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The latest long reads, interviews and perspective from across PC and console gaming.
Survival design / PC, PS5 and Xbox
Dune: Awakening's solo mode can make survival less prescriptive
The coming solo mode could make Arrakis more approachable without erasing its multiplayer identity.
Survival design / PC and console
Valheim 1.0 should be a fresh journey, not just a Deep North expedition
Deep North is not merely a new destination. It asks players to rediscover why Valheim's long journey mattered.
Action design / PC and console
Rhapsody in Scarlet needs its jazz setting to shape the action
A jazz-age setting is a promise about rhythm. Konami's new action game needs to make that promise playable.
MMO design / PC and PS5
Guild Wars 3 is choosing clarity over spectacle in its open-world combat
The coming MMO wants players to read movement, terrain and allies instead of a wall of effects.
Action design / PC and PS5
Phantom Blade Zero's armoury needs to pose real questions
A generous arsenal only matters if every weapon changes the player's tactical conversation.