Features (Page 7)

Paige from Paper Trail sitting on a floating bed with magical swirls around her, and a dolphin to her right.

Interview

Tracing a line through design, with the developers of Paper Trail

How Netflix, origami, and Romanian tattoos shaped a deceptively clever puzzler.

Aug. 17, 2024 Jessica Orr

A photo of Bertie in a vest and shorts with a fitness gaming device strapped around his waist and arms. It's called Quell. Bertie is smiling and has a visible t-shirt tan.

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What we've been playing - fitness games, old classics, and Dungeons & Dragons

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Aug. 16, 2024 Robert Purchese

Persona 3 DLC screenshot showing four anime characters celebrating after a battle

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Persona 3's Episode Aigis DLC has left me with plenty of unanswered questions

SEES control.

Aug. 15, 2024 Ed Nightingale

Arco official screenshot showing two tiny riders on mounts in a bright sunny desert amongst a giant ribcage

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Now Playing | Pixel art adventure Arco's really good fun - but it's also very buggy at the moment

Some preliminary thoughts before we circle back.

Aug. 14, 2024 Christian Donlan

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Digital Foundry | Why VRR is not a magic bullet for fixing poor performance

Variable refresh rate is a game-changer - but it has its limits.

Aug. 14, 2024 Alex Battaglia

A ship sails toward an iron rig at sunrise in Dredge's The Iron Rig DLC.

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Now Playing | Dredge's The Iron Rig DLC holds up a mirror to Still Wakes the Deep, and comes off slightly worse for wear

Let's drill into it.

Aug. 14, 2024 Katharine Castle

A masculine-looking character, viewed from behind, hunched over a computer in a dark, grey office.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Offices

Lift off.

Aug. 14, 2024 Robert Purchese

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Digital Foundry | The Dark Souls 2 Lighting Engine mod delivers the remastered experience this game demands

Fully modernising a sometimes overlooked From classic.

Aug. 11, 2024 Thomas Morgan

A close-up of a huge brain-like, tentacled mind flayer face in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Supporters | Let's get evil in Baldur's Gate 3: The beginning of the end

Part 9.

Aug. 11, 2024 Robert Purchese

AC Odyssey screenshot of a small sailboard at sea against the setting sun

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Can video games match the warmth of summer? No, but an Odyssey and a Wildlife Adventure are the next best thing

Great ex-vacations.

Aug. 10, 2024 Aamir Mehar

The title screen from Doom 2, with the Doom Slayer fighting a Cyberdemon.

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Supporters | Game of the Week: Doom 2 is eternal

Hurt me plenty.

Aug. 9, 2024 Katharine Castle

A screenshot from 7 Days to Die, showing a first-person perspective of a person holding a hunting knife as a bulbous rotten zombie charges towards them. There's a feminine zombie nearby with their arms outstretched as if hungry for brains. Perhaps they are.

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What we've been playing - games that refuse to die, superb interactive fiction, and The End

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Aug. 9, 2024 Robert Purchese

Interview

Digital Foundry | The making of Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 - the Ninja Theory interview

Breaking down an Unreal Engine 5 technological showcase.

Aug. 8, 2024 John Linneman

A huge, spiny, tusked, toothed monstrosity faces the camera. Facing it and looking up from beneath is a small, top-hatted character with pointy ears. It's Baldur's Gate 3's demon butler looking upon the Slayer.

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The making of the Dark Urge in Baldur's Gate 3

How Larian honoured BioWare's story while creating its "most heroic" playthrough yet.

Aug. 8, 2024 Robert Purchese

A monster with angry eyes and long bendy arms reaches for more of a 2D dungeon to eat in Super Dungeon Muncher.

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Now Playing | The magnificent pitch of Super Dungeon Muncher is a sketch of future greatness

The nom of the game.

Aug. 7, 2024 Christian Donlan

A screenshot of the legendary browser-based sprinting game QWOP. It's a game where the keyboard keys Q W O and P control individual thighs and calves. It's bastardly hard to coordinate your limbs and moving forward with purpose.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Sprints

Get set, go.

Aug. 7, 2024 Robert Purchese

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Digital Foundry | Microsoft Auto Super Resolution tested: a new AI upscaler has arrived

The gaming highlight of the new Windows on ARM Copilot+ laptops.

Aug. 6, 2024 Richard Leadbetter

Promotional art for Cat Quest 3 showing a cartoon illustration of its heroes and villains superimposed over an old treasure map.

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Now Playing | Cat Quest 3 - more winningly approachable action-RPGing, this time with pirates

Once more with feline.

Aug. 6, 2024 Matt Wales

A tentacled beast with a huge eye belches fire in this screen from World of Goo 2.

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Now Playing | The spirit of Buster Keaton flies again in World of Goo 2

Every frame a finger painting.

Aug. 6, 2024 Christian Donlan

Illustration artwork for the Inside Eurogamer podcast. It shows - in very simple shapes - a purple radio with a smiley face on it. A friendly radio, if you will. Around it, blue and white and purple circles decorate a turquoise background.

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Supporters | Podcast: We've got two new feature series heading your way

Word.

Aug. 5, 2024 Robert Purchese

A woman stands in front of a horse, bedecked in 19th century dressage gear. It's dry and dusty all around. It's the world of Red Dead Online.

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Move over, Olympics - I did horse dressage in Red Dead Online

Canter strike.

Aug. 4, 2024 Emma Kent

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Digital Foundry | Apple's M4-powered iPad Pro delivers the triple-A gaming experience iPhone 15 Pro struggles with

And does it with the best OLED display we've ever seen.

Aug. 3, 2024 Oliver Mackenzie

A cropped picture of Mattel's Intellivision console, reflecting light from a television.

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The Intellivision's Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Cloudy Mountain summoned a franchise's low-fi, DIY spirit

Adventure climb.

Aug. 3, 2024 Jonny Malks

A warrior raises their sword while a demon goblin approaches from behind in Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

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Supporters | Game of the Week: Kunitsu-Gami feels most alive when it's standing still

Say "Seethe!"

Aug. 2, 2024 Katharine Castle

Bertie's paladin Percy raising a stein of beer to the camera. An eerie pale green glow surrounds him.

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What we've been playing - changing perceptions, persevering, and making the familiar feel new

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Aug. 2, 2024 Robert Purchese