Summer Game Fest
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![Metaphor: ReFantazio](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/589CR8QU2yF8yTjPVRD5iR-320-80.jpg)
"It's not like we wanted to distance ourselves from Persona": How Metaphor ReFantazio turned years of work on JRPG icons into what's now my most-wanted game of 2024
By Austin Wood published
Features Interview | Director Katsura Hashino and character designer Shigenori Soejima, both Persona 5 veterans, dive deep on Metaphor: ReFantazio
![Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KPry35UwpvWDoRfNNWN2s8-320-80.jpg)
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero lets you witness Goku's death in first-person: "That's a special experience"
By Dustin Bailey published
News "We really want people to immerse themselves into the character that they're playing"
![Dune Awakening](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrhXp9TQTyUsH8NkNKPXsk-320-80.jpg)
Dune Awakening is a truly massive survival MMO, and it manages to make sandworms the terror they should be
By Dustin Bailey published
Preview Summer Preview | Dune Awakening still has a lot to prove, but I was blown away by its massive scope at Summer Game Fest
![Gears of War: E-Day](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mJHAihAbwxoJLNV3CafgQf-320-80.jpg)
Born out of a pandemic, refined through reflection: Gears of War: E-Day is a chance for The Coalition to recapture the spirit of Gears and "tear a lot of s*** up"
By Josh West published
Features Summer Preview | The Coalition on the return of Marcus and Dom, telling the origin of the Lancer, and more
![Life is Strange: Double Exposure](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yZdu2zMtBs753RAmqgr9vQ-320-80.jpg)
Here's how the Life is Strange comics could provide context for Max’s parallel worlds in Double Exposure
By Alicia Haddick published
Opinion Opinion | Wondering what's up with Max Caulfield's new Shift ability? The Life is Strange comic books shed some light
![Metaphor: ReFantazio screenshot showing an anime-style young blond man with light blue eyes, a window's light glowing behind him](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yzm2RnjspzPHakKVoUJzEF-320-80.jpg)
"It's definitely harder than Persona": Shin Megami Tensei lead explains that his new JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio needed more challenge or else "it won't feel right"
By Anna Koselke published
News Buckle up, gamers
![The main menu design seen in Metaphor: ReFantazio.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/33NogVysY9GU9LNNtirrub-320-80.jpg)
How did Persona 5, Persona 3, and now Metaphor: ReFantazio achieve some of the best UI in JRPG history? Its veteran Atlus director stresses "unity" and support for dev teams
By Hirun Cryer published
News "We, the entire team, have been really focused on making really good UI since Persona 3"
![Tales of the Shire](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Dk3DoUjy4USXxZ2rySCZWn-320-80.jpg)
Tales of the Shire is more than Lord of the Rings-branded Stardew Valley, and it fixes one of the genre's biggest problems
By Dustin Bailey published
Preview Summer Preview | The way to a Hobbit's heart is still through their stomach
![Plucky Squire](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bm7cGyTj2ZDhRqABsf2kJZ-320-80.jpg)
The Plucky Squire is a charming, dimension-bending picturebook platformer that's going toe-to-toe with Mario's attempts to change up the genre
By Ali Jones published
Preview The complete opposite of a one-dimensional experience
![Perfect Dark (2024)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/68Jsu6QTFmQxjwK9a9sRN7-320-80.jpg)
Perfect Dark looks way better than I was expecting it to, and I'm excited to see how Crystal Dynamics gives Joanna the Lara Croft treatment
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
Opinion Opinion | Joanna Dark's new adventure continues CD's flair for bringing classic video game heroines to modern audiences
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