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PAST OASIS

After admitting their MMO ‘sucks,’ DONKEY CREW reworks the entire game

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

In IMMORTALITY, art is a force that creates and destroys

SOULS-YIKES

I am requesting we stop making Dark Souls rip offs like THYMESIA

CLOSE COMBAT

MULTIVERSUS is an unexpectedly great matchup – even if it does whiffa few attacks

SAINT NO JOKE

The rebooted SAINTS ROW could really do with a dubstep gun

PC GAMING IN BRAZIL

EXORBITANT HARDWARE, IRREPRESSIBLE COMPETITIVE SPIRIT, AND THE MOST INFAMOUS LAUGH ON THE INTERNET

DEAD ISLAND 2

Back from the grave… again. With a vengeance

MINI BREAKS

MOONBREAKER feels pure tabletop, but on your PC

DUNGEON OF THE ENDLESS

A simple but effective strategy game that’s still my mainstay.

A BIGGER BOAT

Survive a waterlogged world by crafting a floating base in RAFT

PAIN CONDUCTOR

SYMPHONY OF WAR: THE NEPHILIM SAGA reimagines the strategy JRPG

CIRCUS ELECTRIQUE

Terrorising London with clowns in a Darkest Dungeon-esque RPG

BIG IN BRAZIL

Don’t know any LATIN AMERICAN GAME STUDIOS by name? That’s about to change

SOUL FRAME

After nearly a decade, the Warframe devs have a new game

WARFRAME: THE DUVIRI PARADOX

Digital Extreme is getting into the time loop business

SFX EDUCATION

Audio director PAUL WEIR on making No Man’s Sky sound out of this world

A TREASURED ISLAND

There was never meant to be a RETURN TO MONKEY ISLAND – but Ron Gilbert is making the trip.

HIP TO BE SQUARE

The rise and fall of the gamer aesthetic

The last time this universe felt like it wanted you to be a cutthroat killer

Going back to ASSASSIN’S CREED SYNDICATE reminds me of the series’ glory days

OVERWATCH 2

Second PvP beta is a testing ground for new ideas.

'A spirit mostly lost in modern D&D'

Old-fashioned dungeoneering in Elden Ring

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.