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Top Games of E3 2001High-Tech GamesQuestion of the Week: Which game has the best level design?
In GameSpot's annual feature, we select 20 of the top games from this year's E3. We discuss 10 recent or upcoming games that represent high-tech gaming. The GameSpot editors talk about games with some of their favorite level designs.

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The Top Games of E3 2001
E3 2001 was a great show, but if you didn't attend this year, don't worry--we've selected the 20 most promising games of the show as well as three winners that represent the best in PC game development today.

Back to the Future with Strategy First
Montreal-based Strategy First has made a reputation as one of the most diverse and prolific developers and publishers of strategy games today. Join author Brett Todd as he interviews the people behind the company and previews three upcoming games: Disciples II, O.R.B., and Nexagon: The Pit.

The Ten Best Multiplayer Games
The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. In sport and in game, the spirit of competition and cooperation drives the calmest of us to highs and lows. And nowhere else in computer gaming is this more true than in multiplayer games, where players face off with or join others in heated matches. This TenSpot is dedicated to the ten best multiplayer games of all time.

Behind the Games: The Final Hours of Black & White
In the newest feature of GameSpot's Geoff Keighley Behind the Games, the author takes us overseas to England, where god game progenitor Peter Molyneux and his development team at Lionhead Studios worked on the ambitious new strategy game Black & White for more than three years. Here, you'll read about Lionhead's beginnings, Molyneux's personal challenges, and the immense sacrifices that such a large project demanded from the whole team. Packed with interviews with Molyneux, his staff, and family and friends, this feature reveals it all.

A History of Real-Time Strategy Games: Part II (1999-Present)
Part two of our history feature picks up in 1999, a watershed year for real-time strategy gaming. Join contributing editor Bruce Geryk as he traces the amazing developments in RTS gaming from 1999 to the present and beyond.

Indie Games Week
You've heard of all the big publishers and the big development studios, but what is it like to be an independent developer? We ask this year's Independent Games Festival finalists about their games, their experiences, and their predictions for the future.

A History of Real-Time Strategy Games: Part I: 1989-1998
Today, real-time strategy is a staple of many people's gaming diets, and publishers regularly turn to real-time strategy as a primary vehicle for development ideas. Quite an achievement for a genre that didn't even exist for the first 15 or so years of computer gaming. So how did it all begin? Find out here!

GSAT 2001: PC Games
How much do you know about PC games? Can you score in the top percentiles? How about a perfect score? Play the GameSpot Aptitude Test 2001: PC Games today and find out!

The 15 Most Influential Games of All Time
GameSpot greets the millennium by assessing computer gaming history, and recognizes fifteen games and ten runners-up that made lasting contributions, both good and bad, to the industry.

Question of the Week
In this weekly feature, we tackle some of the hardest questions about PC gaming and answer your submitted questions.

 
 TenSpot
 
· Readers' Choice: Top Ten Multiplayer Games
 
· The Ten Best Multiplayer Games
 
· Best Voice Acting in Games
 
· Readers' Choice: Best Female Characters
 
· Top Ten Female Characters
 
 
 Question of the Week
 
· QotW: What Are Your Impressions of E3 2001?
 
· QotW: What's Your Favorite Game This Year?
 
· QotW: Which Games Are You Most Looking Forward to Seeing at E3?
 
· QotW: Which Game Should Have Been More Popular?
 
· QotW: Which Expansion Are You Most Looking forward to?
 
 
 History of...
 
· History of Star Trek Games
 
· History of Real-Time Strategy Games Part II (1999-Present)
 
· History of Real-Time Strategy Games Part I (1989-1998)
 
· History of Dungeons & Dragons
 
 
 Behind the Games
 
· The Final Hours of Black & White
 
· Behind the Games at Blizzard
 
· Story of Daikatana
 
· The Rise and Fall of Trilobyte
 
· Final Hours of Tiberian Sun
 
 MORE BEHIND THE...
 
 
 Special Report
 
· GameSpot's E3 2001 Coverage
 
· GameSpot's Top PC Games of E3 2001
 
· Shattered Galaxy
 
· Back to the Future with Strategy First
 
· High-Tech Games: Pushing the Envelope in 2001 and Beyond
 
 
 Hardware
 
· 3D Shootout 2000
 
· GeForce2 GTS Exposed
 
· Millennium Hardware
 
· Controller Roundup
 
· Gear Hunter: Online Hardware Shopping
 
 


 
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