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Horizon Forbidden West
There cannot be many games that aged almost as instantly as Horizon Zero Dawn. Here was a handsomely realised open-world adventure, with a vibrant, expansive and well-realised setting and an absorbing story that married grand stakes with a journey of personal discovery.
10+ min |
April 2022
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Dying Light 2: Stay Human
There’s a deflated feeling, usually associated with the penultimate episode of a pot-luck Netflix miniseries, that comes once you realise you’re no longer in narratively safe hands.
10+ min |
April 2022
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AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE
Exploring the rise of the factory sim genre – and what it says about automation in our own lives
10+ min |
April 2022
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THE ANACRUSIS
This successor to Left 4 Dead risks getting lost in space
6 min |
March 2022
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SLITTERHEAD
Silent Hill and Siren’s director promises a completely new strain of action-horror
6 min |
March 2022
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Lost Odyssey
How Sakaguchi’s clash of past and present created a true final fantasy
8 min |
March 2022
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PLAYED BY EAR
From interactive podcasts to 3D RPGs: why the growing audiogame scene is demanding that you listen in
10+ min |
March 2022
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GTFO
You’ll realise you have no healing items by default, friendly fire is lethal, and you have precious little ammo
9 min |
March 2022
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Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
It pulls out all the stops, capping off its long-running story arc with all the grandeur a Final Fantasy can muster
8 min |
March 2022
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ONE MORE LEVEL
How Ghostrunner breathed new life into a Polish developer in need of a hit
9 min |
March 2022
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DARK SECRETS
The exclusive inside story of Jumpship’s mysterious sci-fi adventure Somerville
10+ min |
March 2022
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COLLECTED WORKS JAKE SOLOMON
The journey from underqualified graphics programmer to master strategist
10+ min |
March 2022
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Back to reality
Has waning hype freed VR to shift up a gear in 2022?
6 min |
March 2022
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Boss Encounter
A meeting with Hidetaka Miyazaki to discover the treasures of Elden Ring
10+ min |
February 2022
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STUDIO FIZBIN
From card tricks to juice shops: telling stories with one of Germany’s premier indies
9 min |
February 2022
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Frame Gride
Mecha and fantasy mix in a forgotten but vital chapter of FromSoftware’s history
7 min |
February 2022
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A little knight music
From Green Greens to Grammys: the story behind an award-worthy Kirby remix
5 min |
February 2022
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Pocket universe
The best way to play Game Boy games? That’s just the beginning for Analogue’s retro handheld
4 min |
February 2022
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Unreliable Narrator
Exploring stories in games and the art of telling tales
4 min |
February 2022
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THE MAKING OF... OXYEN FREE
How over 30 years of friendship, and a persistent love of ’80s cinema, culminated in a spooky adventure
10+ min |
February 2022
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Trigger Happy
Shoot first, ask questions later
3 min |
February 2022
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Valheim
A progress report on the games we just can’t quit
2 min |
February 2022
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Year of reckoning
Reviewing another difficult 12 months across the game industry
9 min |
February 2022
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UNKNOWN WORLDS
How perseverance – and chocolate-chip cookies – has kept the Subnautica studio afloat
9 min |
January 2022
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Trigger Happy
Shoot first, ask questions later
3 min |
January 2022
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THE MAKING OF ... RETURNAL
How a master of arcade-style action chiseled away the superfluous to uncover something new
10 min |
January 2022
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Pik pocket
Nintendo and Niantic’s latest AR team-up is a delightfully unassuming diversion. Is that enough?
4 min |
January 2022
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HORROR SHOW
Strategically sowing the stylish seeds of terror in The Fabulous Fear Machine
1 min |
January 2022
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Exhibit A
Radiohead’s collaboration with Epic is a vivid experiment in interactive art
4 min |
January 2022
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DISPATCHES JANUARY
Dialogue Send your views, using ‘Dialogue’ as the subject line, to edge@futurenet.com. Our letter of the month wins a 12-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership
7 min |