DISPATCHES JULY

Take nothing less than the supreme best

The act of transitioning from one place to

Disco Elysium

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

How can gaming get greener?

And are the UK industry’s attempts to tackle the climate crisis enough?

Broadcast media

Behind the scenes of Ghosts, an FMV-based game that can only be played once per day

Nurturing nature

How Afrofuturist strategy game We Are The Caretakers is helping to tackle real-world rhino poaching

The new Propaganda

How years of struggle led to Brainwash Gang revealing seven games at once

MOTHER NATURE

You’re responsible for three cubs, who will grow

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

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

Unreliable Narrator

Exploring stories in games and the art of telling tales

Home sweet home?

There’s no place like it, or so the

TWELVE MINUTES

And you’re back in the room

GORD

Exploring the darkness on the edge of town

ROAD 96

Taking a trip that delights in the path not taken

THE DRIVER SYNDICATE

The long-dormant Driver series gets an old-school indie tribute

MOONGLOW BAY

Bunnyhug’s debut pulls you in hook, line and sinker

HAROLD HALIBUT

The life aquatic has never looked so good

TOODEE AND TOPDEE

This puzzle-platformer puts everything into perspective

THE FERMI PARADOX

Strategy on an intergalactic scale

ROUNDUP

RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Developer/publisher SIE (Insomniac

SOLAR FLAIR

Heart Machine’s elegant actionplatformer redefines open-world traversal

PLAYING POLITICS

From triple-A to two-person teams, the developers refusing to shy away from politics in their games

COLLECTED WORKS DAVID CRANE

From Atari 2600 to SNES and back again – nearly 40 years later

NECROBARISTA

Visual and novel: the story behind a bittersweet and distinctively Australian brew

THE GAME KITCHEN

How a small group of friends brought beautiful nightmares to life with their blood, sweat and tears

Celeste

How facing inner turmoil helped us climb a mountain

Elements of the past, and elements of the future

There’s a distinctly nostalgic feel to this month’s

Resident Evil Village

Y ou can tell a lot about someone

Post Script

In praise of the Duke, the nicest man in the village

Returnal

We die, and our next run begins before

Post Script

Yes, £70 for a game feels like a lot. But before you walk away, consider the alternatives

New Pokémon Snap

Given the prevalence of videogame photo modes, perhaps

Oddworld: Soulstorm

The sound of hard rocks slapping against bloody,

Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir/The Girl Who Stands Behind

Given the current craze for relitigating murdersof yesteryear,

R-Type Final 2

R -Type Final 2 has only one substantial

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

What do an anthropomorphic vegetable and Doomguy have

Tasomachi: Behind The Twilight

Gentle, unassuming, straightforward: the kind of adjectives that

MaskMaker

Much has been made of PS5’s SSD speeds

World Of Demons

PlatinumGames’ newest antihero has a troubled past, to

Ashwalkers

Reaching the end of our journey to the