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The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales; 2D retro pixel art game screens
The Adventures of Elliot - The Millennium Tales review: a Zelda-inspired RPG that finally pushes HD-2D forward

By Alan Wen Published

Square Enix's retro pixel tech gets a makeover for its new action-oriented adventure.

Gaming
A women in an orange jumpsuit sits on a ledge in a stylised video game
How Fumito Ueda, Mirror’s Edge and Blame! influenced Motorslice's surreal industrial world

By Ian Dean Last updated

How a two-person indie dev crafted a vast, interconnected world by hand.

Video Game Design
scenes from a surreal Giger influenced game
“It feels like a world in my head”: designing the decayed cosmos of Necrophosis

By Ian Dean Published

Ares Dragonis explains how he uses decay, scale and silence to rethink horror game design.

Video Game Design
A demonic king praying
Necrophosis: Full Consciousness review – unsettling art direction elevates shallow puzzles

By Ian Dean Published

Like exploring a living Beksiński painting, but it lacks depth.

Gaming
Art for 007 First Light
007 First Light review: something borrowed, something Bond, and utterly brilliant

By Ian Dean Last updated

A slow-burning and brutally elegant blend of Hitman and Batman: Arkham.

Gaming
Bubsy 4D, a retro cartoon character, an orange cat-like creature
Bubsy 4D review: not a cat-astrophe but not purr-fect

By Ian Dean Published

A fun revival that's also paw-sitively messy in places.

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Characters in a fantasy sci-fi game, red and glowing
Luna Abyss review: a stylish, chaotic but flawed bullet hell shooter

By Ian Dean Last updated

An indie Doom Eternal that almost hits its targets.

Gaming
A diver turns and looks at a large grey and orange sea creature
Subnautica 2 uses Unreal Engine 5 to make the ocean feel psychologically hostile

By Ian Dean Published

Everything looks beautiful and that’s exactly why it’s scary.

Video Game Design
Forza Horizon 6; a red sports car races on a white background
Forza Horizon 6 review: pure video game joy at 200mph

By Ian Dean Published

Improving on its predecessor, this sandbox racer manages the unthinkable: to be all things to all people.

Gaming
A black woman and a white man hold torches
Call of the Elder Gods review: brilliant puzzles buried inside an oddly cosy cosmic horror

By Ian Dean Published

It's all a matter of time and space (and notes, lots of notes).

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