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High Fantasea

With two gorgeous new continents to explore, WORLD OF WARCRAFT: BATTLE FOR AZEROTH is a welcome departure from the cataclysmic drama of Legion.

Double-crossed

PHANTOM DOCTRINEs take on XCOM-style strategy manages to be exciting, original, dull, and underwhelming.

Capital

STRANGE BRIGADE belongs in a museum.

Few Indeed

WE HAPPY FEW is a mess of crafting, jogging, and stealth with a strong script.

flower power

grow up takes procedurally-animated robot bud to new heights.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

A touch of Sekiro sends Cal and BD-1 backtracking

What's it Like To Watch Your Favorite Game Overshadowed By A Spin-Off Mode?

What’s it like to watch your favorite game overshadowed by a spin-off mode?

The Future Of Immersive Sims

As the mainstream industry moves onto pastures new, what does the future hold for the shadowy genre known as the immersive simulation?

Scale Models

JURASSIC WORLD EVOLUTION looks gorgeous but lacks bite. 

Underworld Ascendant

Ultima Underworld’s successor has nice ideas, but they’re not original

A Linear Sequence Of Scares

A twisted funhouse based on a fake TV show is one of the best levels in Max Payne 2.

BioShock

Worse things do happen at sea.

The Dunatian

A Kerbal Space Program recreation of Andy Weir’s The Martian.

Snap Happy

Ubisoft is fleshing out our knowledge of BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL 2

In Transit

How players are searching for real exoplanets through EVE ONLINE.

Processing Reality

Faking physical cameras with post-processing.

Spy Party

Networking at events has never been more stressful

Party Pooper

Murderous Pursuits struggles to find its target.

It No Longer Looks Like A Graphics Card Demo. It Looks Fun

Playing dress-up till the world ends in PARAGON

How Parallel Processing Is Key To AI Learning To Drive

How parallel processing is key to AI learning to drive

Training Day

Dovetail Games, developer of Train Sim World, on building sims

The Post Apocalyptic FPS Gets Bigger, Wilder And More Open

Metro exodus flees the underground and finds a violent wasteland.

Anatomy Of An Explosion

Video games love a good explosion, but how are these spectacular effects designed?

Monster Mash

MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD sets up a reverse Jurassic Park scenario and adds high fashion to make dragon murder infinitely entertaining.

Hard Cell

Crashing castles in dead cells.

Scrotal Recall

Dick jokes and repetition in Far Cry 5: Lost On Mars

Wake Up, Sheeple

Cheat On Your Partner And Pay The Price In Catherine Classic’s Offbeat Mix Of Puzzle Game And Life Sim.

Undead King

RESIDENT EVIL 2, a remake of the PlayStation classic, is a masterclass in making an old game feel fresh again.

Beige is The New Black

Rebuilding a 1998 rig just to play Half-Life.

Rage 2

Avalanche attempts to bring new life to id’s wasteland