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All My Friends
How the maker of Parappa The Rapper has made a career out of collaboration.
My Favourite Game Alan Denton
The US writer on TV Sonic versus classic Sonic and being a patient player.
Trigger Happy
Shoot first, ask questions later.
Hold To Reset
Building a new game, a new studio and a new life from the ground up.
Indivisible
A Metroidvania RPG shows Lab Zero branching out from its fighting game roots
Mafia: The City Of Lost Heaven
The Cosa Nostra caper that subverted the Rockstar blueprint.
Destiny 2: Curse Of Osiris
Destiny 2: Curse Of Osiris
My Favourite Game - Steve Aoki
The electro-house producer on the appeal of esports, being a character in Dragon Ball, and betting big on Street Fighter bouts.
Prey
Arkane’s risky immersive sim is happy to take any shape the player wants.
Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War
Monolith’s orc-warfare sim expands beyond Mordor.
Dirt 4
Blending Dirt Rally’s hardcore sim credentials with a gentler learning curve.
Steamworld Dig 2
There are no signs of rust in this spacious sequel.
No More Heroes
Slingshot Cartel is turning its back on music titles – and plans to change how games are made.
Thimbleweed Park
The creators of Maniac Mansion return to the scene of their crimes.
Dark Souls III: The Ringed City
From Software raises the stakes for Dark Souls’ endgame.
Striking Gold
A fighting game for total beginners: how a genre veteran hopes to transform funds into fundamentals.
Donut County
A quirky physics puzzler that questions the greater hole.
Patrick Söderlund
EA’s creative chief plots a course for the future of games
Pyre
A journey through purgatory would seem like the ideal time to get off the wagon. In Pyre, however, getting back on it is part of what makes a supposedly hellish trek so pleasurable. It may seem cramped, but we have a variety of trinkets marking our achievements and commemorating the places we’ve stopped along the way.
Hitting The Spot
With Xbox One X, Microsoft turns the runt of the litter into the runaway leader of the pack.
Window On The World
With ARKit, Apple brings augmented reality to hundreds of millions of devices overnight.
Code Vein
The God Eater team gives the Soulslike genre a welcome shot in the arm
Lost Sphear
I Am Setsuna’s spiritual successor challenges its player and its past
Remote Control
How a French startup is revolutionising cloud gaming by giving every user their own remote PC.
We Must Unite
It’s one of the most popular game engines in the world. Where does Unity go from here?
Finding Paradise
You may spend your first few hours in Finding Paradise wondering exactly what took so long.
The Folding Stuff
Will Labo be Nintendo’s biggest mainstream success since Wii Sports?
Independent Living
Inside Nintendo's drive without over-saturating its market place.
The Undivided
A superstar team of former Ubisoft developers is building something big
Pity Party
Armageddon is a time for reflection and hors d’oeuvres