Latest articles by Rick Lane
Warren Spector was so desperate to make Deus Ex that it almost became a Command & Conquer RPG: 'I was going to find a way to make it one way or another, even if it meant making another damn sci-fi game!'
News PC gaming history could have been very different.
Deep Rock Galactic Survivor is gearing up for launch, literally—adding a fully-fledged gear system when it hits 1.0 in September
News Gear of Dwarves.
Preservationists discover a 'nearly complete' build of a lost Animaniacs game 22 years after it was cancelled, and you can play it right now
News Animaniacs: Hollywood Hypnotics hasn't been seen since 2003.
Rust's developer is overhauling the survival sim's mission system so it can create in-game quests faster and more easily: 'The process to create new missions internally is quite cumbersome and error prone'
News Latest update also adds a party system and "improved erosion".
What happened to the creator of Gunman Chronicles, Valve's forgotten FPS? 'My relationship with Gabe didn't really go that great'
Digital fossils Tracing the history of an ancient Valve artefact.
Runaway city-building success Manor Lords is getting a major overhaul to its systems: 'It's not just a new feature or two. It's a full rework'
News "Because we're working on all these big changes, we haven't been able to put out smaller patches."
Chaotic destruction sim Teardown breaks cover on its multiplayer update, revealing 8 player team deathmatch and support for modded servers
News Will be available for experimental testing soon.
RoboCop: Rogue City's expansion will let you play as ED-209, but I'm more excited about having some guns I might use instead of the Auto 9
News Also, what's going on with that voiceover?
Here's a mod that puts Halo's multiplayer into Half-Life, which to me feels like putting tea in your coffee
News Halo Goldsource brings Slayer and Firefight into Valve's classic shooter.
Wreckfest 2's latest update lets you drive a grotty motorhome that's definitely had meth cooked in it, and ensures that 'realistic damage mode is now more realistic'
News New tracks and demolition derby arenas also added.
For the first time in three years, Sable is free to keep on the Epic Store
News Grab Shedworks' beautiful open-world game gratis for the next week.
The brilliant Half-Life-inspired survival game Abiotic Factor cascades into 1.0 this July
News Deep Field Games wraps up early access development next month.
I played Lovecraftian doctor simulator Do No Harm, and let me tell you, my brother in Cthulhu, I did some serious harm
Hippocratic oaf Doctor Eadful is in the house.
Dying Light continues celebrating its 10th anniversary with a big graphical facelift, but don't you dare call it a remaster
News The Retouched update is "about squeezing out even more from the Dying Light you already love."
Two Point Museum's first DLC adds a fantasy flourish to your exhibitions, letting you display mimic chests, a giant d20, and a chicken statue that turns people into poultry
News Fantasy Finds is out this July.
Atari's reboot of Mad Max-style racer Fatal Run is coming later this year, and its new trailer shows a hefty dose of Burnout in its irradiated DNA
News Mad tracks.
Hellblade 2 is getting an enhanced edition that brings back the fake permadeath system from the first game, but there's every chance it's real this time
News Also improves photo mode and adds even more graphics.
Blasphemous is currently 90% off, so cheap it's giving me a guilty conscience
News Blasphemous 2 also half-price.
Pathologic 3's time travel system will let players 'explore the unknown boldly and without fearing permanent ruin' and that makes me way more inclined to play it
News "Unlike previous entries in the series, now you must fight for every new day of the town’s life."
Victoria 3 is playable for free this weekend, and on a 70% discount until Thursday
News Play Paradox's Victorian grand strategy gratis, then grab the full game cheap if you like it.
Almost a year after launch, Frost Giant's StarCraft wannabe has finally added the feature it's named after: 'We called the game Stormgate, yet we didn't actually have any stormgates'
News "Long-requested" feature arrives to shake up the troubled RTS.
Total War: Warhammer 3's latest patch radically reattunes its magic item system: 'In total some 600 ancillaries have had their effects and rarity adjusted'
News Also adds new units and campaign AI options.
Tempest Rising's first major update targets the Command and Conquer successor's multiplayer, adding 6 maps, a 2v2 ranked mode, and an extensive balance overhaul
News Rally & Recon update available now.
