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Teardown Preview

Burglarise buildings with bulldozers in this fascinating heist sim.

Hardspace: Shipbreaker Preview

What's the best way to evaluate a game about dismantling spaceships? Break it down.

Gloomwood Preview

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

Teardown Preview

Burglarise buildings with bulldozers in this fascinating heist sim.

December 2, 2020 | 09:56

Hardspace: Shipbreaker Preview

What's the best way to evaluate a game about dismantling spaceships? Break it down.

July 3, 2020 | 09:00

Gloomwood Preview

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

June 25, 2020 | 12:27

Crysis: new screenshots and preview

It's Far Cry 2 in everything but name, and Crytek's next generation FPS, Crysis, has some of the most cutting-edge graphics ever seen. Click for 18 all-new screenshots and the tech behind them.

April 20, 2006 | 16:08

Splinter Cell: Double Agent Preview

Sam Fisher is soon to be back on Xbox 360, PC and PSP. We have the screenshots, the gameplay details, the plot details and more. Prepare for a reinvention of the Splinter Cell world.

March 23, 2006 | 12:15

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter

The latest in the series of tactical FPS games, Ghost Recon: Advanced Fighter is coming to Xbox 360 and PC in March. With proven gameplay and next-generation graphics, this is one to look out for.

February 28, 2006 | 11:08

Battlefield 2: Euro Force Preview

This year, DICE will release not one but two new booster packs for Battlefield 2, titled Euro Force and Armoured Fury. They feature three new levels each, new weapons and new vehicles. We have all the details, and new screenshots too!

January 12, 2006 | 18:42

GoldenEye: Source Alpha

Kirsten Kearney dons her Bond Girl wig and svelte red dress ready to play the femme fatale. We're looking at the alpha release of GoldenEye: Source, bringing you our gameplay impressions and a comparison of the new graphics with the N64 classic.

January 3, 2006 | 17:00

First Look: VIA K8T900

Semiconductor giant VIA have today announced their latest chipset: the K8T900 for AMD Athlon 64. Can it hold a candle to the current champ, NVIDIA's nForce4 SLI?

November 22, 2005 | 10:00

Xbox 360 first impressions

With the US launch of the Xbox 360 tomorrow, we've had a chance to go hands-on and get to grips with some of the platform's launch titles. We give you our initial impressions.

November 21, 2005 | 15:15

Dreamhack Winter 2005 Preview

Think of the modded cases at your favourite LAN Party and imagine what will be at Dreamhack Winter 2005, the world's largest LAN party, in Sweden next week. Micke Gustafsson previews the event, and details the seven custom cases he will be displaying.

November 17, 2005 | 18:43

Civilization IV Preview

Sid Meier is back with the latest in the most famous brand of wargames in the world. Civilization IV offers a whole host of improvements over previous incarnations. As hardened strategists, we step in and take a look, ahead of the title's launch later this week.

October 25, 2005 | 13:26

Half Life 2 on Xbox screens

The first official screens of Half Life 2 on the Xbox have emerged. We take a quick look at what appear to be the obvious differences from the PC version, as we gear up for a week of exclusive Half Life 2 new content!

September 12, 2005 | 12:39

GoldenEye: Source Preview

GoldenEye 007 for N64 is fondly remembered by many gamers, but its chunky graphics do it no favours in 2005. Fans rejoice, then, that a talented team of volunteers is working on a mod version for Half Life 2, aptly named GoldenEye: Source.

September 7, 2005 | 13:14

FEAR - First thoughts and Benchmarks

Checked out the single-player demo of F.E.A.R. ? We've been playing it all weekend - have a read of our thoughts on the single player experience, and our first benchmarks. We test the game on a range of cards from a 5900XT up to a 7800GTX.

August 8, 2005 | 10:51

Bet on Soldier - hands on

We try out Bet on Soldier, a new FPS that supports Shader Model 3 and the Ageia PhysX PPU. It sports a funky new gameplay mechanic based around betting, but is it any good? We give you our initial impressions of the game based on early code.

July 28, 2005 | 09:00

Black & White 2: new screenshots

If you haven't seen the sequel to one of the most original games ever, you're missing out. Black & White is back with improved gameplay and improved graphics. We have some new screenshots inside, as well as some info on the new gameplay features.

July 26, 2005 | 08:52

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

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

Half Life 2: Lost Coast HDR overview

High Dynamic Range rendering, or HDR, is the latest must-have graphics feature. Valve's Doug Lombardi talks to us about HDR and Half Life 2: Lost Coast. There's plenty of exclusive eye-candy too!

June 14, 2005 | 09:00

First Look: Auto Assault

We take a First Look at NCSoft's MMOG for rev-heads: Auto Assault, where Mad Max meets Everquest.

May 5, 2005 | 15:55

Tomb Raider: Legend details released

The new website for the latest Lara Croft title goes live, with new information about the technology behind the game. Screens and breakdown inside.

May 3, 2005 | 09:00

First Serious Sam 2 screenshots

Croteam have released the first hi-res shots of the stunning new Serious Sam game, using their next-gen 3D engine.

April 30, 2005 | 01:00

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 Preview

NVIDIA have released their latest mid-range notebook GPU today - the GeForceGo 6600. We have a look at its features and what sort of gaming experience can be expected from a notebook with a GeForceGo 6600 graphics module.

February 8, 2005 | 00:00