Spec Ops: The Line

The militaristic, third-person shooter series returns, this time set in the near-future as Dubai becomes a warzone.

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The hidden value of video game main menus, and the design secrets that compel you to hit play

By Alex Avard published

Feature "We should make a good first impression": Video game main menus are more important than we realise

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The secret art of the video game loading screen, and why they won’t be going away anytime soon

By Alex Avard published

Feature Why loading screens are a necessary evil here to stay (and how developers trick you into thinking they don’t exist)

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Daily NewsRadar: Westworld gives us Shogun World, Lindsay Lohan and GTA 5, Free Spec Ops and more

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The best bad endings (that you really have to work for)

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Taking an uncomfortable, thought-provoking journey into the heart of darkness with Spec Ops: The Line

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19 games banned across the world, and why they got the axe

By Ashley Reed, Louise Blain published

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Why games should be crueler to us

By Alan Bradley published

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11 video games that are actually based on books

By David Roberts published

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Games that make you feel guilty for doing as you're told

By Ashley Reed published

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Top 7 video game characters that live in your head

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7 games that look ancient compared to their sequels

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Gaming's obsession with franchise growth is smothering new games

By David Houghton published

The idea that new games need recognisable names isn't doing anyone any favours.

The Top 7... Best Nolan North roles in gaming

By Hollander Cooper published

Wait, this sounds... familiar...

The best uses of pop music in video games

By Tom Goulter published

Everyone knows video games have great music--but what about pop music, or rock music, or all those other kinds of music that aren't in games? Well, sometimes they are, and the results are great...

25 things we hate about our favorite games

By Henry Gilbert published

What's wrong with the best games of the last 12 months? We could think of a few things...

Top 7... Games full of impossible choices

By Tom Goulter published

Spec-Ops: The Line will get free co-op in new update

By Andrew Groen published

One of the most surprising titles of the year, Spec Ops: The Line, is getting a rather hefty update today as a free co-op mode is introduced...

Why the notion that games need photoreal graphics to tell better stories is backward nonsense, whatever 2K's boss says

By David Houghton published

Apparently we only have lots of shooters because graphics aren't good enough for anything else

Spec Ops: The Line multiplayer guide

By BradyGames published

Learn the ins and outs of the Exiles and the Damned

Spec Ops: The Line intel locations guide

By Jeff McAllister published

Untold stories from the frontlines

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