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Beneath a Steel Sky review (1994)

Special commentary on this classic PC Gamer review provided by: From the archives: The review below appears as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and screenshots. By Garry Whitta Beneath a Steel Sky review – PC Gamer #1 (UK, December 1993) It’s here at last. After two years in development and more column…

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Why is Blizzard still announcing games years ahead of release? ‘We want to convey confidence in some of our biggest bets coming forward’

Reactions to the StarCraft trailer shown at BlizzCon this year seem pretty universal. Initial excitement, immediately deflated when the words “STARCRAFT RETURNS 2030” appeared at the end. (The fact it’s going to be an “open world shooter” didn’t help.) The surprise announcement of Diablo 5 coming in 2029 seems odd too. There were 11 years…

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Playing RTS with a controller? Total War: Warhammer 40,000 dev says it ‘really does work’ in their game: ‘I think we’ve landed in a really solid spot’

The kids who grew up playing StarCraft on Nintendo 64 must have thumbs of steel. With the exception of a handful of games designed specifically for consoles like Herzog Zwei and Halo Wars, the RTS has not been a genre that’s played well with controllers. It remains the heartland of the mouse and keyboard. And…

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Diablo 5 gameplay details from BlizzCon: More classes than ever before, procedurally-generated dungeons, and Diablo 2-style loot

Diablo 5 is shaping up to be very different from Diablo 4. The sequel is set a hundred years after Diablo 4 in the aftermath of Diablo (the demon)’s apocalyptic destruction of Sanctuary, and it’s going to bring fundamental changes to combat, classes, and loot. Several Diablo 5 developers took the stage today at BlizzCon…

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Retro Review: Lost Planet 3

Set 50 years before the events of the first “Lost Planet,” this game is definitely geared more towards fans of the series. At the same time, since it’s a prequel, it’s not a bad place to start for newcomers either. If you’ve played the series before, the gameplay is similar in the fact that you’ll…

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