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“A NEW MONKEY ISLAND GAME, HELMED BY ITS ORIGINAL CREATOR”

GALACTIC SCANDAL • How EVE ONLINE’s most famous player was finally forced to quit the game

WINDOWS XP CHIC

$20K FOR HALO HISTORY

LAME LEGENDS

Highs & Lows

The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

This month in… 2012

BIG IN BRAZIL • Don’t know any LATIN AMERICAN GAME STUDIOS by name? That’s about to change

SFX EDUCATION • Audio director PAUL WEIR on making No Man’s Sky sound out of this world

Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY

WARFRAME: THE DUVIRI PARADOX • Digital Extreme is getting into the time loop business

SOULFRAME • After nearly a decade, the Warframe devs have a new game

CIRCUS ELECTRIQUE • Terrorising London with clowns in a Darkest Dungeon-esque RPG

CLANFOLK • Hunker down, stay warm, and stockpile everything

FARTHEST FRONTIER • A challenging survival city builder from the developer of Grim Dawn

DINKUM • Start a new life in the Australian outback

A TREASURED ISLAND • There was never meant to be a RETURN TO MONKEY ISLAND – but Ron Gilbert is making the trip.

MOONWALKING • Naoki Yoshida on how FINAL FANTASY XIV found its feet after seven years – and what’s next for the behemoth MMO.

REVIEW

Move on

This month’s absolutely feral reviewers…

SIM KITTY • STRAY is a sparkling feline adventure that always lands on its feet

MOUSE TRAP • Save a cursed forest in WITCH STRANDINGS, the latest ‘strand game’

SWING TIME • MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN REMASTERED is a mostly good port of a mostly good game

SILENCE, BAND • WE ARE OFK painfully wants to be your next favourite thing

SCHOOL’S A JOKE • TWO POINT CAMPUS offers a great education in zaniness

THUMBS UP, GLADI-SKATER • With slow-mo action and skating, ROLLERDROME’s the sport of the century

PAIN CONDUCTOR • SYMPHONY OF WAR: THE NEPHILIM SAGA reimagines the strategy JRPG

HOPPY DAYS • Trade with frogs, and almost become one yourself in TIME ON FROG ISLAND

DEBUG MODE • STARSHIP TROOPERS: TERRAN COMMAND gets both the strategy and the satire right

A BIGGER BOAT • Survive a waterlogged world by crafting a floating base in RAFT

WITNESS ME • Solve puzzles aplenty in funny parody game THE LOOKER

ENOUGH ROPE • Hanging by a thread in climbing platformer TOY CAVERS

GOOD GRIDDANCE • Decking the king in tactical card game PAPER SOLDIERS

LIZARD WARNING • YOOKA-LAYLEE strums the banjo

MORSEL ENEMIES • The original OVERCOOKED is a recipe for disaster

LOVERS IN A DANGEROUS SPACETIME

KUUKIYOMI: CONSIDER IT

MY FRIEND PEDRO

BUDGET CASES • Play it smart by saving money on your chassis and spending it on bigger and better components.

HIP TO BE SQUARE • The rise and fall of the gamer aesthetic

SYSTEM SHOCK • The games that forced our hand to upgrade

BUYER’S GUIDE • Build the best PC for your budget

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