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PLAY Magazine
April 2023
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Built to Last
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Life in the Fest lane
The Crew goes from nought to five-0
House about that then?
David Bottomley and Andrew Coggan on bringing housebound time-travel puzzle game Eternal Threads to life
Sailing under the radar
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Following the success of Stray, the team debate which animal should be PlayStation’s next indie darling
Conspiracies
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