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The issue also spotlights upcoming and trending FPS topics, including a special report on Moon Child, a discussion of bodycam FPS viewing via FOV 90, and multiple hands-on or review pieces covering Soulframe and a modernized Gothic Remake. 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This magazine is fully independent and not affiliated in anyway with the companies mentioned herein.  \nGPSREU RP (for authorities only) eucomply OÜ Pärnumnt 139b-14 11317  \nTallinn, Estonia  \nhello@eucompliancepartner.com  \n+3375690241  \nGeneral Product Safety 2023/988: The use of our product under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use, includingthe actual duration of use, does not present any risk or only the minimum risks compatible with the product’suse, which are considered acceptable and consistent with a high level of protection of the health and safety of consumers.  \nWelcome  \n“Duke 3D evolved the FPS in ways that modern games are still massively indebted to”  \nRobert Jones  \nTWITTER  \n@RNicholasJ  \nTHIS MONTH  \nKicked in the door of Summer Game Festand stated,“it’s time to kick console gamerassand chew bubblegum, and I’mall out of gum”.  \nFew games have had a bigger influence on the FPS genre and the wider PC gaming industry than Duke Nukem 3D.  \nNot only did it evolve the FPS in ways that modern games are still massively indebted to, but it also cemented Duke as one of gaming’s biggest characters.  \nDuke Nukem Forever  \nwould famously struggle to live up to 3D’s legacy, but as this issue’s kick-ass lead feature reveals, the games’ story is fascinating, and Duke is far from dead. 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