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Desperados III Review

Rick straps on his spurs and prepares for High Noon with Mimimi's games' follow-up to Shadow Tactics.

Disintegration Review

Can this hybrid strategy shooter blast the competition to smithereens, or does it crumble under the weight of its ambition?

Gloomwood Preview

Rick takes a furtive glance at New Blood's stylish homage to Thief.

Desperados III Review

Rick straps on his spurs and prepares for High Noon with Mimimi's games' follow-up to Shadow Tactics.

July 2, 2020 | 09:00

Disintegration Review

Can this hybrid strategy shooter blast the competition to smithereens, or does it crumble under the weight of its ambition?

July 2, 2020 | 08:30

Gloomwood Preview

Rick takes a furtive glance at New Blood's stylish homage to Thief.

June 25, 2020 | 12:27

Mark Rein speaks out about next-gen development

The head of Epic, currently working on the next-generation Unreal Engine, talks about costs and problems facing next-gen games development.

July 21, 2005 | 12:19

Xbox Live hits 2 million

Microsoft have the competition licked, surging past 2 million Xbox Live subscribers worldwide. The Xbox 360 launch brings improvements too.

July 21, 2005 | 08:52

Valve sign with EA

Valve get hot & steamy with EA, signing a distribution deal for future retail games.

July 20, 2005 | 13:45

Diablo II PSP?

Got a huge commute? Could you happily spend all those Diablo hours playing through a PSP version? That's the question Blizzard are asking...

July 19, 2005 | 15:41

Doom: the Movie details

Photos and plot details emerge for the Doom movie - a $70 million adaptation of a decade-old computer game. Is it doomed to flop?

July 18, 2005 | 15:11

Battlefield 2 v1.02 released

After a nightmare week, Battlefield 2 has been patched again to fix the memory leak. We also have details of the new expansion pack, Battlefield 2: Special Forces.

July 16, 2005 | 07:03

PGR3: Textured, not stirred.

This week's PGR3 Focus is about Textures. You won't believe the detail in these 1024x1024 building textures.

July 15, 2005 | 16:18

St Hillary of Clinton Jumps on GTA:SA bandwagon

Hillary is outraged. Rockstar continues to claim that it did not have sexual relatio... sorry, leave sexual content in that code.

July 14, 2005 | 16:05

UK Clan has busy weekend

UK based gaming clan "4 Kings" has had a busy and profitable weekend, in tournaments around the globe. Just don't mention Counterstrike...

July 13, 2005 | 12:41

Flatout 2 set to roll out in 2006

With the arrival of FlatOut in North America, Vivendi Universal Games and Empire Interactive jointly announce that a sequel will follow in 2006.

July 13, 2005 | 11:25

GoldenEye Source

The N64 classic GoldenEye is coming to a PC near you. GoldenEye Source is a mod for Half Life 2, using Valve's Source engine. But will the lawyers let it live?

July 12, 2005 | 15:06

San Andreas to be Investigated by ESRB

Californian Assemblyman takes pots shots at Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and the ESRB over alleged sexual content.

July 11, 2005 | 12:26

Battlefield 2 patch withdrawn

Battlefield 2 fans caught some unexpected friendly fire when the v1.01 patch contained a fatal memory leak; EA responds to the flack.

July 11, 2005 | 09:47

Quake Mobile screens

This week, we brought you the news that the original Quake is being ported over to mobile phone handsets. We have new screenshots for you today - nostalgia ahoy!

July 8, 2005 | 11:31

Microsoft to develop for DS

According to a report on Gamespot, one of Microsoft's Game Studios suite software houses is likely to start developing titles for Nintendo's DS handheld console.

July 7, 2005 | 20:25

The Yak is back - Jeff Minter interview

With his light synthesizer being built-in to the Xbox 360, the Guardian has talked to Jeff Minter about his work. Old-skool fans, jump on in!

July 7, 2005 | 09:17

SiN 2 to be released in episodes via Steam

The follow-up to the 1998 shooter is to be released on Valve's online distribution system and will be powered by Source.

July 6, 2005 | 09:10

Quake for mobile phones

A new interview with the developer of the mobile OpenGL port of Quake has revealed some cool new info. Bluetooth deathmatch!

July 6, 2005 | 08:57

XBOX Chipper Convicted

The first person to be convicted under legislation introduced to combat piracy has been given 140 hours community service

July 5, 2005 | 12:24

Is this GTA: Next Gen?

A PS3 shot of the game appears to have hit the net. We have all the info inside. Isn't it pretty?

July 1, 2005 | 08:54

Chronicles of Narnia: Developer Q&A

The Chronicles of Narnia, a much-loved piece of classic literature, is soon to become a spangly Disney live-action movie. We talk to Traveller's Tales, developers of the PC game tie-in (and the sublime Lego Star Wars) about their work on the graphics engine for the game.

July 1, 2005 | 08:33

Bizarrely real buildings

Project Gotham Racing 3 hit new heights of graphical detail - Bizarre Creations having to defend screenshots as 'not fake'. We also have three new in-game screenshots.

July 1, 2005 | 07:56

Sony to lose $100 on every PS3?

Sony could lose over US$1 billion on Playstation 3 in its first year, according to a report by Merrill Lynch Japan. Can they afford to go toe-to-toe with cash-rich Microsoft?

June 29, 2005 | 15:18