Latest articles by Rick Lane
The most important games and moments in 30 years of PC gaming, part 2: 2004 - 2013
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'
News "Any existing modding capabilities appear to be incidental."
EverQuest 2's former creative director has a bleak vision of gaming's future
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
News You’re welcome.
Half-Life 3: The complete history of the greatest game never made
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
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
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
News Covers factions, campaign, multiplayer customisation options, and more.
Digital Eclipse is remaking the original Wizardry, and you can play it right now
News Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord launches in early access today.
Amnesia: The Bunker's Halloween update plans to make this year's scariest game even more terrifying
News Nowhere to hide.
Stig Asmussen, director of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, is leaving Respawn Entertainment
News "Veteran Respawn leaders" to step in.
20 years on, Jedi Knight 2 still has the most exciting lightsaber duels in videogames
JUST KEEP SWINGING Revisiting Raven’s classic FPS in the age of Jedi: Survivor.
Turns out the best way to play Baldur's Gate 3 is as a terrible Paladin that wants to murder his own party
SMITE AND TRAGIC Combining D&D's most devout class with the Dark Urge origin creates a wonderfully conflicted adventure.
Gord review: Shock value can't make up for this survival strategy game's poor fundamentals
GORD STIFF Don't sacrifice your time to this mediocre survival strategy game.
10 tips to keep you alive in Remnant 2's procedural realms
Friendly advice Don't waste your ammo and remember to dodge.
Remnant 2 review: From sentient trees to cursed boardgames, this looter shooter is constantly ready to surprise you
PIECES OF GREAT This looter shooter sequel makes subverting expectations a habit.
Xenonauts 2 is a comprehensive but overly safe tribute to classic X-COM
Alien autopsy Expect brutal combat and mounting panic as you save the world from aliens again, but don't expect much that's new.
