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Fist Of The North Star : Lost Paradise

Sega’s daft Kenshiro/Kiryu mash-up goes global.

The Making Of... Tetris Effect

How Sunday drives, long baths and desert raves saw a classic puzzle game reborn

Invisible Inc.

How an indie spy game made turnbased tactics relentlessly exciting

Days Gone

We have played longer open-world games than this, but nothing quite so aggressively drawn-out

Planet Zoo

Frontier turns its tech to lions and tigers and bears, oh my

Pacer

R8’s anti-grav racer gets back on track

My Favourite Game Denis Karimani

The artist known as Remute on making music with Sega Mega Drives and the enduring appeal of retro games

Dream Reality Interactive

How a group of SingStar and VR veterans are finding inspiration beyond games

The Folder Generation

With the Labo VR Kit, Nintendo returns to virtual reality after a quarter-century away

Tales Of The Neon Sea

This point-and-click investigation has a twist in its tail

Dragon Quest IX

How a JRPG grind taught us the value of mortality

Sea Of Thieves

A progress report on the games we just can’t quit

Audica

Harmonix’s finely tuned VR shooter sets its sights on rhythm heaven

Rad

Double Fine’s understanding of the apocalypse oozes wit and humour

Marvel's Avengers

Strength of character is carrying Crystal Dynamics’ ensemble adventure

The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Eiji Aonuma explains why it’s the right time to revisit Link’s weirdest adventure

The Dark Pictures: Man Of Medan

Supermassive’s dark anthology series suggests a new dawn

Past Glories

At Tokyo Game Show 2017, Japan’s game developers seem more interested in reprising the past than pushing things forward

Grow Your Own

In a tiny indie studio in Berlin, a deep simulation MMO is forming the next big virtual world.

Reality Bytes

CCP Newcastle’s Andrew Willans on the challenges of 18 months as a VR pioneer

My Favourite Game Daniel Avery

The DJ and producer waxes on about Nintendo consoles and the link between game music and techno

Big Picture Mode

Industry issues given the widescreen treatment

Frostpunk

This War Of Mine’s developer turns to ice-age city-building

Gwent: The Witcher Card Game

How CD Projekt’s standalone story mode will crack the card-game genre wide open

Life Is Strange

The time-bending teen drama that’s a self-aware meditation on fate

The Witcher III

 If roleplaying games are only as good as their roles, here’s one of the greats

Face Time

With iPhone X, Pixel 2 and the odd leftfield surprise, the mobile-gaming sector is hotting up again.

Big Picture Mode

Industry issues given the widescreen treatment.

Punching Out

Genyo Takeda, Nintendo’s first game designer, is calling it a day after 45 years

My Favourite Game Mark Kinchen

US producer and DJ MK on classic consoles, queuing for midnight launches, and how gaming helps him produce