Multiplayer gaming is big business. Call of Duty, World Of Warcraft and StarCraft have each mastered their own spin on competitive gaming . From the pick-up-and-play frolics of a cartoon racer, to the ceaseless dedication required to master an epic MMO, gamesTM has compiled the best multiplayer experiences gaming has to offer.

Returning to the Aperture Science testing facility for the second time, Valve present the the follow-up to the award-winning Portal. But how does the ingenious puzzler fare in its first full length adventure? games™ has the verdict…

Sound design is an immensely technical process, relying on a vast amount of specialist knowledge and expensive equipment – but its practitioners seem to spend a lot of time breaking things, hunting down cuts of raw meat and perfecting their pasta cookery. games™ discovers what it takes to create a videogame soundscape, from start to finish.

Subtle and disturbing, slow-burning, terrifying and occasionally hilarious, Valve Software’s Half-Life is one of the most influential videogames of all time. Crowbar in hand, gamesTM returns to the abandoned halls of Black Mesa to find out why.

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