CRIS TALES

You don’t have to speak, just seek. And peep the technique

Quite often in the business of videogames, it’s not what

Power plays

By now - and especially given the events of this

HYPER SCAPE

How wonderfully French of Ubisoft to nonchalantly roll up halfway

DUST BORN

As the old saying goes: sticks and stones may break

SECOND EXTINCTION

Jurassic Park got it so wrong. Just when we’d started

DIRT5

They do say we Brits are obsessed with the weather,

AN AIRPORT FOR ALIENS CURRENTLY RUN BY DOGS

Xalavier Nelson Jr had become somewhat cynical about game development

DEATHLOOP

Developer Arkane Lyon Publisher Bethesda Softworks Format PC, PS5 Origin

You’re the inspiration

Valorant (p96) is as good a place as any to

Ghost Of Tsushima

For the second time in as many months, we wonder

Desperados III

The series might have spent nearly 15 years dormant, but

Disintegration

Our love affair with Halo began two decades ago, and

Valorant

You might reasonably assume that your greatest weapon in Valorant

Ninjala

We’ve heard of disrespect in fighting games, but this is

West Of Dead

Life is a precious, fragile thing, and stupidly hard to

Creaks

The eyes have it. They might be little more than

Little Orpheus

For both developer and protagonist, The Chinese Room’s latest is

Monster Train

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery -

Bird Alone

Stressed? Join the club. The human response to stress has

The show goes on

This year, as it does every year in June, the

An itch to play

There has never been - and for the foreseeable future,

PEAK TIME

A comet is on course to destroy a tourist town

Soundbytes

“Instead of spending five years to make an 80-hour game,

ARCADE WATCH

Traditionally a way of grabbing the attention of passers-by, arcade

THIS MONTH ON EDGE

BlackMilk, known purveyor of high-quality leggings, damn near broke the

DISPATCHES SEPTEMBER

I realise joining the chorus of criticism of The Last

Trigger Happy

One of the curious consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic has

Unreliable Narrator

There is an uncelebrated literary form that lurks in the

METROPOLIS NOW

Four hours in Night City is not enough. Sure, we’ve

VAGRANT STORY

While exploring the Undead Burg less than a week after

CONTROL

Some where in the depths of the Oldest House, Control’s

COFFEE STAIN STUDIOS

Luck, the old saying goes, is what happens when preparation

Half-Life: Decay

Alyx Vance isn’t Half-Life’s first female protagonist. Nor is she

Pokémon Sword & Shield

Pokémon’s competitive game retains its irresistible pull. It’s strong enough