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HADES

A second trip to the underworld proves even more enjoyable than the first

RING BEARER

Under the skin of Gollum, a next-generation Lord Of The Rings game

East, west, home's best

The Indian videogame scene is about to explode – and the India Game Developer Conference has been preparing the country

Red Dead Redemption 2

Developer Rockstar Studios Publisher Rockstar Games Format PC, PS4, Xbox One Release 2018

The Sims

On Maxis’ iconic living snapshot of ’90s America

The Great Journey

How an all-star musical lineup changed videogame soundtracks forever

Back In The Fight

Blizzard gambled when it announced Overwatch 2, a sort-of sequel without a release date. But it might pay off: right now the world needs heroes

An Audience With… Aaron Keller

Blizzard’s assistant director on Warcraft, working lunches and Overwatch’s baby steps

11 Bit Studios

How pirated software and wartime solidarity built Poland’s most principled developer

Slay The Spire

Developer/publisher Mega Crit Format PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One Release 2019

Games Of The Decade

Bowing down before the defining titles of the 2010s

Flavourworks

How a taste for independence and innovation cooked up the UK’s next dev sensation

Detention

How a Taiwanese horror game made us face the sins of the past

Death Stranding

Sony said we couldn’t review Hideo Kojima’s latest game unless we finished it. Fine, we said. Then we played it

My Favourite Game Logan Marshall-Green

The star of the silver screen on his role in evolving the FMV genre, TV shows as RPGs – and the Hearthstone ladder grind

The Eternal Cylinder

Survival gaming with a powerful sense of the inevitable

Martha Is Dead

Photography becomes gruesome in LKA’s historical horror.

The Making Of... Outer Wilds

The many reincarnations of Mobius Digital’s transcendent space adventure

Haven

The maker of Furi breaks into romantic comedy.

Dream Factory

Inside Google’s bid to launch Stadia and transform the entire game industry

Collected Works Eric Chahi

The Another World dev looks back on a career that began before he’d even left school.

Synced: Off Planet

The cyborg horde is your ally in Tencent’s undead blaster

Kerbal Space Program 2

A landmark space sim leaves its home solar system behind

Roki

A group of Killzone veterans rediscover the mystery of childhood

Predator; Hunting Grounds

Illfonic trades Jason’s hockey mask for dreadlocks and thermal vision

Evil Genius 2: World Domination

Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons…

Chicory

The follow-up to Wandersong is another cheerful, creative treat

An Audience With… Helen Chiang

Microsoft’s head of Minecraft on being responsible for a global phenomenon

Player Power

The biggest streamer on the planet abandons Twitch, and begins a new chapter in the evolution of game broadcasting

Final Stage

A somewhat flat Gamescom 2019 reflects a console generation that has run its course