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30 YEARS OF FIFA

Ben Wilson digs into the story of gaming's biggest sports series - as told by those who made it happen

"THE ULTIMATE COMFORT GAMING EXPERIENCE? I'VE MINIFIGURED IT OUT."

Lego games click together to fill a cosy niche that's like nothing else

"SHOULD 'JRPG' BE RETIRED AS A TERM, OR DOES IT HAVE MEANING?"

Naoki Yoshida makes a valid point, but what should we all do?

ISLE OF MAN TT: RIDE ON THE EDGE 3

What’s that coming over the hill – is it a (Ducati) Monster?

LIVING HELL

DIABLO IV refines the ARPG series for a new era

THE HISTORY OF DIABLO

Blizzard’s writers and loremasters give us a guided tour of DIABLO’S story so far, and what it all means for Diablo IV

OUTCAST

A cinematic action adventure that reaches for the stars.

WAYFINDER

An MMO from the teams behind Warframe and Darksiders

WARTALES

Wander a land filled with danger and unpleasant wildlife

CORE RETURNS

ARMORED CORE VI marks the first PC entry in the cult classic mecha sim saga

THE NEW WEST

Five years old, HUNT: SHOWDOWN is still the most interesting FPS in gaming

WARHAMMER 40,000: DARKTIDE

After a terrible launch the co-op online shooter is finding its feet.

SPEAKERS AND SOUNDBARS

Let’s test some tweeters and woofers to see which deliver bone-rattling, Earth-shattering audio.

CHARGE DEPLETED

PORTABLE GAMING’s a broader church than ever – are laptops still relevant?

PURPLE PATCH

BONZI BUDDY, the desktop companion who did $1bn of damage

LOOTING STARS

EVERSPACE 2 might be the Diablo in space we’ve always wanted

HEART AND SOUL

Explore a beautiful tropical island using magic powers in TCHIA

TRANSLATION GAME

JEREMY BLAUSTEIN and SAM BURTON on what it takes to localise a game

LEON ME

The RESIDENT EVIL 4 remake isn’t the greatest game ever made: this is just a tribute

KEOKEN INTERACTIVE

From the kitchen table to the stars: how a pair of sibling dreamers achieved lift-off

NET GAINS

Can Netflix become a game-publishing powerhouse to match its ambitions in TV and film?

Citizen Sleeper

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

WEIRD WEST

How a team of former Arkane devs wrangled an increasingly Wild West

THE WISDOM OF CROWDS

The story of Humanity: how Enhance’s unique puzzler is seeking to recapture the spirit of early PlayStation

BUILT DIFFERENT

How Heart Machine’s Hyper Light sequel is breaking new ground for the open-world Roguelike

VIEWFINDER

A picturesque puzzler with far more than one weird trick to show you

DIABLO IV

Blizzard's infernal ARPG opens its gates

THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE: NECROM

Magic, memory and Morrowind: getting to the crux of it with 2023’s expansion

Final Fantasy XV

A royal camping trip that went awry – but found partial redemption in the friends made along the way

The Last Kids on Earth: Hit the Deck

I got the chance to preview The Last Kids on Earth: Hit the Deck! while it was in Early Access on Steam. This title is the second game based on the young-adult novel series of the same name and the Netflix show which currently has three seasons.