Select cuts from 30 years of life with PlayStation

To be clear: the phrase “More powerful than

Going Pro

What does an upgraded PS5 represent for players and game developers alike?

Worlds collide

League Of Legends’ grand final arrives in London in record-breaking fashion

Trails blazing

Nihon Falcom’s Toshihiro Kondo on expanding beyond Japan and PlayStation

SECRET CARGO

Beneath this sunny exterior beats a dark heart

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

Dialogue

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Trigger Happy

STEVEN POOLE

Narrative Engine

Write it like you stole it

The Outer Limits

Journeys to the farthest reaches of interactive entertainment

Strange bedfellows

Our exploration of Civilization VII and conversation with

SID MEIER’S CIVILIZATION VII

Firaxis rethinks who makes history, and how it unfolds

HERDLING

Gather your flock and escape to the country

SKATE STORY

Hades is a halfpipe

TOWERS OF AGHASBA

Dar winian survival with a touch of Animal Crossing

THE STONE OF MADNESS

The makers of Blasphemous return to religion and insanity

BONAPARTE: A MECHANIZED REVOLUTION

Liberté, égalité, fraternité, mechs

ROUNDUP

CRONOS: THE NEW DAWN Developer/publisher Bloober Team

MUTATION NATION

A warped world awaits in Tarsier Studios’ latest horror. At least this time you can bring a friend

MASTER CRAFT

How Blizzard changed the world, then spent 20 years changing its World

OUT OF THE SHADOWS

Co-development is now a huge part of triple-A game production. Can it provide safe harbour at a turbulent time for the industry?

THE MAKING OF . . .

FINAL FANTASY VII: REBIRTH

THUNDER LOTUS

How Spiritfarer’s developer tripled in size without tearing itself apart

REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS

NEAR MISSES Miniatures PC As the name

The curse of exclusivity

Playing a trans or non-binary character in Dragon

Devil May Cry

The Resident Evil 4 that never was, and the Soulslike precursor we never saw coming

Vampire Survivors

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

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

With Dragon Age: The Veilguard, BioWare has

Post Script

For a series that has never stayed still, is a clean break the best way for ward?

Metro: Awakening

SPIRIT TRACKS Developed with the input of

Post Script

VRing on the side of caution

Mario & Luigi: Brothership

This year has given us RPG threats as

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6

AVENGED SIXFOLD Black Ops 6 is something

Slitterhead

RARE TALENTS To recruit rarities you first

Batman: Arkham Shadow

SOCIAL JUSTICE LEAGUE You’ll no doubt have

The Rise Of The Golden Idol

RESEARCH AND DESTROY While previously the idol

Planet Coaster 2

NEMESIS Planet Coaster 2 is a resolutely

Lego Horizon Adventures

A CHANGE OF HEART Finish a level

Metal Slug Tactics

SLUGGING IT OUT Some stages are set