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South of Midnight wants you to feel like you're "inside a miniature" – and after playing one chapter, I want to stay in this world forever
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
Opinion Opinion | Every inch of South of Midnight's handcrafted world tells a story

Ubisoft's revenue is way down, but Assassin's Creed Shadows might save it as preorders track alongside Odyssey's 10 million-copy haul
By Kaan Serin published
News AC Odyssey is itself the series' second most successful game

Former Blizzard boss says "GTA 6 is king" and "everyone will move their release" when it gets a launch date: "It is really the only game that has the power to do this today"
By Jordan Gerblick published
News "[Borderlands 4] doesn't matter. [Rockstar] is controlled by no one, including their publisher"

28 years after his death, Onimusha: Way of the Sword has recast one of Japan's most legendary actors in one of his most iconic roles
By Dustin Bailey published
News Toshiro Mifune posthumously returns to his role as Miyamoto Musashi

GTA 6 release window may have been narrowed down further thanks to Borderlands 4's September launch and Take-Two boss's hint that the company wouldn't "stack up huge releases unnecessarily"
By Catherine Lewis published
News It now seems rather unlikely that GTA 6 would also release in September

Understanding the push, pull, and magic of South of Midnight's combat: "Spells control the flow of combat"
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
Preview | From weaving to unravelling, here's how combat works in South of Midnight

GTA 6 and the Nintendo Switch 2 could help the video game market "get back on a growth trajectory" if they both release in 2025, says analyst
By Anna Koselke published
News The market might see "record spending"

Yes, South of Midnight will still run at 60fps despite its stop motion animation: "you're still in this crafted world without making it, you know, too nauseating"
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
News "If we applied that equally everywhere, I think it would be too jarring"

South of Midnight is "10 to 12 hours" long because its story unfolds within a single day: "There's a kind of urgency to it"
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
News "We do want you to explore, but it needs to support the momentum of Hazel's journey."

After playing 2 hours of South of Midnight, I'm convinced that it has the sort of off-kilter energy that can define Xbox's 2025
By Josh West published
Feature Compulsion sits down to discuss the most ambitious game in the studio's history, following the first hands-on with South of Midnight ahead of its release in April
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