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Big Picture Mode

Industry issues given the widescreen treatment

Monster Hunter: World

Why Capcom’s cult favourite isn’t dumbing down, but opening up

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Much has been sacrificed here, although it shouldn’t come as a total surprise. Created by a team of just 20 and self-published, Ninja Theory was always putting itself in a tricky position with Hellblade. Its intentions were noble: to make a game centered around the still-taboo subject of mental illness. Bolstered by the studio’s trademark graphical flair, smooth third-person hack-and-slash combat and a reduced price point, the aim was to revive the ‘double-A’ game in a meaningful way. Unfortunately Ninja Theory is so focused on its novel, in-game portrayal of psychosis that it has forgotten to build a decent game around it. 

Big Picture Mode

Industry issues given the widescreen treatment

Hold To Reset

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

2019@E3

Fittingly, it feels like a half-remembered dream.

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Why Patrice Désilets’ epic journey is no ordinary survival game.

Rage 2

Avalanche and Id team up to return to the apocalypse.

Tom Clancy's The Division 2

How the Washington-set shooter sequel hopes to improve its endgame.

Solo Traveller

After eight years, Bungie and Activision are splitting up. Where does Destiny go from here?

The Outer Worlds

The makers of Fallout return with a thrillingly reactive RPG

Thought For The Day

Rami Ismail on Meditations – a year’s worth of contemplative daily games.

Studio Profile - Stainless Games

The Isle Of Wight’s finest on 25 years of cars, cards and controversy

String Theory

After cutting ties with Microsoft, Remedy is back at the reins. Its transformative new game shows a studio in the process of redefining its future

Brave New World

Google’s Stadia could change the game industry forever, yet its coming-out party raises as many questions as answers

Chaos Theory

UKIE’s Dr Jo Twist on the need for cool heads during turbulent times for the UK game industry

A New Hope

How BioWare grabbed the biggest licence on the planet and etched its name in Star Wars history

John Wick HEX

An unprecedented collaborative effort produces a movie tie-in like no other

Mighty Real

Hands on, and eyes in, with the dazzling new wave of virtual reality hardware

My Favourite Game Bruce Fielder

The dance-pop producer known as Sigala on rally training in VR, shared-world concerts and games as social spaces

Universal Remote

Fellow Traveller’s LudoNarraCon shows the benefits of a digital future for game conferences

Psychonauts 2

The Brain Trust Is Back

Market Forces

Advertising is all about implying value.

Not Made In Japan

Meet the publishing label quietly bringing western indie darlings to Japan

Spin Rhythm - Viva La Revolution

Super Entertainment is really leaning into the DJ fantasy.

17-Bit

A tight-knit group of expats living theindie-devdream in Japan