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Mara Forest walks in front of the Crow Country ticket booth in a piece of key art that retains the game's rounded low-poly visual style, but smashes together other elements of the theme park - such as a crow statue, gore puddles, dead trees, and explosive barrels - together in a way that isn't true of the actual space in-game, but conveys what to expect therein, with the GamesRadar+ Big Preview Horror Special 2025 badge branding

Indie devs discuss why low-poly works so well for horror: "I actually think those limitations encourage weird, unique compromises"

By Alan Wen published

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

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Justine battles a gigantic baby doll in Hotel Barcelona, which takes up most of the entire screen's background

Swery65 discusses Hotel Barcelona, his "accidental" collaboration with friend Suda51

By Alicia Haddick published

Interview Interview | But make no mistake, this long-requested meeting of the minds is shaping up to be a truly unique experience

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Women with lovehearts above their heads yearn for the player hero in Fable

"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

By Lewis Packwood published

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

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The key art for Metal Gear Solid from the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection released, showing Solid Snake with his bandana on, as drawn by Yoji Shinkawa

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"

By Adam Barnes published

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

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Peforming melee combat in a hallway whie wearing a hazmat suit while playing the 2016 Hitman DLC mission Patient Zero in Hitman 3.

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

By Dashiell Wood published

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

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A press photo of a PlayStation Portable, focusing on the d-pad and analog stick

"The PSP was one of the first machines that had the hardware to allow you to play 'proper console games' on the go": Developers celebrate 20 years of Sony's handheld

By Nick Thorpe published

Feature Feature | "We're in the big leagues now": Retro Gamer talks to the devs and media who worked with the PlayStation Portable from its 2004 launch

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Promo artwork for Colin McCrae Rally 2005 showing a car jumping above desert sands

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"

By Rory Milne published

Feature Feature | The Evolution of Colin McRae Rally: Retro Gamer talks with former Codemasters creative Chris Southall on the racing series' legacy

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Jade runs through a town with a camera in hand in Beyond Good and Evil

"Beyond Good and Evil's influence is 2000% Miyazaki": 21 years on, the developers behind Ubisoft's cult classic reflect on how it came to be

By Guy Miquel-Albert published

Feature Feature | The Making of Beyond Good and Evil: Retro Gamer talks with the developers behind Ubisoft's unique hidden gem about creating a classic

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Modern Sonic jumps away from a giant chopper badnik in the Green Hill Zone in Sonic Generations

"We were honouring Sonic's holistic history which includes both designs": 13 years on, Takashi Iizuka reveals why Sonic Generations need twice the 'hogs

By Nick Thorpe published

Interview Feature | The Making of Sonic Generations – Retro Gamer talk with Sonic Team creative director Takashi Iizuka about the game's original 20th anniversary release

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A crop of the Silent Hill Origins key art used on the box, showing Alessa Gilespie from behind facing a burnt down ruined house

17 years on, Sam Barlow reflects on Silent Hill: Origins: "To pull it out of the bag with a seven-out-of-ten game was incredibly rewarding"

By James Winspear published

Feature Feature | The development of this handheld-first trip to the Hill was as convoluted as the prequel story it tells

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