Games that survived the “production hell” 2. The story of long-term construction

At the time of writing the first part of this article, Beyond Good and Evil 2 has been in development for nine years. In 2017, Ubisoft unexpectedly showed the game at E3, but two and a half years later, we still don’t even know a rough release date for the title. Nevertheless, from time to …

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The most anticipated games of 2020. Part 1

The New Year holidays have died down, and after them the gaming industry is slowly waking up. In 2020, we are waiting for a bunch of iconic games, some of which may become cult. As always at the beginning of the year, we tried to collect the most anticipated of them in one place. True, …

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The most anticipated games of 2021. Part 1

Crazy 2020 is behind us, and ahead is hope for the best and a solid pack of games. We have been waiting for some of them for a long time, so some of the projects were on our last year’s list, others are just announced, but they should be released this year. We have collected …

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All but Dishonored. What else has Arkane Studios developed?

Just a month before Deathloop’s scheduled May release, developer Arkane Studios revealed that it would not release the title until September 2021 at the earliest. The game has been in development for over four years, but fans of the studio will have to wait a little longer. It’s time to go through the history of …

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What are Valve and Bad Robot Productions up to

If you ask the most ardent fans of Valve products what they are most looking forward to besides the release of the third part of Half-Life, they hesitate, they still answer: “A film … based on Half-Life!”. The opportunity to dream about the long-awaited, although rather unexpected film adaptation fell to fans a few years …

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Development history of Dishonored

On September 15, Arkane Studios released Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, a standalone expansion pack for Dishonored 2. The game was received quite warmly, but with the correction that it never reached the level of its predecessors. In any case, according to feedback from players and critics, Arkane Studios has managed to create another worthy …

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sandstorm. The hardcore shooter we deserve

Insurgency: Sandstorm Developer New World Interactive Publisher Focus Home Interactive Official site insurgency-sandstorm.com release date December 12, 2018 Genre First person shooter The history of the Insurgency series began in 2007, when Half-Life 2 fans created the Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat hardcore mod. Seven years later, a full-fledged game was released, and on December 12, …

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Achievement Unlocked or who got players hooked on achievements

Perhaps there is no nicer compliment for the developers than the desire of the player to go through their title again. However, not always successful game design solutions increase the replayability of the game, especially if it cannot boast of non-linearity. In this case, achievements come to the aid of developers. Whether it’s “achievements” on …

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