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GameSpot: Uru: Ages Beyond Myst
Screenshots, game updates, and previews.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/uruonlineagesbeyondmyst/index.html

IGN: Uru: Ages Beyond Myst
Previews and game news.
http://pc.ign.com/objects/482/482160.html

Adventure Gamers Review
Rated 2.5/5. "Generally overpriced for the offline game, especially considering there's no actual game in the online 'game.'" By Jim Saighman. (February 3, 2004)
http://www.adventuregamers.com/display.php?id=347

Gamers Hell Review
Rated 8.0/10. "Uru is a very unique game, last of a dying breed of puzzle games, and certainly a strange twist for the Myst series." By Mike Bozich. (January 27, 2004)
http://www.gamershell.com/pc/uru_ages_beyond_myst/review.html

Uru Diaries, Part 2
"Potential Uru Live players need to be aware of one important thing going into the game: at this point, the Prologue is still very much in Beta testing." By Jim Saighman. [Adventure Gamers] (January 6, 2004)
http://www.adventuregamers.com/display.php?id=330

Game Industry News
Reviewed by Greg Crowe, score: 5 out of 5. Also awarded Puzzle Game of the Year. (2004)
http://www.gameindustry.com/review/item.asp?id=21

GameSpy
Review by Carla Harker. "It has great puzzles, a beautiful story, and stellar graphics. What it doesn't have is multiplayer." Score: 3/5 (December 22, 2003)
http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/december03/urupc/

Four Fat Chicks
Review with screen shots. (December, 2003)
http://www.fourfatchicks.com/Reviews/Uru/Uru.shtml

Uru Diaries, Part 1
"If the single-player game has left us disappointed in some ways, it hasn't dulled our anticipation for the wonders it promises for the online mode." By Jim Saighman. [Adventure Gamers] (November 29, 2003)
http://www.adventuregamers.com/display.php?id=316

Review by Andrew "Zarf" Plotkin
"If you are a Myst fan, the single-player Uru is an enjoyable new chapter, and a tempting invitation to Uru Live." (November, 2003)
http://www.eblong.com/zarf/gamerev/uru.html

GameSpy
Preview by Peter Suciu with screen shots. "Fans of the original can expect the same kind of exquisitely detailed locations, along with a variety of puzzles, and a very manageable interface." (August 28, 2003)
http://archive.gamespy.com/previews/august03/urupc/

Exploring Myst's Brave New World
Brief interview with Rand Miller about Uru. [Wired] (June, 2003)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.06/play.html

Adventure Gamers Preview
"Uru looks gorgeous, it's highly innovative, and it may just mean another great step forward for adventure games." By Marek Bronstring. (May 27, 2003)
http://www.adventuregamers.com/display.php?id=263

Uru: Ages Beyond Macs? - Myst Developer May Blow Off Mac
"We're not just talking about another platform here, we're talking about the platform that helped create Myst in the first place." [The Mac Observer] (May 27, 2003)
http://www.macobserver.com/columns/justathought/2003/20030527.shtml

Brass Lantern: Review
"Cyan and Ubisoft have completely ruined the Myst experience for me." By Murray Peterson. (2003)
http://brasslantern.org/reviews/graphic/urupeterson.html

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