Contents June/July 2025


6 Critical Path The key dates this month


10 IRL It’s the MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2025!


14 Starsand Island Seed Lab on its cozy life sim 16 Pantaloon


On why email is your smartest weapon


18 ELO vs ELO  


20 Anita Wong


 work


21 Debugging D&I


 matter


22 Airship Interactive Joe Harford on why collaboration is critical


24 The Slayeux Tapestry 


26 Croc Remastered The ker-splatting reptile hero is back!


30 Unlock Audio 


32 Havok We asked about their new pricing model


34 Waste Creative 


42 Playtesting 


44 PlanetPlay


 action


47 Women in Games


 year


48 LEGO Horizon Adventures  brick by brick


52 Industry Voices


Adam Smart on what games can learn from Hollywood


54 Final Boss 


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