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THE MAKING OF DEAD SPACE

With a remake on the horizon, the developers of a sci-fi horror classic tell their story

NEW AGE

The unique mechanics of the Mongols are a perfect symbol of what makes AGE OF EMPIRES IV unique.

SIFU

How to win fights and intimidate people

GUITAR HERO

THE ARTFUL ESCAPE is an epic rock opera of psychedelic perfection

BUDGET MICROPHONES

You don’t need to spend a lot to whisper sweet nothings over the world wide web.

Tales From The Crypto

Environmentally-friendly power for CRYPTO MINING is becoming a big issue

East Moves West In Total War: Warhammer II Part 1

Can stubborn dwarfs colonise the far side of the world?

Tie Fighter: Total Conversion

A brilliant port of the classic dogfighting sim.

SMOOTH OPERATOR

Killing time rather than targets in HITMAN

AXIOM DISRUPTOR

AXIOM VERGE 2 is less Metroid, more ’vania

ROYAL PAIN

KING’S BOUNTY II does both tactics and RPG, but neither very well

ALIENTIDE

ALIENS: FIRETEAM ELITE isn’t the perfect organism, but it’s decent co-op fun.

POST NO BILLS

Having a jolly holiday with parcels in POSTBIRD IN PROVENCE

TIME WASTED

12 MINUTES squanders its time loop on dull repetition and the year’s worst twist ending.

Full Steam Ahead

Hands-on with the STEAM DECK, Valve’s attempt to make your Steam library portable.

We All Play Games

From indies to blockbusters, developers are striving to include disabled players now more than ever

DEAD CERT

For hundreds of days, Brian Hicks battled to finish DAYZ – and didn’t quite get there.

NUCLEAR OPTIONS

CHERNOBYLITE is a rare game that makes you feel the weight of your decisions

LONDON CALLING

Four Londoners are about to have a very bad day in narrative adventure LAST STOP

RISE ABOVE

THE ASCENT is a quality action-RPG set in a mind-blowing cyberpunk city

ANALOG FLICK

BOOMERANG X brings gamepad control closer to mouse-aim than ever

BIONIC MAN

Meet TRENT OSTER, the bloke who launched Neverwinter Nights twice

DREDGE

Lovecraftian fishing game puts squid back on the menu

BOYFRIEND DUNGEON

A dating sim where you romance deadly weapons

WEIRD WEST

A new perspective on immersive sims

VIDEODAMES

The grandma gamers of the GRAND DAMES

PSYCHOBABBLE

SCARLET NEXUS’ excellent combat system buffers a classically unhinged anime story

VERBAL REMEDY

Mixed signals and missing punchlines in the otherwise brilliant THIMBLEWEED PARK

“Thousands of people helped me and they never even knew it”

FINAL FANTASY XIV versus maternity

FUN WITH PORTALS

WORLD OF WARCRAFT: THE BURNING CRUSADE CLASSIC is still great, but the grind is real