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After a secret server shocked the community, 100,000 fans are finally playing City of Heroes again
Never DIe A network of private servers is keeping the 15-year-old game alive, but how sustainable is it?
EVE Online is in chaos after an unprecedented alien invasion
Report All of EVE Online's player-run empires are scrambling to defend their territory from a full-scale siege.
How Baldur's Gate 3 and Bloodlines 2 are rewriting the rules of the tabletop games they're adapting
Rulebreaker What works for a pen-and-paper campaign doesn't always work for a videogame.
I turned the PC Gamer writers into esports champs by making them all sleep in the same room
let's go Esports Life Tycoon lets you run a pro team by cramming them into a house and micromanaging everything about their lives.
In this police simulator, the only thing harder than being a bad cop is being a good one
training day When I want to break the law, I can't. When I try to uphold it, I also can't. It's hard out there for a cop.
How Mordhau went from janky community project to the biggest melee brawler on PC
Take a stab The journey of a young, hungry development team who had never built a game before.
What Anno 1800 gets wrong, and right, about colonialism and the Industrial Revolution
Whole new world An archaeologist and a historian weigh-in on the accuracy of the 19th century strategy game.
From Bubsy to System Shock, how indie devs bring old videogames back to life
Play it again The trials and tribulations of tracking down the rights to dead games and giving them another shot.
Despite losing the spotlight to Fortnite, PUBG is still thriving in 2019
Checkup PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has long lost the spotlight to Fortnite, and yet it's still in the best shape of its life.
Censorship, Steam, and the explosive rise of PC gaming in China
report A detailed investigation into where China's PC games industry is coming from, where it's headed, and what stands in the way.
I tracked down my childhood nemesis: the T-Rex in dinosaur hunting sim Carnivores
T-Wrecked Revenge is a dish best served glacially cold.
Which PC game has the best fishing?
reel talk Fishing in games should be a relaxing activity, but also an exciting one. Which game does it best?
The best Game of Thrones mods
George RR Moddin' Winter is coming to a number of games, thanks to the tireless work of dedicated modders.
Meet the Minecraft artist whose beautiful sculptures skyrocket to the top of Reddit
Organic Ushio Tokura is changing how we think about Minecraft.
The pressure to constantly update games is pushing the industry to a breaking point
Crunch culture Live service games have trained players to expect a constant stream of new content, and only constant work can deliver it.
The ethics of smurfing
Got the Blues? Why players smurf, and what developers are doing about it.
How fans helped this pirate MMO outlive 2 studio closures
Seaworthy The story of Pirates of the Burning Sea, the players who wouldn't let it die, and one developer who stuck with it all the way.
