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Feature How Julian 'Jaz' Rignall Is Helping Make Video Games Better
What the legendary journalist did next
Interview How Gamebox Systems Is Breathing New Life Into Old Hardware
"There is no better way to experience it"
The Making Of GTA London, Rockstar's Daring Detour Into The Swinging Sixties
How a group of Canadian developers brought anarchy to the UK
The Making Of Grand Theft Auto, The Start Of The 370-Million-Selling GTA Franchise
"We never believed that it would actually cause that much trouble"
Feature As GTA Turns 25, We Speak To The People Who Made It Happen
"It’s a game we are all proud to be part of"
Flashback How The Failure Of Cyberpunk RPG 'Project M' Doomed The Legendary SSI
"This wrong decision ended up costing many jobs at the company"
Flashback It's 30 Years Since 'Sonic 2sday' - And Here's How It Happened
"That one was really bodacious. It was the hardest and closest to failure"
The Making Of Red Alarm, The Virtual Boy's Answer To Star Fox
"It seemed the game had drawn a lot of attention within Nintendo"
Feature Did You Know That Front Mission, Cybernator And Assault Suit Leynos Are All Connected?
"Oh, that's right! These two games are brothers!"
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 19th)
What's keeping your fingers busy this weekend?
Flashback Before Twitter And Tesla, Elon Musk Made Video Games
Before SpaceX, he was really into 'Rocket Science'
Flashback The Story Behind Metal Gear Solid's "The Best Is Yet To Come"
How Irish musicians created Metal Gear Solid's most haunting theme
Flashback Here's Why Yuzo Koshiro's Name Appears On So Many Title Screens
"It was actually my mother's idea"
Interview Trista Bytes On Carving Out A Career In The Retro Gaming Scene
"It’s brilliant fun up on stage and I love it"
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 12th)
What's keeping your digits busy?
The Making Of Carmageddon, The Controversial Racer That Took On The BBFC And Won
"We wanted the collisions to feel real"
Sacred Spaces Rare's Manor Farm HQ - Nintendo's '90s Hit Factory
"I couldn't believe I was there. Getting that job changed my life"
The Making Of Killer Instinct, Nintendo's Street Fighter And Mortal Kombat Killer
"My first ever job was modelling a haunted house for a werewolf"
Interview GamesYouLoved's Chris Hill On Building A Successful Retro Gaming Community
"It's about the community and sharing their love for retro gaming"
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 5th)
A week is a long time in gaming
Feature My Quest To Keep Video Game Magazines Alive Might Break Me
"If you love what someone does, please support them however you can"
Feature Retrospelsfestivalen's First Post-Pandemic Show Scores Big
29,000 square feet of retro goodness
Guide Best Silent Hill Games - Every Silent Hill Game Ranked
Running up that (Silent) Hill, just in time for Halloween
Flashback Did Anyone Actually Win Castlevania III's Trip To Transylvania?
Did this unique Halloween prize ever happen?
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 29th)
A week is a long time in video games
The Making Of Live A Live, A Groundbreaking JRPG Masterpiece
"It's thanks to Final Fantasy that I was able to do all of this"
Feature The Untold Story Of Rival Dreams, And Three 'Abandoned' GBA Games
Including a never-before-seen video
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 22nd)
What's in your cartridge slot this weekend?
Flashback Poor Pay, Underage Staff And No Credits - Digging Into Falcom's Dark Past
"It's always the case that Falcom don't credit me"
Flashback Why Did We Never Get A True 'Last Starfighter' Video Game?
"At the time there was talk from Pony Canyon about making a licensed game"
The Making Of WipEout, The Trailblazer Of 'Generation PlayStation'
"It’s amazing that we even managed to produce the game at all"
Feature How R-Type Was De-Made For The Game Boy, Before Demakes Were A Thing
"It was thought it would be impossible to convert it to the Game Boy"
Flashback Unravelling The Confusing History Of Rambo On Japanese Computers
Grab yourself a coffee, this might take a while
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 15th)
What's on the agenda this weekend?
The Making Of Diddy Kong Racing, The Game That Overtook Mario Kart
How a diddy development team made a huge impact on the kart racing genre
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 8th)
What retro titles are taking up your time?
Talking Point Have You Checked Your Floppy Disks Recently? They Might Be Dead
If one still loads, it's living on borrowed time