Julian Gollop on XCOM
The man who created X-COM on what he thinks of Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown remake and the future of turn-based strategy.
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Opinion: Games can't tell stories
Videogames are not a storytelling medium, asserts Tadhg Kelly, no matter what people say.
21Out There: Skyrim's open spaces
The restrictions and beauty of freedom, plus Microsoft's amazing pixel smoothing tech and the art of ugly in character creation.
Places: Aperture Science
Why Valve’s time-ravaged laboratory is a masterpiece of darkly comic but linear design.
2Why don't we finish games?
We all start with the best intentions, but somehow things often go awry. What's the problem, asks usability expert Graham McAllister.
11Assassin's Creed Revelations: Annual mission
We speak to mission design director Falco Poiker about the pressures and profits of building a game a year.
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Cliff Bleszinski interview
We go in-depth with Epic's creative director on Gears Of War 3's story, themes and design.
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Find your future at Crytek UK - to work on Homefront 2? - or up and coming Playground Games.
Exploring Borderlands' Pandora
How a dash of redneck charm brought Gearbox Software's world to life.
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Building Liberty City
We chronicle the rise of the 3D metropolis at the heart of the GTA universe.
Opinion: Change for change's sake
Today's games' disparate assortment of ideas make for a queasy experience, argues Steven Poole.
2David Braben on Disneyland
"Imagineers want to give you the impression that you’re flying. We can take that one step further."
Hitman: Absolution: telling stories
With checkpoints and scripted sequences, Absolution isn’t afraid to make some big changes to the Hitman formula. We ask IO why.
2Building worlds with a single click
We look at two indie procedural world projects to ask, can their innovations benefit mainstream gaming?
4DICE on Battlefield 3's multiplayer
Lead multiplayer designer Lars Gustavsson discusses catering for every type of player.
2Working (and playing) for Valve
How playing other people’s games might just get you a job making their next one.
The story of Chime Super Deluxe: Play the game
Zoe Mode game director Brynley Gibson reveals how the developer went about improving on the first Chime.