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Future Shock

The first seven hours of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided reveal a dark, hopeless future gripped by fear and uncertainty.

Finding the Next Messi

How Clubs Are Using Football Manager to Help Them Find Their Next Star Player 

GWENT: The Witcher Card Game

Is there life after The Witcher 3 for CD Projekt Red’s card game?

Theme Hospital

Checking back into Bullfrog’s management sim.

Amadeus

An impressive Amnesia: The Dark Descent story.

“The Grey, Misty Gloom Streaking Past Me Is Authentically British”

Recreating the tedium of the railway experience in TRAIN SIMWORLD: GREAT WESTERN EXPRESS

“Rats Pour From The Walls And Floor”

Saying goodbye to VERMINTIDE

All Or nothing

Exploring identity and memory in ALL OUR ASIAS.

Watch Dogs 2

Hands-on with another stylish but unconvincing hacktivist yarn.

Like Clockwork

Supernatural assassin Emily Kaldwin goes up against an evil genius and an army of mechanical soldiers in DISHONORED 2.

Max Payne 3

A quest for vengeance in Brazil.

The 20 Most Spectacular Game Worlds

Beautiful or desolate, intricate or vast, these are the game worlds everyone should explore.

Welcome To The Jungle

Creative Assembly’s fantasy battle project enters its second phase with TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER II. 

Andie Nordgren

EVE ONLINE’s executive producer on going free-to-play and keeping players interested.

Off The Beaten​​​​​​​ Path

RPG designers tell us how to make the perfect sidequest.

Marvel Vs Capcom:Infinite

Hands-on with Capcom’s other big fighting game.

Kenshi

Create your own story in a brutal, uncaring world.

Sparc 

Getting sweaty in a new VR game from the makers of EVE.

Raphael Colantonio

Raphael is the founder of Arkane Studios, and creative director of Prey. We talked to him about the history of the studio, and the resurgence of the immersive sim.

Concerted Efforts

How The Chinese Room rebuilt DEAR ESTHER for a live tour

Common Conversation

Why a wall of text is hard to build.

Battle Royal

Which king is the kingliest? There’s only one way to find out in TOTAL WAR SAGA: THRONES OF BRITANNIA

Barotrauma

Explore an alien ocean in a rickety old submarine

Viral Transmission

How audience analysis can help game trailers spread

Swag Hurts

Why devs make merchandise and what it costs them.

Age Of Wonders: Planetfall

A weird sci-fi toolbox with strong tactical battles

Listening To Conversations In Exploration Games

Getting to know characters through chatter.

Alcohol Is Everything In Romero Games' Prohibition-Era Game

Alcohol is everything in Romero Games’ prohibition-era game

The Halo Effect

Faithful to its licence, F1 2018 is both high-tech and outdated.

Dawn To Dusk

PLANET ALPHAs alien beauty fails to charm.