Issue #005

NEWS Link to heading

What Do You Get If You Mix Rocket League And Tony Hawk? REKT!, Apparently

Watch Diablo 4 gameplay for all three classes revealed so far

49% of U.S. Gamers Spent Money on Microtransactions in September 2019, In-Game Spending Down

Minecraft Earth Preview: Hands on With Minecraft Meets Pokémon GO

FunPlus Phoenix Win The ‘League Of Legends’ World Championship In A 3-0 Stomp

Death Stranding is PlayStation’s second-biggest exclusive this year

Esports Observer: Revenues and viewers are growing, as is investor interest

Stardew Valley is getting a big content update later this month

PUBG adds waypoints, removes your friends’ excuses for going the wrong way

Rare reveals its next game, Everwild

Life Is Strange Dev Reveals New Game, Tell Me Why

Sparklite The Culmination Of A Dream In The Indie Scene

REVIEWS Link to heading

Need for Speed Heat

Magic Arena

The Swords of Ditto

Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition

RUNE II

Stormland

Football Manager 2020

FEATURES Link to heading

The Bittboy PocketGo Is a Tiny, Cheap, Insanely Fun Retro Gaming Machine

Nine new genres that defined the decade in games

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order interview – ‘our project has always been single-player focused’

My obsession with progression meters, and the art of shaping the player experience

2019 Had Some Great “Comfort Food” Games

My obsession with progression meters, and the art of shaping the player experience

The Outer Worlds and Fallout: New Vegas Aren’t the Same

The decade when online video games changed everything

What does it take to make a living on Twitch?

Meet the Man Who Breaks Apart Your Favorite Games to Learn Their Secrets

Early access changed everything about games

“He’s on fire!”: How a club bouncer starred in the making of billion-dollar arcade hit NBA Jam

Fallout – What The Hell Happened to The Series?

Inside The Evolution Of Battle Royale Spectating: Fortnite, Apex Legends, And PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

Remedy’s Control Is Actually a Cold War Thriller

VIDEOS Link to heading

What Are the Most Important Games of the Decade?

Rainbow Six Siege: Shifting Tides Operators Gameplay Gadgets and Starter Tips

Shenmue 3 Launch Trailer

Age of Empires IV - Gameplay Reveal

26 Minutes Of Halo: Reach PC Gameplay

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

Red Dead Redemption 2 releases on PC A WHOLE YEAR after the console release and this is what we get

My wife playing video games with the Xbox adaptive controller for the first time affectively in 12 years. This is 30mins into Skyrim. Best money ever spent.

FUNNY Link to heading

Ocean has a lot of rivers don’t it?

An exciting new game from Hideo Kojima

DEV / DESIGN Link to heading

Going Indie in Syria

Inside Far Cry Primal’s character pipeline and customization tech