Robert Purchese
Senior Staff Writer
Bertie is senior staff writer and Eurogamer's Poland-and-dragons correspondent. He's part of the furniture here, a friendly chair, and reports on all kinds of things, the stranger the better.
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FeatureFive of the Best: Specials
In an orderly Q.
Rezzed DigitalTrials of Fire has that Slay the Spire magic
Conflagurations.
FeatureThe priceless work of Make-A-Wish, and the potential of games
"There's a moment in time here..."
FeatureFive of the Best: Friends
Sorry Ross.
FeatureGreyhat is a hacker thriller and makes a cracking introduction
Terminal velocity.
FeatureFive of the Best: Cities
Metrovania.
Coronavirus: BAFTA Game Awards red carpet ceremony cancelled in favour of livestream
Will be broadcast on the same day.
Witcher dev CD Projekt Red already working on a new single-player game to follow Cyberpunk 2077
"We have two worlds and we want to create games in those two worlds."
FeatureI've fallen in love with a Dreams colouring tutorial
Can I get a remix?
FeatureIslands and masonic initiations: the fantastic architecture of Jean-Jacques Lequeu
It's got a flaming river in it!
Ubisoft announces Roller Champions console versions, closed alpha dates
That is wheely good news.
The Valve Index VR headset will be back in stock briefly on Monday
Grab your new Combine harvester.
FeatureFive of the Best: Storms
All hail.
FeatureFive of the Best: Beaches
Oh Sandy.
FeatureThe best Dreams games we've seen so far
Duvet have talent or what?
FeatureFive of the Best: Films about games
Reel talk.
FeatureThe Dreams campaign is stylish but... is that it?
Sleepy hollow.
FeatureFive of the Best: Made-up words
Ridiculageous.
FeatureDeathtrap Dungeon doesn't get the most out of its star actor
"And how shall I think of you?"
FeatureFive of the Best: Character Creators
Lip service.
FeatureFive of the Best: Blocks
Pick a side.
FeatureThe amazing stories of a man you've never heard of
Brando, Bowie, and everything in between.
FeatureFive of the Best: Snow
Informer.
FeatureFive of the Best: Caves
Descent bunch.
FeatureWe talk to Amazon about its New World MMO and the problematic associations
"The colonialism stuff: there's no way to tell that story in a good way."
D&D hack-and-slash series Dark Alliance is making a comeback
Drizzt in time for new consoles.
FeatureFive of the Best: Hats
Fascinators.
FeatureGames of the Decade: The refreshingly unfiltered Witcher 3
"You're grey like my grandma!"
FeatureFive of the Best: Horizons
Zero yawn.
FeatureFive of the Best: Zip wires
It's all downhill from here.
FeatureVisiting post-acquisition Obsidian to see how much has changed
"After your 47th Mai Tai..."
FeatureBlizzard explains the World of Warcraft level squash
And guess what? Paladins are getting auras back.
FeatureEverything we learned about Overwatch 2 at this year's BlizzCon
Story missions, character talents, Overwatch 1 compatibility, hands-on and more.
FeatureEverything we learned about Diablo 4 at this year's Blizzcon
Always online, open world and grimdark art - hands-on and more.
Why it took this long to add ethnically diverse player characters to World of Warcraft
"We wanted to do it right."
Blizzard apology does not silence protestors at BlizzCon 2019
"It seems like they've forgotten their values."
EGXSnow is a Nordic narrative thriller with style and potential
Chances of completion are flakier.
FeatureFive of the Best: Bags
Totes amaze.
FeatureSomeone should make a game about: Puppets
And Kermit to it.
FeatureBaldur's Gate and Planescape Torment on console: let a legend lie
Infinity and beyond.
Crossroads Inn, a fantasy pub sim, comes out in a couple of weeks
Be a shame if you missed stout.
FeatureFive of the Best: Mountains
Everest and read this.
FeatureKind Words is a beautiful game about helping real people by writing letters
I'm PnP, I'm dynamite.
FeatureFive of the Best: Crowds
Throng song.
FeatureThe Double-A Team: how to not take yourself too seriously with Alpha Protocol
Something I have Thorton.
The free Magic: The Gathering game has just launched and it's quite good
Does the card work for you.
Slight delay in console release of Baldur's Gate pack, Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale
No need to go Bhaalistic.
I want to play your game but I can't: Overland and its journey with dyslexia
"The way our brains process letters shouldn't be what we are failing at."
FeatureFive of the Best: Hubs
Addicted to base.
Overland review - a road trip with a few too many bumps
Fuel be up for the challenge.
FeatureFive of the Best: Maps
Never eat shredded wheat.
Steam should now recommend a better spread of games to you
Like Shark Dating Simulator XL.
This year's Game Awards dated, and it's a wee bit later than usual
I'm Keighley excited.
There's a new System Shock 3 gameplay trailer and it's starting to look quite good
Shodan have doubted it.
FeatureFive of the Best: Health pick-ups
HP source.
FeatureFive of the Best: Shops
Retail row.
FeatureFive of the Best: Dinosaurs
Jurassic Five.
FeatureFive of the Best: Hands
Palmed awe.
FeatureI like bad luck and I cannot lie
Misfortune and glory, kid.
FeatureFive of the Best: Potions
A new series celebrating the little things that make games great.
Discord now lets you stream gameplay to people
So you can share river friend.
FeatureThe upcoming RPG Warsaw taught me an important piece of Polish history
How much do you know about the Warsaw Uprising?
FeatureThe big WoW Classic interview
"What if we spawned Ragnaros in Stormwind and Orgrimmar?"
FeatureGoodbye Rutger Hauer, it's such a shame you were only in two games
You could have helped us see things we wouldn't believe.
Media Molecule wants to pay small teams to make games for Dreams
Big friendly gamedev.
Epic Store's Tetris Effect and SteamVR [UPDATED]
The inescapable reality.
Tim Willits will leave id Software this month after 24 years there
"After QuakeCon I will announce my future plans..."
FeatureI've tried Lust, now I'm doing War: exploring Godhood
Seizing the deity.
FeatureWhy merely Attack when you can Riddle with Holes?
Flavour text, I love you.
FeatureTake a knight for a hop in Hoppenhelm
Prance a lot.
It sounds like People Can Fly would love to do Bulletstorm 2
"We want this IP to have its second life."
Henry Cavill flaunts his Witcher's bottom, and other photos from Netflix's new show
Yennefer unsee it now.