GamesTM Staff

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Latest articles by GamesTM Staff

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Go behind the scenes of Half-Life with legendary Valve designer Marc Laidlaw

By Josh West Published

Retro Retro | We return to the abandoned halls of Black Mesa to uncover how a truly revolutionary video game was created

Retro
“We started with the solid foundation that we inherited from Fallout 3”: How Fallout: New Vegas delivered a bigger, better post-apocalypse by sticking to the script – mostly

By GamesTM Staff Published

Interview From the Vault | Obsidian was "at the top of the list" to make New Vegas, GamesTM learned at E3 2010, and Bethesda's reasons still make sense today

Interview
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Kingdom Hearts at 20: How a Mickey Mouse RPG pitch spiraled wildly out of control

By Samuel Roberts Last updated

Features Director Tetsuya Nomura charts the making of Square's iconic RPG as Kingdom Hearts celebrates its 20th anniversary

Features
Kirby's 30th Anniversary
The ultimate guide to 30 years of Kirby games

By GamesTM Staff Last updated

Features A complete guide to the Kirby series: From Kirby's Dream Land to Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Features
Art from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: How it created the Metroidvania and changed 2D gaming forever

By GamesTM Staff Published

Features At launch, it was a critical and commercial failure - but we now know it as an icon of video game history

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A flawed game with accidental origins, Assassin's Creed nonetheless changed the whole direction of open-world gaming

By GamesTM Staff Published

Features Bringing unheard-of interactive intimacy, Assassin's Creed instantly changed the demands of the open-world sandbox.

Features
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How indie developers finished Half-Life 3

By GamesTM Staff Published

Features When a former Valve writer shared his vision for the most-anticipated sequel ever, a group of indie developers tried to bring it to life

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games™ 200 is here! The 200 greatest games of all time revealed!

By GamesTM Staff Published

News It's a special edition release for games™, with two mags in one bumper package

News
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Nintendo's 'lack of innovation' has always been a myth. If you need evidence, just look at Star Fox

By GamesTM Staff Published

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10 years on, it's clear BioShock wasn't just a great shooter, but a new standard of self-aware, literate gaming

By GamesTM Staff Published

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How Call of Duty 2 introduced us to the real horrors of war, while shouting a rallying cry to the whole FPS genre

By GamesTM Staff Published

Features Ushering in the era of HD gaming and laying a foundation for dominance, Infinity Ward's gem re-established a sub-genre and then pushed everything forward.

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Super Smash Bros: How fun, accessibility, and sheer audacity gave Nintendo the most unlikely fighting game classic

By GamesTM Staff Published

Features The original Super Smash Bros. broke all the rules, including Nintendo's own. 18 years later, the risk was clearly worth it.

Features
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