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HIP TO BE SQUARE

The rise and fall of the gamer aesthetic

A TREASURED ISLAND

There was never meant to be a RETURN TO MONKEY ISLAND – but Ron Gilbert is making the trip.

DUNGEON OF THE ENDLESS

A simple but effective strategy game that’s still my mainstay.

A BIGGER BOAT

Survive a waterlogged world by crafting a floating base in RAFT

PAIN CONDUCTOR

SYMPHONY OF WAR: THE NEPHILIM SAGA reimagines the strategy JRPG

OVERWATCH 2

Second PvP beta is a testing ground for new ideas.

SFX EDUCATION

Audio director PAUL WEIR on making No Man’s Sky sound out of this world

CIRCUS ELECTRIQUE

Terrorising London with clowns in a Darkest Dungeon-esque RPG

SOUL FRAME

After nearly a decade, the Warframe devs have a new game

WARFRAME: THE DUVIRI PARADOX

Digital Extreme is getting into the time loop business

BIG IN BRAZIL

Don’t know any LATIN AMERICAN GAME STUDIOS by name? That’s about to change

Alternate Reality

Notes from videogaming's borders

STAR POWER

Why Ubisoft's stellar sequel is breaking all the rules - with a little help from a Nintendo classic

NEW BLOOD INTERACTIVE

The publisher-turned-studio explains the secrets behind a "miraculous" working culture

HEAVY REIGN

On David Bowie, controversies, and the elevation of story: David Cage surveys Quantic Dream at 25

BioShock Infinite

As its decaversary approaches, how should we remember Irrational's shining city on a hill?

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

DESTA: THE MEMORIES BETWEEN

A whole new ballgame

THE WAGADU CHRONICLES

Pre-colonial influences and roleplaying thrive in this African fantasy

EXOPRIMAL

Capcom's online shooter delivers a different kind of dino crisis

TACTICAL BREACH WIZARDS

Breaking rules and windows - with spellcasting specialists

KNOCKED FOR SIX

Street Fighter 6 steps into the ring as a game-changer for the genre. Alan Wen goes a few rounds and speaks with Capcom developers about the bout of their lives

DNF Duel

Learn how to DNF-up your enemies

Back to the past

PS1 games come to modern consoles, but how's the emulation?

The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle

This is sure to put an isle on your face

Murder and fries

Fahrenheit's iconic diner opening cranks up the heat in unique and uneasy simulator detail

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Half-shell, but full throttle

F1 22

Less 'elephant in the room', rather more 'Ferrari F8 Tributo'

Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition

This replicant is more secondhand than enhanced

Resident Evil 2

This upgrade is Mr X-ceptional