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All My Friends

How the maker of Parappa The Rapper has made a career out of collaboration.

My Favourite Game Alan Denton

The US writer on TV Sonic versus classic Sonic and being a patient player.

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later.

Hold To Reset

Building a new game, a new studio and a new life from the ground up.

Indivisible

A Metroidvania RPG shows Lab Zero branching out from its fighting game roots

Mafia: The City Of Lost Heaven

The Cosa Nostra caper that subverted the Rockstar blueprint.

Destiny 2: Curse Of Osiris

Destiny 2: Curse Of Osiris

My Favourite Game - Steve Aoki

The electro-house producer on the appeal of esports, being a character in Dragon Ball, and betting big on Street Fighter bouts.

Prey

Arkane’s risky immersive sim is happy to take any shape the player wants.

Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War

Monolith’s orc-warfare sim expands beyond Mordor.

Dirt 4

Blending Dirt Rally’s hardcore sim credentials with a gentler learning curve.

Steamworld Dig 2

There are no signs of rust in this spacious sequel.

No More Heroes

Slingshot Cartel is turning its back on music titles – and plans to change how games are made.

Thimbleweed Park

The creators of Maniac Mansion return to the scene of their crimes.

Dark Souls III: The Ringed City

From Software raises the stakes for Dark Souls’ endgame.

Striking Gold

A fighting game for total beginners: how a genre veteran hopes to transform funds into fundamentals.

Donut County

A quirky physics puzzler that questions the greater hole.

Patrick Söderlund

EA’s creative chief plots a course for the future of games

Pyre

A journey through purgatory would seem like the ideal time to get off the wagon. In Pyre, however, getting back on it is part of what makes a supposedly hellish trek so pleasurable. It may seem cramped, but we have a variety of trinkets marking our achievements and commemorating the places we’ve stopped along the way.

Hitting The Spot

With Xbox One X, Microsoft turns the runt of the litter into the runaway leader of the pack.

Window On The World

With ARKit, Apple brings augmented reality to hundreds of millions of devices overnight.

Code Vein

The God Eater team gives the Soulslike genre a welcome shot in the arm

Lost Sphear

I Am Setsuna’s spiritual successor challenges its player and its past

Remote Control

How a French startup is revolutionising cloud gaming by giving every user their own remote PC.

We Must Unite

It’s one of the most popular game engines in the world. Where does Unity go from here?

Finding Paradise

You may spend your first few hours in Finding Paradise wondering exactly what took so long.

The Folding Stuff

Will Labo be Nintendo’s biggest mainstream success since Wii Sports?

Independent Living

Inside Nintendo's drive without over-saturating its market place.

The Undivided

A superstar team of former Ubisoft developers is building something big

Pity Party

Armageddon is a time for reflection and hors d’oeuvres