Alex Wiltshire
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10 years later, Fire Emblem Awakening is still one of the greatest tactics games of all-time
Remembering the 3DS tactics game that's about relationships as much as battling → Read More
Why Valheim wants to stop you using portals
The Mechanic looks at Viking survival game Valheim's portals, and why the developers don't want you to use them → Read More
If RPGs are only as good as the roles they put you in, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt remains one of the all-time greats
Almost six years on from launch, The Witcher 3 continues to shine as one of the best games of the generation → Read More
How Satisfactory’s developers lied to their players, and why the players loved it
This is The Mechanic, where Alex Wiltshire invites developers to discuss the difficult journeys they’ve taken to make their games. This time, the first-person production line builder Satisfactory. Satisfactory’s Update 3 is one of gaming’s great bait and switches. For months, developer Coffee Stain had been denying that its first-person factory-building game would ever have […] → Read More
How Raft’s shark feeds its survival game
This is The Mechanic, where Alex Wiltshire invites developers to discuss the difficult journeys they’ve taken to make their games. This time, Raft . I have a → Read More
The making of Disco Elysium: How ZA/UM created one of the most original RPGs of the decade
Meet the Estonian cultural provocateurs behind hardboiled cop RPG Disco Elysium → Read More
How Unity Of Command 2 balances game design with military history
This is The Mechanic, where Alex Wiltshire invites developers to discuss the difficult journeys they’ve taken to make their games. This time, Unity Of Command → Read More
Why you can anger the gods in Noita
Noita is a roguelike where every pixel is simulated, and thus can be destroyed. Even the parts of it that the gods really like and would rather you didn't. → Read More
Inside Google's bid to launch Stadia and transform the entire game industry
Creative engineers Phil Harrison, Jade Raymond, Majd Bakar, and more take you behind the scenes of Google Stadia → Read More
The Joy of Phil Mills in Dirt Rally 2.0
If there’s anything that can bring a dose of certainty to a dark night in the Polish countryside, it’s that voice. “Flat left over jump, extra extra long keep → Read More
A dictionary of Baba Is You’s most difficult words
The Mechanic looks at what it takes to make a puzzle game where the player can change the rules. → Read More
How Viktor Antonov turned from building cities to planets
Viktor Antonov hasn't built a world like this before. The games you know him for are bounded and largely linear. Every tiny detail has been touched by… → Read More
Why Creeper World’s decade-long evolution keeps getting harder
This is The Mechanic, where Alex Wiltshire invites developers to discuss the difficult journeys they’ve taken to make their games. This time, Creeper World. → Read More
How 40K: Mechanicus reinvented tactics for Warhammer’s cyber-monks
Mechanicus both delights in and transcends its source. → Read More
Alex Wiltshire’s 5 best games of 2018
I’ve spent 2018 particularly distracted, flitting between games and feeling guilty that I haven’t quite finished them or spent the time they deserved. Maybe → Read More
How Kenshi’s world is designed not to care about you
You’re not the hero in Kenshi. You’re not the chosen one. There’s nothing out there for you to save - other than your own skin. You’re just another inhabitant → Read More
Void Bastards is System Shock 2 meets XCOM and it looks great
I’m really excited about Void Bastards. I mean, it’s a new deeply systems-driven FPS made by some of the people behind System Shock 2, Neptune’s Pride and → Read More
How a book binds the Return of the Obra Dinn
"This game is about the book." Lucas Pope explains how the book in The Return of the Obra Dinn evolved during development. → Read More
The pain of designing Path of Exile’s exquisite balance of restriction and reward
Path of Exile's Delve presents you with an infinite and pitch-dark mine to dig into, but for the developers the real challenge was preventing players from → Read More
How Exapunks represents hacking without limits
This is The Mechanic, where Alex Wiltshire invites developers to discuss the difficult journeys they’ve taken to make their games. This time, Exapunks . It’s → Read More