Issue #022
NEWS Link to heading
Respawn used Apex Legends’ Forge to distract dataminers who “steal” surprises
Coronavirus Isolation Is Causing A Spike In Online Gaming Traffic In Italy
Baldur’s Gate 3’s Story Confirmed to Connect to Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2
New Minecraft library is clever loophole and safe haven for censored journalism
Every gaming coronavirus cancellation
A new Humankind video demonstrates how your cities and empire will grow
Helicopters arrive in Fortnite, Spy Games event begins
Hello Games’ The Last Campfire re-emerges for summer launch
Gaming and live streaming rise globally amid COVID-19 crisis
PS5 News: Everything We’ve Learned From Sony’s PlayStation 5 Reveal Event
Loads of “games to help you stay inside” are free on Itch.io right now
Untitled Goose Game nabs Game of the Year at the 2020 Game Developers Choice Awards!
Overwatch’s Next Hero is Echo, Origin Story Revealed
How the game industry is fighting the coronavirus crisis
REVIEWS Link to heading
FEATURES Link to heading
Cory Doctorow on his brand new book Attack Surface, and just about everything else
Nioh 2 and the annoying joy of fighting through a puzzle game
Iron Harvest hands-on – mech-heavy RTS might fill that Company of Heroes gap in your life
Dev reveals the many ways their tough game secretly helps the player
The researchers who once studied WoW’s Corrupted Blood plague are now fighting the coronavirus
Inside Xbox Series X: the full specs
A short history of banned games in Germany
Wasteland 3 hands-on preview – Surviving post-apocalyptic Colorado with an army of pets
How hearing became the most important sense in the modern FPS
How One Developer Is Creating A Different Kind Of Fantasy Game For Women
Against the Hegemony of Hit Points
GameStop Instructs Employees to Ignore Law Enforcement And Not Shut Down
DISCUSSIONS Link to heading
What is your favorite Co-op game that you can “beat”?
Mark Cerny’s a deep dive into the PlayStation 5.
VIDEOS Link to heading
Iron Harvest Is A WWI-Era Steampunk RTS - 20 Minutes Of Gameplay
Roller Champions Closed Alpha Gameplay Livestream
Trials Of Mana - 30 Mins Of Gameplay And Boss Fight
The Riftbreaker - Gameplay Trailer PEGI
Gabe Newell Opens Up About Valve’s Past, Present, and (Unexpected) Future – IGN First
FUNNY Link to heading
State of Decay 1 called it back in 2013
DEV / DESIGN Link to heading
A look at how different-sized studios approach the challenges of QA