Never mind the virtualised micropolygons, here’s Roblox

If you want to make a triple-A game

The show must go on

The industry rallied to deliver some kind of E3 2021. But was it too much?

Soundbytes

Game commentary in snack-sized mouthfuls

ARCADE WATCH

Keeping an eye on the coin-op gaming scene

THIS MONTH ON EDGE

When we weren’t doing everything else, we were thinking about stuff like this

DISPATCHES SEPTEMBER

Issue 360 Dialogue Send your views, using ‘Dialogue’

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

Unreliable Narrator

Exploring stories in games and the art of telling tales

STARFIELD

Developer Bethesda Game Studios Publisher Xbox Game Studios

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD 2

Developer/publisher Nintendo (EPD) Format Switch Release 2022 A

MULTIFORMAT, PLAYSTATION & PC

ELDEN RING Developer FromSoftware Publisher Bandai Namco Format

SECRET WEAPON

Could Naraka: Bladepoint be the surprise challenger to break the battle royale stalemate?

COLLECTED WORKS GLEN SCHOFIELD

The artist-turned-producer reflects on 30 years with very little dead space

BUILT TO LAST

Has Roblox finally become impossible for the wider industry to ignore?

THE MAKING OF . . .

HEAVEN’S VAULT

PLAYTONIC GAMES

The Yooka-Laylee creator on becoming a friendlier kind of developer-publisher

PLAY

REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS

Assassin’s Creed

Ubisoft’s overture was one part method acting, one part madness

Spiritfarer

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

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings Of Ruin

Could there be anything more guiltily satisfying than

Post Script

Why Wings Of Ruin’s wilful AI is a strength, not a shortcoming

Edge Of Eternity

Within minutes of being introduced to Edge Of

Post Script

Building expectations through crowdfunding and Early Access

Griftlands

Developer Klei’s knack for identifying a popular genre

Scarlet Nexus

Developer Bandai Namco Studios, Tose Publisher Bandai Namco

Backbone

Developer EggNut Publisher Raw Fury Format PC (tested),

Mario Golf: Super Rush

Developer Camelot Software Planning Publisher Nintendo Format Switch

Umurangi Generation

Developer/publisher Origame Digital Format PC, Switch (tested) Release

Minute Of Islands

Publisher Mixtvision Developer Studio Fizbin Format PC (tested),

Strangeland

Developer Wormwood Studios Publisher Wadjet Eye Games

Ynglet

Publisher Triple Topping Developer Nifflas Format PC