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CYBERPUNK 2077

Mod the future.

TIMELESS CRISIS

PERSONA 3 PORTABLE creeps along, but it's still top-class

SWIMCITY

Create and manage an undersea metropolis in city builder AQUATICO

TCHIA

Explore a beautiful tropical island filled with magic

LOST IN STEAM

RETRO GAMES are added to Steam every month - so why is no one buying them?

GOING DEEP

LEARNING Als are breaking PC gaming and rebuilding it in their own image

THE WITCHER 2: ASSASSINS OF KINGS

Coming to terms with not liking CDPR's breakout RPG.

THE VIRTUAL FIRING RANGE

Every shooter worth its salt should come with a practice range.

THE LAST CASE OF BENEDICT FOX

Explore the dead's memories in this Lovecraftian detective story

LIGHTYEAR FRONTIER

Standby for Titanfarm

ARCTIC AWAKENING

Telltale signs of mystery and intrigue

SKATE STORY

Skating through a cosmopolitan hell in a stylish twist on grind culture

RETURN SMASH

How a filmmaker and his dream team of musicians and designers are resurrecting a cult Dreamcast classic for PSVR2

WADJET EYE GAMES

How Dave Gilbert found his niche, and turned a passion for point-and-click into a career

COLLECTED WORKS ROBERTA WILLIAMS

A legendary pioneer of the adventure genre reflects on a career that spans fairy stories, nursery rhymes and horror

ΤΗΕ MAKING 0F WE ARE OFK

How Teddy Dief and team got the band together, on screen and in the real world

CHAMPION'S ROAD

How Street Fighter II: Champion Edition lit the blue touchpaper for tournament gaming worldwide

Like A Dragon: Ishin

With this thorough, if not comprehensive, refurbishment of 2014’s formerly Japan-only release Ryu Ga Gotoku: Ishin, the recently retitled Like A Dragon series might just have found the most ideal expression of its dual personality. This is, after all, a game that has blended violent drama with broad comedy from day one – and Ishin duly delivers the bloodiest fights so far, while putting forward a strong case for being the funniest entry to date.

Hi-Fi Rush

We’ve seen plenty of rhythm-action games recently that put the emphasis more heavily on the latter half of that genre label, but perhaps none so much as Hi-Fi Rush.

Forspoken

Flanked by two officers, Alfre Holland shuffles into the courtroom, cuffs around her wrists and a chip the size of Rockefeller Plaza on her shoulder. In front of her sits a high-school diploma next to her arrest and prosecution record – a rather clumsy shorthand for squandered potential.

STEAMWORLD BUILD

Anno meets Dungeon Keeper in the series' 3D debut

PACIFIC DRIVE

Xen and the art of automobile maintenance

TIN HEARTS

Thinking outside the toy box

"See, you don't know for sure that people are, in fact, dead"

Gods, demons, and jazz make Paradise Killer's world a perfect mystery playground

Midnight Suns – "It loves to throw supervillains at you"

Making enemies in Marvel’s Midnight Suns

The sounds of gaming

What sounds do you associate with gaming? I'm not talking about in-game sounds - the music, the effects - but the sounds that comes from the physical act of playing games.

What do points win?

After a quiet couple of years during COVID, I am now working harder than ever before.

CREATING DESPERATION

David Crookes remembers the time he made a game

THE LATEST NEWS FROM MAY 2006

After the disaster that was Tomb Raider: The Angel Of Darkness and a transfer to American developer Crystal Dynamics, could Lara Croft regain her relevance?

Golden Axe

ARCADE PERFECT?