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• Dreadnought open beta is now live on PC

  Dreadnought is finally available for anyone to download and play.

• Dead Island 2 Steam page removed, resurrecting cancellation talk

  The Steam store page for Dead Island 2 has vanished.

• 5v5 spaceship shooter Dreadnought closed beta to start this week

  Dreadnought goes into closed beta tomorrow.

• Get to know the ships of Dreadnought

  Spec Ops: The Line (and erstwhile Dead Island 2) developer Yager is making a game about blowing up huge spaceships. What’s not to like?

• Yager Productions files for insolvency over Dead Island 2 being pulled from studio

  Yager Development is in the process of insolvency proceedings due to the cancellation of Dead Island 2. The company said this will only affect the Yager Productions GMBH sub-division of the company which was working on the title.

• Dead Island 2: Yager exits zombie sequel [UPDATE]

  Dead Island 2 publisher Deep Silver has made a surprising announcement.

• Dreadnought screens are filled with lasers and explosions

  Dreadnought just keeps looking better and better every time we see it.

• Huge ships blow each other up in ten minutes of Dreadnought footage

  Dreadnought is one of those games that you dream up one night in a fever and then 20 years later someone makes it real. Let’s stare at it in rapt anticipation.

• Dead Island 2 beta arrives 30 days early on PS4

  Dead Island 2 will have a beta sometime next year, and now we know that it will be a PlayStation 4 exclusive for 30 days.

• Let Spec Ops dev Yager explain its new spaceship combat game, Dreadnought

  Dreadnought has the player captaining huge ships in multiplayer battles. Find out how it all works in the commentated video below.

• Spec Ops: The Line dev will reveal its new game at E3

  Yager Development, the development studio behind Spec Ops: The Line, will be at E3 next week showing off its new game.

• Spec Ops: The Line now available on Mac

  If you somehow missed 2012 shooter Spec Ops: The Line, and happen to have a reasonably powerful Mac, why not check out the freshly-released OS-X version?

• Spec Ops: The Line developer recruiting for next-gen free-to-play project

  Spec Ops: The Line developer Yager is seeking new staff to work on a free-to-play, next-gen title, presumably its long-awaited new project.

• Spec Ops: The Line writer calls for less violent games

  Spec Ops: The Line writer Walt Williams told a GDC audience that violent games are “creatively too easy”, calling on the industry to produce more diverse stories.

• Video - Spec Ops hits Europe today, development laid bare

  With Spec Ops: The Line releasing in Europe today, Sam Clay takes you behind the scenes of the shooter’s development at German studio Yager, speaking to the people that created this surprise hit.

• Spec Ops: The Line reviews go live: all scores here

  Reviews for Yager’s Spec Ops: The Line are going live. Get every score after the break.

• Heart of darkness - inside Spec Ops: The Line's studio

  With Spec Ops: The Line releasing in the US today, Sam takes a tour around German developer Yager to see how Spec Ops was taken back to Nam. Dubai. Whatever.

• Sandman - Spec Ops: The Line gets hellish launch trailer

  Yager’s Spec Ops: The Line releases in the US tomorrow, sinking Walker and his squad of Dubai-probing numpties down to an especially sandy hell, apparently. Still trying to work out exactly why these people are walking around in the UAE without any water or support, but whatever. Extreme prejudice, and all that. It’s out in […]

• Video: Spec Ops multiplay leaves blood on the sand

  With Spec Ops: The Line releasing worldwide next week, Sam Clay takes a long look at the desert-based shooter’s online play. Sand may be involved.