Gearbox is a developer that prides itself on realism, and takes the task of recreating the events of Operation Market Garden very seriously - they even brought in veterans who were actually there to make sure the experience was as authentic as it could be. They’ve also done mountains of research on the operation. Ubisoft hooked us up with some reference photos from “Hell's Highway: The True Story of the 101st Airborne ...

You can get your mother enough flowers and custom hug-a-bunch bears to choke a Bed, Bath and Beyond, but all the aging coot really wants is to spend time with her precious little you. So, when my gentle mom came from little ol’ Tallahassee, Florida to visit the GR offices, I took it upon myself to share something with her that’s been eating up every free moment of my time: I gave her the gift of Grand Theft Auto IV. ...

Every time a new Grand Theft Auto comes out, it seems like all we hear about is how much freedom each game gives you to do as you please. And while that's true for the most part, there's usually only one way through a given game's story missions, and it tends to take rampant criminality.

But Grand Theft Auto IV is different. With moral choices and a powerful physics engine that allows for all sorts of creative solutions to problems, ...

Developers Splash Damage began as a bunch of fanboy modders, before growing into one of the UK’s most important games companies, creating Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and most recently Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. We fought off Stroggs advancing on Bromley to ask art director Richard Jolly and creative director Paul Wedgwood about the making of this Quake-inspired tactical blaster and discover what it’s like working with a famous ...

With Mother’s Day comes the time to exalt all things Mammy. But you’ll forgive us we don’t honor their sacrifice in a Hallmark kitty-cat, “I wuv you thiiiis much” kind of way. Take it from the Lotharios at GamesRadar: The highest compliment you can pay any woman is one pertaining to her physical attractiveness. Whops, hollers and catcalls - the ladies just can’t get enough of it.

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Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World is the sequal/spin-off to the insanely popular Tales of Symphonia, slated for release sometime in 2008 (maybe September). This far out, publisher Namco Bandai is keeping things close to the vest, but after pleading and begging, Dawn producer Tsutomo Gouda gave up a few goods in our exclusive interview. 

GamesRadar: Symphonia didn’t have any of the Pokemon vibe and ...

A quality computer game has many important prerequisites: great gameplay, a terrific story, really immersive atmosphere, etc. The Command and Conquer games are superb RTS experiences but remain relatively unique among other modern games in that they put a lot of effort into their full motion videos, or FMVs. A good game tells a story, but a great game immerses you in its cinematic presentation. But how do these live-action cut scenes hold up ...

A few months ago, we invited PC Gamer readers to take part in our very own reality TV game show knock-off that we dubbed America’s Next Top PC Gamer Reviewer. The first challenge was simple: Give us a 150-word review of the casual game Peggle. We were overwhelmed by the response - our e-mail boxes were flooded with over 200 entries. They were all so good that it was agonizing to whittle the group down to 12 finalists. ...

A while ago, I asked the PC Gamer reader brain trust to sound off on their experiences with Windows Vista after applying Service Pack 1. Vista early adopters had hoped that this would be the feel-good service pack of the year, the one that would elevate Microsoft’s flagship operating system from a glossy, confounding and frustrating kludge to a sleeker, more responsive OS that didn’t bring down framerates in ...