Luke Albiges

Luke Albiges is a veteran video game journalist, having worked in the industry for over 20 years. In that time, Luke has been the Editor of Play magazine, Associate Editor of Retro Gamer, and Games Editor of games™. He contributed to countless gaming books and bookazines in that time as well, but he decided to leave the glamorous print journalism life behind to take on the role of Editor for TrueAchievements. 

Latest articles by Luke Albiges

Pokemon Red and Blue key art
"We had no idea this would be such a phenomenon": As Pokemon Red and Blue turn 30, here's how Game Freak created one of the most important RPGs of all time

By Luke Albiges Published

Features 30 Years of Pokemon | The making of Pokemon Red & Blue charts the creation of a Game Boy classic

Features
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
The making of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

By Luke Albiges Published

FEATURE A deep dive into the Zelda adventure that once sailed closest to the series' beginnings

FEATURE
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening: Revisiting one of the series' most underrated gems

By Luke Albiges Published

FEATURE Exploring what made The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening such a memorable adventure

FEATURE
Resident Evil timeline - Resident Evil 4
The making of Resident Evil 4: "By that point in the series, zombies were simply no longer scary to players"

By Retro Gamer Team, Luke Albiges Published

Features Capcom producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi looks back on how this genre defining monster was made

Features
Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 turns 25: Examining the impact of the N64's most revolutionary game

By Retro Gamer Team, Nick Thorpe, Luke Albiges Published

Features Industry icons join Retro Gamer to look back at the N64 launch title that changed 3D gaming forever: "Mario 64 showed the way forward for the whole industry!"

Features
Animal Forest
The history of Animal Crossing: How the series evolved from an N64 oddity to a Nintendo Switch system seller

By Retro Gamer Team, Luke Albiges Published

Features As Animal Crossing turns 20, we reflect on the impact and evolution of the series from Dobutsu no Mori to Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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Worms: Open Warfare 2 review

By Luke Albiges Published

The battle of the spineless rages on

Strategy Games
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Rock Band - interview

By Luke Albiges Published

We rock out with Harmonix's VP of product development

Games
LATEST ARTICLES
  1. Fable
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    After Forza Horizon, Fable devs wanted to prove "we could cut it in a different genre," lead says: "There was a little bit of pride"
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    Valve devs "can't believe we get away" with such small updates for Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike, ex-writer says
  3. 3
    "The craziest numbers I've seen in 17 years working at Blizzard": WoW Forever devs seem genuinely shocked the beta is so popular as they explain why their MMO servers keep breaking
  4. 4
    Brad Pitt to return for World War Z sequel from Conclave director
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    As Final Fantasy Resonance drops its gacha baggage, another JRPG dev doing the same thinks it's "wonderful" these live-service games will be preserved

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