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RINGER
Charming micro RPG LOOP HERO is one of this year’s first true gems.
KHAN'T COMPETE
Can STRONGHOLD: WARLORDS rebuild the foundations of the series?
OOBLETS
Updates introduce two new areas into the world of Oob.
CURSE CORRECTION
CURSE OF THE DEAD GODS is a sharp and atmospheric roguelike dungeon crawler.
CONSOLE WARS
NARITA BOY is a vibrant retro-futuristic adventure about cyber heroes and digital legends.
FALLING IN LOVE
LEMMINGS still haunts my nightmares almost three decades later.
QUAKE
The blueprint for 3D shooters has lots to teach in 2021.
LORD OF CHAOS
How XCOM’s JULIAN GOLLOP improved on the board games he loved
Unreal World
Two years on, EPIC GAMES STORE is still a golden ticket for developers and irresistible bait for gamers.
LEADING A PEASANT REVOLT IN BATTLE BROTHERS PART II
We return to the Darklands for a grim conclusion.
THE GREATEST INFLUENCER
PC gaming would look very different without CIVILIZATION.
RICE FARMING IN SAKUNA: OF RICE AND RUIN
I planted 100 individual seedlings and loved every second.
RAISING THE BAR
The subtle, hands-off storytelling of HALF-LIFE 2 is still hard to beat.
COOL RUNNINGS
What if advances in PC cooling change the PC beyond recognition?
BUILD ME UP
The joys of creation and destruction in SIMCITY 2000
Breaking Ground
Meet the developers making bugs and glitches on purpose
Ghost Town
I am dead is a playful exploration of life in limbo.
LEADING A PEASANT REVOLT IN BATTLE BROTHERS PART I
Can low borns forge their own path in a grim fantasy world?
NEUROJANK
CYBERPUNK 2077 delivers an incredible setting undermined by an onslaught of bugs.
SIM SETTLEMENTS 2
Tune up Fallout 4’s settlement system.
GREEK CHIC
A puny mortal embarks on a quest to save the gods in IMMORTALS FENYX RISING, and finds yet another massive Ubisoft open world game.
GLASS CANNON
How Obsidian built its reputation for masterful, yet buggy, RPGs
HOBBIT FORMING
This team dedicated ten years to building Middle-earth in MINECRAFT
CRIME DOESN'T PAY
EMPIRE OF SIN is ambitious, but undermined by a mountain of issues.
DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
The questing is tedious, but WORLD OF WARCRAFT: SHADOWLANDS is another great WoW expansion.
COMEBACK KING
Hunt down a legend as his arch-nemesis in KING ARTHUR: KNIGHT’S TALE
SCOOBY GANG
LITTLE HOPE is a ghost tour that's better with friends.
STUCK IN THE MUD
DIRT 5 ventures down a well-travelled track.
MIND READING
Brain-computer interfaces could revolutionize the way we live
SECOND EXTINCTION
For anyone who thought Muldoon was the hero of Jurassic Park