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Dawn of War 2 review (2009)

Special commentary on this classic PC Gamer review provided by: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 review – PC Gamer issue #197 (UK, February 2009) From the archives: The review below appears as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and presentation. By Tom Francis (Image credit: Relic Entertainment) Here’s something I never thought…

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The design lead of Half-Life’s biggest competitor says that its publisher was so ‘pissed off’ by the time the game launched that it didn’t bother testing it properly: ‘We got trashed in the press because of bugs’

Back in the halcyon days of 1998, Ritual Entertainment’s Sin was shaping up to be the hottest shooter released that year. An over-the-top, hyper-violent gunfest with the backing of John Romero and a dash of what, at the time, qualified as sex appeal, Sin seemed destined to be the shooter on everyone’s hard-drive by the…

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Space Marine 2 gets a steep discount, a free trial and an update that adds a ‘major revamp’ of Siege Mode, as its multiplayer continues to outpace games like Marathon

Alongside being a colossal sales success for Saber Interactive, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has demonstrated an impressive amount of sticking power as a multiplayer game. Its most recent daily peak concurrent was over 21,000 players, higher than numerous big-swing multiplayer games released in the last 12 months like Dune Awakening and Marathon. Not a…

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