combat system in its sprawling action RPG.
3 min |
October 2016
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Supermassive Games
The UK studio on a mission to live up to its name.
8 min |
February 2017
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Beyond Infinity
After a remarkable 2016, what’s next for Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi?
4 min |
July 2017
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Marvel vs Capcom : Infinite
One of the most impenetrable fighting games around shows its friendly side
5 min |
July 2017
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Making History
How a team of futurists went back in time to make the most intriguing Call Of Duty in years
10+ min |
July 2017
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Délice De France
At Paris Games Week, violence takes the shine off Sony’s push for the massmarket
4 min |
January 2018
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Rush The Stage
How the DriveClub developers have redefined the arcade racer in record time.
4 min |
January 2018
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My Favourite Game Kumail Nanjiani
The comedian and actor on Commodore 64 bootlegs and looking for emotion in game.
3 min |
January 2018
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Trigger Happy
Shoot first, ask questions later
3 min |
January 2018
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Dragon Age: Inquisition
Three years on, BioWare’s biggest Dragon Age is a work of glorious and slightly tragic excess
7 min |
January 2018
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Hidden Agenda
Hidden Agenda
2 min |
January 2018
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Post Script
Why the Blades are at the heart of everything Xenoblade Chronicles 2 gets right – and wrong.
3 min |
January 2018
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Need For Speed Payback
Need For Speed Payback
4 min |
January 2018
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Prepare To Live
Death is an opportunity in Hidetaka Miyazaki’s most punishing game to date.
10+ min |
September 2018
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Trigger Happy
Shoot first, ask questions later.
3 min |
September 2018
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Big Picture Mode
Industry issues given the widescreen treatment.
4 min |
September 2018
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Hold To Reset
Building a new game, a new studio and a new life from the ground up.
3 min |
September 2018
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The Making Of . . .​ Little Nightmares
How Tarsier curbed its creative hunger by daring to step out alone.
9 min |
September 2018
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Vampyr
What should be atmospheric becomes simply dreary as roleplaying turns into drudgery.
4 min |
September 2018
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My Favourite Game Yuri Lowenthal
The actor and voice of Marvel’s Spider-Man on bringing theatre to games, and the magic of the text adventure.
4 min |
January 2019
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Reality Bites
Sales are struggling, execs are jumping ship and investors aren’t convinced. Has the VR bubble burst already?
6 min |
January 2019
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Recompile
This hack-happy Metroidvania’s raw energy powers our curiosity.
3 min |
January 2019
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Left Alive
Rumours of Front Mission's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
3 min |
January 2019
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An Audience With… Amy Hennig
The storied creative director and writer on starting a new studio and sticking to your guns
10+ min |
July 2019
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Small Wonder
Created with care, for people who love videogames, Panic’s dinky handheld is the console no-one saw coming
10+ min |
July 2019
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World War Z
Despite each location’s visual flourishes and incidental details, every mission involves the same prosaic treks from A to B
4 min |
July 2019
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Islanders
Sometimes you find yourself having to curb your aesthetic instincts for the sake of your points tally
4 min |
July 2019
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No Code
The embryonic stages of a family-run developer intent on upending expectations
8 min |
July 2019
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An Audience With Tim Sweeney
From BASIC to VR: Epic’s founder talks us through a life dedicated to videogame technology.
10+ min |