A little knight music

From Green Greens to Grammys: the story behind an award-worthy Kirby remix

Pocket universe

The best way to play Game Boy games? That’s just the beginning for Analogue’s retro handheld

Unreliable Narrator

Exploring stories in games and the art of telling tales

THE MAKING OF... OXYEN FREE

How over 30 years of friendship, and a persistent love of ’80s cinema, culminated in a spooky adventure

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

Valheim

A progress report on the games we just can’t quit

Year of reckoning

Reviewing another difficult 12 months across the game industry

UNKNOWN WORLDS

How perseverance – and chocolate-chip cookies – has kept the Subnautica studio afloat

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

THE MAKING OF ... RETURNAL

How a master of arcade-style action chiseled away the superfluous to uncover something new

Pik pocket

Nintendo and Niantic’s latest AR team-up is a delightfully unassuming diversion. Is that enough?

HORROR SHOW

Strategically sowing the stylish seeds of terror in The Fabulous Fear Machine

Exhibit A

Radiohead’s collaboration with Epic is a vivid experiment in interactive art

DISPATCHES JANUARY

Dialogue Send your views, using ‘Dialogue’ as the subject line, to edge@futurenet.com. Our letter of the month wins a 12-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership

ELDEN RING

Does FromSoftware’s magic work across a broader canvas?

Dark Souls III

How FromSoftware’s fourth Souls game triumphantly paints itself into a corner

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

A progress report on the games we just can’t quit

Unreliable Narrator

Exploring stories in games and the art of telling tales

THE MAKING OF... CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE

From broad strokes to tiny details, how a team of five crafted an adventure-game ode to creativity

Powering up

How 1047 Games went from dorm-room Halo to 13m players and a valuation of $1.5bn

DOKEV

Pearl Abyss on the inspirations behind the unexpected hit of Gamescom

TCHIA

An open-world adventure embracing its time in the sun

Jett: The Far Shore

PC, PS4, PS5

Deathloop

PC, PS5

Sin & Punishment: Successor Of The Skies

How Treasure came out all guns blazing for its last big game

KITFOX GAMES

The Montreal indie on boyfriends, Dwarf Fortress, and avoiding overwork

THE SECOND COMING

In 1999, Sony launched what would become the best-selling game console of all time. These are the stories of the people on the ground

Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy

Can Eidos Montreal get the best out of the MCU’s misfits?

Psychonauts 2

The upside of such a large cast is having more brains to probe – and some of them have multiple segments

HALO INFINITE

After six years, is 343 ready to finish the fight?