Rick Lane
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17 years after its release, the best Star Wars strategy game gets converted to 64-bit
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News New patch also tweaks multiplayer and fixes "Incorrect unit behaviour".
Sources claim the Knights of the Old Republic remake isn't dead, though what's really going on is anyone's guess
By Rick Lane published
News I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Co-op horror game Lethal Company costs $10 and is outselling Call of Duty on Steam
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News The early access sci-fi horror game is about exploring moons which may not be haunted, but certainly aren't very safe.
Popular Diablo 4 streamer reckons 'you're not really supposed to finish the last tier' of the upcoming Abbatoir of Zir event
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News Slaughterhouse strife.
After a community uproar over plans to charge players $10 to change their in-game IDs, Riot Games believes it has 'found the right balance with time alone'
By Rick Lane published
News Nominative disturbinism.
Half-Life's 25th anniversary celebrations have caused a resonance cascade in its Steam player-count, surging to a new all-time high over the weekend
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News Foreseen Consequences.
It looks like modding tools for Cities: Skylines 2 are still several months away
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News Traffic delays.
The most important games and moments in 30 years of PC gaming, part 3: 2014 - 2023
By Rick Lane published
PCG30TH Geralt of Rivia ushers in the modern era.
The most important games and moments in 30 years of PC gaming, part 2: 2004 - 2013
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PCG30TH Half-Life 2, horse armour, Early Access, and more.
The most important games and moments in 30 years of PC gaming, part 1: 1993-2003
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PCG30TH Games, software, hardware, and events that changed everything.
Hundreds of Norwegian World of Warcraft players are furious after a bizarre new bug causes their game to freeze repeatedly
By Rick Lane published
News Diablo 4, WoW Classic and Hearthstone are also possibly affected.
If the hundreds of hours of Fallout: New Vegas just aren't enough for you, here's a mod that adds infinite quests
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News Pretty rad.
Nightdive says Dark Forces has been 'difficult to change' because LucasArts created its own version of multi-threading years before it became popular
By Rick Lane published
News "It is very heavily over-designed".
EA might not care about Dungeon Keeper anymore, but this open-source 4K remake spent 15 years in the making to reach version 1.0
By Rick Lane published
News Also adds improved controls, new units and campaigns.
Halloween's over but you can still scare yourself witless with this VR recreation of Amnesia
By Rick Lane published
News Visual memory
Starfield community patchers are frustrated by the game's lack of mod support: 'A lot of stuff is really broken compared to the other games'
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News "Any existing modding capabilities appear to be incidental."
EverQuest 2's former creative director has a bleak vision of gaming's future
By Rick Lane published
News "The return on investment for innovation on game mechanics is terrible."
Overwatch 2's latest hero doesn’t just look like the Moana guy, he directly references him too
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News You’re welcome.
Half-Life 3: The complete history of the greatest game never made
By Rick Lane published
White Whale The rumours, rhetoric, and running out of hope.
Total War: Pharoah review: A rich and complex campaign, even if its battles are limited by its ancient historical setting
By Rick Lane published
DEATH ON THE NILE Creative Assembly’s first historical Total War in ages combines classic real-time battles with the most 4x-y campaign yet.
Creator of The Wolf Among Us' noir fantasy universe declares it's now in the public domain
By Rick Lane published
News Fables creator Bill Willingham cites disagreements with DC and copyright reform as reasons.
Get the full lowdown on Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin in its latest trailer
By Rick Lane published
News Covers factions, campaign, multiplayer customisation options, and more.
Digital Eclipse is remaking the original Wizardry, and you can play it right now
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News Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord launches in early access today.
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