It’s one of our all-time favourite nightmares. Yes, it sounds like any student night, but in fact it’s your ticket to play a level of Wolfenstein 3D in The New Order’s engine.īlazkowicz retains his modern model, along with some pickups, but everything else looks like a hyper-focused version of the original. Once you find yourself at the safe house, bleary eyed and covered in sweat and the blood of your enemies, have a look around for a dirty mattress on the floor. This ones for sleepy people – the kind who insist on resting in between bouts of saving the world. Wolfenstein: The New Order – Wolfenstein 3D level If you want to see the room in all its creepy glory you can find out how to access it here. There they all are, hundreds of Gabes gurning back at you. When you first enter the room it’s completely dark, but switching on your suit’s flashlight reveals the full majesty of the space. The Gaben Room is a reverent, holy space in which every inch of the walls, floor, and ceiling are covered in the same picture of Newell’s mug. It’s been used to sell underwear in China, the Valve office has a floor-to-ceiling picture of the Lord Gaben meme, and Gabe’s face has also been used in a Half-Life Easter egg. Gabe Newell’s face has popped up in some weird places. So, without further ado, let’s crack on with our list of best gaming Easter eggs on PC. If you’re an avid Easter egg hunter yourself then let us know what else should go on this list via our Facebook page or Twitter. As such, you can expect the secrets of Aperture Science labs, Bigfoot sightings in Grand Theft Auto, the painting that slipped by Hitman players for two years, a Wolfenstein demake, and many more.

In the list, we’ve mixed some classic Easter eggs with a basket of more recently discovered ones.

They’re creepy, but apparently traditional and warranted, so who are we to argue? Luckily, you can kick back and relax this Easter holiday as there are plenty of dedicated players out there who’ve already done all the heavy lifting and found dozens of gaming secrets. And on top of that, we’ve now gone and compiled all of our favourites into one list, tied it with a pretty bow, and decorated the whole thing with some of those weird, fluffy yellow chicks. Reading game files, browsing lines of confusing code, searching every inch of a level, and reading into a developer’s cryptic messages are just a handful of the ways that gaming Easter Eggs are unearthed. As with so many other important things in life, finding videogame Easter Eggs takes work and patience.

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