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How a new team went about creating a new version of 2013 "masterpiece" Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.

He says the game's appeal lies in its "fairytale" opening - "everything is colourful, cheerful" - but "the more you play through the levels, the darker the themes and the environment become, until the you reach a very emotional point", he says. The Avantgarden team has added a secondary co-operative mode for two players using separate gamepads, though Ivan admits "the game is meant to be played solo". Fabrizio says the team gave "a lot of careful consideration" to any additions and the overall aim was to use modern technology to make "the graphics and play more vivid and immersive without overshadowing the original ideas".

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