Issue #016
NEWS Link to heading
Nintendo Provides An Update On Its IP Expansion, Says It’s Starting To See Results
You Can Only Have One Island Per Console In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Look at this gorgeous Animal Crossing-themed Switch
Xbox Series X And PlayStation 5 Are A Lot More Powerful Than You Think, Says EA
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Sold Better Than EA Thought it Would
Every Flash game disappears forever in 2020 – but this project has preserved 38,000 of them
Brazilian football club channels Game Boy Pokémon to announce new Japanese signing
Warcraft 3 Reforged has the lowest user score for a game on Metacritic
Blizzard is offering automatic refunds for Warcraft 3: Reforged
Nvidia’s cloud gaming service has officially launched, and you can use it for free
Cyberpunk 2077 will have ‘around 75’ Street Story sidequests, all of them custom made
Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser leaving the company
Amazon and Google are Microsoft’s “main competitors,” not Sony or Nintendo, says Spencer
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is free next week on the Epic Games Store
REVIEWS Link to heading
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (Switch)
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics
FEATURES Link to heading
Space is incredible, but too many games are missing the point
Meaningful stakes make games like Escape from Tarkov the future of Twitch
Disco Elysium’s Hardcore Mode is just one way games can meaningfully explore poverty
Why mystery games like Disco Elysium took over 2019
Remembering a golden era in Dark Age of Camelot
Unlocking the thrill of one of gaming’s most hardcore genres
The Bizarre, Ephemeral Magic of the Elden Ring Subreddit
How fast cars and speed demons influenced Tim Schafer’s career
Nioh 2 interview – Team Ninja’s fight to return as one of the great Japanese action game studios
Disco Elysium’s hardcore mode is perfectly horrible
The creators of Kentucky Route Zero open up about the ending of their game
Surviving The Aftermath… of the early access city builder craze
It’s not easy being green: a brief history of orcs in video games
DISCUSSIONS Link to heading
What game did you give up on and why?
VIDEOS Link to heading
FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Theme Song Trailer
Nintendo is a decade behind the rest of the gaming industry
FUNNY Link to heading
DEV / DESIGN Link to heading
Lessons and statistics after four years as an indie developer
Why forums can be great for indie discoverability and community