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First, let's consider how a small, co-located team would work. The first two categories of the ASM are core agile development and disciplined agile delivery, the focus of both are small co-located teams in a fairly straightforward situation. In these situations simple techniques such as user stories written on index cards and sketches on whiteboards work very well, so the best advice that I can give is to stick with them. Some teams will take a test-driven development (TDD) approach where they capture their requirements and design in the form of executable specifications, although this sort of strategy isn't as common as it should be (yet!), likely because of the greater skill and discipline that it requires. Traditionalists often balk at this approach, believing that they need to document the requirements in some manner. But, for a small co-located team working in a collaborative manner, requirements documentation proves to be little more than busy work, often doing nothing more than justifying the existence of a business analyst who hasn't made the jump to agile yet. Don't get me wrong, there are good reasons to write some requirements documentation, and we'll see this in a minute, but you should always question any request for written specifications and try to find more effective ways to address the actual goal(s) motivating the request. Never forget that written documentation is the least effective communication option available to you.
Although inclusive tools such as whiteboards and paper work well for requirements, for development activities you will need electronic tools. You will either put together an environment from point-specific tools or adopt something more sophisticated such as IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) which is already fully integrated and instrumented. RTC is a commercial tool, but luckily you can download a 10-license environment free of charge, which is just perfect for a small team. Larger teams, of course, will need to purchase licenses. One of the things that a disciplined agile delivery approach adds to core agile development is it addresses the full delivery life cycle, which is important because it explicitly includes pre-construction activities such as requirements envisioning. The first step in scaling agile techniques is to adopt a full delivery life cycle which covers the full range of activities required to initiate a project, produce the solution, and then release to solution to your end users.
More interesting is the third category of the ASM, Agility@Scale, and how its eight agile scaling factors affect the way that you tailor your process and tooling strategy. Let's explore how each one could potentially affect your agile requirements strategy:
- Geographical distribution. The majority of agile teams are distributed in some manner -- some people are working in cubicles or private offices, on different floors, in different buildings, or even in different countries -- and when this happens your communication and coordination risks goes up. To counter this risk you will need to perform a bit more requirements envisioning up front to help ensure that everyone is working to the same vision, although this doesn't imply that you need to write detailed requirements speculations which would dramatically increase the risk to your project. Remember, agilists do just barely enough modeling and are prepared to iteratively elicit the details when they need to do so. The more distributed the team is the more likely they will need to adopt software-based requirements modeling tools such as IBM Rational Requirements Composer (RRC) which supports streamlined, agile requirements elicitation throughout the delivery life cycle. Index cards and whiteboards are great, but they're difficult to see if you're outside the room where they're posted. I've written a fair bit about distributed agile development in this blog.
- Team size. Some organizations, including IBM, are successfully applying agile techniques with teams of hundreds of people. A team of one hundred people will naturally work much differently than a team of ten people, or of one thousand people. Large teams are organized into collections of smaller teams, and the requirements for the overall project must be divvied up somehow between those teams. The implications are that as the team size grows you will need to invest a bit more time in initial requirements envisioning, and in initial architecture envisioning for that matter; you will need to use more sophisticated tools; and may need to use more sophisticated modeling techniques such as use cases and functional user interface prototypes. See large agile teams for more advice.
- Compliance requirement. When regulatory issues – such as Sarbanes Oxley, ISO 9000, or FDA CFR 21 – are applicable you are likely going to be required to capture requirements specifications in some manner and to enact traceability between those requirements. However, I highly recommend that you read the actual regulations yourself and don't let bureaucrats interpret them for you (doesn't it always seem that their interpretation always results in an onerous, documentation heavy solution?) because I have yet to run into a regulation which required you to work in an ineffective manner. Managing your requirements as work items in RTC can often more than meet your regulatory requirements for documentation and traceability, although you may want to consider a tool such as IBM Rational RequisitePro for complex regulatory situations.
- Domain complexity. The manner in which you elicit requirements for a data entry application or an informational web site will likely be much simpler than for a bio-chemical process monitoring or air traffic control system. More complex domains will require greater emphasis on exploration and experimentation, including but not limited to prototyping, modeling, and simulation. Although user stories may be effective as a primary requirements artifact in simple domains, in more complex domains you are likely to find that you need to drive your requirements effort with more sophisticated modeling techniques.
- Organization distribution. Sometimes a project team includes members from different divisions, different partner companies, or from external services firms. In these cases, particularly where the work is strictly organized between the various organizations (perhaps for security concerns), you may need a more sophisticated approach to managing the requirements. RTC enables you to organize the requirements between teams, and then to automatically track progress in real time via the RTC project dashboard.
- Technical complexity. The technical complexity of a solution can vary widely, from a single platform silo application to a multi-platform application working with legacy systems and data to a full-blown systems engineering effort. Complex technical domains, just like complex business domains, require more complex strategies for requirements elicitation and management. The requirements for your legacy systems are likely to have been captured using tools and techniques appropriate for that platform, for example the requirements for your COBOL application may have been captured using data flow diagrams and data models, whereas the requirements for your Java legacy application where captured using UML diagrams. The subteam working on the COBOL system might be using IBM Rational Application Developer (RAD) and RTC for Z whereas the Java subteam may use Eclipse with RTC. Because systems engineering projects can stretch on for years, particularly when the hardware is being developed in parallel to the software, sophisticated tooling such as IBM Rational DOORS is often used in these situations. For more information about systems engineering, see the IBM Rational Harmony process.
- Organizational complexity. Your approach to requirements elicitation and management will be affected by a host of organizational complexities, including your corporate culture. When the culture is flexible and collaborative you can be very agile in your approach to requirements, but as it becomes more rigid you become more constrained in what is considered acceptable and thus take on greater project risk. For example, many organizations still struggle with their approach to funding projects, often demanding that the project team provides an "accurate" estimate up front to which they will be held to. This in turn motivates risky behavior on the part of the development, including a "big requirements up front (BRUF)" approach where a detailed requirements speculation is developed early in the project. This is just one example of how questionable corporate culture can impact the way in which an agile team works.
Enterprise discipline. Some organizations have enterprise-level disciplines, such as enterprise architecture, enterprise business modeling, strategic reuse, and portfolio management in place. These disciplines can easily be agile and from what I can tell the more successful efforts appear to lean more towards the agile end of the spectrum rather than the traditional end. Having an enterprise business modeling effort underway will affect your project-level requirements strategy -- you'll be able to leverage existing models, have access to people who understand the domain at an enterprise level, and will likely need to map your project efforts back to your enterprise models. The enterprise modelers will likely be using tools such as IBM Rational System Architect or IBM Websphere Business Modeler.
It is important to note that the way that you tailor the agile practices that you follow, and the tools that you use, will reflect the situation that you find yourself in. In other words, you need to right size your process and the Agile Scaling Model (ASM) provides the context to help you do so. As you saw above, in simpler situations you will use the simpler tools and techniques which are commonly promoted within the core agile development community. But, when things become a bit more complex and one or more of the scaling factors applies you need to modify your approach -- just don't forget that you should strive to be as agile as you can be given the situation that you find yourself in.
Further reading:
- Rational's Agile Software Development Home Page (for webcasts, whitepapers, ...)
- The Agile Scaling Model (ASM): Adapting Agile Methods for Complex Environments white paper download
- DDJ's November 2009 State of the IT Union Survey for statistics around how organizations are scaling agile in practice
- Requirements Envisioning on Agile Projects at Scale
- Rethinking the Role of Business Analysts: Towards Agile Business Analysis?
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- Domain complexity. The manner in which you elicit requirements for a data entry application or an informational web site will likely be much simpler than for a bio-chemical process monitoring or air traffic control system. More complex domains will require greater emphasis on exploration and experimentation, including but not limited to prototyping, modeling, and simulation. Although user stories may be effective as a primary requirements artifact in simple domains, in more complex domains you are likely to find that you need to drive your requirements effort with more sophisticated modeling techniques.


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Even for Lillian August—the belle of gracious living—it came down to being practical (without giving up on the pretty). The furniture and textile designer had one month to furnish her newly purchased second home in North Carolina before family and business associates came knocking.
"Every house has a function, and that's where I start," says Lillian. This house's major role would be as a haven for Lillian and her guests to unwind after long days on their feet at the International Furniture Market held twice a year in the Greensboro-High Point area. With the spring market just weeks away, Lillian went into overdrive, filling the 1923 house with guest beds, comfy seating, and plenty of quiet spaces to enjoy Southern breezes.
"This house has incredible light, and I wanted a summer look, a porch feeling, to take advantage of that light," she says. "I love opening up all the doors and that wonderful sense of light and air flowing through the house." To allow for that indoor-outdoor attitude, Lillian had a side porch screened with ultra-sheer "invisible" screens. Two glass-paned doors between the porch and living room stand open, encouraging breezes and barefoot traffic between the rooms.
A porch on the other end of the house—enclosed with glass by a previous owner—serves as Lillian's office when she's in North Carolina. And for Lillian, work is virtually nonstop. About 30 years ago, when she was a young mom living in Kentucky, Lillian launched her creative career designing country-style quilt fabrics. Today her name is a full-fledged brand, with Lillian August showrooms in five locations, including her flagship store in Norwalk, Connecticut. She has designed several furniture collections and has licensing agreements with rug, art, and accessory manufacturers.
Lillian's three adult sons have followed in her footsteps. Dan and John Weiss help operate and oversee Lillian August enterprises, and Michael Weiss is a designer with his own furniture line.
Knowing that the North Carolina house would function as a family hub during furniture industry events, Lillian chose sink-in-soft chairs, sofas covered in simple white linens, and plenty of ottomans for propping up feet and extra seating. "It's relaxed decorating—relaxed and romantic," she says. "I like creating pretty and somewhat feminine atmospheres where people can sit back and enjoy themselves."
Large sisal rugs define the main living areas and keep the mood warm and casual. "I wasn't crazy about the color of the floors, but I didn't want to refinish them," says Lillian, tapping into her practical side. "The sisal rugs really ground the home in a new traditional point of view," she adds. In the living room, an antique Oushak rug peppered with peachy-pink accents is casually angled over the sisal. "I like to throw a patterned rug over the sisal, like a scarf."
One of Lillian's first practical decorating decisions was to keep the existing wall coverings that adorned nearly every room. Even though she generally prefers a white backdrop, removing them would cost money and time. "The wall coverings are all hand-blocked English papers and are so nostalgic, as is the house," Lillian explains. "It just made sense to work with what was there."
To complement the traditional wall coverings and introduce a fresh, clean palette, Lillian brought in furniture with whitewashed and aged-looking finishes from her Antiquaire collection, which references archival Belgian and Swedish antiques.
While the furniture lines are rooted in formal designs, the worn painted surfaces ease concerns about scratches and spills, tipping the scales toward comfort. "We're doing so many beautiful antique reproductions that people can afford that 'collected-over-time' look without having to buy antiques," she says. "The Gustavian and Belgian concept is so strong now. Today's decorating is trending away from dark woods and toward painted finishes with patinas."
Framed photos of Lillian's children and grandchildren are arranged on a sofa table in the living room, and blue-and-white Chinese porcelain urns and jars accent tabletops. Artwork on the walls leans toward the architectural, with antique and reproduction black-and-white garden plans hanging above the mantel and a chest in the living room. "I don't like adding too much color in art if I want a relaxed look," Lillian explains.
Flowers and plants—from bouquets of hydrangeas to ceiling-tall ficus trees to lacy Sprengeri ferns—bring color and softness into the spaces. Lillian uses fresh flowers when she entertains but is a fan of many of the silk versions now available. "I love the hydrangeas and topiaries," she says. "If you're arranging silk flowers, stay with one species for the most realistic bouquets," she adds.
Although Lillian chooses every accessory in her design showrooms, she knows that for most people accessorizing is the most challenging part of design. For the best results, she advises working with a professional designer—and being ready to pitch extraneous objects. "Decorating is all about editing," she emphasizes.
"Accessories create an intimacy that we need to express in our homes. They tell a story," she explains. "But you have to get rid of things periodically because, as your life changes, your whole point of view changes," she adds. "We have to make sure we see significance in each piece that we display.
"I personally like simplicity. I like to see the bones of a house," she says. "This North Carolina house was gorgeous when it was empty, so I kept the furnishings spare. I wanted to make sure it wasn't cluttered."
Accessories in the living room are in shades of white, including sculptural pieces of coral, antique urns, and books covered in parchment paper. Curly willow twigs decked out with tiny white lights fill a large glass vase in the front window. Overhead hangs a white, silver, and gold candelabra chandelier, a reproduction of an Italian antique.
"Basically, I created relaxed rooms with a romantic feel, which is what I wanted. It's a house where my family and others from the industry can come and just relax." A welcome reward after a day—or two or three—touring America's furniture capital.
Photography: Emily Followill
Interior design: Lillian August, Lillian August Design, 32 Knight St., Norwalk, CT 06851; 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Silk flowers: NDI, 800/522-2627, ndi.com.
Fresh flower arrangements: The Farmer's Wife, 336/274-7920, farmerswifeantiquesandflowers.com.
Sofa ("Shelley Sofa"); sofa fabric ("Mike"/Natural); lumbar pillow (custom); square pillows ('Embroidered Linen Pillow"); coffee table ("Vivienne Table"); three-drawer chest ("Skye Chest," Antiquaire Collection, Lillian August for Hickory White); mirror over chest ("Beauvoir Mirror"); lamp on chest ("Farrington Lamp"): Lillian August stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Living Room Details
Chests and tables with rubbed painted finishes from Lillian's Antiquaire line were inspired by Swedish and Belgian antiques.
Chest ("Thora Chest," Antiquaire Collection, Lillian August for Hickory White); lamp on chest ("Small Artifact Lamp"): Lillian August stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Architectural prints over chest: Todd Nabors Antiques & Design, 203/847-1596.
Server on chest; barware: owner's collection.
Living Room Mantel
Lillian August enjoys collecting old garden plans, like the one hanging above the fireplace.
Mantel: original to house.
Chairs in front of mantel ("French Chair"); chair fabric ("Natural Linen"); embroidered pillow on chair; table between chairs ("Café Joie Table"/Dusty Silver); art over mantel (Large Black and White Garden Plans): Lillian August stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Corbels over mantel; accessories on mantel; art: owner's collection.
Chair Details
The curvy chair beside the sofa lends a note of Old World charm with a unique finish and a lovely carved wood back.
Living Room
Pattern was kept to a minimum so as not to compete with the striped wall covering. Lillian designed nearly all of the furniture in the room, including the "Stefan Secretary," which is a replica of a rare Gustavian antique.
Wallpaper (English Handblock Wallcoverings): Molly Hope/Acquisitions, 843/577-8004, acquisitionsinteriors.com.
Ceiling and trim paint ("Lancaster Whitewash" #HC-174): Benjamin Moore, 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Chandelier ("Italian Chandelier" #CD1028M): Tara Shaw, 504/525-1131, tarashaw.com.
Sofa table ("Anton Console"); area rug (custom design): Lillian August Stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Lamp on sofa table; upholstered stools by sofa table: discontinued.
Secretary ("Stefan Secretary," Antiquaire Collection, Lillian August for Hickory White); lamp on secretary ("Silver Buffet Lamp"); chair to left of sofa table ("Rhett Chair"): Lillian August Stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Living Room Detail
Bouquets of blooms by NDI add floral charm.
Homeowner and designer Lillian August with her Shih Tzu, MeiShui. The "Skye" chest in the background is from her Antiquaire line.
Wing chair ("Lancaster Chair"); chair fabric ("Ison"/Linen); pillow (custom); three-drawer chest ("Skye Chest," Antiquaire Collection, Lillian August for Hickory White); mirror over chest ("Beauvoir Mirror"); vase, left ("White Glazed Jar with Peach Blossom"); vase, center ("Green Glazed Wine Vessel"): Lillian August stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Wall sconce: owner's collection.
Dining Room
Lillian furnished the space with a Swedish-inspired dining table and sideboard. The rustic tabletop and the sideboard's hand-rubbed finish downplay formality. The room's one dressy note is a crystal chandelier Lillian designed, with inspiration from a Russian antique.
Wallpaper (English Handblock Wallcoverings): Molly Hope, Acquisitions, 843/577-8004, acquisitionsinteriors.com.
Ceiling and trim paint ("Lancaster Whitewash"): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Chandelier (discontinued): Lillian August for Currey & Co., 877/768-6428, curreyco.com.
Dining table ("Erik Dining table," discontinued); chair (discontinued); urn holding topiary ("Classic Urn"); buffet ("Daniel Sideboard," Antiquaire Collection, Lillian August for Hickory White); mirror ("Yates Mirror"); area rug ("Silver Topaz Sisal"): Lillian August Stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Wine glasses: Todd Nabors Antiques & Design, 336/454-8191.
Teapots and pretty plates are displayed in a painted cupboard with chicken-wire doors.
China cabinet: discontinued.
Chinese porcelain urns add just the right shots of color and pattern.
Blue-and-white vases: owner's collection.
The Aga cooker and beadboard walls give the kitchen a cozy feel. A console table Lillian designed serves as an island.
Paint ("Linen White"): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com
Cabinetry; window treatment: original to house.
Range: Aga, 800/223-3900, aga-ranges.com.
Countertop: granite.
Island ("Camille Console," Antiquaire Collection, Lillian August for Hickory White): Lillian August Stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Kitchen Details
"I love opening all the doors and that wonderful sense of light and air flowing through the house," says Lillian.
Kitchen Fireplace
Sweet country details plus a cozy fireplace look as if they came right out of an English cottage, so Lillian accessorized with English china, potted herbs and topiaries, a framed botanical, and a petite English antique chair by the fireplace.
Chair by fireplace ("Hand-Carved Bamboo Chair"): Lillian August Stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Print over mantel; accessories: owner's collection.
Breakfast Room
Graceful arched windows scallop across one wall, offering views of the terrace and back gardens. An antique Oushak rug leads the way from the living room into the sunny dining spot.
Wallpaper (English Handblock Wallcoverings): Molly Hope, Acquisitions, 843/577-8004, acquisitionsinteriors.com.
Ceiling and trim paint ("Lancaster Whitewash" #HC-174): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Chairs; chandelier; pedestal: owner's collection.
Area rug (Antique Oushak Collection): Lillian August Stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Copper pot (antique); blue dessert bowls with saucer (Italian glass): Todd Nabors Antiques & Design, 336/454-8191.
Lillian screened the existing side porch and opens doors that connect it to the living room. "I suggest everyone find a way to have a porch. It really changes your lifestyle," she says. Floral pillows and Lillian's "Theodora" chair with a pink upholstered back contribute to the garden feel.
Wall and ceiling paint ("Linen White"): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Settee by window ("Chippendale Settee"); striped seat cushion (custom); pillows on settee (vintage pillow collection): Lillian August Stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Wicker chair and ottoman (Hampshire Collection): Restoration Hardware, 800/910-9836, restorationhardware.com.
Pillow on wicker chair (vintage pillow collection): Lillian August Stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Covered cage; side table (custom); lantern on table: owner's colleciton.
Occasional chair ("Theodora Chair," Antiquaire Collection, Lillian August for Hickory White); chair-seat fabric ("Nancy"/Aqua); chair-back fabric ("Caleido"/Pink); coffee table ("Tria Cocktail Table"); area rug (natural sisal): Lillian August Stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
The large windows, architectural symmetry, sun-flooded rooms, and historic qualities sold Lillian on the classic painted-brick house.
An oversized lantern and large urns around the patio seating area are the right scale for the home's rear faade.
Master Bedroom
An urn-style lamp sits on Lillian's "New Thora" bedside table. Glass candlesticks on the mantel were gifts from her son, John Weiss.
Wallpaper (English Handblock Wallcoverings): Molly Hope, Acquisitions, 843/577-8004, acquisitionsinteriors.com.
Drapery (custom); drapery hardware (custom); bed (French reproduction, custom); bedside chest ("New Thora," blue/gray finish, Antiquaire Collection, Lillian August for Hickory White); bed linens ("Whisper Linen Bedset"/Champagne); bed pillows (custom): Lillian August Stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Mirror (antique); vases; table lamps; duvet; chair by fireplace; botanical prints by tufted chair: owner's collection.
Tufted chair ("Aubrey Chair"); fabric ("Nancy"/Blue): Lillian August Stores, 203/847-1596, lillianaugust.com.
Carpet: original to house.
Master Bedroom Details
The bedside chest from the Antiquaire collection has heirloom appeal. Its blue-gray finish complements the room's airy palette.
Bedroom Chair
MeiShui strikes a pose on a Lillian-designed tufted chair.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say an explosion from a plastic bottle containing dry ice at a Los Angeles International Airport terminal caused up to four flights to be delayed.
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller says a chemical reaction caused the explosion Sunday evening in an employee bathroom in Terminal 2.
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Geithner's gotta be wondering. And there's another one?
While much has been made of how refreshing it was to hear Obama admit that he made a mistake after Daschle withdrew from Cabinet consideration, the admission does leave some unanswered questions.
Meanwhile we find that Obama's pick for Labor, Rep. Hilda Solis, is troubled with the taxpaying issue as well, and her confirmation hearing had to be delayed.
First, the Daschle situation. Once again we see how lucky Barack Obama is to have inherited the presidency after George W. Bush. All it took was for him to admit a mistake and the press and pretty much everyone else eased back and let the uproar over Limousine Liberal Daschle disappear.
But what about Geithner? What's he think of Obama's admission?
Bloomberg's Caroline Baum takes up the matter today.
After quoting Obama's saying that he "screwed up," Baum focuses on this quote from the president:
"It's important for this administration to send a message that there aren't two sets of rules, you know, one for prominent people and one for ordinary folks who have to pay their taxes."
Given that proclamation, Baum writes: "Tim Geithner must be wondering where he fits in now that principles have triumphed over personality. Geithner played by the prominent-people's rules, cut corners on his taxes, found religion, said he was sorry, said he was sorry again, and won Senate confirmation as Treasury secretary by a vote of 60-34. It was the narrowest margin for a Treasury secretary in more than half a century."
And what of the discovery that Solis's husband only recently paid off $6,400 on tax liens for a business?
Surely a pick for Labor – the department that's to stick up for the nation's workers – needs to be trusted by the "ordinary folks."
Meanwhile, as my friend and colleague David Harsanyi pointed out yesterday, Obama's tough stance on lobbyists seems a strange one considering the fact a dozen of his top players have been lobbyists or were tied to lobbyists until quite recently.
Maybe Obama shouldn't have made quite such a big deal out of changing the way Washington does business while on the campaign trail. In Washington, one of his biggest changes along these lines so far has been an ability to admit he goofed.


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Preview Runemaster (PC/Mac)
Taking a break from historically-accurate European history, Paradox's own development studios are delving into Norse mythology in upcoming RPG Runemaster. Richard Pilot got a look at the game at Gamescom, where it was also revealed that it's coming to PS4 alongside the Windows, Mac and Linux versions.
Preview Cities: Skylines (PC/Mac)
After the disappointment of last year's SimCity, there is a strong demand for a full city building simulator. Thankfully Paradox and Colossal Order are stepping up from transport simulation in Cities in Motion to Cities: Skylines, revealed at this year's Gamescom. Richard Pilot got an in-depth look at the game, including its water management, ability to produce large cities of various shapes, and plans for Steam Workshop support.
Preview Might and Magic Heroes VII (PC/Mac)
Richard Pilot gets a close look at the next entry in Ubisoft's long running Might and Magic Heroes series, which hopes to reinvigorate the series without abandoning its roots.
Preview Dying Light (PlayStation 4)
Techland is staying with zombies but moving on from Dead Island. Dying Light still features the undead, but embraces an open world where you need to be ready for when darkness falls. Richard Pilot went hands-on with the new co-operative mode revealed at Gamescom.
Preview The Settlers: Kingdoms of Anteria (PC/Mac)
The Settlers are back, and yet they're wandering a different path. Richard Pilot gets a look at Kingdoms of Anteria, a more adventure-driven take on Blue Byte's long-running series.
Preview Magicka 2 (PlayStation 4)
Richard Pilot is not someone to trust in a co-operative game that offers opportunity for betrayal, so he's the perfect person to investigate Magicka 2, the follow up to Paradox's popular top-down action game.