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Romero, Carmack, and colleagues discuss an oft-forgotten piece of PC gaming history ...

Firaxis' Ed Beach and Dennis Shirk talk major overhauls in "Test of Time" update.

Visual upgrades include new UI, realistic snow cover, better lighting.

Despite proof-of-concept video, EA's Frostbite Engine servers are difficult to pick apart.

The tradeoffs for the $499 9850X3D make it hard to get excited about.

No display? No problem for the UART-to-web-server "Doombuds" project.

Dense narrative deduction game tells a compellingly academia-tinged sci-fi tale.

But Nyxi's Hyperion 3 upgrade comes with a pretty high asking price.

For our C:ArsGames series, we look at the controls conundrum of early 3D.

Development hasn't exactly been smooth since the extraction shooter's 2023 announcement.