Sinclair Resurge Ltd

The ZX Spectrum is back – and there’s no need to dig out your tape recorder

Horizon Zero Dawn

Guerrilla delivers an ambitious combat system in its sprawling action RPG.

Supermassive Games

The UK studio on a mission to live up to its name.

Beyond Infinity

After a remarkable 2016, what’s next for Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi?

Marvel vs Capcom : Infinite

One of the most impenetrable fighting games around shows its friendly side

Making History

How a team of futurists went back in time to make the most intriguing Call Of Duty in years

Rocket Science

How Starlink: Battle For Atlas has the tricky business of toys-to-life down to a fine art.

Quarantine Circular

Buoyed by the warm reception that greeted last year’s sci-fi detective short Subsurface Circular, Mike Bithell has returned to the well within a brisk 10 months.

Onrush

Within moments of starting Onrush’s story mode, we have our mission statement. As an opening voiceover explains, this is an idea that came to be “when rules started grinding motorsport down”.

Destiny 2: Warmind

Officially, Crimson does not exist; one of its perks is called Banned Weapon.

Big Picture Mode

Industry issues given the widescreen treatment.

Big Picture Mode

Industry issues given the widescreen treatment.

Monster Of The Deep: Final Fantasy XV

Monster Of The Deep: Final Fantasy XV

Frostpunk

Frostpunk

Dark Side

Shadow Of The Tomb Raider shows us an imperfect image of Lara Croft in what could be her most revelatory adventure to date.

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes

The bad-attitude assassin returns for an all-in-one arcade rampage.

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later.

Back To Life

How Darewise is bringing a sci-fi MMO by Viktor Antonov and Randy Smith to fruition

Norse Code

How ripples of detail in new studio Plausible Concept’s miniature strategy game create a tsunami-sized challenge

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

Big Picture Mode

Industry issues given the widescreen treatment

Plastic Fantastic

Harmonix pairs up with Hasbro to reinvent the music game peripheral

His Story

Two years on from his award-winning breakthrough, Sam Barlow is back with two provocative new projects

My Favourite Game Njambi McGrath

How Doom and Mario Kart reflect different sides of the Kenyan comedian’s personality

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

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