Interview

Last Stop was almost a spiritual successor to Virginia

It was initially set in America before the UK-based devs brought it home

Company Of Heroes 3 devs talk janky tanks, motorbikes, and a mysterious super-heavy oddball

Actually, the scientist was called Tankenstein

Rainbow Six Extraction's failsafe system will never leave you without playable operators

Also, I don't think Caveira will be able to interrogate the aliens

Slime Rancher 2 will be bigger and even more colourful than the original

Game director Nick Popovich tells us what to expect from the slime-coralling sequel

Failbetter Games on how to not make a DLC

Sometimes the winning move is not to play

Wandersong dev on the challenges of trading singing for painting in Chicory

We chat to Greg Lobanov about the origins of his latest game

Victoria 3 won't sugar-coat colonialism, but it'll give you the chance to resist it

If you can't join them, beat them.

Animal Crossing 'em up Hokko Life started out more like Transport Tycoon

It's out now in early access

Developers tell us why early access games are better than ever

"It feels like we're kind of like the second generation of early access games"

How Total War: Warhammer's players built themselves a World Championship

Grassroots warfare

Twelve Minutes preview: a time loop thriller about finding empathy - even with your killer

Eternity eating the same thing for dinner is the real horror

Eve Online will never die, says head of studio after 18 years

We spoke to Hilmar Pétursson about the space MMO's past and future

Age Of Empires 4 looks like it's got the right balance between old and new. And Elephants.

Age Of Empires 2, 2

Why Valheim wants to stop you using portals

Portals are historically inaccurate anyway

How Loop Hero's impossible mishmash of ideas came to exist

It all started with a little dude stuck in a rut

Hearthstone's randomness is being curbed for consistency

Also: a fight to the death in a melee of bellowing orcs

How Bugsnax became a source of wholesome queer representation

"Everyone’s normal is different."

How The Impossible Bottle makes text adventuring accessible

Examine article

Apex Legends' future could see live game-changing events

"It's a ton of effort for one moment, and that's sort of the thing we've gotta get just right"

Meet the developer who designed Assassin's Creed Valhalla's fictional Isu language

You may need to develop a sixth sense if you fancy learning it

How hard is it to make your video game dog pettable?

Ask yourself not 'can?', but 'why?'

Fallout 76 is planning Fallout 4-style off map expansions

And other gossip from the devs

How do you play Sea Of Thieves with no sight? You steer the ship

I spoke to Sightless Kombat, a gamer without sight, about how far games still have to come before they're fully accessible

The Flare Path talks to Ryan Hewer

“Bad wears many hats in Rogue State: Revolution”

Amnesia: Rebirth's bright setting is designed to create a different type of fear, Frictional Games tell us

"What's scary isn't the monsters or location, it's that you're stranded"