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World War Z

Despite each location’s visual flourishes and incidental details, every mission involves the same prosaic treks from A to B

Islanders

Sometimes you find yourself having to curb your aesthetic instincts for the sake of your points tally

No Code

The embryonic stages of a family-run developer intent on upending expectations

My Favourite Game Sam Vogel

The future bass pacemaker known as Jauz on Halo montage music, Kingdom Hearts and Overwatch’s EDM potential

Those Who Show Up

Microsoft seizes the advantage as the industry gears up for a new generation

Super Mario Maker 2

A rare example of a Nintendo sequel that’s been brought to a console for which it’s not wholly suited

Sea Of Solitude

What ambiguity the mechanics and setting foster is resolutely steamed out by the writing

TBA@E3

Developer/publisher Nintendo (EPD) Format Switch Release TBA

Plug And Play

How Lego is looking to the videogame industry to develop a new kind of physical/digital play

High Contrast

Calligram Studios’ captivating noir sketches out a murder mystery in chiaroscuro

Why Dan Trachtenberg's Latest Video Game Project Is A Dream Come True

Dan Trachtenberg explains why his latest video game project is a dream come true

Rebellion Plots Its Boldest Development Yet

After 27 years in games, comics and books, Rebellion plots its boldest development yet

The Chinese Room

On the long, transformative walk from research team to videogame studio

Hearts And Minds

Inside the decade-long development of Kingdom Hearts III – a tale of how collaboration and determination can achieve the impossible.

Trophy Hunters

Once again, the real winners at The Game Awards are the viewers who tune in for a slew of new announcements.

Outer Wilds

Could Mobius Digital’s IGF winner really be an interstellar Wind Waker?

Creaks

Prepare to face the furniture in Amanita’s spine-tingling puzzle-platformer.

Hytale

Hypixel’s first original game shows the Minecraft generation has come of age.

An Audience With Tim Sweeney

From BASIC to VR: Epic’s founder talks us through a life dedicated to videogame technology.

Sinclair Resurge Ltd

The ZX Spectrum is back – and there’s no need to dig out your tape recorder

Horizon Zero Dawn

Guerrilla delivers an ambitious combat system in its sprawling action RPG.

Supermassive Games

The UK studio on a mission to live up to its name.

Beyond Infinity

After a remarkable 2016, what’s next for Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi?

Marvel vs Capcom : Infinite

One of the most impenetrable fighting games around shows its friendly side

Making History

How a team of futurists went back in time to make the most intriguing Call Of Duty in years

Rocket Science

How Starlink: Battle For Atlas has the tricky business of toys-to-life down to a fine art.

Quarantine Circular

Buoyed by the warm reception that greeted last year’s sci-fi detective short Subsurface Circular, Mike Bithell has returned to the well within a brisk 10 months.

Onrush

Within moments of starting Onrush’s story mode, we have our mission statement. As an opening voiceover explains, this is an idea that came to be “when rules started grinding motorsport down”.

Destiny 2: Warmind

Officially, Crimson does not exist; one of its perks is called Banned Weapon.

Big Picture Mode

Industry issues given the widescreen treatment.