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Harmonix Music Systems is not your average developer. Ever since its founding in 1995, the Boston-based studio has specialised in the dazzling crossover between music and interaction – from early and largely unknown projects such as CamJam, which used body movements to trigger audio sequences, to the globe-conquering phenomena of …

Rock Band 4 (opens in new tab) and Guitar Hero Live (opens in new tab) are hoping to recapture the boom of last-gen’s plastic instrument peripherals on the latest consoles. Though it’s still early days, it seems like both games are aiming to play up the fantasy of being a …

In our regular polarising-opinion series, one Total Film writer hails the divisive Only God Forgives as an outright masterpiece. Read on, and let us know if you agree with the argument put forward by having your say in the comments section below. Is it just me?… Or is Only God …

With GTA 5 (opens in new tab) finally coming out on PC on April 14, we turn to Official PlayStation Magazine (opens in new tab) as they look back at GTA: Vice City… As Hall & Oates warmly warble on Flash FM, Tommy Vercetti really is Out Of Touch. Compare …

As taglines go, ‘into the unknown, ride forth’ isn’t the most attention-grabbing. Even more so when you think of the alternatives Team Ico could have gone with for a game where you stand on the shoulders of giants… then repeatedly stab them to sad, stone-faced death. And yet those five …

Whenever Simogo attends a game conference, Simon Flesser will give his job title as “a little bit of everything”, while Magnus ‘Gordon’ Gardebäck is referred to as “Strongman”. It’s a typically unorthodox response for a two-man studio that wilfully defies pigeonholing, its output so far taking in whimsical action games …

Click here (opens in new tab) for more excellent Official PlayStation Magazine articles. Or maybe you want to take advantage of some great offers on magazine subscriptions? You can find them here. The man who birthed Bloodborne Not to spoil the (semi) surprise, but were a mite fond of Hidetaka …

Everyone knows Batman doesn’t kill people. It’s part of what makes him a shining beacon in the darkness of Gotham City. The problem is that everyone else around him is fucking unhinged. The menagerie of super-villains and psychopaths that haunt the city aren’t afraid to use the people that Batman …

The knives have been out for Microsoft since May 2013. That’s when the Xbox One was unveiled to a crowd of vocal Xbox fans who perhaps expected much more than Microsoft was promising. Well, maybe ‘more’ isn’t quite the word: ‘different’ might be more appropriate. While some argue that Microsoft …

Fiery watercolour skies and shimmering auroras are how Hinterland chooses to showcase its take on the end of the world, but even the most atmospheric screenshots can’t convey the sound of Canada’s deep north – the thunderous wind that scorns clothing and shakes window panes, or the thoughtful silence that …