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A New Dawn - The rise, fall and rise again of PC Gaming in Japan

The so-called 'Paso Kon' market (ie katakana's transliteration of 'Pasonaru Computa') in Japan was originally spearheaded in the 1980s by NEC's PC-8800 and, later, its PC-9800.

MARVEL: ULTIMATE ALLIANCE

Enter the multiverse of modness.

SLIDES RULE

Redeeming a hated puzzle mechanic with SLIDER

GODS AND MONSTERS

AGE OF MYTHOLOGY: RETOLD modernises a classic RTS with care

PHANTOM BLADE ZERO

Less Sekiro, more Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

STARR-MAKING ROLE

Final Fantasy XVI's BEN STARR talks becoming a meme and dating summons

THIEF GOLD

Learning to forgive myself for knocking out every single guard.

HANDHELD GAMING PCs

In lieu of more powerful processors, handhelds are getting weirder

FAR FAR AWAY

STAR WARS OUTLAWS succeeds at the little things, but not much else shines

FINDING IMMORTALITY

Twenty-five years on, PLANESCAPE: TORMENT is still one of the most talked-about RPGs of all time. This is the story of how it was created as a ‘stay-busy’ project by a small team at Black Isle Studios

AVOWED

The Skyrim-ness of Avowed has been much debated – Obsidian repeatedly downplaying the comparison, carefully setting expectations around its size and scope.

METAL GEAR SOLID DELTA: SNAKE EATER

Metal Gear Solid Delta is Metal Gear Solid 3. “What a revelation,” you’re thinking, “I can’t believe this remake is a lot like the game it’s remaking”.

WEAPON MASTER

Speaking with design director Victor Bocan

A KNIGHT'S TALE

How KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE II, the most ambitious medieval RPG ever made, is taking in-game realism and player immersion to wondrous new heights.

BITING BACK

The tooth is out there in adventure TEETH OF GLASS

SMOKE ALARM

THE INVISIBLE SMOKE FACTORY is back in a Flash

MECH ME OVER

Move over Mario, here's mech-based platforming in ARMORED SHELL NIGHTJAR

"I like Pillars of Eternity better than Baldur's Gate III"

PILLARS OF ETERNITY deserves a bigger space in the CRPG pantheon

"A harrowing dark fantasy about hapless, bright-eyed children"

Spelunking into hell with MADE IN ABYSS: BINARY STAR FALLING INTO DARKNESS

THE IMMORTAL LOCK

A massive, meaty game in a single horrific Quake map.

NEW MANOEUVRES

Building a dedicated sim racing space in an average family house

OVERWATCH 2

Save me space girl.

REET GOOD TIME

THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE is a riotous recreation of Yorkshire

THE PLUCKY SQUIRE

How many games let you make friends with a MtG card?

WRITE KNIGHT

Elder Scrolls Online's lead writer BILL SLAVICSEK on writing in-game literature

BOMBS AWAY

The BORDERLANDS movie is a disastrous flop

MYTHMAKING

Inside BLACK MYTH: WUKONG's four-year Journey to the West

HADES

Genius in every flaming step.

OLD HAND

For does familiarity matter more than specs?

WIRELESS ROUTERS

Wi-Fi routers may not be the most exciting hardware ever to grace these pages, but the chances are every one of us has one, whether it's the latest high-speed model or some junk sent to us by our ISP.