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Rick Lane
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multiple pieces a week, mostly news
467 PIECES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS
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TODAY · 25 OCT
4 pieces
PC Gamer·25 Oct
Jordan Thomas, director of BioShock 2, played Path of Exile for over 7,000 hours while working on co-op horror game The Blackout Club: 'I was essentially awake all the time'newsonThe Blackout Club

PC Gamer·25 Oct
Civilization 7's game changing update was 'personally challenging' for its creative director, as being able to play as a single faction 'wasn't part of the original vision'newsonSid Meier's Civilization VII

PC Gamer·25 Oct
This third-person mod for Deus Ex turns the classic immersive sim into Max Payne, introducing dual-wielding and shoot-dodgingnewsonDeus Ex

PC Gamer·25 Oct
Mass Effect 5 would have let players generate alternate timelines based on their choices in previous games, according to the series' technical directornewsonMass Effect

24 OCT
3 pieces
PC Gamer·24 Oct
'I drank from the chalice of blood': indie dev scrubs his game of AI-generated voice lines, having previously described the technology as 'anti-human and anti-art'newsonThe Voice

PC Gamer·24 Oct
After 14 years of development, Factorio's final major update is out nownewsonFactorio

PC Gamer·24 Oct
Star Wars Galaxies' Restoration project just received another massive update, including a huge visual upgrade and an overhaul to the Wookiees' home planetnewsonStar Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided

18 OCT
4 pieces
PC Gamer·18 Oct
'There were a lot of disagreements across the place': Former Marathon director Joe Ziegler on leading Bungie's extraction shooter, playing Path of Exile for 3,437 hours, and why he'll never uninstall Kingdom HeartsnewsonPath of Exile

PC Gamer·18 Oct
Outlast designer says that one playtester was so upset by the horror series they 'ran out of the studio to go cry outside' and didn't returnnewsonRed Barrels

PC Gamer·18 Oct
Clive Barker says he's 'genuinely astonished' by Hellraiser: Revival: 'I'm proud as f**k at the end result'newsonClive Barker

PC Gamer·18 Oct
Liquid Swords, developer of open-city crime sim Samson, has gone bankrupt following staff claims that they haven't been paid in two monthsnewsonLiquid Swords

17 OCT
3 pieces
PC Gamer·17 Oct
The Blood of Dawnwalker's first major update will add directional animal petting and a new story mode that's easier than the previous story modenewsonThe Blood of Dawnwalker

PC Gamer·17 Oct
Developer cancels public demo of its upcoming horror drinking game, fearing it will be instantly cloned by AI vibe coders: 'We sincerely apologise for the short notice'news
PC Gamer·17 Oct
Funcom is laying off yet more developers as it pivots to supporting Dune: Awakening and Conan ExilesnewsonConan Exiles

11 OCT
2 pieces
