Issue 4

Reuniting core team members 13 years after Portal 2’s release, Simon Parkin leaves no stone unturned while delving into the depths of Aperture Science. An exploration of both the challenges and joys found in development one of the greatest puzzle games ever made.

A window into the world of gaming’s patron saints, individuals who volunteer huge amounts of time and energy to make games accessible across language barriers: fan translators. Featuring Hilltop Works, Ribose and Troy Bonzan.

A deep look at graffiti as an art form through the lens of its integration into games over the last two decades. Featuring interviews with Jet Set Radio’s Ryuta Ueda, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk’s Dion Koster, Concrete Genie’s Dominic Robilliard and more.

Rick Lane examines how Streets of Rage 4 grabbed the beat ’em up genre by the throat and dragged it into the modern age. Featuring interviews with the development team and a fold-out section adorned in crisp and colourful artwork by Chester Holme.

The creator of Mega Man, Akira Kitamura, has contributed to this issue. After leaving the franchise three decades ago, he reminisces about when he joined Capcom in 1985, and how Mega Man’s design was built around the hardware limitations of the time.

A glimpse inside gaming’s billion-dollar digital fashion industry, with insights from the designers who lead it. What are the forces that drive our pursuit of the freshest digital outfits, and what differentiates the fashion industries of the real and digital worlds?