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Splinter Cell director says Metal Gear Solid's "clear rules" showed the team "how stealth should be done" and "set the rules for any stealth game"
News Sam Fisher pickpocketed a few tricks from Solid Snake
Metal Gear Solid's 1997 reveal had dev behind rival spy game "despairing" because it did "everything that we were trying to do, better"
News E3 1997 was a tough time for the Syphon Filter team
Future Games Show at Gamescom to broadcast on August 21
News Watch over 40 hotly-anticipated games coming to PS5, PC, Xbox and Switch in our epic fall 2024 broadcast
Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2024 to broadcast on Saturday June 8
News Tune in to discover over 40 exciting upcoming games on PS5, Xbox, Switch and PC in our most ambitious showcase yet
Baldur's Gate 3 and Final Fantasy 16 stars will host the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2024
News Ben Starr and Samantha Béart reunite for the new show
How the war began – the making of Call of Duty
Feature Interview | The story of Call of Duty begins with one of its fiercest rivals – here, Retro Gamer goes deep into the history of an FPS dynasty
Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2024 to broadcast on March 21
News Tune in to see over 40 anticipated upcoming titles on PS5, Xbox, Switch and PC, with some exciting changes to the show
30 years later, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is still a stone-cold classic: "We wanted to make the third game more epic than Sonic 2"
Feature Interview | In conversation with the creators of Sonic 3 and its expansion Sonic & Knuckles
NES devs discuss the process of creating classic retro games that defined a generation
Feature Holiday Long Read | Retro Gamer spoke to NES vets on 8-bit coding, sprites, and the future of the old-school console
Celebrating 20 rubber-burning years of OutRun 2
Feature Holiday Long Read | Retro Gamer's 'The Legend Lives On' series hits the grid with a free-wheeling classic
With GTA 6 taking us back to Miami, here's how the original GTA Vice City came to life
Interview Holiday Long Read | How Grand Theft Auto Vice City went from a reskin to a revolution for the GTA series
Exploring the impact of Resident Evil 4 and how it redefined the series forever
Feature Holiday Long Read | Retro Gamer revisits the Resident Evil game that changed everything
The making of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
1996 marked the end of the road for the SNES, but Nintendo wasn’t about to let it go down without a fight. Retro Gamer's Sorrel Tilley caught up with director Chihiro Fujioka to get the scoop on Super Mario’s super swansong
Spyro the Dragon creator says Mario and Sonic are now "embedded in our subconscious"
News “Along with Mario, I also think Sonic and Spyro are part of that ‘subconscious designer’ in our heads”
As Spyro the Dragon turns 25, we remember what made the purple platformer such a fierce fire starter
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Join us as we celebrate a quarter-century of one of video games' most iconic mascots
Retro Gamer's latest issue goes big on Rare, and it's out now
News Issue 250 has a gigantic Rare feature and a fantastic 32-page book
The latest issue of Retro Gamer Celebrates Sonic The Hedgehog 3
News Takashi Iizuka looks back at the classic Mega Drive game
