Dear Esther may well be one of those games, as it takes players to a tranquil but atmospheric island in the outer Hebrides. While there’s no exciting attraction to see or special thing to do ...

The first official Dear ... Dear Esther site, celebrating its four IGF award nominations and upcoming release on Steam on February 14. It offers a short but haunting glimpse of the island that ...

SAN FRANCISCO – In 2008, a group of game designers at the University of Portsmouth in England created Dear Esther, an experimental Half-Life 2 mod in which its story is told entirely through ...

Together, they form a consistent tone as somber and beautiful as the island itself. Dear Esther's visual update renders it almost unrecognizable from what it was four years ago. While the setting ...