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Directive 8020 starts aboard the spaceship Cassiopeia, where you join a group of scientists venturing to the exoplanet Tau Ceti f. Tasked with setting up the next intergalactic colony, all these scientists are meant to do is take a look at the new planet and figure out how safe it is for the colonists following…
Videogame music has been such a huge presence in my life from such a young age that I rarely stop to consider how many people go through life without ever hearing any of it. They probably know the classics (your Tetris, Mario, etc) but forever be oblivious to the incredible scores and vocal pieces that…
Scott Miller first got into PC gaming with the original IBM PC, having been writing games since 1975 for machines like the Wang 2200 and the Commodore PET. “I don’t really know what got me playing games on the IBM PC, I was probably looking at games that were free or whatever on the internet”,…
Special commentary on this classic PC Gamer review provided by: Demigod review – PC Gamer issue #201 (UK, June 2009) From the archives: The review below appears as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and presentation. By Graham Smith Demigod is gloriously bombastic, the introductory cutscene intoning the slight backstory in its best,…
I spend a lot of time looking at the elaborate outfits and intricate cosplays people put together, but it’s got me wondering: what is the easiest character to cosplay? I’ve already shown you the dedication of cosplayers like Kaho Shibyua, the handiwork of Emily White, and the creativity of Cybertsu, all of which have thrown…
Real-time or turn-based is a debate as unending as Coke vs Pepsi or Unreal Tournament vs Quake 3. Yet regardless of whether you prefer battering your enemies via free-flowing combat or tactical increments, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth‘s director reckons he knows which one is winning. And sorry to all you players who like taking time…
Star Citizen has a problem. No, not the fact that it’s been in development for well over a decade, or that it still has no hard release date on the horizon despite raising almost $1 billion in development funds. The problem is that the markets in Cloud Imperium Games’ space sim alpha are riddled with…
Civilization 7‘s latest update arrives on Monday. Firaxis revealed the bulk of the update’s additions earlier this month, including the “most-requested addition” of letting players guide a single Civ across the entirety of its campaign. But Firaxis kept one last surprise in reserve, having just revealed that the update will add military wunderkind Alexander the…
I consider it my sworn duty to keep you informed of games that channel the energy of noughties fantasy swashbuckling sim Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, and there are a surprising number of upcoming projects that borrow from the game with the best boot in the business. There’s Alkahest, which has caught my eye…
I guess we can call Forza Horizon 6 letting players go to Japan and race against a mech a success then. The incarnation of Forza Horizon with kei trucks and indestructible cherry blossom trees in it is available four days early for people who buy the premium edition, and they have turned up in droves….