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PC GamerOld-school shooter Ion Maiden delayed, adding multiplayer betaPC GamerYou can try Ion Maiden's single-player in the Early Access version, both Queen of the Hill mode and a shareware-style chunk of its campaign. Alex Wiltshire thoroughly enjoyed it, saying, "Ion Maiden's scale is ridiculous, with everything too wide and ...

Money MagazineMeet the 47-Year-Old CEO Behind Fortnite, a 'Weird Computer Guy' Who Spends His Millions Saving ForestsMoney MagazineOn the weekends, I'd come home, and I had this little shareware business I was growing after I released the game,â€� he told Gamasutra. “I'd receive a bunch of orders through the mail (people would send their checks […]

PC-WeltShareware: Diese Tools sind ihr Geld wertPC-WeltEs gibt fantastische Freeware, deren Einsatz wir jederzeit empfehlen können. Doch es gibt auch Aufgaben, die sich mit einer gekauften Software noch besser erledigen lassen. Hier erfahren Sie, welche Programme das sind, was sie leisten und zu welchem ...

Retrogaming site DOSGames.com gets first major update in 17 yearsPR Urgent (press release)Special collections and interactive features, such as the Game Bytes Magazine archive, the game company catalog collection, and the "Guess the Game" experience allow users to experience the era of freeware and shareware DOS gaming in fun new ways.

PC GamerThis two hour video of DOS game intros is a vintage delightPC GamerIf your diet was shareware games, you might not find much here to tickle your memories. But if you were immersed in the huge, multi-disk epics purchased in gigantic boxes at your local retailer, this is a treat. Created by YouTuber einokeino303, […]

NEWS.com.auPsychic star? Ben Affleck's bizarrely spot-on 2003 interview resurfacesNEWS.com.auDuring a conversation about file-sharing, Affleck noted how the industry had been too slow to embrace and adopt the latest paradigms and how shareware (Napster) introduced the public to the concept of file-sharing. Affleck's economical assessment of ...and more »

TechRaptorCrowdfunding Spotlight – Queen's Wish: The ConquerorTechRaptorPersonally, I first experienced Spiderweb games with the shareware version of Exile 3 (yes, that's how old Spiderweb is, shareware is the way they distributed games), though my greatest fondness is for the Geneforge series. The first thing I asked him ...

Shacknews Round Table Rap About Esports and Down-Low DownloadsShacknews... and most random thoughts from the Shacknews booth. Gather round, all ye faithful, as Blake Morse, David Craddock, and Asif Khan sit down to discuss the good ol' days, back when E3 didn't last an entire week and great games came in shareware form.

Mossmouth's UFO 50 Takes Players Back to the Shareware EraUSgamerJust as how friends used to share game collections with each other—of the pirated shareware variety at least—Yu and co-developers Jon Perry (Time Baron), Eirik Suhrke (Spelunky), Paul Hugans (Spunk and Moxie), and Ojiro Fumoto (Downwell) share not ...