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February 28
- World of Warcraft has helped scientists prepare for real-world epidemics
- Farmville launched as a "minimum viable product". Took 32.5 million users in one day
- Valve want to share their microtransaction success with other devs
- Humble Indie Bundle banks three million dollars, gives one million to charity
- DOTA is "needlessly inaccessible" says League of Legends developer at GDC
- Google push Chrome Web Store as new front for PC gaming
- Google demo PC gaming in a browser
- Epic battles in Feudal Japan coming in Sengoku
- Valve announces "Big Picture Mode" for Steam
- Serious Sam 3: BFE coming out this summer with 16 player co-op, new screenshots out
- And in other PC gaming news...
- GDC is about to kick off, we're live on the show floor
- Battlefield Play4Free unlocks system detailed
- Civilization 5 Polynesia pack and free maps out this week
- Play Mass Effect 2 and Dead Space 2 in your browser right now, no special plugin needed
- Batman: Arkham City to feature helicopter travel, Calendar Man
February 27
- Find Makarov countdown is not a hoax, it's just not for Modern Warfare 3
- StarCraft II 1.3 patch now in beta testing
- Interstellar Marines shares up for sale
- Minecraft might feature achievements
- Modern Warfare 3 countdown is a hoax
- Nine new maps coming to StarCraft 2; others removed from playlists
- GameSpy technology allows indie devs to create for free
- Dungeon Siege III will have co-op XP
February 25
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Study suggests gamers aren't desensitised by violent games
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 countdown begins
- Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand maps announced
- Team Fortress 2 Community Map Pack released
- Fable 3 PC release date announced, new screenshots released
- Notch takes Edge award for best indie of 2010. Provides amusing video evidence
February 24
- Age of Empires Online swaps devs
- Bulletstorm missing PC features
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in-game trailer revealed
- Ken Levine says first-person games are "the most direct way to engage"
- Shift 2 Unleashed trailer shows helmet cam and flaming exhausts
- Gemini Rue released, demo now available
February 23
- And in other PC gaming news...
- First in-game footage of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will go live tomorrow
- Epic increase UDK royalty cap tenfold
- Valve working on making Source SDK less "painful" to use
- Test Drive Unlimited 2 patch fixes login issues, free DLC incoming
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood drops always-online DRM
- Minecraft update is live, adds new blocks and beds
February 22
- Total War: Shogun 2 demo released
- Dragon Age 2 demo is out now
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Mass Effect 2 Arrival DLC uncovered
- Guild Wars 2 race revealed: The Norn
- Blind gamer completes Abe's Exoddus using sound alone
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood preview
- New Command & Conquer game in development
- North American Star League StarCraft 2 tournament has $100,000 prize pool
- Microsoft releasing Kinect SDK this spring
- Mexico moves to ban Call of Juarez: The Cartel
- Minecraft documentary shows start of Mojang Studios
February 21
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Blizzard "struggling" to create Battle.net Marketplace
- Risen 2: Dark Waters announced, will have pirates and guns
- Company of Heroes gets beta patch, Company of Heroes Online gets more maps
- Minecraft iPhone and iPad versions in development
- Bethesda advise on when to conceive if you want your child to be a Skyrim competition entry
- Bioshock 2 Protector's Trials DLC accidentally released on Games for Windows Marketplace
- Bulletstorm PC demo release details
February 20
- Danger Close are making a new Medal of Honor
- Captain's Quarters is coming to EVE
February 19
- Jerks should be 'charged accordingly' in multiplayer says Valve's Gabe
February 18
- Gears of War free with Bulletstorm
- Magicka soundtrack now free to download
- Blizzard 'love' Torchlight
- Extra Telltale announcements
- Bioware launch Dragon Age 2 Call To Arms challenge
- PC Gaming Alliance claims piracy is in decline
- Minecraft to offer a sound night's sleep
- FarmVille developer worth '$10billion'
- Epic stink: ScentSciences want to bring smellovision to World of Warcraft
- Civilization on sale this weekend
- New StarCraft 2 maps on the way, Heart of the Swarm will have separate ladder
- Operation Flashpoint: Red River release date set for April
February 17
- Dead Island trailer and first details revealed
- Rumour: Bungie's next game will be "WoW in space"
- Lord of the Rings: War in the North trailer shows unseen areas of Middle Earth
- Valve releasing Left 4 Dead 2 DLC after Portal 2
February 16
- Interview: planeswalking the walk in Magic: The Gathering - Tactics
- Crysis 2 PC multiplayer demo coming March 1
- Could Call of Duty go the same way as Guitar Hero?
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood system specs revealed
- RUSE expansion adds Japanese factions and new missions
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 patch to improve security
- Duke Nukem Forever to use Steamworks, pre-order deals announced
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood release date announced
- Shogun 2 demo out next week
February 15
- Dinosaurs in 3D!
- Gratuitous Space Battles: Galactic Conquests expansion out now
- Lineage 2 High Five update is live
- New Relic RTS to be announced this summer
- Batman: Arkham City won't have multiplayer
- Valve say Portal 2 will be "much larger but not harder," Steam pre-orders now available
- Dragon Age web series to star Felicia Day
- Full details on Maokai, new LoL champion
February 14
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Mirror's Edge 2 canned. EA "are not in the business of charity"
- Steam controls up to 70% of the PC download market and is "tremendously profitable"
- Guild Wars 2 beta events to run later this year. "We want players to be absolutely blown away"
- Test Drive Unlimited 2 server problems getting patched. Sunglasses stuck to racer's faces
- Portal 2 trailer reveals Valentine's day dangers, pre-orders available
- Diablo 3 release date planned for 2011
- Civilization 4 wins grammy for Baba Yetu six years after release
February 11
- Duke Nukem Forever: Balls of Steel edition includes one foot tall bust of Duke Nukem
- First screens of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood PC-exclusive features revealed
- Team Fortress 2 Winter Assembly pro tournament about to go live
- Interview: Dead Space 2 disability campaigner Gareth Garratt
- First Dragon Age 2 review takes Editor's Choice award in PC Gamer
- Blizzard CEO on new MMO: "Sometimes you break the mold, sometimes you have to start over”
- First Total War: Shogun 2 review scores 92 and scoops Editor's Choice award in PC Gamer
February 10
- "We look better," The Witcher 2 dev calls out Dragon Age 2's graphics
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Unofficial League of Legends replay tool now available
- Torchlight 2 release date drops to July. Xbox port of original caused delay
- Mass Effect 3 soundtrack composed by Clint Mansell of Moon and Requiem for a Dream fame
- Dead Space 2 DLC on PC via 3.4 Kb save file
- Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike PC release in March
February 9
- Minecraft Dev Diary - new block, magic fiddles
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Call of Duty: Black Ops patch fixes theatre mode, improves stability
- Fox news attacks Bulletstorm, says violent games lead to "increase in rapes"
- Blizzard will release Diablo 3 screenshots in exchange for Facebook Likes
- Why Relic dropped Games for Windows Live in Dawn of War 2: Retribution
- World of Warcraft receives huge 4.0.6 update and 14,000 words of patch notes
- Crysis 2 "will have a PC version that's a PC game"
- Call of Duty: Black Ops dev says that releasing a bug-proof game is unachievable
February 8
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Visceral hear disabled gamer, have started work on Dead Space 2 patch
- Exclusive reveal of two new champions coming to League of Legends
- Volition would "commit murder" to make Freespace 3
- The Darkness 2 announced for Autumn
- Skyrim has a hand-crafted world, with "no two areas alike"
- Il-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover interview. We talk to Oleg Maddox and Ilya Shevchenko.
- Battlefield 3 PC will handle 40 more players than on consoles. New features revealed.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops made to beat Modern Warfare 2
February 7
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Battlefield 3 limited edition to contain remastered Battlefield 2 maps and weapons
- Disabled gamer launches petition to enable button mapping in Dead Space 2
- Blizzcon 2011 dates announced
- Dirt 3 to have zombie mode. Also features realistic tyre modelling
- Battlefield 3 to feature Tehran, Paris and New York. Will have spotting and dog tags
- Best Counter-Strike: Source player skins
February 4
- Age of Empires Online dev says free-to-play games are the best defence against pirates
- Rift's beta events: we like what we're seeing
- Fallout: New Vegas getting Dead Money DLC on Feb 22, three more add-on packs to come
- Tales of Monkey Island boxed edition released, special edition available
- Dirt 3 release date announced with new screens
- Treyarch discuss possibility of a futuristic Call of Duty
- Battlefield 3 announced: 64 man multiplayer, fighter jets, teaser trailer.
February 3
- Dungeon Siege 3 slated for May 27
- Dragon Age 2 demo confirmed, will unlock a bonus item in the full game
- Pre-order Rift and get bonus items in Team Fortress 2
- DICE cancel Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Onslaught and Battlefield 1943
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Star Trek Online anniversary trailer released, item sale to celebrate
- Return to Zork and Space Rangers 2 now available on GOG, Apogee sale this weekend
- ArenaNet want Guild Wars 2 combat to be "more like a first person shooter"
- THQ release line-up announced: Warhammer 40K: Dark Millennium Online, Darksiders 2 and Saints Row 3 dated
February 2
- What does DCUO's first major update have for you?
- Duty Calls: Epic's most serious-est war ever
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Company of Heroes Online closing down
- PC Gamer UK digital edition is out now, subscribe and save 36% off the digital cover price
- Dragon Age 2 to get a demo, Bioware already planning DLC
- Treyarch dev says "negative" gamers the biggest problem facing the games industry
- New Batman: Arkham City screens show helicopters, Harley Quinn and doomed goons
- Steam screenshot feature now in beta
- Crysis 2 minimum system specs revealed
February 1
- And in other PC gaming news...
- John Carmack discusses next gen game engines
- Batman: Arkham City five times bigger than Arkham Asylum. Features twice as many moves
- APB: Reloaded to get new district and game modes
- DC Universe Online end-game content trailer released
- The original Grand Theft Auto was almost axed, saved by psycho police car bug
- GDC panel hints at PC support for Playstation Move
- Dragon Age 2 DRM detailed
- Call of Duty: Black Ops double XP weekend starts this Friday