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Baldur’s Gate II
Twenty-five years ago, BALDUR’S GATE II set videogame
AS THE DUST SETTLED ON MARS, ID TURNED ITS ATTENTION TO A NEW MAGNIFICENT ENGINE. MEANWHILE, CAPITALISING ON THE SUCCESS OF DOOM WAS PARAMOUNT – OVER TO DUNGEONS & DRAGONS FANS, RAVEN SOFTWARE
RETRO GAMER’S GUIDED TOUR OF THE WORLDS OF HERETIC AND HEXEN
As he prepares to wrap up his career, Peter Molyneux looks back at 40 years’ worth of game creation
WHAT MAKES GAMES SPECIAL
THE FIRST TOTAL WAR GAME WAS THE BREAKOUT HIT THAT CREATIVE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO FREE ITSELF FROM ITS WORK-FOR-HIRE SITUATIONSHIP WITH ELECTRONIC ARTS. SINCE THEN THE SERIES HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, COVERING EVERYTHING FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE NAPOLEONIC WARS TO SKAVEN AND UNDEAD LORDS
REINSTALL OLD GAMES, NEW PERSPECTIVES