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THE IMMORTAL LOCK

A massive, meaty game in a single horrific Quake map.

REET GOOD TIME

THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE is a riotous recreation of Yorkshire

WRITE KNIGHT

Elder Scrolls Online's lead writer BILL SLAVICSEK on writing in-game literature

MYTHMAKING

Inside BLACK MYTH: WUKONG's four-year Journey to the West

BOMBS AWAY

The BORDERLANDS movie is a disastrous flop

A NEW WORLD

To build his digital planet, PUBG's Brendan Greene first had to build his own studio.

OLD HAND

For does familiarity matter more than specs?

"A harrowing dark fantasy about hapless, bright-eyed children"

Spelunking into hell with MADE IN ABYSS: BINARY STAR FALLING INTO DARKNESS

"I like Pillars of Eternity better than Baldur's Gate III"

PILLARS OF ETERNITY deserves a bigger space in the CRPG pantheon

MECH ME OVER

Move over Mario, here's mech-based platforming in ARMORED SHELL NIGHTJAR

KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE II

A bigger, better - and funnier Bohemian rhapsody

TWO POINT STUDIOS

How a new studio rose from the ashes of Lionhead success not simulated

MEGHNA JAYANTH

Around the industry in eight games: one writer's journey through indie to triple-A and back again.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Sam Fisher's final outing is also his most enigmatic

Post Script

How low should a boss go?

The Outer Limits

Journeys fo the farthest reaches of interactive entertainment

Narrative Engine

Write it like you stole it

SPLITGATE 2

If it ain't broke, don't fix Split

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

Independents' pay

With publishers dwindling and funding drying up, is your next favourite indie production at risk of dying on the vine?

RAIDERS OF THE ARCHIVE

Wolfenstein-style shootouts are just a small part of the picture in MachineGames' maximalist Indy game

Go north

How does A Maze’s first UK outing compare fo the Berlin original?

CHANTS OF SENNAAR

How Babel helped a world of stealth become a world of words

Donkey Kong

ABRIDGED TOO FAR?

ULTIMATE GUIDE TARGET:RENEGADE

THE CITY STREETS ARE NEVER SAFE FOR LONG, ESPECIALLY IN THE DELIGHTFUL-SOUNDING SCUMVILLE, WHERE IT'S KILL OR BE KILLED. JOIN US AS WE REVEAL HOW WITH TARGET: RENEGADE, OCEAN SOFTWARE RETOLD THE STORY OF A VENGEFUL VIGILANTE AND CREATED ONE OF THE BEST EVER 8-BIT BRAWLERS

THE MAKING OF Trivial Pursuit

IN 1986, A SMALL SOFTWARE HOUSE ON THE VERGE OF BANKRUPTCY LICENSED THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BOARD GAME FOR HOME COMPUTERS. IT CHANGED DOMARK – AND THE UK GAMES INDUSTRY – FOREVER

THE MAKING OF MICKEY MANIA

THERE WERE SEVERAL GAMES ON THE MEGA DRIVE FEATURING THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS MOUSE, SOME VERY GOOD (CASTLE OF ILLUSION), SOME VERY BAD (FANTASIA). AND THEN THERE WAS MICKEY MANIA, AN IMPRESSIVE TECHNICAL SHOWCASE FROM TRAVELLER'S TALES

SNATCHER

AS HIDEO KOJIMA HAS BECOME A RARE CELEBRITY IN THE GAMING WORLD, SO HIS OLDER WORKS ARE INCREASINGLY REVISITED. BUT HIS 1988 CYBERPUNK ADVENTURE SNATCHER IS ALMOST UNPLAYABLE TODAY, LEGALLY, AND ONLY RECEIVED ONE ENGLISH PORT – WHICH HAS ONLY INCREASED ITS CULT APPEAL, AND COST

EVERCADE EXPANDS

We go hands-on with Blaze’s upcoming releases

Rock Band Unplugged

WHO NEEDS PLASTIC PERIPHERALS?