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  The big interview: Phil Harrison on Xbox One, Kinect, indie games and red rings

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  Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut for Wii U confirmed, and yes, they've fixed the boss battles

  UPDATE: Trailer released. 155

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  Annualised Assassin's, next-gen and ploughing fields: the boss of Ubisoft Montreal

  "On the farming analogy..." 101

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  The big Battlefield 4 interview: DICE leaves technology behind

  Frostbite 3, Wii U and why it's not just about pretty graphics. 133

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  Would the real Ken Levine kindly stand up?

  BioShock Infinite's creative director talks to Eurogamer about games, politics and throwing himself on the fire. 69

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  The big interview: Sony's Shuhei Yoshida on PS4

  "It's more about services than the system." 104

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  The Naughty Dog difference

  Evan Wells and Christophe Balestra on going darker, new methods of development and moving on to the next generation of hardware. 43

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  The man who made Conker - Rare's most adult game

  Chris Seavor on cancelled projects, the good old days and losing his rag. 49

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  Ditching Far Cry, piracy, gameplay and just about breaking even: Crytek on the ups and downs of the Crysis series

  As Crysis turns 5 Cevat Yerli contemplates past mistakes and a bold new future. 58

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  Rewriting Tomb Raider

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  "There is something we haven't told everybody about when you play the cube..."

  Peter Molyneux's Curiosity holds yet another secret. 231

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  Valve's Chet Faliszek on Steam Greenlight, Counter-Strike and the future of Left 4 Dead

  "Will you make Left 4 Dead 3?" 34

September 2012

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  Back from the dead: OnLive on what went wrong and what has to go right

  "It doesn't make you particularly smart saying something's going to fail." 31

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  Blizzard uses Mists of Pandaria to take Warcraft back to its Orcs versus Humans roots

  "You bring the evil." 38

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  Randy Pitchford Beats the Devil

  How the studio head's tricksy blend of showmanship and strategy has helped define Gearbox Software. 18

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  Man of Adventure: Ron Gilbert Profile

  The adventure game guru explains the creative process behind Monkey Island, Deathspank, and why he won't make a serious game. 22

August 2012

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  Guild Wars 2 interview: the boss O'Brien on launch, growing pains, reviews and patches

  "I'm talking to you with very little sleep right now." 35

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  The Lord of Football: 30 Mad Minutes with Chelsea Legend Gianluca Vialli

  "If you like girls it means you like birds." 20

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  Gears of War: Judgment writers on what makes the series special and how to improve it

  "I'm not entirely sure a game has been told quite in this way before." 55

July 2012

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  Comics, games and - of course - Watchmen: Dave Gibbons Interview

  The legendary artist on crossovers, new projects and why he can't leave Watchmen behind. 12

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  John Carmack on Virtual Reality - Uncut

  By popular demand, a complete transcript of our E3 interview. 12

May 2012

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  Jade's Empire

  Ubisoft Toronto's first lady Jade Raymond on sexism, robots and why Bobby Kotick should be funding more meaningful games. 155

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  The Mythology of Diablo

  Chris Metzen talks about tie-in The Book of Cain - and the origins of Blizzard's darkest world. 17

April 2012

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  Tech Interview: Trials Evolution

  The making of RedLynx's latest Xbox 360 classic. 36

March 2012

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  Tech Interview: WipEout 2048

  Studio Liverpool on the making of Vita's finest racing game. 32

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  Inside The Creative Assembly

  As the studio celebrates 25 years in business and another BAFTA, it speaks about its successes and its future. 17

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  An interview with comedian Dara O Briain

  "I would like to be able to fondle the dragon by wearing a glove." 75

January 2012

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  The Making of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD

  The inside story behind the superb PS3 remake. 38

November 2011

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  GameCity Discussions: Indie Kids

  thatgamecompany's Hunicke and Retro City Rampage on life as an indie. 1

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  L.A. Forensic: Brendan McNamara on L.A. Noire

  Interrogations, open worlds and that ending. 22

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  Brendan McNamara: "I'd rather people just ring me up and tell me to f*** off"

  The controversial L.A. Noire developer faces the music in this frank new interview. 80

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  Feature: Generation Sonic

  Sonic Team reflects on twenty years of speed. 16

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  Eric Chahi on From Dust, Peter Molyneux and what's next

  "You have to fight to make this kind of game come alive." 19

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  Seth Killian defends Street Fighter x Tekken's gems

  "There is no insta-win button." 17

October 2011

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  Blizzard's Mike Morhaime Interviewed

  The boss talks pandas, free-to-play and the clash of the DOTAs. 14

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  Battlefield 3 Interview: Rolling the DICE

  On the eve of launch, DICE addresses single-player and online pass concerns. 10

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  Eurogamer Interviews CCP's Hilmar Pétursson

  Meanwhile, in Iceland... 25

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  The Hero Factory

  Conversations with Chris Metzen, Blizzard's head writer. 17

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  Ex-Rare devs talk Killer Instinct, Perfect Dark

  Starfire Studios recounts Rare's heyday. 34

• Batman Returns

  Game director Sefton Hill on design, review scores and getting some sunshine. 23

• Hitman: Absolution Returns

  Lead producer Hakan Abrak on hardcore achievements, online and more. 19

• Suda51 and the rise of Grasshopper Manufacture

  No More Heroes' maniac creator lays out his masterplan. 21

September 2011

• Deus Ex: The Missing Link

  Eidos Montreal's Marc-Andre Dufort joins the dots. 27

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  Crafting Uncharted 3

  Co-lead designer Richard Lemarchand on the "quite, quite mad" Naughty Dog. 31

• Rage: The Return of id Software

  Catching up with Tim Willits at the Eurogamer Expo. 45

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  Under the Hood of Forza 4

  Turn 10 chief Dan Greenawalt on Gran Turismo, weather effects and power. 71

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  OnLive Launches in the UK

  We talk to CEO Steve Perlman about the game streaming service. 112

• The life and times of Dylan Cuthbert

  The Q-Games boss on infiltrating Nintendo EAD, jumping ship to Sony and going solo with PixelJunk. 28

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  Killing Deathwing in WOW Patch 4.3

  Blizzard's Tom Chilton tells us all about it. 36

• Eurogamer Interviews the Eve Council Chairman

  The peasants are revolting. 41

• Driver: San Francisco's MOT

  Martin Edmonson on reviews, decisions and the future. 23

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  Always Online with Blizzard

  Co-founder Frank Pearce and StarCraft 2's Jonny Ebbert speak. 76

August 2011

• Jonathan Blow

  "In this game there are hardly any verbs…" 21

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  Valve's Gabe Newell

  CS: GO, Steam, Portal 2 DLC and Half-Life 3. 76

• Sony's Shuhei Yoshida

  Vita, PS3, Move and more. 31

• Microsoft's Chris Lewis

  Xbox 360, the competition, XBLA and the next-gen. 32

• Deus Ex: Looking Back at the Future

  The writer of the first Deus Ex games looks forward to Human Revolution. 16

• Tim Willits: Building Rage And Never Selling Out

  "We've followed our heart more than we've followed the dollar." 41

• A Hero's Journey

  Jenova Chen's mission to revolutionise multiplayer. 27

• Bungie bids Halo farewell

  Eric Osborne looks back at 10 years of Master Chief. 29

• Andy McNab and Battlefield 3

  "These guys know what they're doing." 42

July 2011

• A Rare view of the future of Kinect

  Scott Henson reveals Microsoft's motion-sensing strategy. 50

• David Braben: Taking Kinect to Disneyland

  The Elite creator is the controller. 26

• Robert Bowling talks Modern Warfare 3

  Plus COD Elite, Battlefield 3 and Black Ops. 30

June 2011

• Reinventing Dungeon Siege

  Obsidian on pulling a neglected RPG into the present. 23

• John Carmack: The Future, Now

  Moore's law, the next-gen and the next next-gen. 67

• Finishing Duke Nukem Forever

  Randy Pitchford on the end of history. 79

• Sony's Andrew House

  Vita, PS3, 3D, Move and, of course, the PSN hack. 25

• Overstrike: Insomniac's multi-platform future

  Has the Resistance developer left PS3 exclusivity behind? 15

• The Will Wright Stuff

  Was Spore a success? What has The Sims become? And more. 11

• Bodycount: “We wanted to do something different”

  Codemasters’ shooter prepares to emerge from cover. 27

May 2011

• Will Conan Movie Save Age of Conan?

  Funcom unveils the Savage Coast of Turan. 19

• Making a Better Fable III for PC

  Lionhead on Xbox 360 version criticism. 74

• Grasshopper's Suda51

  On Shadows of the Damned and more. 9

• Being Nathan Drake

  Nolan North’s life in games. 30

• Why Risen 2 will be better

  Piranha Bytes. 43

April 2011

• Portal 2: "Let's make Caddyshack"

  Erik Wolpaw on writing the great video game comedy. 29

• Street Fighter x Tekken: the Killian opinion

  What's it all about? Capcom's fighting game guru explains. 22

• Gears of War 3: defining HD gaming

  Rod Fergusson bares his soul. 47

• Guild Wars 2: How to make MMOs better

  Designer Colin Johanson takes us inside ArenaNet. 32

• PlayStation Home: What's new?

  "You'll be pleasantly surprised." 91