TUMP IN THE NIGHT

In THE EXCAVATION OF HOB’S BARROW, you'll dig up more than just secrets

THE DEADLY RHYTHM

METAL: HELLSINGER has a bone to pick with damnation... and a few to break

SMALL MAN SYNDROME

TINYKIN's minion management might be shallow, but its platforming shines

MONKEY BUSINESS

Is RETURN TO MONKEY ISLAND worth the three-decade wait?

FOUR SCORE

The BEST 4X GAMES for today’s discerning a explorers, expanderspexploiters, Ae and exterminators

BROKEN ROADS

The post-apocalypse is returning to Australia

STARS TRUCK

SINS OF A SOLAR EMPIRE II is reaching for the sky… and beyond

HOME ALONE

Solving puzzles isn’t a chore in HOME

UNCATCHABLE

Why has no indie riffon POKÉMON taken off on PC?

PAST OASIS

After admitting their MMO ‘sucks,’ DONKEY CREW reworks the entire game

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

In IMMORTALITY, art is a force that creates and destroys

SOULS-YIKES

I am requesting we stop making Dark Souls rip offs like THYMESIA

CLOSE COMBAT

MULTIVERSUS is an unexpectedly great matchup – even if it does whiffa few attacks

SAINT NO JOKE

The rebooted SAINTS ROW could really do with a dubstep gun

PC GAMING IN BRAZIL

EXORBITANT HARDWARE, IRREPRESSIBLE COMPETITIVE SPIRIT, AND THE MOST INFAMOUS LAUGH ON THE INTERNET

DEAD ISLAND 2

Back from the grave… again. With a vengeance

MINI BREAKS

MOONBREAKER feels pure tabletop, but on your PC

DUNGEON OF THE ENDLESS

A simple but effective strategy game that’s still my mainstay.

A BIGGER BOAT

Survive a waterlogged world by crafting a floating base in RAFT

PAIN CONDUCTOR

SYMPHONY OF WAR: THE NEPHILIM SAGA reimagines the strategy JRPG

CIRCUS ELECTRIQUE

Terrorising London with clowns in a Darkest Dungeon-esque RPG

BIG IN BRAZIL

Don’t know any LATIN AMERICAN GAME STUDIOS by name? That’s about to change

SOUL FRAME

After nearly a decade, the Warframe devs have a new game

WARFRAME: THE DUVIRI PARADOX

Digital Extreme is getting into the time loop business

SFX EDUCATION

Audio director PAUL WEIR on making No Man’s Sky sound out of this world

A TREASURED ISLAND

There was never meant to be a RETURN TO MONKEY ISLAND – but Ron Gilbert is making the trip.

HIP TO BE SQUARE

The rise and fall of the gamer aesthetic

The last time this universe felt like it wanted you to be a cutthroat killer

Going back to ASSASSIN’S CREED SYNDICATE reminds me of the series’ glory days

OVERWATCH 2

Second PvP beta is a testing ground for new ideas.

'A spirit mostly lost in modern D&D'

Old-fashioned dungeoneering in Elden Ring