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20 articles with company positech

Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond Review

Despite huge ambition, Medal of Honor's VR adventure fails to go beyond the Call of Duty.

January 21, 2021 | 10:01

Gears 5: Hivebusters Review

Bustin' makes me feel good.

January 15, 2021 | 11:01

Corsair 5000D Airflow review

Bigger and more feature-rich than last year's 4000 Series.

January 14, 2021 | 14:00

Gratuitous Tank Battles announced

Positech has announced a sequel to Gratuitous Space Battles. It has tanks.

July 13, 2011 | 11:21

Indie Developers talk 3D

We chat to indie developers about their thoughts on stereoscopic 3D in games.

May 25, 2011 | 12:09

Gratuitous Space Battles campaign mode announced

Positech has announced that it is working on a new campaign mode for Gratuitous Space Battles.

August 19, 2010 | 20:15

Gratuitous Bargain Battles

June 15, 2010 | 16:12

How Much Should DLC Cost?

Positech Games' Cliff Harris explains why DLC is a good thing and here to stay.

May 24, 2010 | 11:14

Gratuitous Space Battles Review

Bristling with beam cannons, missile launchers, laser blasters and squadrons of fighters, we take a look at Positech's unique take on epic scale intergalactic warfare. Is it space worthy after its extended beta, or should you blow it out of the airlock? We find out.

November 15, 2009 | 08:14

Gratuitous Space Battles Beta Preview

We take a first look at the beta of Gratuitous Space Battles, the latest game from indie devs Positech. Appealing to the parts of us that cheer in glee at the iconic starship battles of popular sci-fi, GSB puts you in the admirals seat with a universe of aliens that need killing.

October 17, 2009 | 12:48

New Gratuitous Space Battles Screenshots

September 16, 2009 | 09:46

Gratuitous Space Battles open for pre-orders

Cliff Harris has opened his latest game for pre-orders, promising early beta access as an incentive.

September 1, 2009 | 11:20

Release Day Nerves

Indie developer Cliff Harris is on the verge of releasing a brand new game and is feeling a little bit nervous. With life simulator Kudos 2 set to hit shelves on Wednesday, Cliff weighs up the pros and cons of being indie and tries not to stress himself to death.

September 30, 2008 | 07:15

The Economy of Happiness

Continuing after his recent piracy survey, Cliff Harris wants to ask you a question about how happy games make you and whether choice is always a good thing. Cliff outlines a new pricing model for games based on how happy they make players.

August 18, 2008 | 09:10

Positech Games reveals results of piracy survey

Cliff Harris, semi-regular bit-tech columnist, has revealed the results of his latest survey into games piracy.

August 14, 2008 | 10:07

Kudos 2 from Positech Games

August 7, 2008 | 17:28

Game Phone Home!

Are all games that phone-home to a publishers server inherently bad? Isn't it possible that in some case copy-protection can be a good thing that can help game design? Cliff Harris ponders how the software that traps us could also be used to free us.

July 13, 2008 | 00:14

Making Gaming Better

Cliff Harris sees a bleak future for the games community. An insular group that purges n00bs, defends violent media and pirates games regularly - the end could be at hand! Thankfully, Cliff has a whole list full of ways to make gaming good again...

April 24, 2008 | 14:57

Make It Again, Man

Cliff Harris, ex-Lionhead AI coder turned indie developer, talks us through why he thinks sequels are actually a good thing. Is it possible that EA's endless sequels are a good thing? Cliff thinks so, pointing to his experience at Lionhead as an example...

March 11, 2008 | 07:49

The Curse of Genre

Cliff Harris, the indie developer behind games like Rock Legend, Democracy and Kudos, muses on the limits designers impose on themselves when they try to make games in certain genres. Cliff asks 'Why were games so much more imaginative in the good ol' days?'

February 13, 2008 | 07:55