PC Gamer
WALK THE LINE
The ants know the score in THE SPIRIT OF THE ANTS
1 min |
September 2025
PC Gamer
SKYRIM'S NAPKIN AI
Bethesda's quest to make smarter NPCs started with a sketch from Todd Howard
4 min |
September 2025
PC Gamer
CRIMSON DESERT
Open-world action that continues to look strong but unwieldy
5 min |
September 2025
PC Gamer
FALL OF AN EMPIRE
Skip to the end, that's where the fun is
1 min |
September 2025
PC Gamer
FALLEN ACES
Immersive noir, with a hand-drawn look
2 min |
September 2025
PC Gamer
DOCTOR DOCTOR
Save or sacrifice in TRIAGE
2 min |
September 2025
PC Gamer
DEATH HOWL
A Soulslike deckbuilder that's coming together superbly well
2 min |
September 2025
PC Gamer
“Turns out flying planes is hard”
Watching my aviation career take off in AVIASSEMBLY
1 min |
September 2025
PC Gamer
LITTLE GUYS
Friends come in all shapes and sizes
3 min |
September 2025
PC Gamer
MACHINE GOD
DEUS EX’s influence can be quietly felt throughout gaming like the tendrils of a clandestine organisation, but it could have ended up a Command & Conquer game if not for an unlikely intervention. This is the story of how it was made, 25 years ago
10+ min |
September 2025
PC Gamer
PORTALE ROYALE
SPLITGATE 2 doesn't make FPS great again
5 min |
September 2025
PC Gamer
BORDERLANDS 4
Gearbox goes bigger, but keeps doing what it does best
5 min |
September 2025
PC Gamer
PIXEL STARSHIPS 2
It's not exactly rocket science
1 min |
September 2025
PC Gamer
PLAGUE RECOLLECTION
Making all the Reik moves in VERMINTIDE 2
2 min |
September 2025
PC Gamer
DATA WORM
The SYSTEM SHOCK 2 REMASTER makes a classic more approachable
3 min |
September 2025
Edge UK
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
Like us, we imagine that your first goal on setting up a new console is not to sit and read about its features but to play with them. And yet the first exhibit we land on in Welcome Tour is a series of information boards explaining the ins and outs of Switch 2’s new mouse control, followed by a quiz in which we regurgitate the information just fed to us.
2 min |
September 2025
Edge UK
STALKER 2: HEART OF CHORNOBYL
How GSC defied closure, the pandemic and an invasion to realise its most ambitious project
8 min |
September 2025
Edge UK
Trigger Happy
Shoot first, ask questions later
3 min |
September 2025
Edge UK
Date Everything!
Perhaps this is what Marx meant when he talked about the commodity fetish. Date Everything is a game in which you more or less do as the title says. A mysterious benefactor grants you glasses that transform every object in your house, from the microwave to the smoke alarm, into a sort of human being. Then you get to know them and influence them to like, love or hate you. There is an overarching plot, detailing the motives of your benefactor, but you'll spend most of your time talking to objects (and solving a few puzzles in the explorable house).
1 min |
September 2025
Edge UK
Hitman: World Of Assassination
When your job is bumping off terrible people with too much money and power, you'll never be short of work.
2 min |
September 2025
Edge UK
Dune: Awakening
Progress in Dune: Awakening can be divided into two distinct parts: before and after flight.
4 min |
September 2025
Edge UK
DIGITAL ECLIPSE
The California company with an expert eye for repackaging game history
7 min |
September 2025
Edge UK
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
To help us recall the rhythm of Kojima Productions' unique debut, we're asked to walk a mile — or thereabouts — in its protagonist's shoes. Eleven months after reconnecting a fractured USA, Sam Porter Bridges is in hiding with Lou, the government-owned pod-baby he's now secretly adopted. As the game begins, Sam gazes out over a remote peak with Lou strapped to his chest; our task is simply to guide them home. We begin to trot down bumpy slopes, learning once again to watch our step, hold the triggers to maintain balance, and wield the left stick with care.
10 min |
September 2025
Edge UK
Rematch
Rocket League without the wheels — what will they think of next?
4 min |
September 2025
Edge UK
THE TOP 100
THE BEST, BIGGEST AND OTHERWISE NOTABLE GAMES FROM THIS SUMMER'S BLOWOUT
10+ min |
September 2025
Retro Gamer
Mario Kart World
DOES NINTENDO'S LAUNCH GAME OFFER YOU THE WORLD?
3 min |
Issue 274
Retro Gamer
A TRULY HYPER SEQUEL
Jonathan Port on his follow-up game that crosses Uridium with Paradroid
3 min |
Issue 274
Retro Gamer
NICK ROBERTS
A true unsung legend of the publishing industry, Nick Roberts started out poking around on Crash before launching, editing and even designing some of the UK's most iconic gaming mags. Given his clear plate-spinning talents, perhaps it's somewhat ironic then that the first videogame he ever played was Wacky Waiters!
10+ min |
Issue 274
Retro Gamer
THE MAKING OF 押忍! 開元! 応援団 OSU! TATAKAE! OUENDAN
OUENDAN WAS ONE OF THE EARLY IMPORT CULT HITS THAT SHOWCASED THE NINTENDO DS' TECH WITH ITS OWN DUAL FUNCTION OF RHYTHM GAMEPLAY AND STORYTELLING WITH HOTBLOODED EMOTIONS. WE SPEAK WITH FORMER TEAM MEMBERS OF INIS ON HOW THEY MADE THIS UNIQUE MANGA- INSPIRED CHEERLEADING GAME
10 min |
Issue 274
Retro Gamer
Do you like Worms?
I haven't been on the telly for about six years and the radio for five. I am very much what some people might call a 'has been'. But to quote Shakespeare, “Better to be a has been than a never was.” I still have tiny bits of I'm A Celebrity magic dust in my hair and every now and then I give my head a wobble and get really sweet gigs. One of them happened a couple of weeks ago when Chris Wilkins invited me to host a Q&A at his ZZAP!64 event in Kenilworth. I've written before about the lovely vibe at these meets.
2 min |