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Lara Croft stands in front of blue flames and a city vista in the Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness key art used on the box, cropped to fit a thumbnail

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"

By Vic Pheasey published

Interview Murti Schofield and Richard Morton talk Lara Croft's darkest tale, Kurtis Trent, her path to PlayStation 2, and more

Interview
The title screen to Super Metroid, showing a titular metroid in a lab with bodies of scientists strewn around it, computer monitors lit up green. What happened here? Well, press start to find out.

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"

By Darran Jones published

Features 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

Features
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

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

By Alan Wen published

Features 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

Features
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

Interview
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

Features 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

Features
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

Features 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

Features
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

Stealth
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

Features 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

Features
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

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

Features
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

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

Features
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