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PC Gamer September issue on sale now (PC)

Jul 23, 2008

The latest issue of PC Gamer Magazine has just hit the stands!Make sure to check out the exclusive Fallout 3 screenshots and details on the skills and perks systems that you won’t find online. ...

Left 4 Dead gets dissected (Left 4 Dead)

Jul 23, 2008

Face it, pirates and ninjas are out and zombies are in. And we have no doubt that one of our most high-anticipated games of this year is Left4Dead, Valve’s post-apocalyptic survival horror shooter. Our initial playtest sent chills down our spine when we first saw it at last year’s Showdown LAN, and the game looked much more refined and polished when we played it at this year’s E3. ...

Maximum PC gets down with Carmack (Rage)

Jul 23, 2008

Our friends down the hall at [Maximum PC] had an opportunity to speak with id co-founder John Carmack after the big EA press conference yesterday (where id surprisingly announced a partnership with EA to publish Rage). They grilled the legendary game developer (and part-time rocket scientist) about id's post-apocalyptic shooter, the state of gaming graphics, and what his plans are after id Tech 5. Rage looks be a drastic ...

Venetica (Venetica)

Jul 21, 2008

Allow us, if you will, a short time to celebrate. As big fans of the point-and-click genre we’re always praying for a good graphic adventure, and while this isn’t quite what we had in mind there’s plenty of reason to rejoice. Deck 13 is an established adventure game developer and their latest project is an RPG with all the charm of their usual work. It’s bright, it’s bold and it’s clean which is just what what we’ve been craving. ...

Call of Duty: World at War (Call Of Duty: World at War)

Jul 18, 2008

Like Star Trek films we’ve come to expect the Call of Duty games to run one good, one bad. However, now that developer Treyarch sat us down in front of the game, we’ve removed our cynicism goggles to look upon the series with fresh, blood-spattered eyes. ...

DC Universe Online (DC Universe Online)

Jul 15, 2008

As the first gamer to enter DC Universe Online, I can state with some confidence that it is not just World of Warcraft in tights. In working with this high-profile license, Sony Online Entertainment is preparing something special that it hopes will live up to the name. ...

Far Cry 2 (Far Cry 2)

Jul 15, 2008

No doubt one of the most highly anticipated shooters of 2008, Far Cry 2 has something to prove if it wants to shake the inevitable comparison to its step-cousin-once-removed, Crysis. ...

Ghostbusters - hands-on (Ghostbusters The Video Game)

Jul 14, 2008

For children of the '80s, there are many pop culture touchtones - just watch VH1 on any given Sunday and you will see dozens of examples. One of the biggest was Ghostbusters, and after two decades since Ghostbusters II and the series' descent into nostalgic obscurity, it's making a return in a big way to consoles and PC. That is a damn sight better than Extreme Ghostbusters...

Granted, thanks to the wonders of the internet and ...

Fallout 3 – hands-on (Fallout 3)

Jul 14, 2008

It has been a full decade - an eternity in gaming time - since we’ve seen a new game set in the Fallout universe, but Fallout 3’s release is imminent. Many people believe there is no greater RPG franchise... which means expectations are king-sized. Can the latest installment in the story live up to its classic predecessors? The only way to find out was to play it. This is a journal of the people, mutants, skills, abilities, ...

Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising (Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising)

Jul 11, 2008

There is one question to ask, one question to answer even before the demonstration begins. One question that almost defines the development of Operation Flashpoint 2. “Can you do that?” We point at the incredible rendered scenes that the British developers, Codemasters, have made available to the press. ...

The first concept art from Half-Life 2: Episode Three (Half-Life 2: Episode Three)

Jul 10, 2008

The web is abuzz over what some believed to be the first concept art of Half-Life 2: Episode Three from an exhibit of video game art called Into the Pixel. And some are so wrong. The first concept art from Valve’s episodic blockbuster actually appeared in the pages of PC Gamer magazine in our November 2007 issue!

That was our cover story and review of The Orange Box, and our exclusive render ...

Alpha Protocol (Alpha Protocol)

Jul 7, 2008

Fairly or not, RPGs are fatally associated with orcs, aliens and bearded wizards. Not everyone likes the idea of having to level-up characters over 50 hours, or learn different trades just to be a Level 6 cobbler. Sega’s Alpha Protocol, however, is a ‘stealth’ RPG, applying its stat-heavy mechanics and micro-management in a world anyone can relate to – modern day espionage; in an action adventure where you can be ...

King's Bounty - The Legend (King's Bounty: The Legend)

Jul 1, 2008

Eastern Europe continues to be a fertile spawning ground for reverential games inspired by genre legends. The original King’s Bounty was the precursor to the Heroes of Might & Magic series, and, like those classics, this new Russian-made game is primarily focused on tactical, turn-based combat on hexagonal battlefields. Addictive combat is clearly the primary appeal of this genre, but King’s Bounty: The Legend is aiming to ...

Six reasons Diablo III gives us a geek-gasm (Diablo III)

Jun 30, 2008

With the new sequel to Blizzard's legendary RPG now official, we discuss why we really can't wait for it to arrive ...

Project Origin (Project Origin)

Jun 27, 2008

The events of Project Origin promise to bring the player closer – physically and psychologically – to Alma than the flittering twitches its predecessor, FEAR allowed. “You play Michael Beckett,” enthuses John Mulkey, Project Origin’s lead designer. “You’re going in to rescue Aristide, the president of Armacham – the woman who restarted Project Origin and wakened Alma. ...

Crysis Warhead - first look (Crysis Warhead)

Jun 27, 2008

How do you top the critically acclaimed launch of Crysis, a sci-fi shooter so genre-pushing, so technologically ahead of the curve, that it was awarded PC Gamer’s Game of the Year for 2007? For developer Crytek, the answer isn’t to churn out a quickie sequel - even though Crysis’ cliff-hanger ending surely demands one. Now.

No - first, Crytek has to deal with the “perception” problem. The perception that ...

Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization – first look (Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization)

Jun 24, 2008

In 1492, legendary explorer Christopher Columbus discovered America (as far as Europe was concerned, anyway), setting off a control struggle between European powers and the continent’s native inhabitants that eventually led to the founding of the United States of America. ...

Will the next Call of Duty suck? (Call Of Duty: World at War)

Jun 23, 2008

As you probably already know, Call of Duty: World at War is due out this fall for 360, PS3, PC and Wii. Activision has turned to good ol’ reliable Treyarch to develop World at War, while series creators Infinity Ward are hard at work on the next ordinal chapter, Call of Duty 5, for sometime in the distant future. More Duty should be a good thing, right? But fans are worried that with Treyarch helming the Pacific-themed WWII shooter, ...

Space Siege - hands-on (Space Siege)

Jun 16, 2008

When we last checked in on Space Siege, Chris Taylor’s classic action role-playing game series Dungeon Siege series was spinning off into the future, trading goblins for aliens (exchange rate: 2.4 aliens per goblin). While clearly a rehash of three-year-old Dungeon Siege II technology, SS shares the same dungeon-crawling appeal transplanted to a new setting, and introduces substantial new gameplay elements and philosophical questions ...

X-Blades - EXCLUSIVE hands-on (X-Blades)

Jun 12, 2008

Sex appeal is a common ingredient in videogames, but X-Blades may represent a new level in blatant eyeball-grabbing. The anime-tastic heroine, Ayumi, wears a shockingly small amount of clothing, even by gaming standards. Luckily, while she may have forgotten to bring a pair of pants on her evil demon-fighting, treasure-hunting hack 'n slash adventure, she did remember two rather badass swords... that just happen to also serve as a pair of ...