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  Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved retrospective

  Here's looking at Euclid. 51

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  Watch us play Metro: Last Light from 5pm BST

  All aboard. 5

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  Man on fire: an afternoon with Borderlands 2's new psycho class

  Assassin Krieg. 40

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  Danny Bilson: inside the rise and fall of THQ

  The outspoken former chief of Saints Row, Homefront and Darksiders finally breaks his silence. 32

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  "The next generation is going to be, possibly for the very first time, the next generation of game design"

  Meet Adrian Chmielarz, the Bulletstorm guy whose world was turned upside down by Dear Esther. 132

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  Watch us play Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon from 5pm BST

  The one you've Biehn waiting for. 9

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  Test Drive Unlimited retrospective

  Fresh horizons. 69

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  BioShock Infinite ending explained

  God only knows. 238

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  Why Xbox failed in Japan

  The inside story on Microsoft's greatest ever challenge. 288

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  Night and the City

  Chris Donlan plays through L.A. Noire with his dad, who grew up in the city in the 1940s. 171

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  Battlefield 3: How Fan-Run Servers Are Ruining DICE's Game

  Rise of the tyrants. 268

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  The Rise and Collapse of Yoshinori Ono

  How Street Fighter gave the Capcom director a life and then almost took it away again. 61

December 2012

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  Games of 2012: Far Cry 3

  Paradise through a rifle sight. 80

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  Games of 2012: Asura's Wrath

  Rage of wonder. 55

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  Games of 2012: Spelunky

  Cave points. 44

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  Games of 2012: Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition

  The new kid on the blocks. 42

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  Games of 2012: Dishonored

  Solid sneak. 60

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  Games of 2012: XCOM: Enemy Unknown

  Alien concepts. 58

• The Eurogamer Christmas Challenge

  Can you beat our high scores? 53

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  Why Xbox failed in Japan

  The inside story on Microsoft's greatest ever challenge. 288

November 2012

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  Two generations of XCOM: Gollop and Solomon on this year's remake

  X-Communication? 61

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  Why are we stuck with games being released on a Friday?

  An investigation into the origins, arguments and potential for change. 118

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  Hitman: Blood Money retrospective

  Through the eyes of a killer. 50

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  Face-Off: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

  Surprise? 135

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  Minecraft, architecture and the trouble with children

  A tale of trouble and Le Corbusier. 46

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  Assassin's Creed 3 ending analysis

  Juno what it all means? 55

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  Digital Foundry vs. Halo 4

  The new benchmark for Xbox 360 visuals? 193

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  Peeling back the layers of Dishonored with Harvey Smith and Raph Colantonio

  From Sokolov's first painting to the third floor of the Hound Pits and beyond. 14

October 2012

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  Eurogamer's favourite Halloween games

  Which grim grinning greats should keep you company on the scariest night of the year? 70

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  Assassin's Creed retrospective

  Altair of this joke eventually. 96

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  Digital Foundry vs. Forza Horizon

  Vorsprung durch technik. 119

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  Making friends

  Eurogamer investigates the complex world of companion AI. 40

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  Learn to Play: Minecraft in the classroom

  Eurogamer discovers how a New York school is using games for good. 28

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  Becoming the Dark Soul

  Rich Stanton goes in pursuit of the game's crowning achievement. 116

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  The Lost Worlds of Lionhead and Bullfrog

  From prehistoric savannahs to alien seabeds, these cancelled projects offer a rich insight into the ambitions of two great developers. 57

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  Night and the City

  Chris Donlan plays through L.A. Noire with his dad, who grew up in the city in the 1940s. 171

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  An audience with Syndicate

  How a regular northern teen became a YouTube gaming sensation. 134

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  Deathtrap Dudgeon: 90 minutes with Borderlands 2's Mechromancer

  What can we all expect from this cyborg valley girl? 19

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  Would you like any side quests with that?

  For Borderlands 2 and Torchlight 2, the greatest adventures often lie outside of the campaign. 33

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  The re-making of XCOM

  Jake Solomon's 10-year mission is now complete. 76

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  Resident Evil 6: Zombie Dinosaur!

  Wanted: One Asteroid. Rich Stanton looks at how and why Resi 6 turned out the way it did. 83

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  The Deadly Rooms of Derek Yu

  Spelunky's creator discusses a life in games. 15

September 2012

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  Lost Humanity 13: Top Hats and Candlesticks

  Rab Florence wishes he saw the same innovation in video games that he sees in his cardboard children. 21

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  How Gearbox broke the bank for Borderlands 2

  With Half-Life ports a distant memory, we explore the Texas developer's 12th floor. 51

• Tim Schafer on free-to-play, showing works in progress and Brutal Legend's misleading marketing

  On Vivendi: "We'll never say RTS, ever. Even if someone asks us if it's an RTS we'll say no." 76

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  Surround Sound Headset Face-Off

  Sharkoon X-Tatic Digital, Turtle Beach PX5, Astro A50 and the Tritton Warhead 7.1 put to the test. 47

August 2012

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  Golden Generation: How FIFA Won the HD Era

  From 2/10 to PES-killer, the story behind EA Canada's current-gen success. 43

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  Retrospective: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

  Does a bear drive in the woods? 58

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  The Medal of Honor Tomahawk

  When following "a dotted line to real world events" stops being offensive and gets scary. 137

July 2012

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  Manic Miner 360: Revisiting a Classic

  The Final Barrier. 55

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  Is cloud gaming the future?

  The death of the disc? We talk to Molyneux, Perry, Valve and more. 80

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  Retrospective: Half-Life 2 Episodes 1 & 2

  Rise and shine. 97

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  Valve Interview: Gabe Newell Isn't The Boss of Me

  Jason Holtman gives a peek inside Valve's unique structure 53

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  "It's been a poor, poor five years for fiction in the video game industry"

  The creator of Half-Life 2's City 17 and Dishonored tells us why. 116

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  Assassin's Creed 3's Alex Hutchinson: Stranger In a Strange Land

  "I see ourselves as a group of indies trying to be progressive." 14

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  Can SmartGlass Change Gaming?

  Digital Foundry on what Microsoft's second-screen system can - and can't - do. 70

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  Animated Man: Warren Spector Profile

  The man behind the mouse talks about his eclectic interests, making games for everyone, and his dream game. 7

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  Introducing Hello Games

  Sean Murray offers an exclusive insight into indie development. 3

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  Mr. Tekken: Behind the shades of the franchise chief

  Harada-san on telling his bosses DLC should be free, fan abuse and why he might be next to collapse. 10

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  Tech Analysis: Resident Evil 6 Demo

  Digital Foundry plunges into the guts of the Xbox 360 code. 58

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  Game of the Week: Spelunky

  Punk rocks. 12

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  Battlefield 3: How Fan-Run Servers Are Ruining DICE's Game

  Rise of the tyrants. 268

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  Rocksmith: can a video game teach you to play guitar?

  Bertie takes the challenge for Eurogamer. 57

June 2012

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  Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and the 60FPS Challenge

  Can current console hardware handle an increasingly more advanced game engine without compromising COD's unique gameplay experience? 122

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  Error 37: The future of always-online

  Eurogamer asks the games industry whether it plans to follow Diablo 3's lead. 161

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  Mass Effect 3: The Extended Cut: A Happy Ending?

  This is how the world ends - with both a bang and a whimper. 157

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  Actual New Games of 2012: The Half-Time Verdict

  We pass judgement on the candidates from January and add a few to the list. 45

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  Tech Analysis: Halo 4 at E3

  Digital Foundry assesses the new graphics tech devised by 343 Industries. 59

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  PES hits back: Konami accuses FIFA of copying, reveals truth behind licenses and explains Seabass' new role

  "The only reason why FIFA is in the position it's in now is because of PES." 101

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  The Eurogamer E3 2012 Scrapbook: our experience in photos and words

  Booth babes, Snoop Dogg, Carmack's VR headset and pole dancers. 6

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  The Rise and Collapse of Yoshinori Ono

  How Street Fighter gave the Capcom director a life and then almost took it away again. 61

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  E3 2012: The Vapourware List

  The absent games we're beginning to wonder about. 129

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  E3 Reaction: Microsoft vs. Sony: The Console War Is Over, For Now

  Both companies have new goals and the contrasts yesterday illustrated them. 176

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  Tech, Teasing and Torture Porn: Eurogamer's E3 Predictions

  Chris Donlan, Oli Welsh and others guess what's next. 36

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  Quantic Dreams Come True, Wii U and Gaffer-Taped VR Headsets: What We're Excited About At E3

  The stuff we can't wait to see and do over the next few days. 23

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  From Assets on VHS to Execs Going Mad and Journos in Jail: Eurogamer's E3 Memories

  Jaz Rignall, Rich Leadbetter, Chris Donlan and others share their favourite stories. 35

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  Saturday Soapbox: Eurogamer's Love Letter to E3

  Relevant? It's the heart of core gaming. 28

May 2012

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  Saints Row 4, Dawn of War 3, Devil's Third and Insane on next gen - Danny Bilson in one of his last interviews as THQ core games boss

  "It looks a lot worse outside than it does inside." 27

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  Kinect's Journey

  Can Fable: The Journey, Kinect's biggest game yet, usher in a new era for Microsoft's motion controller? "It was never going to be easy," Lionhead tells us. 27

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  Retrospective: Dragon Age 2

  No sense of scales. 89

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  Game of the Week: Ghost Recon Future Soldier

  Stealth and safety. 32