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Marathon lands surprise PS4 and Xbox One age rating ahead of launch, but should last-gen players really get their hopes up?

Marathon lands surprise PS4…

Marathon launches today, 5th March, and following a successful Server Slam test last weekend and the reveal of promising…
Crytek says the most important difference between Far Cry and Crysis had nothing to do with technology: ‘In Crysis, we mimicked nature as closely as possible’

Crytek says the most…

Sorry (not sorry) for rolling out this withered, ancient chestnut, but it truly is mind-blowing how good Crysis still…
Deus Ex: Invisible War wasn’t what it should have been because the studio moved to an engine that was really built for Thief: ‘A super-boneheaded call, very bad decision… it really tanked development’

Deus Ex: Invisible War…

Deus Ex: Invisible War has its defenders, including PC Gamer’s own Joshua Wolens, but even the most stout-hearted of…
Highguard gets a new playable character, skill trees and more ahead of next week’s closure

Highguard gets a new…

Highguard goes offline on March 12—that’s in eight days—but it’s nevertheless just received a massive content update adding a…
Hunt: Showdown keeps experimenting with the extraction genre, and its next twist sounds irresistible: Soon, extraction points and loot won’t appear on the map

Hunt: Showdown keeps experimenting…

Over in one corner of the extraction shooter genre you have Arc Raiders, Escape from Tarkov, and Marathon doing…
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is back: 3 years after it was muscled out by Counter-Strike 2, CS:GO has its own Steam page again and has powered its way back onto Steam’s most-played chart

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is…

I have no idea what to make of this, but more than two years after it was folded into…
Marathon confirms global release times, launches cinematic music video, doubles down on its unique, weird art direction

Marathon confirms global release…

Marathon‘s moment of truth is almost here, and following a convincing Server Slam test, chatter around Bungie’s latest game…
Highguard’s failure is emblematic of something that has tormented videogame investors for years now: past live service hits do not equal future live service hits

Highguard’s failure is emblematic…

Tyler Wilde, US EIC (Image credit: Future) This week: Tyler has been making plans for PCG’s coverage of next…
RIP Highguard: In a better world, an FPS is allowed to be unpopular

RIP Highguard: In a…

FOV 90 (Image credit: Future) Welcome to FOV 90, an FPS column from staff writer Morgan Park. Every other…
Bungie unveils Marathon’s first season, confirming that, yes, it’ll wipe all your loot and progress every three months: ‘Each season of Marathon brings a clean slate for the whole community’

Bungie unveils Marathon’s first…

Marathon‘s weekend Server Slam has only just finished, but with the game launching in a mere three days on…