Retro Gamer
TURRICAN II: THE FINAL FIGHT
Manfred Trenz's Turrican II is one of the really, really great home-computer classics that has shot its way into the hearts of all run-and-gun fans, especially its 1991 Amiga incarnation. But did you know that almost five years later there was a much-improved conversion for DOS computers?
6 min |
Issue 270
Retro Gamer
Virtua Fighter 5 REVO
SEGA'S VETERAN FIGHTER STILL PACKS A PUNCH
3 min |
Issue 270
Retro Gamer
THE LEGACY REALM OF TERROR
SIMULATOR EXPERTS MICROPROSE AND TEXT ADVENTURE MASTERS MAGNETIC SCROLLS JOINED FORCES ON A TERROR-INSPIRED GRAPHIC ROLE-PLAYING PC GAME PUBLISHED IN THE EARLY NINETIES. WITH RENDERED MONSTERS, RPG TROPES GALORE AND A STRONG LOVECRAFTIAN VIBE, PREPARE TO EXPERIENCE THE HORRORS WITHIN THE LEGACY...
7 min |
Issue 270
Retro Gamer
HOW ADVERGAMES CONQUERED EUROPE
Throughout the Eighties and Nineties, Europe fell in love with advergames as they were used to sell all kinds of products, from cigarettes to chocolate, as well as political parties and banking services. What was going on?
7 min |
Issue 270
Retro Gamer
ASTRO BOT
After delighting new PS5 owners as an opening act to showcase the console’s unique features, Astro Bot was finally ready for prime time as Team Asobi made a fully fledged 3D platformer with polished production values channeling Nintendo magic and PlayStation history
3 min |
Issue 270
Retro Gamer
WWF Royal Rumble
Nostalgia has recently drawn me back to the time I became a wrestling fan - the Attitude Era of the WWF, when Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock ruled the wrestling world.
1 min |
Issue 270
Retro Gamer
PETER JACKSON'S KING KONG THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THE MOVIE
HOW DID THE TALENTED TEAM AT UBISOFT MONTPELLIER COPE WITH THE CHALLENGE OF CREATING A VIDEOGAME BASED ON AN ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING BLOCKBUSTER FILM? WITH AS MUCH PASSION AND DEDICATION DEVELOPERS COULD PROVIDE TO ACHIEVE A UNIQUE PROJECT. THIS IS THEIR STORY
5 min |
Issue 270
Retro Gamer
David Jones
The Spectrum legend is working on a brand-new Magic Knight game
3 min |
Issue 270
Retro Gamer
INSIDE THE PlayStation
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO SONY LAUNCHED A CONSOLE THAT ENCOURAGED DEVELOPERS TO DREAM BIG, AND CAUSED THEM THE ODD NIGHTMARE. SPEAKING WITH DEVELOPERS WHO TACKLED ITS TRICKY TECHNOLOGY, WE DISCOVER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO CREATE GAMES FOR A CONSOLE THAT TRULY TRANSFORMED WHAT WAS POSSIBLE IN VIDEOGAMES
10+ min |
Issue 270
Retro Gamer
FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
It's all about the next generation for this collector
2 min |
Issue 270
PC Gamer
DOOM: THE DARK AGES
Eternal was all about acrobatics, this wants you to stand and fight
6 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
GRAVELORD
Riiiiiiise from your grave. And bash things with a shovel
2 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
MY BROKEN BODY
CITIZEN SLEEPER 2 isn't the perfect sequel – but perfection's overrated
3 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
SNOW MERCY
LONELY MOUNTAINS: SNOW RIDERS combines tense downhill skiing with icy cosiness
2 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
INK. WELL?
Spilling ink in action roguelike INKING
2 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE 2 is huge, ambitious and brilliant
6 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
"It's brilliantly effective, but it succeeds by adding complexity"
A new genre works its way back to an old one in HALLS OF TORMENT
2 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
BACK IN BLACK
NINJA GAIDEN 2 BLACK gives a makeover to an action game classic
3 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
SNIPE HUNT
SNIPER ELITE: RESISTANCE continues to deliver pulpy thrills
7 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
VILLAINESSES
I support women's rights, but I also support women's wrongs. By Jess Kinghorn
3 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
"It totally works for the red-stringcorkboard I call a brain"
THE SILVER CASE sees me well on my way to reading more in 2025
2 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
"Indy's shadow provides all the information you need"
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE offers fore- and rear-shadowing
2 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
CIVI-LITE-ZATION
Lighter and leaner, CIVILIZATION VII sets its sights on assimilating a new audience
10 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
MAGICAL
Big hearts and bigger monsters make ETERNAL STRANDS something special
2 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER III
Making the Old World feel young again.
5 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
A GHOST OF ITSELF
The once-legendary BIOWARE has lost at least half its staff
2 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
The Spy
BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?
2 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
SEARCHING FOR TRUE FREEDOM AND HIGH FASHION IN DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN 2 PART 2
Mister Fibula may be dead, but he's never looked better.
8 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION
As the legendary 4X releases its seventh mainline instalment, PCG looks back at the games that made history
5 min |
April 2025
PC Gamer
CLOUDY DAY
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH tries to convince you it's moving
6 min |