The sequel to Half-Life modding classic Pirates, Vikings & Knights quietly hit 1.0 after nearly 18 years of development: 'It's been over 6,500 days since PVK2 was unleashed'
October 20, 2026
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The sequel to Half-Life modding classic Pirates, Vikings & Knights quietly hit 1.0 after nearly 18 years of development: ‘It’s been over 6,500 days since PVK2 was unleashed’

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Well, here’s a cannon blast from the past. Pirates, Vikings & Knights 2 hit 1.0 on Steam while nobody was looking. What’s that? You don’t remember Pirates, Vikings & Knights 2? Don’t blame yourself. There’s a reasonable chance you weren’t born when it first set sail into the freshly pixel-shaded waters of Half-Life 2 modding….

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I’ve tested the best graphics cards and CPUs of the year, and yet it’s this affordable, unassuming little gaming laptop that captured my heart in 2024

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Gear of the Year (Image credit: Future) Check out more of the year’s best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2024 coverage. I’ve looked at a lot of new PC gaming tech this year. Looking at my Steam Replay listing, far more than I’ve consistently played new games, that’s for sure. From the RTX…

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Pit Fighter – by Todd Friedman

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While I agree with that, 2 years before Mortal Kombat hit the scene, there was a breakthrough game featuring live-motion capture. This game was Pit Fighter. An underrated game in my opinion, Pit Fighter captures the reality of fighting in a video game. I remember playing this game in the bowling alley I worked at…

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Extraction MOBA Seekers of Skyveil will launch into early access in March, but first, the ‘largest playtest’ yet is coming later this week

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Seekers of Skyveil, the game that mashes up MOBA-style gameplay with extraction shooter mechanics—and seems to be doing a very good job of it—announced today that it’s set to launch into early access in March. But first, another round of playtesting is set to kick off on January 10 on Steam. Seekers of Skyveil looks…

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Dying Light 2 is a platform now, as the Breach update opens up Techland’s zombie survival game ‘even more to UGC content’

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I didn’t like Dying Light 2 much when it launched back in 2022. But I can’t deny that Techland has really committed to supporting and turning around its controversial sequel. Over the last four years, Techland has reworked the game’s parkour system, added Volatiles to Villedor’s nights, injected its combat with greater oomph, and added…

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The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 10/18/2016

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Ready yourself for the Great War. Take the fight across land, sea, and air in Battlefield 1, which launches October 21 on PS4. The latest chapter in the long-running series, Battlefield 1 immerses players in the spectacular confrontations and heart-wrenching stories of World War I. Push through the war-torn streets of France and charge across…

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