Pain, pleasure and a party palace

You creep slowly up the ornate steps towards a beautiful treasure chest. The rest of your adventuring party is distracting the guards, leaving you solely responsible for retrieving the ultimate fortun

Andrew Wincott reflects on his performance as the delightfully devilish Raphael in Baldur’s Gate 3 with Emma Withington

Josh Tillman’s latest grand orchestral apocalyptic vision is bleak but joyfully delivered. By Tom Doyle. Illustration by Bill McConkey.

THE UNDISPUTED KING

Co-development is now a huge part of triple-A game production. Can it provide safe harbour at a turbulent time for the industry?

eyewitness Carl Worswick reports