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Crapshoot: Shoot the ‘Marketing Missile’ in Forbes Corporate Warrior We’re rerunning Richard Cobbett’s classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. From 2010 to 2014Richard Cobbettwrote Crapshoot, a column about rolling the dice to bring random obscure games back into the light. This week, it’s time to get down to business....

Elder Scrolls Online’s infernal Deadlands expansion hits in November The Bounties of Blackwood event will lead into the next chapter in the Deadlands. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Elder Scrolls Online players are getting ready to venture into Oblivion, specifically into Mehrunes Dagon’s Deadlands, the fiery realm of destruction. An event called Bounties of Blackwood will run until October 12, and that ties directly into the prologue, An Apocalyptic Situation, a quest available through the Crown Store....

Full New World servers will no longer allow character creation For now, at least. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. As MMO players flock to Amazon Game Studios’New Worldplayer numbers blow up, Amazon has taken the measure of stopping new character creation on full servers. They’ve also launched a Server Status page for New World, which will tell you if it’s full, up, down, or undergoing maintenance....

Here’s a game about a gruesome spider-legged train named Charles Choo-Choo Charles is a very bad train, but you have a machine gun. Good luck. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Indie studioTwo Star Gamesis working on a new kind of horror: Trains. Choo-Choo Charles is a game where you, a human, navigate an island on a train and avoid an evil, sentient trail that wants to eat you....

What game are you tempted to replay whenever it’s mentioned? Apologies to everyone reinstalling Deus Ex right now. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Find all previous editions of thePCG Q&A here. Some highlights:-Have you ever played a game so much it changes your dreams?-What’s the last game that made you cry?-Do you buy games for full price? Deus Ex is the classic example of course, rendered in a meme so old it comes from a time before we even called them memes....

After years of failure, Amazon has a hit videogame 800,000 people are logged into New World as the weekend begins. But the path to popularity has been crushing. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. 75% of the way through 2021, the biggest new PC launch of the year is an Amazon Games game. Did you see that coming? New Worldhas drawn 801,642 simultaneous players today, its fourth day online....

Amazon reflects on New World launch: ‘the numbers grew so quickly and so close to launch it caught us by surprise’ Amazon Games head Rich Lawrence talks queues, demand, and why it’s not just about turning more servers on. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. New World launched this week and, asour review-in-progresssays, it’s complicated. MMO launches are notoriously difficult and almost every game has its issues, with New World being no exception....