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YELLOW CARD

Flawed deckbuilder DUNGEONS AND DEGENERATE GAMBLERS rarely plays a winning hand

GODS AND MONSTERS

AGE OF MYTHOLOGY: RETOLD modernizes a classic RTS with care

SPACED OUT

After a strong first impression, WARHAMMER 40K: SPACE MARINE 2 runs out of steam

SLIDES RULE

Redeeming a hated puzzle mechanic with SLIDER

DINER HARD

Rewriting the rules of horror in ALAN WAKE

"Kay Vess, galactic tomb raider"

Feeling like Lara Croft in STAR WARS OUTLAWS

LETHAL COMPANY

A return to some explosive post-launch patches.

MARVEL: ULTIMATE ALLIANCE

Enter the multiverse of modness.

TRACK GPT

Al's teaching sim racers to improve-what about other games?

FINDING IMMORTALITY

Twenty-five years on, PLANESCAPE: TORMENT is still one of the most talked-about RPGs of all time. This is the story of how it was created as a 'stay-busy' project by a small team at Black Isle Studios

WEAPON MASTER

Speaking with design director Victor Bocan

AST A KNIGHT'S TALE

How KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE 11, the most ambitious medieval RPG ever made, is taking in-game realism and player immersion to wondrous new heights.

Special Report- Stacked Deck - Monster Train, a deckbuilding roguelike that firmly entrenched itself as the crown prince to the kingly Slay the Spire back in 2020, was the kind of smash success you might call Champagne Big.

Monster Train, a deckbuilding roguelike that firmly entrenched itself as the crown prince to the kingly Slay the Spire back in 2020, was the kind of smash success you might call Champagne Big. Four years later, its successor Inkbound’s launch from Early Access was looking more like Sandwich Big.I’m not just saying that because of the mountain of lamb and eggplants I ate while meeting with developer Shiny Shoe over lunch, to feel out what the aftermath of releasing a game looks like in 2024. I mean, have I thought about that sandwich every day since? Yes. But also, the indie team talked frankly about the struggle of luring Monster Train’s audience on board for its next game.

SCREENBOUND

How a 5D platformer went viral two months into development

OLED GAMING MONITORS

A fresh wave of OLED panels brings fresh options, greater resolutions and makes for even more impressive gaming monitors

CRYSIS 2

A cinematic FPS with tour de force visuals.

PLOD OF WAR

SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE 2 fails to find a new path for its hero

GALAXY QUEST

HOMEWORLD 3 is a flashy, ambitious RTS, but some of the original magic is missing

FAR REACHING

Twenty years ago, FAR CRY changed the landscape of PC gaming forever.

THY KINGDOM COME

SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE is the culmination of decades of FromSoftware RPGs, and a gargantuan finale for ELDEN RING

KILLING FLOOR 3

Tripwire Interactive's creature feature is back

IMPERFECTLY BALANCED

Arrowhead says HELLDIVERS 2 balancing patches have 'gone too far'

PHANTOM PAIN

The unseen side of the occult in PHASMOPHOBIA

ALMA MATER

Horror is a family affair in FEAR

OFF PUTTING

Lee Carvallo's PUTTING CHALLENGE 2: another great Simpsons fan game

BEST BEHAVIOR

Donkey Crew's lead gameplay developer, SERGII GREBEN, on programming AI for NPCs

THE GOD FACTORY

A group of players built a record-breaking plant

GRIM FANDANGO

Death is a slave to the city in LucasArts' last great adventure.

GET STARTED IN HELLDIVERS 2

Take to the stars and fight for managed democracy.

OLD WORLD BLUES

The beautiful HORIZON: FORBIDDEN WEST COMPLETE EDITION struggles to move on