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15 years after it was shut down, Star Wars Galaxies is still getting massive updates thanks to this restoration project—like a Helldivers-style galactic civil war
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (355+ words) What could've been, is. I'll always be both fascinated and appreciative of non-profit communities that keep old, shut-down MMOs'like my personal love, City of Heroes'up and running. As is the case for Star Wars Galaxies, which has had a private…...
Mass Effect boss Michael Gamble is looking for a production director for the next game in the series: 'They’ll report to me and it’s gonna be awesome"
1+ mon, 1+ hour ago (551+ words) Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran…...
Peter Molyneux's final game is coming in April: 'Masters of Albion is the culmination of my life’s work,' he says, not that he's overhyping it or anything
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (199+ words) Whether Masters of Albion proves to actually be Molyneux's final videogame remains to be seen, but he says it is. Anyway, the bottom line is that those roots run deep, and so when Molyneux sticks his head up to say…...
A classic space sim conceived by Star Citizen's creator just got an unofficial sequel after 15 years of development: 'The project was based on the crazy idea that Microsoft "axed" Christ Roberts' Freelancer'
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (221+ words) Freelancer: The Nomad Legacy is available now. Freelancer eventually released in 2003, more than three years later than originally planned. Its cinematic, arcade space combat was generally well liked. But the game was also criticised for being simplistic compared to other…...
I can tell World of Warcraft's player housing is going well by the amount of Star Wars stuff this one player keeps building
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (418+ words) Provide the tools and they will build it. World of Warcraft finally has player housing and for the last few weeks my social media feeds have been full of people showing off their creations. People are busy making cave systems…...
Fallen Aces's second episode won't be out this year, but it will feature a first-person car chase with a tommy gun in both hands and a foot-operated steering wheel
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (207+ words) Bad news, rad news. If you haven't played Fallen Aces, I highly recommend it whether you're a dedicated immsim sicko or an FPS greenhorn. It's Dishonored by way of Dick Tracy: an immediate and stylish neo-noir FPS dripping with pulpy…...
Last year I predicted all three of Valve's announcements so now I reckon I have the ability to speak these 2026 prophecies into reality
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1057+ words) I predict a near-perfect year for PC gaming hardware, mark my words. Long ago, it was foretold that there would arrive a special person of average height, muddy blonde hair, and absent-minded character, who would prophesy the coming of the…...
How well do you know the videogame movie and TV adaptations of 2025? Test your viewing prowess with some trivia!
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (306+ words) Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably…...
Star Citizen is on course to reach $1 billion in player funding in 2026, and we still might not get to play its singleplayer campaign next year
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (193+ words) Roberts Space Industries' sim keeps raking in the cash. In 2026, gaming will (almost certainly) reach a huge, seemingly inconceivable milestone. No, I'm not talking about the release of Grand Theft Auto 6 . I'm referring to how Star Citizen's ridiculously successful, seemingly…...
Commander Shepard actors will return for the new Mass Effect game 'with bells on' if BioWare asks them: 'Email the powers-that-be who make these games and say, Give us more Shepard'
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (354+ words) After all these years, Jennifer Hale and Mark Meer are eager for more. After a bit of semi-philosophical musing on the question of whether Shepard is alive following the events of Mass Effect 3 (spoiler: well, maybe), Hale invited fans to…...