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You Are The Hero: A History of Fighting Fantasy
Eurogamer's Damien McFerran chats to Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone about creating a page-turning legend.
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Trigger Happy 2.0: The Art and Politics of Games
British writer Steven Poole's newest book is a collection of his columns for Edge Magazine. Eurogamer's Chris Donlan investigates.
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Hammerwatch is Gauntlet for the Modern Generation
Been a-hankerin' for some cooperative top-down monster-slayin' action? This new indie gem's got you covered.
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How to Build a AAA Studio Overnight
Ubisoft Toronto's about to launch its first game with Splinter Cell Blacklist - but this is no start-up story. Eurogamer's Martin Robinson reports.
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Sword of the Stars: The Pit - MindGames Review
It's a roguelike based on a sci-fi 4X strategy game. Can such an unholy combination really work?
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Starship Command: A Retrospective
Eurogamer's Graeme Virtue Treks himself before he wrecks himself on a little-known '80s space sim.
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I've Decided Which Console I'm Buying This Year...
...and it's another PlayStation 3, writes Eurogamer's Oli Welsh.
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Activision and DLC: Doing it Right
Black Ops II's final DLC was announced today. Pete thinks Activision is going about add-on content in the right way.
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Meet the Man Bringing Free-to-Play to Xbox
Eurogamer's Simon Parkin explores how Wargaming.net is taking the F2P war to the console front.
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Get Out of My Brain, Silent Hill
Pete ponders the virtues of one of the most overlooked entries in the Silent Hill series.
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Simon Read: The Star of New Star Soccer
Eurogamer's Robert Purchese talks to the indie dev about how he nearly got out of games... before they made him a millionaire.
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It's Time We Had a New Trauma Center
Atlus' medical drama series has laid dormant since 2010. Isn't it about time we saw a new installment?
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Rise of the Triad Review
The cult classic shooter from the '90s is back with a bang, but has it learned anything in the last 20 years?
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After EA: How Sang-Froid's Team Left to Head for the Woods
Eurogamer's Chris Donlan explores Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves' blend of Canadian history and mythology.
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Blast from the Past III: Quaking in Fear
In the third part of our look back on '90s shooters, Pete explores the jump to full 3D that eventually led us to where we are now.
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Carmack: Next-Gen is "Anyone's Game"
Eurogamer's Tom Bramwell reports on yesterday's QuakeCon keynote speech by Id Software's tech wizard.
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Who's to Blame for Wii U's Dismal Sales?
Recent sales figures for Nintendo's new console aren't looking good. Should we be worried?
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My First Encounter with the Saints
Ahead of the impending release of Saints Row IV, Pete looks back at this odd series' third installment.
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Here's One Way to Tackle the Backlog
Some of us have a bigger backlog problem than others. But how to deal with it when it's 500 games strong?
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Hoarding at the End of the World
Eurogamer's Rich Stanton explores how The Last of Us works for The Most of Us.
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Aisha Tyler Appears in Watch Dogs, Gets Run Over
Ubisoft put out a video showcasing Aisha Tyler's appearance in the upcoming Watch Dogs, to a questionable degree of success.
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The Story of Yugoslavia's DIY Computer Revolution
Eurogamer's Lewis Packwood takes us on a trip to meet Galaksija, the wooden wonder computer.
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The Story of a Raiding Guild with a PR But No Game
Dedicated, professional and putting in upwards of 25 hours a week, Enigma's a tribe without a home. Eurogamer's Robert Purchese investigates.
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The Importance of Wheaton's Law
After a somewhat tumultuous weekend in the games industry, can't we do better in the ways we interact with one another?
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The Importance of Fresh Perspectives
Eurogamer's Martin Robinson explores how when engineers and filmmakers turn their attention to games, the results can often be enlightening.
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Blast from the Past II: Doom, Duke and Deathmatch
Pete continues his exploration of '90s first-person shooters with a look at the genre's first tentative moves towards "true" 3D.
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The Universal Systems of Tom Francis
Eurogamer's Tom Bramwell chats with the Gunpoint developer about how his game was always building inside him, even as he continued life as a critic.
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You Should Play Fortune Summoners
While it was Recettear that put localization specialist Carpe Fulgur on the map, the team's third project is an underappreciated gem well worth checking out.
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Looking for Trade
Let's talk about Steam Trading Cards. Is it a fun little metagame or just a means to make you spend more money?
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The Highs and Lows of Firefall's Open Beta
Eurogamer's Dan Whitehead checks out Red 5 Studios' upcoming free-to-play massively multiplayer online shooter.
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No Sleep Till Düsseldorf
The recent Steam sale causes Pete to become enraptured with Euro Truck Simulator 2's heavyweight charms.
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Inside the Toy Box
Eurogamer's Dan Whitehead rediscovers the joy of play on a father-and-son visit to the home of the Skylanders.
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The Strange Origins of Flashback
Eurogamer's Martin Robinson explores how Flashback began as a Godfather tie-in, and how over 20 years later it's making a comeback.
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What the Delay has Done for Rayman Legends
Eurogamer's Tom Phillips explores how Ubisoft Montpellier has used the extra six months to build a better game.
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Blast from the Past: The Dawn of the First-Person Shooter
With several remakes of classic 1990s first-person shooters on the horizon, Pete kicks off a detailed exploration of this most prolific of game types with an exploration of the genre's genesis.
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The Story of Net Yaroze, Sony's First Indie Push
Eurogamer's David Owen explores how, 15 years ago, Sony's original PlayStation ushered in a new generation of independent talent.
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How Plants vs. Zombies 2 Works as a Free-to-Play Game
Eurogamer's Chris Donlan casts a critical eye over the highly anticipated sequel's controversial free-to-play mechanics.
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On Video Games, Kids and Outdoor Fun
A provocative editorial from The Times sparks some debate -- do kids really want to play video games, or are our Xboxes and PlayStations being used as babysitters?
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Apples and Oranges
Eurogamer's Tom Bramwell looks at why Apple's recently-released controller designs don't necessarily point towards a consoley future.
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The Story Behind Japan Studio's Most Personal Project
Eurogamer's Martin Robinson takes a look inside the family theater of Puppeteer.
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Origins of the Open World: Mercenary
We're looking at an impending "year of open world games," but the concept has been around since some innovative games as far back as 1985.
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Why Grand Theft Auto V Has to Be a Comedy
Eurogamer's Chris Donlan channels Martin Amis' assertion that "comedy is the only genre left standing" and examines GTAV through that lens.
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Origins of the Open World: Alternate Reality
The coming year looks set to be "the year of open-world" -- but the concept is quite a bit older than you might think.
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Reanimated: The Story of Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines
Eurogamer's Rick Lane looks at the troubled RPG and how fans kept it alive long after its developer abandoned it.
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We're All Adults Here... Right?
A lot of modern gamers have grown up with the industry, and are now fully-grown adults. Why, then, are we still treated like children in many respects?
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Seeing the Good Within
Why would you ever play a "bad" game? To have an interesting experience, of course. Pete turns to John Updike's rules of criticism for inspiration.
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Wiird Channels
Eurogamer's Rich Stanton raises a glass and bids a fond farewell to several of the Wii's Channels.
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Have Traditional MMOs Had Their Time?
Eurogamer's Robert Purchese ponders what the rise of MOBAs and shared-world shooters means for the "traditional" MMORPG in 2013.
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Five Games That Make an Adequate Replacement for a Fireworks Display
Happy 4th of July! If, on the off-chance, you're by yourself today and missing the fireworks, give some of these games a shot.
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Born Slippy: The Making of Star Fox
Eurogamer's Damien McFerran talks to the ex-Argonaut staff behind the revolutionary SNES hit, some 20 years after its original release.