Jeff goldblum

IF YOU WANTED ARCADE ACTION IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME IN THE EARLY NINETIES, SEGA’S 16-BIT SYSTEM WAS THE MACHINE TO OWN. WE SPEAK TO THE DEVELOPERS WHO CRAMMED COIN-OPS INTO THE CONSOLE BACK THEN, AS WELL AS THOSE TAKING ON THAT CHALLENGE TODAY

Nick Bidwell , Tim Vickery , Mark Gleeson , John Duerden and James Nalton earmark 50 young talents who are set to make their mark in 2025

FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS, IT’S BEEN THE ACTION FRANCHISE TO END ALL ACTION FRANCHISES. AS TOM CRUISE AND THE TEAM OUTDO THEMSELVES ONCE MORE, IS MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE —THE F INAL R ECKONING THE END OF ETHAN HUNT?

To celebrate our 30th anniversary we asked some of the biggest names in sci-fi and fantasy (including writers, directors and producers of your favourite series): what TV show stood out for you in the last three decades? Some of the results may shock you! But they’re all subjective and definitely alphabetical…

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

For SMALL FACES , 1968 was a year of extremes, from hit singles and a career-defining album to a final, onstage bust-up. But while the bonds between them were strained by internal tensions and external dramas, the music they made in their last months together pointed tantalisingly in bold new directions. As an expanded version of their posthumous The Autumn Stone set reveals fresh treasures, Rob Hughes discovers what really transpired during the band’s final, tumultuous 12 months. “We were splitting up,” says Kenney Jones. “But we sounded so great.”