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Keyed Up
The UK has become a hot spot for co-development, something Roberts says is a result of the country’s “chaotic but creative” history of game-making. “There were a lot of big companies in the tail end of the ’90s and early ’00s that sort of fell apart,
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Developer BioWare Publisher Electronic Arts Format PC (tested), PS5, Xbox Series Release Out now With Dragon Age: The Veilguard, BioWare has made a deeply self-conscious game, visibly inspired by some of the best-loved ideas from Dragon Age and Mass
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Narrative Engine
So I played a game today with an interesting plot and good characters – and also puzzles. You can see where this is going: I hit a puzzle I couldn’t solve. The plot evaporated. The characters ran out of things to say. It became like a theme park afte
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The Rise Of The Golden Idol
Developer Color Gray Games Publisher Playstack Format PC (tested), PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series Release Out now We wouldn’t have guessed that one of the bidders at the auction was a movie star. Flat of face and thick of neck, few would ide
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Herdling
Developer Okomotive Publisher Panic Inc  Format PC, PS5, Xbox Series  Origin Switzerland Release 2025 The noise of traffic is a welcome intrusion at the start of Okomotive’s latest adventure. In its Far games, Lone Sails and Changing Tides, we were s
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Post Script
There is no matter more unresolved among Dragon Age admirers than ‘which game is the best?’ Every entry in the series is distinctly different from the one that came before it, since not only does each iteration feature a new protagonist and explore n
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Out Of The Shadows
Who made Hogwarts Legacy? Glance at the game’s box, or its listing on any digital storefront, and you’ll see that it was developed by Warner Bros Games – or more specifically its Avalanche Software subsidiary in Utah. But that’s only half the story.
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Final Fantasy Vii: Rebirth
Format PS5 Developer/publisher Square Enix (Creative Business Unit I) Origin Japan Release 2024 Nothing in the world is permanent: this is the message of the seventh and possibly most beloved Final Fantasy, the 1997 game in which we contend with the
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Metal Slug Tactics
Developer Leikir Studio Publisher Dotemu Format PC, PS4, PS5 (tested), Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series Release Out now Run and gun is a concept so intrinsic to Metal Slug that even this turn-based spinoff works hard to ensure its inclusion. Thus, stret
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This Month On Edge
bridgecommand.space Having toured the sets of this London-based space sim while it was being built, back in E396, we knew broadly what to expect. The scale and fidelity of its Star Trek-styled interiors remain impressive, though, provided you can st
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Mutation Nation
Game Reanimal Developer Tarsier Studios Publisher THQ Nordic Format PC, PS5, Xbox Series Release TBA We make a strange pair. Two children sit in a small dinghy bobbing in the dark water, the boat’s outboard motor quiet. The girl wears a white shift a
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Dialogue
Since E397’s UFO 50 feature, I’ve been counting the days until its release. I loved the concept of an obscure, forgotten studio, the fact that the team had worked on it for eight years, the retro-cool graphics in the screenshots. And I loved the fact
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Q&A
At what point did you decide to create a card game for Rebirth? The card games in Final Fantasy VIII and IX left a strong impression on me. They are what I think of most when it comes to minigames in the series, so I wanted to do something similar in
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Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6
Developer Raven Software, Treyarch Publisher Activision Format PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series Release Out now Somewhere near the box office of the Stade Corsaire, there’s an FM radio that only plays Faith No More’s Epic. As players strafe and sl
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Sid Meier’s Civilization Vii
Developer Firaxis Games Publisher 2K Format PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Switch Origin US Release February 11 As creative director of the Civilization series, Ed Beach is one of the more precise and economical thinkers in videogame design. As
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The Long Game
Developer/publisher Poncle Format PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series Release 2022 As Vampire Survivors expanded through early access and then its two first DLCs, it gained arenas, characters and weapons, but the formula remained unchanged. O
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Planet Coaster 2
Developer/publisher Frontier Developments Format PC (tested), PS5, Xbox Series Release Out now Gaze in awe, puny mortal, upon the Bifröst. In Norse mythology, the celestial rainbow bridge connected the realms of Asgard and Midgard, linking humanity t
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Trails Blazing
The three years since we previously talked with Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo, for E362’s Studio Profile, have been busy ones for the veteran Japanese RPG developer. On home turf, it has just released The Legend Of Heroes: Kai No Kiseki, the
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The Curse Of Exclusivity
Playing a trans or non-binary character in Dragon Age: The Veilguard is more than a matter of choosing a body type. Your character’s identity comes up in conversation with other party members, and deciding how to respond deepens the roleplaying exper
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Strange Bedfellows
Our exploration of Civilization VII and conversation with its creative director, Ed Beach, has us thinking about the alliances that might arise. With the new game placing greater emphasis on leaders, encompassing a wider definition of the term and de
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Trigger Happy
For many years, in simpler times, the alarm tone on my phone was the Great Fairy Fountain music, specifically the arrangement from Ocarina Of Time. That magical theme, somehow comforting and heartbreaking simultaneously, has from its first appearance
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Slitterhead
Developer/publisher Bokeh Game Studio Format PC, PS4, PS5 (tested), Xbox Series Release Out now Blood is often a key ingredient in horror, but rarely is it as intrinsic to proceedings as in Slitterhead. A great deal of it is spilled by the game’s mon
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Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Developer Acquire Publisher Nintendo Format Switch Release Out now This year has given us RPG threats as diverse as regicidal usurpers, elven deities and clones with mother issues, but Nintendo saves the most dire for last: poor cable management. A k
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Soundbytes
Keeping an eye on the coin-op gaming scene Game Alpha Ops VR Strike  Manufacturer Sega With COVID rebounding in waves, we’re still a bit reluctant to strap arcade-based VR headsets to our faces, but Sega’s latest venture in the field feels at least a
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Skate Story
Developer By Sam Eng Publisher Devolver Digital  Format PC  Origin US  Release TBA The first time we met Sam Eng, at June’s Summer Game Fest, he arrived clutching the skateboard he rode across LA to get there. There’s no question, then, that the Skat
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