Ex-Metal Slug Developers Announce Black Finger Jet, A New Run-And-Gun Game

The original Dawn of War games have 109 new Steam achievements after 20 years—if you have the definitive edition, at least

I’m no RTS expert, but I’m nonetheless ride or die for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. I’ve poured what must be hundreds of hours into campaign and skirmish modes across the game’s four versions, gleefully gunning down gue’la for the greater good and deep striking dreadnoughts where they are least welcome. Granted, there’s no record…

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Valve first came up with the Steam Hardware Survey more than 20 years ago because it wanted to know what specs it should target for Half-Life 2

The Steam Hardware Survey has become a critical resource for the games industry, allowing curious enthusiasts or practical-minded developers to get a sense of how the average PC gamer enjoys the hobby. To hear Valve senior engineer Jay Stelly tell it in Half-Life 2’s new 20th anniversary developer commentary, the Steam Hardware Survey first came…

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