Of the many post-apocalyptic video games released over the last decade or so, titles in the Metro franchise have often came as close to the most typical – and, in a sense, brutalistic – visions of a broken future after economic, social and environmental catastrophe. Opening with a nuclear winter that rages across what was…
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Recently Played: Mount Your Friends 3D
Mount Your Friends 3D: A Hard Man is Good to Climb was released almost exactly a year ago, yet I only got to play for the first time in the last few weeks. The game, developed by Stegersaurus Software Inc, is a follow up to the 2D side scroller QWOP-esque classic originally released on Steam…
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Gabe Newell’s Reddit AMA
Our glorious Valve-Overlord, Gabe Newell, recently participated in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the people of Reddit, giving some new announcements about what’s in store for Valve and the Steam platform in 2017 as well as some more personal insights about the man himself. Newell confirmed that Valve are dedicated to improving Steam’s much-criticised…
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Steam Streams
Twitch has been the breakout success of the gaming world in recent years. Capitalising on the rapid growth of competitive e-sports, and the odd viral hit such as Twitch Plays Pokemon, the website has completely changed how a vast number of consumers interact with games on the web. Recently acquired by giant Amazon for a…
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What next for SteamOS?
Joe Fitzsimmons looks at the prospects for Steam’s gaming systems.
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The State of Gaming
Sam Emsley discusses the affect of online game purchasing on the gaming world.