Stand back – the Xbox juggernaut is out of control

It’s been a while since Microsoft somehow managed

Fighting fit

How UK startup Quell aims to punch above its weight with a combo of Ring Fit and Roguelikes

Heart strings

Academy Award winner Gustavo Santaolalla on composing the score for The Last Of Us

Community development

Celebration strikes a balance with introspection at this year’s Develop Conference in Brighton

DOWN BY THE WATER

Neo-noir point-and-click adventure Phoenix Springs serves up a missing-sibling mystery with a side of existential dread

Soundbytes

Game commentary in snack-sized mouthfuls

THIS MONTH ON EDGE

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

DISPATCHES AUGUST

Dialogue

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

The Outer Limits

Journeys to the farthest reaches of interactive entertainment

Narrative Engine

Write it like you stole it

Green shoots

If you follow the game industry, sometimes it’s

PROMISE MASCOT AGENCY

The setting’s no paradise, but the game’s a killer

WILD BASTARDS

Blue Manchu tries a whole new kind of bastardry

CENTUM

You may point, but you may not want to click

SONOKUNI

J-hip-hop goes west, but it’s a Tokyo jungle out there

TINY GLADE

Countryside construction with an invisible helping hand

ROUNDUP

DUNGEONS OF HINTERBERG Developer Microbird Games Publisher Curve

SMOKE AND MIRRORS

How Unseen’s debut is taking urban fantasy action to the spirit level

RAÚL IBARRA, ANIMATION DIRECTOR

Q+A

SHAPE SHIFT

Bungie won’t let Destiny 2 slow down after The Final Shape – even if it has to break the universe

FULL CIRCLE

Why Revolution Software is returning to its most famous game, remastering the original Broken Sword for a new era

THE MAKING OF . . .THIRSTY SUITORS

Celebrating culture, family and relationships through JRPG mechanics

TEYON

How big ambitions led to small realities – and tie-ins with film’s most celebrated cyborgs

STILL PLAYING/ NEAR MISSES

Animal Well PC With the majority of reviewers

What the cat dragged in

Do more realistic graphics really make for more immersive

The Hex

Beyond Inscryption: why Daniel Mullins’ least-known game might actually be his best

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

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

Still Wakes The Deep

Developer The Chinese Room Publisher Secret Mode Format

Post Script

Lead designer Rob McLachlan on Still Wakes The Deep’s approach to horror

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

Developer Ninja Theory Publisher Xbox Game Studios Format

Post Script

Continuity error: the trouble with trying to build on a story with a natural ending (contains spoilers)

Homeworld 3

When there are dozens of expendable units on

Post Script

Q+A: Iain Myers-Smith (senior producer) and Martin Cirulis (lead writer)

RKGK / Rakugaki

At this point in late-stage capitalism, we’re as

Cryptmaster

One of the first major decisions you face

1000xResist

Above the school floats a giant, headless body,

Paper Trail

We accept our bias without apology: paper is

Isles Of Sea And Sky

With the ability to alter the sea level,

No Case Should Remain Unsolved

Each of the 54 pieces of testimony is

Little Kitty, Big City

One major sidequest involves returning these ducklings to

Hauntii

Early on, you can shin up trees to