Desperados III

The series might have spent nearly 15 years dormant, but the timescales Desperados III itself operates on are much, much smaller. Think more like a single second.

CRIS TALES

This many-faceted indie jewel gives you the power to change the future

THE MAKING OF HUNT: SHOWDOWN

How a set of assets rescued from a dying project became Crytek’s masterpiece

THE LONG GAME - FALLOUT 76

A progress report on the games we just can’t quit

System Shock 2

Playing the puppet in the game that gave the immersive sim a voice

STUDIO PROFILE : MEDIATONIC

How two university students shook up the British game industry with a refreshing blend of ambition and sustainability

FUTURE PROOF

Inside Epic’s Unreal Engine 5, a game engine that’s ahead of its time

Keep talking

Conversing with Guildford’s Mojiworks on the meteoric rise of chat games

Glock rockin' beats

Examining the birth of the rhythm shooter and the challenge of fusing beats and bullets

BRIGHT MEMORY: INFINITE

A one-man army takes on the next generation

ARTISTS ASSEMBLE

Independent, political and inspiring: could videogame collectives point to an alternative future?

A sporting chance

With the world shut down, sports fans and athletes look to sport simulation videogames

The Making Of Lair Of The Clockwork God

How ten years of pub chats spawned an emotional comic adventure

VALORANT

Riot’s take on the tactical shooter has tricks up its sleeve

THE PATHLESS

Giant Squid resurfaces, but can it thrive on dry land?

SESSION

Bringing skateboarding games back down to earth

MAQUETTE

Graceful Decay’s romantic recursive puzzler won’t be tied down

YACHT CLUB GAMES

With Shovel Knight finally finished, its maker turns its hand to publishing, and more

HIGH LIFE

How an indie superteam built a dizzying cyberpunk city with the help of Xbox Series X, and positioned itself at the pinnacle of the next generation

HOTSHOT RACING

Ten years later, the arcade racer is finally reborn

Crysis

Remembering the benchmark for sandbox shooters laid out in Crytek’s strong suit

A MONSTER'S EXPEDITION

An open-world puzzler with a journey to savour

USTWO GAMES

The Monument Valley maker on the benefits of putting platforms and people first

WORLD OF HORROR

A chilling compendium of creepy chronicles

VALVE TIME

As Half-Life returns at last, we take a rare step inside one of the industry’s most secretive companies

Star Wars: Republic Commando

How a prequel spin-off redeemed itself by rejecting all things Jedi

Signal boost

As the infrastructure for 5G rolls out, the experts weigh in on its pros, cons and next-gen potential

NEW WORLD

Amazon’s game-making toolkit delivers an MMO unlike any you’ve played before

Intelligent design

How an R&D team at Google is using world-leading AI research to create and support the game devs of the future

FUSER

Harmonix ditches the peripherals for a crowd-pleaser of a comeback