COLLECTED WORKS

We can’t do interplanetary travel without a brew first

Thanks to Mark Zuckerberg’s particular view of the

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EDITORIAL Tony Mott thirdparty controller victim Chris Schilling

Out on a limb

Beyond the leg jokes, what do the announcements at Meta Connect 2023 mean for the future of VR?

Conflict zone

The Imperial War Museum’s new exhibition poses questions about virtual warfare

New builds

Plasma and Retro Gadgets create playgrounds for aspiring engineers

BENEATH THE FOLD

Creasing up over Paper Trail’s origami delights

Soundbytes

Game commentary in snack-sized mouthfuls

ARCADE WATCH

Keeping an eye on the coin-op gaming scene

THIS MONTH ON EDGE

Some of the other things on our minds when we weren’t doing everything else

DISPATCHES CHRISTMAS

Issue 377 Dialogue Send your views, using ‘Dialogue’

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

Alternate Reality

Notes from videogaming’s borders

Trace memory

Videogames often have the quality of a palimpsest.

RESIDENT EVIL 4

Can Capcom’s revival find the sweet spot between nostalgia and novelty?

SOLIUM INFERNUM

A forgotten classic gets one Hell of a revival

PLANET OF LANA

Beautiful landscapes. Shame about the killer robots

ENDLESS DUNGEON

Where defence can be the best form of attack

THE SIEGE AND THE SANDFOX

A stealth adventure seeking inspiration from genre royalty

VIKINGS ON TRAMPOLINES

A good Viking always bounces back

ROUNDUP

WILD HEARTS Developer Omega Force Publisher Electronic Arts

WORLD WARRIOR

Street Fighter 6 squares up to the series’ past demons

WINTER IN UKRAINE

How a beleaguered region’s developers are managing the uncertainty, grief and horror of unprovoked invasion

LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS

How defining rules – and redefining performance – led to the series’ most accomplished entry to date

FICTIORAMA STUDIOS

How a team with true family values got a taste for dark futures, voyeurism and conspiracy theories

STILL PLAYING

The Last Of Us: Left Behind PS5 Still,

Silly season

We’re often asked how we determine what goes

Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec

The definitive document of early-’00s car culture

THE LONG GAME

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

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

The first Mario + Rabbids was something of

Post Script

What lies between Sparks Of Hope’s battles – and how best to enjoy it

Bayonetta 3

The demoness Madama Butterfly has been Bayonetta’s right-hand

Post Script

What’s in a voice?

A Plague Tale: Requiem

Asobo’s sprawling sequel feels like the response to

Post Script

Why Requiem’s ending fails its leads – and undercuts its most pertinent message (contains spoilers)

Overwatch 2

Since it was announced in 2019, Overwatch 2

Scorn

Bodies are just machines. This idea, at the

Valkyrie Elysium

Reviving a series with a spin-off is a

Saturnalia

The walls are shifting, as in one of

The Past Within

Toappreciate where this time-travelling co-op puzzler is coming

Desta: The Memories Between

The turn-based dodgeball battles of Desta only really

Signalis

There’s a disturbing migraine fuzziness to both the

The DioField Chronicle

It’s worth striving to achieve bonus objectives: you

Dome Keeper

Heaving the sword from one side of the

Vampire Survivors

Passive items can sometimes be useful, not least

Paradise Marsh

Grab every critter, and after confirming your departure

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