How Deus Ex inspired a Wikipedia-style murder mystery By Jeremy Peel 26 November 2021 Wiki Wild West Neurocracy is an episodic adventure set across a near-future encyclopaedia.
How Dungeons & Dragons shaped every corner of PC gaming By Jeremy Peel 22 November 2021 Dungeon Master "I think D&D influenced everyone in the computer game business back in the '80s and '90s."
Meet Trent Oster, the bloke who launched Neverwinter Nights twice By Jeremy Peel 13 October 2021 Bionic Man "It took a couple of games to learn moderation.”
The rise, fall, and redemption of Mafia developer Illusion Softworks By Jeremy Peel 07 October 2021 Gooddevelopas Here's how the Czech studio created an action-adventure legacy.
For hundreds of days, Brian Hicks battled to finish DayZ and didn’t quite get there By Jeremy Peel 06 October 2021 End of DayZ A look back on DayZ's hectic development.
How Terry Cavanagh bet it all on the simple joy of platforming By Jeremy Peel 14 September 2021 High Roller "If art doesn't make you cringe a little bit, then you've not really exposed or pushed yourself as much as you could."
How comedy, cartoons, and a connection to nature set Ubisoft Montpellier apart By Jeremy Peel 06 September 2021 Ray of Light It’s easy to see Montpellier as Ubisoft’s whimsical oddball child.
Celebrating PC gaming's long love affair with D&D's Forgotten Realms By Jeremy Peel 31 August 2021 Treasured Memories The long history of the most beloved fantasy setting on PC.
You don't have to play every immersive sim as a stealth game By Jeremy Peel 16 August 2021 Gone Lethal That sword hovering constantly in the corner of your screen? Use it.
How FPS masters and Gears Tactics studio Splash Damage went from team-based to turn-based By Jeremy Peel 11 August 2021 Territorial Army Love multi-classing in shooters? It all started with Splash Damage.
From battle royale to burnout with former DayZ director Brian Hicks By Jeremy Peel 09 August 2021 Hick-arus "We had two or three weeks to get our first prototype working, because that’s the date Jordan put on all our promotional material.”
Every time Drizzt Do'Urden has showed up in a PC game By Jeremy Peel 05 August 2021 drow now Tracking the journey of D&D's ancient mascot through the history of the medium.
The next generation of beloved D&D characters will be crafted live on Twitch By Jeremy Peel 23 July 2021 Critical hits Actual play is now the birthing pool for D&D’s most popular characters.
How Reflections progressed from GTA rival to Ubisoft's in-house car collision specialists By Jeremy Peel 13 July 2021 Speed Demon Reflections found itself when it turned its back on the track.
How a childhood crime movie inspired Driver's notoriously difficult car park tutorial By Jeremy Peel 12 July 2021 Burning Rubber The noir's first level is harder than an actual driving test.
How Assassin's Creed creator Patrice Déselets became gaming's cool history teacher By Jeremy Peel 21 June 2021 Altaïr-nate past "The past is like a fantasy land".
Orcs Must Die! 3 marks the return of a quintessential co-op series to Steam By Jeremy Peel 18 June 2021 Green light Time to close an old rift.
How much Deus Ex is in Guardians of the Galaxy? By Jeremy Peel 18 June 2021 Uncle Jensen Finding the throughline from Human Revolution to the dev’s Marvel debut.
How Raven Software became kings of COD after vanishing from view By Jeremy Peel 09 June 2021 Crows nest As Activision oversees the biggest FPS in the world, Raven Software is the support studio making the magic happen behind the scenes.
The evolution of Hunt: Showdown By Jeremy Peel 03 June 2021 Cross mire How a strange experiment in stealth-based multiplayer became Crytek’s masterpiece.
Meet the game makers determined to stop development from ruining lives By Jeremy Peel 01 June 2021 A new leaf The devs behind The Long Dark, Minit, John Wick Hex, and more, talk about tackling crunch and overwork.
Rockstar made millions selling Scotland's natural export: dark comedy By Jeremy Peel 17 May 2021 DNA Tracing A look back through GTA's history, from virtual living city to a lifetime of public notoriety.
Remakes are nice, but Hitman 3's quiet modernisation of old games is better By Jeremy Peel 07 May 2021 Dorian Game Like Peter Pan, Hitman 2016 will never age, so long as IO maintains it.
Amid terrible spin-offs and cash grabs, MachineGames is proving licensed games can be great By Jeremy Peel 20 April 2021 Cash in How the team behind The Chronicles of Riddick adaptation reversed the reputation of licensed games.
