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After Space Marine 2 'literally changed everything', Saber Interactive has been inundated with offers from major licenses: 'We are in a very fortunate position to turn down more than we can accept"
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (276+ words) "It changed how people look at us." It's a miserable time in the upper echelons of game development right now, but in the midst of all the layoffs, cancelled games, and legendary studios being horribly and inexplicably gutted, one company…...
How do you reconcile your lore-heavy, dark sci-fi MMO with mod tools that might let people get way too goofy? 'Everything's canon,' say the developers of EVE Frontier
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (472+ words) "It's an easy thing to do when you build the answer to the question in the lore of the game." Two of the most interesting aspects of early access space survival MMO EVE Frontier always seemed to exist in opposition…...
Quantic Dream's Star Wars: Eclipse is struggling: 'We're understaffed,' say devs
1+ week, 6+ day ago (235+ words) The studio's first foray into open-world gaming is facing new hurdles. You're forgiven if you'd forgotten about Star Wars: Eclipse. After being revealed with a flashy cinematic trailer in 2021, all we heard about Quantic Dreams' Star Wars game was the…...
As we stare down more $80 games, it rules that Star Wars Zero Company is $50
1+ week, 6+ day ago (363+ words) Thrifty gaming ain't dead yet. Amid Star Wars Zero Company's gameplay and release date reveal at the 2026 Summer Game Fest, it somehow slipped by me that the squad tactics game from XCOM veterans also got an official price tag: $49. 99. What…...
Star Wars: Galactic Racer has a lot more Slay the Spire DNA than I expected, because its ex-Burnout devs wanted to add 'real consequence' to each race
2+ week, 21+ hour ago (327+ words) High speed racing and roguelike unlocks are wrapped up in a Star Wars story. Galactic Racer's campaign mode has more in common with Slay the Spire than it does the last major Star Wars racing game'but instead of slinging cards,…...
Knight of the Old Republic 2 was great because it peeled back Star Wars' black-and-white morality
2+ week, 3+ day ago (739+ words) The Light Side of the Force, now with the original fifty shades of grey. From the archives: This story originally ran in PC Gamer (UK) #287. Reinstall invites you to join us in revisiting PC gaming days gone by. Today, Richard…...
After a delay in 2025 and two delays this year (plus two more short delays this morning) mech fortress-builder Sand has finally launched
2+ week, 4+ day ago (362+ words) A few shaky starts, but it finally stepped over the starting line. Picture a huge metal beast lumbering through the sand dunes. As it lifts its mechanical legs and places its heavy metal feet down, you probably wouldn't be surprised…...
The best cosy cleaning sim I've played has just gone into playtest'if you like Power Wash Simulator, then this is the next game for you
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (541+ words) Just lock me in an attic and give me some trinkets. I have been waiting to be let into Reshine's playtest for weeks now, each day more eager than the last. Because after stumbling across a short video of what…...
Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies vet tells me the theme park 'assembly line' MMO just isn't viable anymore, especially as dev costs spike: 'We hit the wall"
3+ week, 5+ day ago (972+ words) "The MMO audience feels underserved and overmonetized, that's how they feel about what's going on." This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer's very own MMO column. Every other week, I'll be sharing my thoughts on the genre, interviewing fellow MMO-heads like…...
Archetype Entertainment founder and Bio Ware veteran wishes Exodus didn't look so much like Mass Effect
1+ mon, 22+ hour ago (568+ words) But he thinks the team is doing a "good job" moving it further away from Bio Ware's sci-fi romp. Exodus might have an uphill struggle escaping the shadow of Mass Effect. Archetype Entertainment's sci-fi RPG immediately invited Mass Effect comparisons…...