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NO RUSSIANS • CALL OF DUTY’s director ditched enemy nations so he could visit without bodyguards
Highs & Lows
MATTER OF TIMING • SILKSONG highlights the difficulty of picking a release date and the risks in delays
MOVING TARGETS • Four games that moved their release date after Silksong’s surprise announcement
Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY
HELL LET LOOSE: VIETNAM • The ‘light military simulation’ game ships out to Vietnam, 1965
DINOLORDS • Action RPG combat and RTS battles with dinosaurs? Hell yes!
DISPATCH • Superhero management in the Telltale mould
SECRET AGENT WIZARD BOY AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIME SYNDICATE • A promising young sorcerer receives a letter from MI6
THE JOY OF SIX • BATTLEFIELD 6 is coming, and could be a renaissance for the series
FIRE IN THE HOLE • The first few hours of Battlefield 6
DUCK AND COVER • The Battlefield 6 experience
HISTORY LESSON • Battlefield’s best bits
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NATURAL 20 • Twenty-five years ago, BALDUR’S GATE II set videogame RPGs on the path to becoming the industry-defining genre they are today. Here’s how.
BALDUR’S BOX OFFICE GATE • Who of today’s acting crop would best play which role in Baldur’s Gate II?
LONG SHADOWS • BGII’s influence can be felt through the ages
CHAPTER TIMES AND LINEARITY • Baldur’s Gate II fluctuates between linearity and open-world exploration
DIGITAL FOSSIL • Whatever happened to GUNMAN CHRONICLES? Tracing the history of Valve’s forgotten shooter
FORGOTTEN PERSON SHOOTER • Three other FPS games that are now lost to the sands of time
GUNMAN CHRONICLE • Your opening hour playing this forgotten FPS…
ZOMBIE O’CLOCK • How my Kyle spends his time
KYLE TRIALS • Kyle Crane is out for revenge in DYING LIGHT: THE BEAST
CRANE GANG • Here are the important people Crane befriends
PAIN FACTOR • A newbie’s guide to Silksong’s first hour
BRILLI-ANT • HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG proves that there is pleasure in pain
SO MANY BUILDS • These trees rock
FUN & GUN(S) • BORDERLANDS 4 is so good, even a bad UI can’t ruin it
THE BORDERLANDS 4 CYCLE • Mostly having fun. Mostly
GOLD RUSH • DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR has dug its way out of Early Access, and it rocks
DWARVES AT WORK • DRG:S spins the four roles out into 12 classes
CRONOS’ CATS • Furry friends you can find
KILL IT WITH FIRE • CRONOS has some moments of charm, but they aren’t enough to outweigh the lows
DOWN AND OUT • Explore a hole new world in FALLSTRUKTUR
TEXT SPEAK • Love letters? Then you’ll love LOVE LETTERS
YOU SHALL, GUY • Escape from the stress of the real world with SHALGUY
TAK THE BLOCK • Laying down the law in JUDGEMENT
COURT STEALING • No objections to PHOENIX WRIGHT: ACE ATTORNEY TRILOGY
OSCAR WORTHY • Missing hands and handsome doors in SYBERIA
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