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In creating the original DS, Nintendo’s designers stared

Artificial hope

As the first demos of AI-generated games become playable, what’s their purpose – and their cost?

Pride of India

Indie Gaming Utsav shows the growth of development in an up-and-coming region

Escape artistry

How developer NikkiJay created a game by channelling her difficult upbringing within a cult

NEVER FELT BETTER

The stop-motion game following a whole new pattern

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 JULY

Dialogue

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

The Outer Limits

Journeys to the farthest reaches of interactive entertainment

Walking the walk

Building on a path laid by Death Stranding

ARC RAIDERS

Extracting the best bits of a difficult genre

ERIKSHOLM: THE STOLEN DREAM

Making the most of police incompetence

BABY STEPS

Peak practice

JUMP SHIP

Playing every role in a dynamic co-op space opera

WILL: FOLLOW THE LIGHT

Alone against the elements in this unconventional walking sim

SPOOKY EXPRESS

Draknek’s superior sequel is on the fright track

MARATHON

We’re firmly in extraction-shooter territory for Bungie’s redraft

INTO THE FIRE

Following The Invincible , Starward Industries offers

PAINKILLER

Developer Anshar Studios Publisher 3D Realms Format PC,

IKUMA – THE FROZEN COMPASS

Developer/publisher Mooneye Studios Format PC, PS5, Xbox Series

STAR WARS: ZERO COMPANY

Developer Bit Reactor, Respawn Entertainment Publisher EA Format

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VIDEOGAME CULTURE, DEVELOPMENT, PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY

PRECIOUS CARGO

Exploring Hideo Kojima's new Perspective as he prepares delivery of the sequel to Death stranding

Q+A: HIDEO KOJIMA DIRECTOR

The irrepressible Troy Baker reprises his role as

LINKED TO THE PAST

Can Switch 2 recapture the original’s magic?

MARIO KART WORLD

Beside the track you’ll find Yoshi-operated kiosks offering

DONKEY KONG BANANZA

Developer / publisher Nintendo Release

METROID PRIME 4: BEYOND

Developer Nintendo, Retro Studios Publisher

DRAG X DRIVE

Developer/publisher Nintendo Release Summer A Rocket League -infused

NINTENDO SWITCH 2 WELCOME TOUR

Developer/publisher Nintendo Release June 5 Much has been

FURY’S ROAD

When Raw Fury was founded in Stockholm a decade ago, it was as an “un-publisher”. It would “treat people like people”, would be “for happiness over profit”, and would respect videogames as “art”, granting them the same status as other, more established media. This particular approach, it said, would tip the balance more in favour of developers, allowing them to “find success, be happy, and stay independent”. It has broken some old rules along the way – not least when it revealed the specifics of its publishing deals publicly, for anyone to scrutinise – while releasing a succession of hits including the Kingdom series, Sable , Norco , Cassette Beasts and, most recently, the sublime Blue Prince . As the company arrives at its tenth anniversary, we meet with its leaders to ask if Raw Fury has delivered on its big promises

THE MAKING OF . . . SPLINTER CELL: CHAOS THEORY

How missed opportunities and difficult conditions forged a stealth classic

HOLLOW PONDS

A meeting in a pub led to a decades-long conversation, and games unlike any other

Imperfect 10?

This month we find ourselves returning to an

No More Heroes

The anarchic Japanese vision of America that gave us videogaming’s Don Quixote

Tekken 8

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

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Developer Sandfall Interactive Publisher Kepler Interactive Format PC,

Post Script

Expedition 33’s fantasy dismantles the world, and its genre

Forever Skies

Developer/publisher Far From Home Format PC (tested), PS5,

Post Script

All your base

Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves

This long-awaited sequel is like the age-worn fighting

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

They say the camera never lies; the implied

Skin Deep

Developer Blendo Games Publisher Annapurna Interactive Format PC Release

Post Trauma

Developer Red Soul Games Publisher Raw Fury Format PC

Tempest Rising

Developer Slipgate Ironworks Publisher 3D Realms, Knights Peak Format

Bionic Bay

Developer Mureena, Psychoflow Publisher Kepler Interactive Format PC,

I, Robot

Developer Llamasoft Publisher Atari Format PC (version tested),

Ghost Town

Developer/publisher Fireproof Games Format Quest (2, 3, Pro)

Rusty Rabbit

Developer Nitroplus Publisher SoFun Format PC (tested), PS5,

Old Skies

Developer/publisher Wadjet Eye Games Format PC (tested), Switch