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Revenge Is Sweet

Sega is re-releasing its cult martial arts adventure SHENMUE on PC.

Under The Surface

The hidden tricks bringing game worlds to life. 

The Beast Inside

A horror game that tells two stories a century apart

Fear Effect

Lara journeys to the jungle for Eidos Montreal’s darker, deadlier, and stealthier SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER.

Going Green

How to make your PC more environmentally friendly

The Elder Scrolls: Total War

Keepin’ it Tamriel in Medieval II: Total War.

Fan Subbing

How localization makes games enjoyable for everyone, everywhere

The History Of The Strategy Game

Some of strategy gaming’s most influential titles were developed for consoles, but by 2000 the genre had been synonymous with PC for a decade.

Lost At Sea

Discover the fate of a stricken merchant ship in supremely clever maritime mystery Return Of The Obra Dinn.

No Bard Feelings

Dance Like Nobody’s Watching In Wandersong.

World Of Goo

Dealing with a load of balls.

Artifact

Valve are making a card game

Blow By Blow

Hacking and slashing away at the highly skill-dependent medieval melee in Mordhau.

Dune 2000

Celebrating Westwood Studios’ forgotten RTS.

How EverQuest Changed Online Gaming

How a group of nobodies made EverQuest and forever changed online gaming.

Scale Models

JURASSIC WORLD EVOLUTION looks gorgeous but lacks bite. 

Underworld Ascendant

Ultima Underworld’s successor has nice ideas, but they’re not original

A Linear Sequence Of Scares

A twisted funhouse based on a fake TV show is one of the best levels in Max Payne 2.

BioShock

Worse things do happen at sea.

The Dunatian

A Kerbal Space Program recreation of Andy Weir’s The Martian.

Simulation Complete

It’s Always Worth Double-checking In Frozen Synapse 2.

Half-life: Echoes

Relive the Black Mesa incident all over again in this expansion-quality story mod.

Silly Season

Playground Games Plays The Long Game In Forza Horizon 4.

Beyond Blue

Jump forward a decade with this stunning underwater mystery

Vermintide II: Winds Of Magic

Warhammer: Vermintide II was so successful that it took its small swedish developer by surprise.After the strong sales and critical acclaim came bug reports and complaints, missteps, and demands.Its community is hungry for more, and—after a year of making adjustments and laying infrastructure— fatshark is ready to deliver.With Vermintide II: Winds Of Magic, the endgame has arrived.

Ping Pong

APEX LEGENDS is the best version of battle royale so far, a cooperative shooter that reinvigorates the genre and reinvents how we communicate in games.

Off The Rails

METRO EXODUS leaves the grimy tunnels of Moscow behind and takes you on a whirlwind tour of post-apocalyptic Russia.

Heating Up

CIVILIZATION VI: GATHERING STORM is a great expansion full of disasters and politicking that stumbles at the end.

Chuffing Great

Enjoy a train ride into madness in the disturbing, unforgettable SUNLESS SKIES.

Cry Again

FAR CRY NEW DAWN is Far Cry 5 again, but with a post-apocalyptic paint job.