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THE GAME KITCHEN

How a small group of friends brought beautiful nightmares to life with their blood, sweat and tears

TWELVE MINUTES

And you’re back in the room

Nurturing nature

How Afrofuturist strategy game We Are The Caretakers is helping to tackle real-world rhino poaching

SOLAR FLAIR

Heart Machine’s elegant action-platformer redefines open-world traversal

Celeste

How facing inner turmoil helped us climb a mountain

ROAD 96

Taking a trip that delights in the path not taken

PLAYING POLITICS

From triple-A to two-person teams, the developers refusing to shy away from politics in their games

GORD

Exploring the darkness on the edge of town

Broadcast media

Behind the scenes of Ghosts, an FMV-based game that can only be played once per day

How Can Gaming Get Greener?

And are the UK industry’s attempts to tackle the climate crisis enough?

RIDE AND DIE

OUTRIDERS is an inconsistent looter shooter that isn’t worth the ride.

LET'S KILL CRUNCH

Meet the game makers determined to stop development from ruining lives.

FACE THE MUSIC

After DMCA takedowns, Twitch has to make peace with the music biz

TRYING TO STAY ALIVE IN GTA V: CHAOS MOD PART III

We square off against the Chaos Mod one last time. Who will emerge victorious?

FREESPACE 2

Jumping back into the cockpit with the classic space sim.

THROWING SHADE

Or how to go from 50 fps to 500 fps with one click

THE SOURCE ENGINE

The beautiful tension of an engine caught between eras.

CROW'S NEST

How Raven Software became kings of COD after vanishing from view

CHIVALRY 2

Tempered steel and temper tantrums on medieval battlefields

ALIVE & KICKING

Playing my first match in BLOOD BOWL 3 – and surviving to tell the tale.

NORTHERN STAR

Rockstar made millions selling Scotland’s natural export: dark comedy

GROUPS OF WRATH

What turns communities toxic? What makes fans abuse community managers? It’s a matter of psychology.

BRANCHING OUT

How ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE is making change in the real world

TRUE BLOOD

Guts, grapples, and Goro – director Simon McQuoid hopes to bring a faithful vision of MORTAL KOMBAT to the silver screen.

DARK ALLIANCE

It’s D&D, but with more death and fewer dice

ALIENS: FIRETEAM

It’s Left 4 Dead but with xenomorphs, basically

HELLISH QUART

The most authentic 17th century sword-fighting game you’ll play

BRACE FOR IMPACT

How Chinese free-to-play RPG GENSHIN IMPACT conquered the world.

AFTER EARTH

HARDSPACE: SHIPBREAKER’s inspirations are rooted in terra firma

THE MAKING OF... STREETS OF RAGE 4

How a team of French Japanophiles cashed in their credits to revive a classic Sega series