Doubling down

Uncovering the secrets of Animal Well, Tunic and UFO 50

InZOI is readying up in all its ultra-realistic glory to be the first true rival The Sims series has ever had.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO SONY LAUNCHED A CONSOLE THAT ENCOURAGED DEVELOPERS TO DREAM BIG, AND CAUSED THEM THE ODD NIGHTMARE. SPEAKING WITH DEVELOPERS WHO TACKLED ITS TRICKY TECHNOLOGY, WE DISCOVER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO CREATE GAMES FOR A CONSOLE THAT TRULY TRANSFORMED WHAT WAS POSSIBLE IN VIDEOGAMES

From in-form stars and rising wonderkids to new recruits and revitalised veterans, Jamie Evans highlights the players that could settle the burning questions as the European club season inches towards crunch time…

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Technology, Saturday morning television and action figures – at the turn of the century, the LEGO Group was ready to leave the brick behind as part of an ambitious reimagining that could have changed the company and its products forever