Issue #064
NEWS Link to heading
Xbox Boss Teases Big Year for Game Pass in 2021
Microsoft Is Trying To Ramp Up Xbox Series X/S Production, Phil Spencer Says
AMD submits a new patent for an MCM “GPU chiplet” design for future RDNA architectures
Original Developer Finishes PS1 Game From 1998
New Uncharted Movie Images Revealed Teasing Tom Holland’s Upcoming Adventure
Epic Games buys shopping mall to convert into new headquarters
Iconic World of Warcraft Cosplayer Passes Away
Nintendo buying Luigi’s Mansion 3 developer Next Level Games
EA’s Respawn working on new IP following Jedi: Fallen Order success
Tech tariffs and scarcity add up to big PC hardware price hikes, and Asus is kicking it off
Digital games spending reached $127 billion in 2020
Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo 20 years ago “but they just laughed their asses off”
Twitch pulls Pogchamp emote over link to Capitol siege supporter
Twitch Disables President Trump’s Account, Citing “Incendiary Rhetoric”
REVIEWS Link to heading
FEATURES Link to heading
2020 has made me reconsider what ‘game of the year’ means
PSLS Game of the Year 2020 Awards – Game of the Year Winner
2020 in Review: Winners and Losers
Death Stranding’s Chiral Network is nonsense, but there’s science behind it
Fundamentally, Yes, I Do Like ‘Cyberpunk 2077’
Almost 30 years after its release, I still can’t get enough of HeroQuest
Diablo Immortal: Why Fans Should Give It A Chance
How the developer of Orcs Must Die! escaped corporate influence
Why I love the subtle domestic dread of Anatomy
Cyberpunk 2077’s Panam Is One Of The Best NPCs Of The Generation
How Jagex Is Keeping MMORPG ‘Runescape’ Alive After 20 Years
How One Man Is Fixing The SNES’ Biggest Weakness
Gamasutra’s Best of 2020: The top 10 game developers of the year
How S.F.’s Supergiant made ‘Hades,’ one of 2020’s most acclaimed video games
Xbox: The Oral History of an American Video Game Empire
Capcom vs. SNK: An oral history
DISCUSSIONS Link to heading
The VG247 Book Report: what we played in the holidays
What are your “must play” games that everyone should play at some point in their life?
VIDEOS Link to heading
First 5 Minutes of Hitman 3’s Opening Dubai Mission
The Medium - Official 14-Minute Gameplay
Gods Will Fall - Official Gameplay Trailer.
FUNNY Link to heading
They still have that charm to them though
I bet those ripped dudes will keep it safe
DEV / DESIGN Link to heading
Analysing the major mobile game design and feature trends of 2020