Latest articles by Rick Lane
'I am a big roguelike guy, but also a fan of minimalism and elegance': Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story, guides us through the games in his Steam Library
Telling truths The founder of Half Mermaid on classic adventure games, modern hacking sims, and his favourite screenwriting software.
Cancelled Quake 4 expansion gets surprise GitHub release after former XCOM 2 developer discovers it on an old hard drive: 'This essentially saved my life'
News Quake 4: Awakening was in development at Ritual Entertainment before being scrapped.
Roblox shares plummet by 70% after the company reports persistent decline in player numbers, and of course the solution involves AI
News The company's earnings outlook for the remaining year has "changed considerably."
Blocky zombie survival sim Unturned releases its source code so players can build a 'lasting legacy' for the game 'regardless of the changes we make'
News The source files are freely available for non-commercial use.
God of War TV series sees further recasts as Amazon seeks older actors for Atreus and Thrud
News The series will have different actors in these roles for Season 2.
Tencent's cyberpunk rival to Grand Theft Auto is in trouble as its developer lays off 80 people
News Lightspeed LA says it will "shift the creative and development direction" of Last Sentinel.
One of Kerbal Space Program's biggest inspirations was a promotional Flash game for Top Gear: 'That was the most similar game to KSP that I could find back then'
Rocket science The creator of KSP talks us through what's on his PC, from Full Throttle to Old School Runescape.
Perennial early access game Project Zomboid hit a new concurrent player record after a huge map update added reworked towns, a spooky orphanage and '400 procedural basements'
News The zombie survival sim has also gone up in price.
Space Marine 2's latest updates add Terminator Sorcerers and Steam Workshop support, so you can now play co-op with 9 other players if you want
News Terminator too.
I enjoyed this video of Oblivion Remastered actor Wes Johnson goofing around in a sound booth dressed as Sheogorath, but a patch for the PC version would be nice too, Bethesda
News Bethesda takes a different approach to marketing its Switch 2 launch.
The games industry's 'fear of risk is currently the largest risk it faces' according to Nuclear Throne's producer
News "Courage is a consistent factor of most hit titles."
Dragon Age's former producer had envisioned a 'Champions Edition' equivalent to Mass Effect's Legendary Edition, but he doesn't think it will happen anymore: 'There are basically no companies that could help you'
News "There's basically no one outside of BioWare anymore that understands the Aurora engine."
I was excited for this Quake port of Half-Life until I discovered the creator's wild AI conspiracy theories
News Don't like AI? Then you're a domestic terrorist, apparently.
Bulletstorm is the stupidest game ever made, and also one of the cleverest shooters ever
Reinstall Enjoying the high-kicks and low-brows of a timeless FPS.
'The last time I liked everything about a game was probably Baldur's Gate 3': Raphael Colantonio, co-founder of Arkane Studios, talks us through the games installed on his PC
Immersed Lovecraftian misadventures, cat-breeding tactics games and, of course, Thief.
Helldivers 2 is giving players a free car in October, except for those who already earned it in June
News The M-103 Supply FRV becomes available to all patriots later this year.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's beta will have low-SBMM playlists, as Activision continues to 'learn a lot about multiplayer matchmaking'
News A "new matchmaking system" is also being introduced into Black Ops 7.
Conceived in a secure military facility, this Jedi Knight fansite has been running consistently for almost 30 years: 'It looks really close to what it did back in 1998'
Jedi Survivor The story of The Massassi Temple.
There's only one Jedi Operator in Star Wars Zero Company, and reckless players may end up with none at all: 'Be careful that nothing unfortunate happens to her!'
News Pad your wan.
Modding wizard creates Grand Theft Auto multiverse that lets players travel instantly between Rockstar's first three games: 'We got inter-GTA portals before GTA 6'
News "The other game is actually running behind it, it's not a video or a captured window," says mod creator.
MindsEye has multiplayer and a grenade football mode now, which the handful of people still playing it will no doubt be thrilled to hear
News Update 8 also further addresses the campaign's many problems.
The challenges of developing the colony sim, from Dungeon Keeper to Dwarf Fortress and beyond
CITY LIVIN' PC Gamer interviews the genre's founding fathers.
