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New dawn, long shadows • Esports is stable again, but a new benefactor puts devs, teams and fans in a moral quandary
Epic turnaround • 2016’s Paragon was a flop, so why is Predecessor, a game built upon its foundations, a hit in 2025?
Sweet spot • Magicave hopes its Venn puzzler will introduce a new category of game
Skeleton crew • The game studio on a mission to decolonise palaeontology
CARDER BEATS THE DEVIL • This poker Roguelike offers players a sliver of a chance in Hell – by cheating
Soundbytes • Game commentary in snack-sized mouthfuls
THIS MONTH ON EDGE • Some of the other things on our minds when we weren’t doing everything else
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Trigger Happy • Shoot first, ask questions later
The Outer Limits • Journeys to the farthest reaches of interactive entertainment
HYPE • THE GAMES IN OUR SIGHTS THIS MONTH
Fun, anyone?
WRECKREATION • This exhaustive construction kit may lead to Burnout
AMBROSIA SKY • Decoding mortality, one scrub at a time
DISPATCH • Trading the cowl for a telephone headset in a superhero call centre
AWAYSIS • What’s the story? Brawling glory
GOTHIC • A Spanish remake looking to fulfil some German fantasies
FROSTHAVEN • Snapshot’s boardgame adaptation looks to retain a human touch
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RETRO FUTURISM • How Obsidian Entertainment is studying its past to chart a future among the stars
PARKS AND EXPLORATION • Where do the shrunken environs of Grounded 2 fit into Obsidian’s masterplan?
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BOUND BY BLOOD • How two of Japan’s most distinctive directors combined minds to create a little horror
STAYING ALIVE • Survival games are more popular than ever, but is one of the decade’s most influential genres more endangered than it seems?
DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS • Going all the way back to the beginning for a fresh start
ICHIGOICHIE • Getting back into the groove of making music games, and staying the course
PLAY • REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS
Nintendo goes bananas
Donkey Kong Bananza
Post Script • Bananza has layers, but what about levels?
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers
Post Script • And back again
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Killing Floor 3
Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream
Wheel World
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
Shadow Labyrinth
The Wandering Village
Tales Of The Shire: A Lord Of The Rings Game
RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business
The Drifter
Hollow Knight • As the wait for Silksong nears its end, can the original justify all these years of anticipation?
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Destiny 2: The Edge Of Fate • A progress report on the games we just can’t quit
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