CATEGORIES

Injustice 2

Can a fighting game survive the effects of a random loot system?

Sparc

CCP makes a play for the first ‘vsport’.

Playing Italian

Italy’s place within videogames is well established, but a new initiative seeks to take it to the next level.

Yakuza 6

Kiryu and co get a long-overdue overhaul in the most lavish Yakuza game in years.

Conan Exiles

Rule your thralls! Lay waste to enemies! Also, chop down trees.

Impact Winter

Mojo Bones feels the chill as it reimagines the survival genre.

Get Even

The Farm 51’s thriller gets more mysterious with every step taken into its world.

Machine Language

One startup’s quest to use AI to bring game dialogue to life

Tell Tales

Grinning Pickle is building a towering game on the foundations of a jam

Fortnite

Epic's gun-toting Minecraft remix finally breaks over

Middle - Earth: Shadow Of War

There’s more to Talion’s return than playing capture the castle

Darksiders III

There’s no truce with this Fury

K.O.

Nintendo strikes a blow for accessiblity in one of the toughest genres in games.

Cities Of Gold

Meet the geographer on a mission to bring urban renewal into virtual spaces.

My Favourite Game James Carter

The Snakehips producer on bizarre multiformat setups, pining for local mutliplayer, and the surprising appeal of golf games.

The Surge

Deck13’s robots might not have souls, but they’re far from soulless.

Celeste

Watch the mountain.

Big Picture Mode

Industry issues given the widescreen treatment.

Murder, He Wrote

Deadly Premonition creator Hidetaka Suehiro is back with another whodunnit.

My Favourite Game Ikonika

The producer and DJ on how the sounds of the 16bit era have shaped her musical career.

Matterfall

There’s a simple pleasure to be taken in a nicely crafted spot of arcade shooting, a twitchy sortie of double-jumps and airdashes through waves of bullets and urgent techno soundscapes.

Sonic Mania

So your schoolmate’s dad who worked for Nintendo was right after all. Here is, to all intents and purposes, a 16bit Sonic game on a console belonging to Sega’s biggest rival of the time.

Sands Of Time

After a year in the shadows, Ubisoft’s biggest series re-emerges to show off its wild side.

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

 Four hours inside Capcom’s first person reinvention cranks up the nostalgia factor

Deep Burnt

Behind the scenes of the new compilation exploring classic Japanese videogame music.

Assassination Classroom

Assassin’s Creed Origins’ forthcoming Discovery Tour mode could inspire future historians.

My Favourite Game Nate Crowley

The author on making up games, failing to make one, and relaxing with Civilization.

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

Vane

Friend & Foe’s puzzle adventure is an indistinct, intriguing shimmer on the horizon.

Post Script

Why The Evil Within 2 isn’t suited to being the outdoor type.