Edge UK
RETRO FUTURISM
How Obsidian Entertainment is studying its past to chart a future among the stars
10+ min |
October 2025
Edge UK
Epic turnaround
2016's Paragon was a flop, so why is Predecessor, a game built upon its foundations, a hit in 2025?
3 min |
October 2025
Edge UK
ICHIGOICHIE
Getting back into the groove of making music games, and staying the course
7 min |
October 2025
Edge UK
Tales Of The Shire: A Lord Of The Rings Game
Making a game about being a hobbit — inviting friends over for meals, gardening and farming, wandering the woods in search of mushrooms — would seem a natural fit with the proliferation of slice-of-life farming games hanging on the coattails of Stardew Valley. And in some ways, it is. Tales Of The Shire is buoyant and brisk. It has just enough subsystems to tickle the mind, while mostly abstaining from the deep economic systems that have defined the genre of late. But given the game's rich source material, and developer Weta Workshop's hands-on experience with the Lord Of The Rings films, it's a shame it doesn't differentiate itself more from others of its ilk. Like a hobbit, it rarely leaves its comfort zone.
3 min |
October 2025
Edge UK
DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS
Going all the way back to the beginning for a fresh start
8 min |
October 2025
Edge UK
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
Kenji, the lead character in Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, has a hard time accepting that he might have to work with a member of the Black Spider Clan.
4 min |
October 2025
Edge UK
Shadow Labyrinth
Going by the 1980 arcade original, Pac-Man can be just about anything. The pixel graphics are spare to the point of abstraction, with the features of our favourite hungry yellow circle defined only by the art on the side of the arcade cabinet. One piece of Atari box art envisions him as a sort of track runner with a lithe, humanoid body, while 1984's Pac-Land imagines a globular yellow fellow in a feathered cap. Bandai Namco’s baffling Shadow Labyrinth offers the most dramatic reinterpretation yet: as a dime-a-dozen floating companion character.
3 min |
October 2025
Edge UK
The Drifter
Fate could have dealt Mick Carter a kinder hand. An unexpected catastrophe prompts him to abandon what remains of his family and start wandering a dystopian, near-future Australia, as if grief is something he can simply outrun. This muddled attempt at reprieve then stretches into weeks, months, years, with no word of explanation to his wife, Sarah, who's left to grapple with both their son's death and Mick's disappearance. That is, until a message from his sister, Annie, informs him their mother has passed away. Determined not to miss another funeral, Mick hops onto a freight train headed for his home town. But when he's discovered by a belligerent security team, our stowaway dies for the first time. Then he returns and the hallucinations start.
1 min |
October 2025
Edge UK
Hollow Knight
As the wait for Silksong nears its end, can the original justify all these years of anticipation?
7 min |
October 2025
Edge UK
Sweet spot
Magicave hopes its Venn puzzler will introduce a new category of game
3 min |
October 2025
Edge UK
FROSTHAVEN
Snapshot's boardgame adaptation looks to retain a human touch
3 min |
October 2025
Edge UK
AMBROSIA SKY
Decoding mortality, one scrub at a time
3 min |
October 2025
Edge UK
AWAYSIS
What's the story? Brawling glory
3 min |
October 2025
Retro Gamer
TONY WARRINER
Before creating classics like Beneath A Steel Sky and Broken Sword, the Revolution Software cofounder had a chaotic start to his career that saw him working on the infamous World Cup Carnival and programming flight control systems
10+ min |
Issue 275
Retro Gamer
THE MAKING OF RAYMAN 2
ORIGINALLY PLANNED AS A 2D GAME, RAYMAN'S SEQUEL QUICKLY MOVED INTO THE THIRD DIMENSION. HOWEVER, CREATING A 3D PLATFORMER PROVED TO BE CHALLENGING, PARTICULARLY WITH MANY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM NOT USED TO THE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS REQUIRED...
8 min |
Issue 275
Retro Gamer
SOUL READER 1&2 REMASTERED
RETURN TO NOSGOTH
2 min |
Issue 275
Retro Gamer
40 YEARS OF AMIGA
IN 1985, COMMODORE LAUNCHED A POWERHOUSE 16-BIT COMPUTER PLATFORM THAT WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME, AND HOSTED MANY ALL-TIME CLASSIC GAMES. FORTY YEARS ON, WE SPEAK TO DEVELOPERS AND FANS TO CELEBRATE A FAMILY OF COMPUTERS THAT HAS BECOME SIMPLY TIMELESS
4 min |
Issue 275
Retro Gamer
Hardware Heaven ZX81
After finding success with the ZX80 computer, Sinclair Research wanted a new model on the market for 1981.
1 min |
Issue 275
Retro Gamer
RICHIE SHOEMAKER
PC Zone is one of those magazines that fans still champion long after its closure, and Richie Shoemaker's five years on its staff make him a familiar face to many of them. We learn about his start in games media, how he launched a single-game magazine that outlasted many more mainstream titles, and why he's recently returned to print magazines
10+ min |
Issue 275
Retro Gamer
TURBO CHALLENGE-2
WITH ITS INSTANTLY CATCHY AND ENERGETIC MELODY, CRISP DIGITAL SAMPLES AND ARPEGGIOS, BARRY LEITCH'S LAYERED, SOARING TITLE TUNE FOR GREMLIN'S LOTUS TURBO CHALLENGE 2 (OR LOTUS II: RECS AS IT'S KNOWN ON THE MEGA DRIVE) QUICKLY DROVE GAMERS CRAZY WITH EXCITEMENT
3 min |
Issue 275
Retro Gamer
Future Classic
Modern games you'll still be playing in years to come
4 min |
Issue 275
Retro Gamer
TIGER HELI
TIGER-HELI ESTABLISHED TOAPLAN'S REPUTATION AS A SHOOTING GAME POWERHOUSE, EMERGING AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, INFLUENTIAL RELEASES THE GENRE HAS EVER SEEN. AND IT'S STILL NOT DONE. LATER THIS YEAR TIGER-HELI LANDS ON ATARI CONSOLES. BUT WHAT MADE IT SUCH A SPECIAL GAME?
9 min |
Issue 275
GameOn Magazine
LUNAR Remastered Collection
2025 has been a great year to be a fan of turn-based role-playing games, with many titles receiving the remaster treatment, releasing for original fans and new players to check out.
5 min |
Issue 190 - August 2025
GameOn Magazine
Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
There's something magical about the mediaeval period of history, from towering castles to knights jousting for the hand of the princess.
4 min |
Issue 190 - August 2025
GameOn Magazine
Mandragora Whispers of the Witch Tree
I will admit, I am not the biggest fan of side-scrolling games that aim to be the next DARK SOULS. However, let it never be said that I won't try new things.
3 min |
Issue 190 - August 2025
GameOn Magazine
FBC: Firebreak
What could be better than enjoying a shower with one of your best friends / coworkers? That's right, sharing a shower with TWO of your best friends... This is an oddly common occurrence within FBC: Firebreak, and one that sets the tone of this bizarre title well. FBC is a three-player coop horde shooter, set within the Remedy universe (Alan Wake and Control). More specifically, you play as a member of Firebreak, an elite crew formed to handle the bizarre and supernatural events that take place within The Oldest House.
5 min |
Issue 190 - August 2025
GameOn Magazine
Star Overdrive
Star Overdrive is an action-adventure title developed by Caracal Games, and it has left me feeling unbelievably mixed.
5 min |
Issue 190 - August 2025
GameOn Magazine
What Made Me Put Down the Pokémon Franchise For Good
I don't know if this nostalgia loop I fall into every few years is a me thing, a human thing, or a '90s kids thing, but I hate it.
4 min |
Issue 190 - August 2025
GameOn Magazine
HELLDIVERS 2's Battle for Super Earth Reminded Me of the Issues I Have with It
Joshua has issues with a game
3 min |
Issue 190 - August 2025
GameOn Magazine
Story-Driven Games That Feel Like Reading a Good Book
I don't know what I love more: curling up on the couch with a blanket and reading a good book or playing a narrative-heavy game that lets me craft my own adventure and meet memorable characters. There's really no way to choose between the two, so why not do both simultaneously?
2 min |