PC Gamer
CLASS ACT
Inkle makes being a monster magnificent in EXPELLED! AN OVERBOARD GAME
3 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
NEVER FELT BETTER
The stop-motion game following a whole new pattern
1 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
ARC RAIDERS
Extracting the best bits of a difficult genre
3 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
WILL: FOLLOW THE LIGHT
Alone against the elements in this unconventional walking sim
3 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
LINKED TO THE PAST
Can Switch 2 recapture the original's magic?
6 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
BABY STEPS
Peak practice
5 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
PRECIOUS CARGO
Exploring Hideo Kojima's new perspective as he prepares delivery of the sequel to Death Stranding
10+ min |
July 2025
Edge UK
FURY'S ROAD
When Raw Fury was founded in Stockholm a decade ago, it was as an “un-publisher”.
10+ min |
July 2025
Edge UK
Artificial hope
As the first demos of AI-generated games become playable, what's their purpose – and their cost?
6 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
The Outer Limits
Journeys to the farthest reaches of interactive entertainment
3 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
Trigger Happy
Shoot first, ask questions later
3 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
ERIKSHOLM: THE STOLEN DREAM
Making the most of police incompetence
5 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
SPOOKY EXPRESS
Draknek's superior sequel is on the fright track
3 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
JUMP SHIP
Playing every role in a dynamic co-op space opera
3 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
MARIO KART WORLD
How do you follow the decade-long marathon that was Mario Kart 8 and its generation-hopping Deluxe edition?
2 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
DONKEY KONG BANANZA
While he’s technically the oldest headliner in Nintendo's roster, you do sometimes get the sense that Donkey Kong's maker hasn’t always been sure what to do with him.
2 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
HOLLOW PONDS
A meeting in a pub led to a decades-long conversation, and games unlike any other
8 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
Tekken 8
Weight defines Tekken.
2 min |
July 2025
Edge UK
Forever Skies
From its opening planetary descent to the near-identical voice of its virtual assistant, Forever Skies frequently evokes memories of Subnautica to propel its survival experience.
6 min |
July 2025
Retro Gamer
Pigeon steps
Am I the only person on the planet who isn't massively excited about the Switch 2? It's a rhetorical question. I know I am. I don't know what has happened with this current generation of consoles, but they feel like they're pigeon-stepping forwards. I've got a PS5 - someone very kind gifted it to me - but there's still so little to play on it that really justifies the hardware.
2 min |
Issue 272
Retro Gamer
Bump 'N' Jump
RUSH HOUR RELIEF
1 min |
Issue 272
Retro Gamer
GAUNTLET IV
A bunch of Japanese students, including a young man named Naoki Horii, fell in love with Atari's coin-op classic Gauntlet... and a few years later, they just start porting Ed Logg's hoary dungeon adventure to the Sega Mega Drive and by doing so, created the definitive adaptation
7 min |
Issue 272
Retro Gamer
DIRECTLY RETRO
The latest online shows from Nintendo and Blaze were full of retro goodness
3 min |
Issue 272
Retro Gamer
Octopus Arcade Stick
ONE STICK TO RULE THEM ALL?
3 min |
Issue 272
Retro Gamer
ULTIMATE GUIDE SUPER MARIO KART
TAKE SOME GO-KARTS AND MODE 7 TRACKS, ADD A HEALTHY HELPING OF COMBAT AND THEN SPRINKLE IN A LITTLE MARIO MAGIC. WHAT DO YOU GET? ONE OF THE FINEST GAMES EVER MADE FOR THE SNES, AND THE FIRST ENTRY IN A LEGENDARY SERIES OF MULTIPLAYER RACING GAMES
5 min |
Issue 272
Retro Gamer
Street Fighter II Turbo
WHO'S THE BOSS?
1 min |
Issue 272
Retro Gamer
TOMONOBU ITAGAKI
Director and producer of some of the most praised fighting games and beat-'em-ups developed by Team Ninja, Tomonobu Itagaki upholds to his somehow nefarious reputation, frankly answering Retro Gamer's questions
10+ min |
Issue 272
Retro Gamer
AMY LEE
The superstar vocalist discusses Evanescence's new Devil May Cry song and classic games
4 min |
Issue 272
Retro Gamer
MASTERING THE ZX SPECTRUM
ON 21 APRIL 1982, SINCLAIR RESEARCH UNVEILED ITS LATEST HOME MICRO, THE ZX SPECTRUM. THIS SMALL AND IDIOSYNCRATIC DEVICE WOULD HELP KICKSTART THE UK GAMES INDUSTRY, INSPIRING PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO START PROGRAMMING. IN THIS SPECIAL FEATURE, WE LERAN FROM SOME OF THEM JUST WHAT CREATING GAMES ON THIS MAGICAL YET FLAWED COMPUTER WAS LIKE
10+ min |
Issue 272
Retro Gamer
THE MAKING OF SUBWAR 2050
MICROPROSE UK'S SUBWAR 2050 WAS A UNIQUE BLEND OF SUBMARINE WARFARE, SIMULATION, AND STRATEGY SET IN THE NOW NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE. MANNING AN ADVANCED FIGHTER SUB AND ACTING AS A MERCENARY, THIS MISSION-BASED 3D UNDERWATER GAME FOR THE PC AND AMIGA SENT THE PLAYER BENEATH THE WAVES...
6 min |