Safe Zone – Sliding puzzle game for the Commodore 64 that features a cracking tune!

After a whopping 13 years in development, the Battle for Middle-earth’s Extended Edition mod finally gives the beloved RTS the full Peter Jackson treatment

Ambitious modding projects are a bit like baby fish, in that millions of them spawn, but relatively few survive to adulthood. Hence, it’s always worth celebrating when one makes it through to full release. Such is the case with the Middle-earth Extended Edition, which launches into 1.0 today after 13 years of development. Middle-earth: Extended…

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CD Projekt struggled to sell partners on The Witcher 3 because its gameplay was ‘pretty standard’ and they didn’t believe it could combine storytelling with a cinematic open world

It’s hard to imagine anyone not having faith in The Witcher 3, an RPG that has dominated the genre for the last decade. But that was the situation CD Projekt found itself in when it was trying to sell the idea to prospective partners during development. Despite finding success with the original Witcher and its…

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This artist ‘brings hair to life’ by painting video game scenes on the back of wigs, and yes, it really is as impressive as it sounds

We all go through phases of wanting to change up our hair, I’m sure. There’s always the temptation of some drastic change like dying it completely black which you’ll never truly be able to get out, or bleaching it to platinum blonde for a completely blank slate. I’ve never been brave enough to do either,…

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