VIEWFINDER

A picturesque puzzler with far more than one weird trick to show you

DIABLO IV

Blizzard's infernal ARPG opens its gates

RHYTHM STORM

Rebel against the beat in this pulsating arcade Roguelike

SHADOWS OF DOUBT

Sending the investigation genre in a whole new direction

EUROPA

This Ghibli-inspired adventure looks positively dreamy

THE FINALS

Fame and fortune await – if you don’t get flattened first

FINAL FANTASY XVI

Purists may cry as the RPG series embraces action

REDFALL

Arkane vamps it up in its open-world co-op shooter

ASOBO STUDIO

The journey from Garfield and Pixar tie-ins to A Plague Tale and Flight Simulator

ΤΗΕ ΜΑΚΙΝG ΟF...METAL: HELLSINGER

From a cancelled project to locked-down singers: how the heavy-metal shooter was forged

AN AUDIENCE WITH...GOICHI SUDA

Grasshopper Manufacture's founder talks creativity, counterculture, and becoming a \"weird old dude\"

REDEMPTION SONG

After Us explores the difficulty of telling stories of apocalypse and reparation through the lens of an action game

EVERYTHING EVERY WHERE ALL AT ONCE

How Leslie Benzies and a team of former Rockstars are building an allencompassing multiverse

Forspoken

Flanked by two officers, Alfre Holland shuffles into the courtroom, cuffs around her wrists and a chip the size of Rockefeller Plaza on her shoulder. In front of her sits a high-school diploma next to her arrest and prosecution record – a rather clumsy shorthand for squandered potential.

Hi-Fi Rush

We’ve seen plenty of rhythm-action games recently that put the emphasis more heavily on the latter half of that genre label, but perhaps none so much as Hi-Fi Rush.

Like A Dragon: Ishin

With this thorough, if not comprehensive, refurbishment of 2014’s formerly Japan-only release Ryu Ga Gotoku: Ishin, the recently retitled Like A Dragon series might just have found the most ideal expression of its dual personality. This is, after all, a game that has blended violent drama with broad comedy from day one – and Ishin duly delivers the bloodiest fights so far, while putting forward a strong case for being the funniest entry to date.

ARCTIC AWAKENING

Telltale signs of mystery and intrigue

TIN HEARTS

Thinking outside the toy box

LIGHTYEAR FRONTIER

Standby for Titanfarm

PACIFIC DRIVE

Xen and the art of automobile maintenance

THE LAST CASE OF BENEDICT FOX

Explore the dead's memories in this Lovecraftian detective story

SKATE STORY

Skating through a cosmopolitan hell in a stylish twist on grind culture

STEAMWORLD BUILD

Anno meets Dungeon Keeper in the series' 3D debut

WADJET EYE GAMES

How Dave Gilbert found his niche, and turned a passion for point-and-click into a career

ΤΗΕ MAKING 0F WE ARE OFK

How Teddy Dief and team got the band together, on screen and in the real world

CHAMPION'S ROAD

How Street Fighter II: Champion Edition lit the blue touchpaper for tournament gaming worldwide

COLLECTED WORKS ROBERTA WILLIAMS

A legendary pioneer of the adventure genre reflects on a career that spans fairy stories, nursery rhymes and horror

RETURN SMASH

How a filmmaker and his dream team of musicians and designers are resurrecting a cult Dreamcast classic for PSVR2

WINTER IN UKRAINE

How a beleaguered region's developers are managing the uncertainty, grief and horror of unprovoked invasion

LIFE 1S STRANGE: TRUE COLORS

How defining rules - and redefining performance - led to the series’ most accomplished entry to date