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"At the time survival horror was changing. 'How action-oriented do we get?'": 16 years on, Tomm Hulett reflects on Silent Hill: Homecoming
Feature | Go big or go home? The developers of this series entry decided to do both when Silent Hill landed on PS3 and Xbox 360
The Making of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: "I thought: if we just reproduce the original game with no changes, it will feel nostalgic, but not exciting"
Feature Feature | Edge Magazine: Remaking an iconic game was daunting enough – then the developers faced the difficult second entry.
Over 20 years on, Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness devs talk Lara Croft's PS2 debut: "The pressure was on to create something new and visionary"
Interview Murti Schofield and Richard Morton talk Lara Croft's darkest tale, Kurtis Trent, her path to PlayStation 2, and more
What makes a Suda51 game? "Mainly pro wrestling," he says, and Grasshopper's new game couldn't avoid it if they tried
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Marvel Rivals announces crossover with Marvel Snap and other mobile titles
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Feature Feature | Super Metroid: An Enduring Legacy – As Nintendo's sci-fi classic turns 30, Retro Gamer revisits Zebes to speak with developers of both Metroidvanias and actual Metroid games to learn what makes Samus Aran's 2D adventure so special
Majora's Mask's blue dog finally wins the doggy race after 25 years and 30,000 attempts
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Marvel Rivals announces crossover with Marvel Snap and other mobile titles
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Majora's Mask's blue dog finally wins the doggy race after 25 years and 30,000 attempts
News A real underdog
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News "I'd be on Game Pass the moment they could fit me in, no questions asked."
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Nemesis review: "A magical sense of tension"
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Review It's a swing and a miss due to lackluster gameplay, unfortunately
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Feature | Go big or go home? The developers of this series entry decided to do both when Silent Hill landed on PS3 and Xbox 360
The Making of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: "I thought: if we just reproduce the original game with no changes, it will feel nostalgic, but not exciting"
Feature Feature | Edge Magazine: Remaking an iconic game was daunting enough – then the developers faced the difficult second entry.
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Interview Murti Schofield and Richard Morton talk Lara Croft's darkest tale, Kurtis Trent, her path to PlayStation 2, and more
What makes a Suda51 game? "Mainly pro wrestling," he says, and Grasshopper's new game couldn't avoid it if they tried
Interview Interview | "I try to think about 'how video games are supposed to be', and then avoid that as much as I can": Suda51 talks his approach to developing cult classics, and what he's learned after 27 years at Grasshopper Manufacture
30 years on, developers reflect on Super Metroid's impact: "Like Zelda and Mario, there is almost nothing else out there like it in tone. Still to this day, even"
Feature Feature | Super Metroid: An Enduring Legacy – As Nintendo's sci-fi classic turns 30, Retro Gamer revisits Zebes to speak with developers of both Metroidvanias and actual Metroid games to learn what makes Samus Aran's 2D adventure so special
Indie devs discuss why low-poly works so well for horror: "I actually think those limitations encourage weird, unique compromises"
Feature Feature | The indie developers of Back In 1995, Fear The Spotlight, and Crow Country on channelling PS1-era aesthetics in horror games to create the perfect combination of nostalgia and dread
Swery65 discusses Hotel Barcelona, his "accidental" collaboration with friend Suda51
Interview Interview | But make no mistake, this long-requested meeting of the minds is shaping up to be a truly unique experience
"We would look at all the American RPGs and the JRPGs at the time and just go, 'Right, if they're doing it, we're not": Peter Molyneux and John McCormack talk the development of Fable 20 years on
Feature Feature | The Making of Fable: Celebrating 20 years, Retro Gamer talk with Peter Molyneux and John McCormack about the highs and lows of creating Fable
26 years on, developers discuss the massive impact Metal Gear Solid had on the industry: "This was going much further than all previous action games. And that was totally inspiring"
Feature Feature | The Impact of Metal Gear Solid: Retro Gamer talks with a selection of developers about the stealth game's 1998 release, and how it changed the industry forever
7 years on, Agent 47’s attempt to contain a deadly virus in Patient Zero brings the classic Hitman stealth action to an unmatched fever pitch
Opinon | Blood in the snow – the final DLC mission in 2016's Hitman pushes players to adapt to an evolving threat with an explosive arsenal
"Issues encountered during the initial launch are a genuine part of the game’s history": Wuthering Waves producer on the road to 2.0 and the open-world action RPG's biggest update yet
Feature Interview | Wuthering Waves developer Kuro Games reflects on the game's launch recovery
26 years later, Codemasters' Chris Southall talks Colin McRae Rally: "We wanted to do something that was an authentic rally experience for the hardware of the time"
Feature Feature | The Evolution of Colin McRae Rally: Retro Gamer talks with former Codemasters creative Chris Southall on the racing series' legacy
Mr and Mrs Smith was one of the best shows of 2024 and the perfect limited series – let's hope season 2 lives up to it
Feature Opinion | The limited series may be a lost art, but hopefully Mr and Mrs Smith season 2 will live up to its great first season
One of my favorite horror movies of 2024 is a remake I disregarded months ago based on its lackluster trailer - I won't make that mistake again
Opinion Opinion: This year's Speak No Evil remake being a surprise hit and ending up in my top 10 movies of the year has made me rethink how we judge films based on their badly edited trailers
Star Trek movie star is "terrified" about how new film Section 31 will be received by fans, as he feared it “might not feel like Trek at all"
Exclusive Exclusive: Section 31 actor Robert Kazinsky gets candid over the Star Trek: Discovery spin-off's bold new direction in the new issue of SFX
Wolf Man director teases his "100% practical" monster, as he admits "some people won't like it because they love the traditional wolf too much"
Exclusive Exclusive: Leigh Whannell says his titular werewolf doesn't use any CGI
2024's best horror movie won't scare you in a traditional sense, but that's exactly why it's so hauntingly powerful
Opinion Opinion | Our writer on why I Saw The TV Glow is one of the scariest films of the year
Director of The Boys and Yellowjackets stars' twisty romance horror Companion explains why the movie couldn't have worked without them: "I can't imagine anyone else"
Exclusive Exclusive: Drew Hancock heaps praise on Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher as he teases what to expect from his upcoming genrebender Companion
Steven Soderbergh says his upcoming horror movie Presence is inspired by a decade-old reality TV show starring Carrie Fisher and Mickey Rooney
Exclusive Exclusive: Director Steven Soderbergh says he found the most unlikely inspiration for his upcoming horror movie in an iconic '00s TV show
Star Trek movie star is "terrified" about how new film Section 31 will be received by fans, as he feared it “might not feel like Trek at all"
Exclusive Exclusive: Section 31 actor Robert Kazinsky gets candid over the Star Trek: Discovery spin-off's bold new direction in the new issue of SFX
Wolf Man director teases his "100% practical" monster, as he admits "some people won't like it because they love the traditional wolf too much"
Exclusive Exclusive: Leigh Whannell says his titular werewolf doesn't use any CGI
Director of The Boys and Yellowjackets stars' twisty romance horror Companion explains why the movie couldn't have worked without them: "I can't imagine anyone else"
Exclusive Exclusive: Drew Hancock heaps praise on Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher as he teases what to expect from his upcoming genrebender Companion
Steven Soderbergh says his upcoming horror movie Presence is inspired by a decade-old reality TV show starring Carrie Fisher and Mickey Rooney
Exclusive Exclusive: Director Steven Soderbergh says he found the most unlikely inspiration for his upcoming horror movie in an iconic '00s TV show
Squid Game creator says main character Gi-hun "will not be the man he was in season 2" once season 3 releases
News How could he be after all he's been through?
The director of Michelle Yeoh's new Star Trek movie details how it's gone through "seven different iterations" over five years, with everything changing but two character names
Exclusive Exclusive: Section 31 director Olatunde Osunsanmi says its "wonderful" where the new Star Trek movie has ended up after years of changes
Doctor Who 2024 Christmas special review: "Ncuti Gatwa is as magnetic as ever in this delightful festive treat"
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review: "Keanu Reeves as Shadow is wasted whilst Jim Carrey steals the show"
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Mufasa: The Lion King review – "It's no Hakuna Matata but this Disney origin story is a class above the 2019 movie"
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Kraven the Hunter review: "The insistence on an R-rating helps save this, with a decent helping of bloodthirsty action"
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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim review – "An uninspired expansion of the most iconic screen take on Tolkien"
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Mr and Mrs Smith was one of the best shows of 2024 and the perfect limited series – let's hope season 2 lives up to it
Feature Opinion | The limited series may be a lost art, but hopefully Mr and Mrs Smith season 2 will live up to its great first season
One of my favorite horror movies of 2024 is a remake I disregarded months ago based on its lackluster trailer - I won't make that mistake again
Opinion Opinion: This year's Speak No Evil remake being a surprise hit and ending up in my top 10 movies of the year has made me rethink how we judge films based on their badly edited trailers
2024's best horror movie won't scare you in a traditional sense, but that's exactly why it's so hauntingly powerful
Opinion Opinion | Our writer on why I Saw The TV Glow is one of the scariest films of the year
2024 saw a whole bunch of TV shows get cancelled, but I'm still most upset about Netflix axing Jeff Goldblum's fabulous fantasy series Kaos
Opinion Opinion | Kaos was easily one of the best shows of 2024, and what a shame it is we won't get any more episodes
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield say their new romantic drama changed them as actors: "I've never had an experience like that before"
Big screen spotlight Big Screen Spotlight | We Live in Time stars Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, along with director John Crowley, take us through their decades-charting romantic drama
Squid Game season 3: Everything we know about the Netflix show's final season
Guide Here's everything you need to know about the final season of Squid Game
