Latest articles by Jeremy Peel
Stop waiting for the Game of Thrones CRPG of your dreams and settle for the pleasant eurojank compromise instead
House of the Dragon Age It's rough, dated and still probably one of the better GoT games.
Crossfire is actually the second singleplayer shooter named after Korea’s Counter-Strike—and the last one was made by Remedy
Max pain But you might struggle to stay A Wake for it.
Dragon Age setting creator David Gaider is pitching a heist RPG that's 'make or break' for his studio
In the airship Publishers are enthusiastic, but they're not yet stumping up the funds.
BioWare's co-founder fought to make Baldur's Gate 3 for over a decade, then Larian did it instead: 'I don't really get jealous'
Candlekeepin' on Just as there were multiple Bhaalspawn, there was never really just one Baldur's Gate 3.
As the UK plunges once more into political chaos, I’ve found the roguelike deckbuilder that can help me process it
Dismembered Prime Monster is a smartly satirical take on the antics of British MPs
Immersive sim sickos rejoice: the makers of Void Bastards are creating their most choice-driven game to date in Godzone 6
Freak out Build a grotesque mutant and then play to their hideous strengths in a highly-detailed sci-fi dungeon.
Marathon (1994) and Marathon (2026) are at opposite ends of FPS history, but playing them at the same time I'm finding they have a lot in common, despite their vast differences
Closer to God Maximum lore inhalation.
Free Kit Frenzy rids Marathon of most of its stress, but risks tossing out tension and teamwork too
DRY RUN Does Bungie’s battle royale-style experiment sacrifice too many of the extraction shooter’s best qualities?
Avalanche's cancelled AionGuard 'would have been Crimson Desert' but the publisher 'broke up with us on a text message'
news "We had everything that I've seen from Crimson Desert in the plans for that game."
Open world crime game Samson had to be pared back mid-development, which led to its unusual structure: 'It's become more unique'
Endurance run After "the reality of the industry hit," the studio pivoted to a new structure and fist-focused combat.
Flawless victory was never on the cards for eurojank, but I honestly can't tell if it won or lost
Buggy Beauty An ode to the wonky yet wonderful projects of yesteryear, and their modern successors.
Were PC gamers right to take against Syndicate's FPS reboot? Only one man with an ancient disc copy can find out
Corp warp Imagine a world with ever-so-slightly fewer cyberpunk games. Welcome to 2012.
Asset reuse in videogames is essential, and we need to embrace it, says Assassin's Creed and Far Cry director: 'We redo too much stuff'
Asset's creed Is that developer actually lazy for leaning on an old reload animation, or are they simply smart?
Ubisoft made another Avatar game the world has forgotten about, so I opened Pandora’s boxed copy and dropped into the jungle
I'm blue, dabadee It's as if Apocalypse Now was made in 10 months rather than 10 years.
Any remake of GTA 4 must preserve its minigames and misery
Go bowling Niko Bellic’s would-be redemption story is a dart to the heart.
Counterfeit Monkey is so magnificent a text adventure that I'm convinced the puzzle genre went wrong when it added graphics
Word up The power of the written word can quite literally change nations in this sci-fi masterpiece.
The 9 best quests in Fallout history
fall in Want the best Fallout has to offer? Start here.
The best characters in Fallout
nuclear family We get on with these Fallout characters like a world on fire.
I've played every Call of Duty: Black Ops game, and will now attempt the impossible: Explaining all of the lore so you can understand Black Ops 7
BLOP drop There's a maximum amount of sense this series can make, and we'll endeavour to reach that threshold together.
The life and death of Call of Duty's most controversial mechanic, the boost jump: 'They almost threw me out of the room'
High life How CoD embraced the future, before backlash brought it back down to earth.
GTA: San Andreas is full of legends, and it's got me chasing ghost ships and urban myths like a schoolkid in 2004
The horror There's a magic in the myths that wikis have taken from us.
Battlefield had a messy predecessor, Codename Eagle, that predates even DICE’s involvement in the series
Roll of the dice The millennium-era reviews make for funny and illuminating reading.
Call of Duty was saved against the odds when Infinity Ward imploded
Make or break Modern Warfare 3 co-director Glen Schofield tells the dramatic story of its making first-hand.
