E274: Star Citizen – Can Chris Roberts’ colossal return to games win the space race?

Our latest issue features Star Citizen on the cover, in two variants, and is available now in print, on iPad, Google Play and Zinio. It completes a trio of space-themed covers, following our exclusive Elite: Dangerous and No Man’s Sky features. In the piece we edge the game’s first batch of craft out of the hangar and speak to Chris Roberts and the team behind this ambitious space sim, which with over $60 million raised is the most successful crowdfunding project in history.

Our cover feature is followed by a 20-page celebration of PlayStation’s first two decades. We speak to key figures from the Sony of the time, as well as the wider development community, to piece together the story of the influential console’s inception, its launch and the profound impact it had on the industry. Our new occasional series Collected Works also celebrates the past as we invite industry veterans to recount the most memorable development stories from their careers. In our first instalment, Insomniac CEO Ted Price talks us through his CV, from games like Spyro The Dragon and Ratchet & Clank to his latest work, Sunset Overdrive.

In this month’s making of we find out how losers across the globe influenced Suda51′s No More Heroes, while our Time Extend slide-tackles PlantinumGames’ explosive Vanquish. We also visit Ubisoft Montreal in a Studio Profile that explores controversy, experimentation and, of course, open worlds.

In Knowledge we put PlayStation TV on test, while considering what the disastrous DriveClub launch means for Sony. We also speak to Ninja Theory about Hellblade, Giants Software about Farming Simulator’s migration to consoles and gather some of Japan’s biggest horror names for a look at the genre’s revival in the east.

Our regular columnists tackle a variety of topics including the power of abstraction, the fate of local multiplayer and Destiny’s surprisingly friendly players, while comedian Susan Calman spends some time with us to chat about Resident Evil, imaginary drive-by shootings and gaming first dates.

A packed preview section includes Battlefield Hardline, Battleborn, Tearaway Unfolded and There Came An Echo, while this month’s reviews deliver our verdicts on Sunset Overdrive, LittleBigPlanet 3, Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare, The Evil Within and more.

There’s plenty more besides, of course, including your thoughts in our letters page and the stuff that caught our eye when we weren’t creating all of the above – all of which you can get hold of now in print, on iPad, Google Play and Zinio.

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