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Lucas arts

The Papers, Please and Obra Dinn creator talks burnout, managing expectations, and the joy of Playdate development

Making spectacles

As smart glasses make a comeback, Viture One and Nreal Air allow us to look at games in a different way

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY

From ancient history to the far future: how the Sega studio has retained its identity

ΤΗΕ MAKING ΟF...LAST STOP

How Variable State moved continents, cut stories, and dumped a scooter in search of its second game.

REEL LIFE

A decade on, the makers and subjects of Indie Game: The Movie reflect on the creation - and legacy of gaming's most influential documentary

COLLECTED WORKS JOHN ROMERO

From first-person shooters to Facebook and back again: the master of Doom reflects on an epic journey through game development

CHALICE IN WONDERLAND

The story of Cuphead: how two brothers' love of antique animation and old-school arcade action created a modern phenomenon

STREET FIGHTER 6

With this stylish sequel, Capcom is finally ahead of the pack again

OLD SKIES

I already feel like I’ve known these characters for eons

VIVA LAS PHOENIX

Meet the erotic roleplayers making a living in FINAL FANTASY XIV’s mini Vegas

POWER STRUGGLE

What can we do to make our PCs kinder on our ENERGY BILLS?

DESTINY 2: SEASON OF THE HAUNTED

The Light is changing, and not everyone is happy about it.

SEARCHING FOR MUTANTS IN WILDERMYTH

Why is it so difficult to transform my heroes into something weird?

SHELL POWER

Thanks to plenty of turtle wax, TMNT: SHREDDER’S REVENGE shines

WARHAMMER 40 K: DARK TIDE

A confident, carnage-filled step forward from Vermintide

SAVE ROOM FOR DESERT

COMPANY OF HEROES 3’s second campaign is all explosive RTS action, all the time.

STARFIELD

No Man’s Sky meets Skyrim, with a touch of FreeSpace

SMALL FORM FACTOR PC CASES

We’ve jammed the tiniest components into the best small form factor PC cases around.

Neon White

It presents as a first-person shooter – guns in your hand, demons at your front – but really it’s a racer

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

The E3 that wasn't

With the ESA skipping 2022, where does it leave the most important month in games?

MIND GAMES

How developers, scientists and business leaders are wrestling with the complicated prospect of games as tools for mental health

DRAKNEK & FRIENDS

A puzzling magician makes publishing provisions

From the ashes

The story behind the premature death – and surprising rebirth – of The Tomorrow Children

END OF ΙΝΝOCENCE

A Plague Tale returns with picturesque views, tougher children – and millions more rats

Diablo Immortal

The game can be played for free, in the same way it’s possible to dig through a brick wall with a spoon

Box fresh

Inside the company bringing a new breed of physical game to Japanese store shelves

Alternate Reality

Notes from videogaming’s borders

SAINTS ROW

A more grounded take, but don’t worry: it’s still extremely silly

V RISING

Build, battle, and bite in this vampiric survival game