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February 28
- Oblivionauts mod recasts Skyrim onto user-created maps with dynamic campaigns
- Divinity: Dragon Commander trailer shows jetpack dragons, monocled lizards
- Remember Me gets a release date and memorable new trailer
- War of the Roses treads Outside the Law with flaming arrows and free weekend
- PC way more popular with devs than next-gen consoles according to poll
- Anomaly 2 announced - mechs and multiplayer promised for "tower offence" sequel
- Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army launch trailer leaves marksmanship for dead
- Crysis 3 gets unofficial OnTheFly utility - tweak graphics in-game with a single button press
- Deadfall Adventures trailer reveals an Indiana Jones-inspired FPS romp from Painkiller devs
- Defiance playable (and viewable) at the SCI-FI-LONDON film festival
- Dragon Nest European closed beta now live, keys given away daily
- Battlefield 3: End Game flaunts Air Superiority
- EVE Online passes 500,000 subs, teases plans for the Second Decade of the space-faring MMO
- Natural Selection 2 trails its "Gorgeous" update
- Avalanche CEO posts mysterious screenshot; is most likely Just Cause 3
- Camelot Unchained dev wants more unpredictability in MMORPGs
- Battlefield 3 players generate 1 TB of data daily
February 27
- Mars War Logs trailer shows RPG skill trees, nothing else wood-related
- Face Off: Is League of Legends a better game than Dota 2?
- Back to Bed: an indie puzzler of sleep, the subconscious, and seriously scary voice acting
- Black Mesa: Hazard Course mod sends Half-Life's tutorial deeper into Source
- TrackMania 2 and ShootMania Storm now available on Steam
- The Button Affair - Canabalt recast as a crime caper
- EA planning microtransactions for "all of our games"
- Watch Dogs is targeting PC as lead platform
- Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm trailer finds Kerrigan looking for vengeance
- Deus Ex: Human Defiance trademark filed by Square Enix [Updated]
- THQ's remaining properties to be auctioned in April - Homeworld and Darksiders up for grabs
- The War Z is back on Steam
February 26
- Fifth set of Steam Greenlight games greenlit: Anodyne, Distance, Organ Trail, and more
- DayZ Mod update 1.7.6: new zombie logic, arrows, and a fight about cans
- How to find a StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm launch event near you
- Respawn Entertainment will be at E3 with "no intention of showing up empty handed"
- Valve don't even fire people like a normal company - Varoufakis on hiring and firing
- Death Inc gets co-op multiplayer, Molyneux's fervent support
- QuakeCon 2013 announced for August
- Arma 3 alpha goes live next week; get instant access through Steam pre-order
- Red Orchestra 2 mapping contest rewards the community's best battlefields
- Resident Evil 6 benchmarking tool prepares your PC for the coming horror
- PlanetSide 2's boss on bans - says team are "busting our asses" to get cheaters out
- Guild Wars 2 cuts the price of combat - ArenaNet remove paid PvP
- Crysis gets VR mod - beam maximum graphics directly into your face
- Watch Dogs will use new engine, not old Assassin's Creed tech
- After Reset is a post-apocalyptic RPG with classic tastes
- The PS4 version of Diablo 3 may have offline co-op, no word on PC equivalent
- Black Snow co-op mod: because it's better to flee the darkness with a friend
- BioWare: next-gen graphics are "a big leap," but the difference "won't be as obvious"
February 25
- Watch this: Skyrim with RealVision ENB V1.3, tweaks, and max settings looks insane
- Red Alert and Tiberium universes planned for new Command & Conquer
- More Walking Dead possibly releasing before second season
- Dishonored story DLC hinted at by PS3 Trophies
- Runner 2 trailer sprints to the finish ahead of tomorrow's launch
- Why we haven't reviewed Tomb Raider yet
- Crysis 3 performance issues caused by ropey physics
- Kentucky Route Zero now available on Steam
- Gabe Newell to be honoured with BAFTA Fellowship
- FlatOut, Ridge Racer: Unbounded developers tease their Next Car Game
- Mojam comes to an end - get nine new games from Mojang and friends
February 24
- Mew aren't going to believe this: Team Meat's cat game finally revealed
- BioShock Infinite's "Pre-Purchase Rewards" revealed - but there's a catch
February 23
- Avadon 2: The Corruption announced, get your old-school role-playing here
- Sword of the Stars spin-off The Pit released on GamersGate
- What to Watch: The Week in eSports (February 22-28, 2013)
- Tomb Raider trailer shows combat moves, resulting blood-'splosions
- The Night of the Rabbit, a new adventure game from Daedalic, coming May 29
February 22
- The curious case of StarCraft's harvester pathfinding hack
- Will Wright and Ocean Quigley talk about SimCity's "guilt-driven experience"
- Dreamfall Chapters gameplay trailer travels to the neon-lit streets of cyberpunk Europolis
- Prison Architect's alpha7 update bangs up the backers
- Black Ops II and Gratuitous Space Battles can be played for free this weekend
- DayZ Standalone's latest development update shows the finest in zombie acting
- Guild Wars 2's guild quests explained - puzzles, bounties and chicken races inbound
- Ubisoft want to improve their relationship with PC gamers
- Watch Dogs' creative director explains multiplayer "hyperconnectivity"
- Dota 2 introduces Hero Builds to teach you how to play
- FFXIV: A Realm Reborn interview: "We took our fanbase for granted. We lacked the knowledge of other titles. We didn't have the passion."
- Tomb Raider's system specs released - will your PC survive?
- Left 4 Dead 2 official servers add Helm's Deep Reborn map to rotation
- PlanetSide 2 merges servers, launches web-based stat service
- Runescape community guarantees the return of "old school" servers
February 21
- Final StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm video details competitive and eSports features
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution film director making "a cyberpunk movie, not a videogame movie"
- Layoffs hit EA studios in LA and Montreal
- SWTOR's Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion patch now in public testing
- Legend of Grimrock 2 announced
- Ithaka of the Clouds: the latest adventure from the team behind The Sea Will Claim Everything
- Final Mass Effect 3 DLC packs announced: reunite with the squad, swing a space hammer
- Torment sequel gets new name, prepares for crowd funding
- Arma 3 will be exclusive to Steam
- Bioshock Infinite gets Season Pass for three upcoming DLC packs
- Blackwell Epiphany announced - paranormal private eyes due to return in autumn
- DayZ appears on Steam, just not the Standalone version
- The Witness' first official trailer is a thing to be seen
- Watch the Watch Dogs gameplay demo from today's Sony presser
- Capcom teases Panta Rhei engine and Deep Down at PS4 press conference
- PC Gamer vs. PlayStation 4: How much does a comparable rig cost right now?
- Anodyne creators earn over $12K from Pirate Bay promotion
February 20
- Team Fortress 2, CS: Source migrating to SteamPipe delivery - here's what you need to do
- Natural Selection 2 Gorgeous Update brings player-made tunnels, living armor
- Grand Theft Auto IV mod takes Toy Story's Woody for a trip to the big city
- The best CS:GO custom maps
- Elder Scrolls Online won't include the series' traditional first-person perspective
- GameStop saw Battlefield 4, apparently
- Mojang's Mojam is go, see the three day livestream right here
- Enemy: a turn-based tactical roguelike in a procedurally generated physics playground
- Murdered: Soul Suspect announced, Square Enix investigate mortality
- Sluggish Morss the merrier with these brilliant, strange, philosophical treks through spacetime
- Activision lay off thirty employees, plan to release fewer licensed games this year
- Firefall trailer explores verticality, second beta takes off this weekend
- Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs to be assembled this summer
- The Dead Linger, then eat you in this indie survival horror game
- Crytek: It's "impossible" for next-gen consoles to compete with PCs
- Blade Symphony trailer shows dueling, slash-dancing swordsmen
- EA and Ubisoft now carrying each other's games on Origin and Uplay
- March of the Eagles is out today: Command the Napoleonic Wars, no experience required
February 19
- Tim Schafer says we might see more Psychonauts, Brütal Legend
- MLG announces League of Legends tournament structure and rewards for Winter 2013 season
- BioShock Infinite goes gold, Irrational says it cut enough content to "make five or six games"
- Blizzcon returns November 8 and 9, 2013
- Obsidian has been contracted for another South Park-sized game
- Crysis 3 console commands and config settings allow MAXIMUM TWEAKING
- Counter-Strike: GO mapper threatened with legal action by Montreal transit authority
- A Valley Without Wind 2 out now, with a demo, is still free if you own the first game
- Bioshock Infinite's "Lamb of God" trailer lets Elizabeth loose
- Starcraft Universe mod now available on Battle.net
- Nvidia unveil the GTX Titan. An elegant weapon for a more civilised age.
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2's unofficial mod support is better late than never
- Death Inc prototype demo released
- Far Cry 3's future patches to add new difficulty, infinite Outposts
February 18
- GOG sale offers Rollercoaster Tycoon, Outcast, King's Bounty and more for spare change
- Paranautical Activity is a "voxel based roguelike FPS set on a ghost ship"
- DayZ standalone gets new screenshots and progress report: "everything has been redone"
- Dreamfall Chapters hits Kickstarter target. Stretch goals and pensive monkey revealed
- Halo creators unveil Destiny: "we would absolutely love to be on PC" says Bungie chief
February 17
- Natural Selection 2's Lua-based IDE released as open source, use it to make your own game
- Explore FFXIV's reborn realm in a closed beta at the end of Feb
February 16
- Scribblenauts Unlimited is now out in Europe - celebrate by drawing a bottle of champagne
- Anodyne's price drops to $1+ until Monday, as part of Pirate Bay promo
- Let's Reboot... The Secret Of Monkey Island
- Chivalry: Medieval Warfare low-grav combat is loud, hilarious
- What to Watch: The Week in eSports (February 15-21, 2013)
- StarCraft II pre-Heart of the Swarm patch coming early next week
February 15
- Natural Selection 2 dev "filled with sadness" over Aliens: Colonial Marines
- PlanetSide 2 video shows first recordings of battle music, complicated-looking soundboards
- Interview: StarCraft II casters Axslav and Axeltoss
- Arma 2 Complete Collection gathers all post-release content into one pack
- Black Mesa: Insecurity bringing Blue Shift to Source
- Total War: Rome 2's latest faction cries wolf
- Dreamfall Chapters prototype footage released, the longest stretch goals revealed
- The 90s Arcade Racer attracts Nicalis publishing deal after successful Kickstarter
- GRID 2's first in-game trailer is all about the speed
- Tribes: Ascend Game of the Year update adds new weapon and maps
- Aliens: Colonial Marines mods duct-tape on DirectX 10 features, improved lighting effects
- Ether One trailer: reality optional as you explore the depths of memory
February 14
- System Shock 2 original pitch advertised a game "paced like an RPG, not a Quake deathmatch"
- Jon Shafer criticizes every decision he made on Civ 5, explains how At the Gates will differ
- Penguin party: Steam Linux launches with week-long celebration sale
- Vietcry mod for Crysis presents the Vietnam War with more kaboom and less Kubrick
- 11 Bit Studios releases teaser for "secret" game
- Camp Keepalive is what happens when turn-based strategy meets an 80s slasher movie
- Latest Indie Royale bundle celebrates Valentine's day with explosions
- Chivalry's lead developer explains why Torn Banner prioritised free content over paid DLC
- Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army shuffles into the room
- Wargaming.net acquire Gas Powered Games
- Ghost in the Shell MMO shooter due next year
- Just Cause creators tease new project with blurry shot of blurry men doing blurry violence
- PC Gamer UK March issue: Total War: Rome 2
- System Shock 2 mods upgrade the visuals of your imminent doom, insect
- DreadChase: soak in the colors of this Descent-like shooter
- Diablo 3 devs want to "refocus players away from farming the Auction House"
February 13
- Snipers rejoice: PlanetSide 2 testing increased infantry render distance
- Aliens: Colonial Marines patch doctors doorways, acid spit
- Bethesda's Todd Howard: gameplay matters, but people "discount graphics"
- Our favorite game guns
- Civilization V Gold Edition released, features all available DLC
- Brütal Legend coming to PC this month, mültiplayër beta live now
- Valve lays off several employees in hardware, mobile teams [Updated]
- System Shock 2 is heading to GOG tomorrow
- Play a game of Where Wolf with the ace, free, positively beastly Lykan
- Mars: War Logs - mutant moles and moral mazes in this sci-fi RPG
- News of World of Tanks esports league fails to break eternal tank stand-off
- Shootmania Storm open beta is live, still no sign of any storms
- Diablo 3 patch 1.07 adds brawling, buffer monks, better wizards, new craftable items
- Do game demos harm game sales? Schell Games founder says yes
- Gratuitous Tank Battles creator: free-to-play "doesn't ask you to value the game until you already feel you own it"
February 12
- Ken Levine: BioShock Infinite multiplayer rumors were "a little frustrating" for Irrational
- Left 4 Dead 2 Extended Mutation System allows more complex modding, custom scripts
- Diablo 3 account rollbacks can no longer revive fallen Hardcore characters
- Warner Bros. confirms third Batman Arkham game for 2013 release
- Prison Architect makes over $1 million from alpha purchases
- Stardew Valley: a co-op Harvest Moon with marriage, monsters, randomly generated caves
- Magrunner: hands-on with the Portal-meets-Lovecraft platform puzzler
- Tribes: Ascend to add "single purchase" option
- Planetside 2 official PhysX support incoming, can be enabled now with simple tweak
- Games for Windows Live error locks some users out of online profile, saved games
- Hey Hawken, you got lipstick on my giant, unstoppable killing machine
- Steam grows hungry for wallets, introduces Week Long Deals
- Minecraft: Pi Edition now available for free
- The Walking Dead and Far Cry 3 score big at BAFTA Video Game Award nominations
- Crytek reaffirms goal for free-to-play transition within five years
- Ratz Instagib: one click, one death in this browser-based multiplayer shooter
February 11
- What's next for RPGs? Obsidian's Feargus Urquhart and BioWare founder Ray Muzyka say it's asynchronous multiplayer
- Dead Space writer: Dead Space 3's action focus is a "necessary evil"
- Chris Taylor cancels Wildman Kickstarter with four days and $600K to go
- Star Wars: The Old Republic Relics of the Gree event trailer released
- System Shock 2 might be getting a re-release on GOG and Steam
- Ghost Recon Online gets Assassin's Creed III items for cross-promotional cosplay
- Triumph for Tux: Half-Life, Counter-Strike get Linux support
- Build your own killer robots in Rawbots
- Domain names rekindle Legacy of Kain and Wolfenstein rumours
- Dainty Drow play leapfrog in new Neverwinter screens and footage
February 10
- The Joy of Text
- Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm's public beta to close in March
- Wasteland 2 trailer shows off first gameplay footage, including tactical battles, giant bugs
February 9
- Epic closes Impossible Studios, the company formed with staff from Big Huge Games
- RAGE toolkit now available to download from Steam, if you have 35GB going spare
- Why you should play C&C: Red Alert 1
- EA on Dead Space 3 exploit: farm away!
- Stardock founder on the future of RTS. (Hint: It's not death)
- Daylight: ward off insane spirits with a cell phone
- Gabe Newell: Steam Greenlight is "a bad example of the election process"
February 8
- Telltale: "Anything is possible" for Walking Dead second season
- What to Watch: The Week in eSports (February 8-14, 2013)
- StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm video shows matchmaking features for beginners and veterans
- What we want to see from Dragon Age 3
- Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey kickstarter wants your money
- Arverni faction bring fierce beards to Total War: Rome 2
- Nvidia introduces 'PC Monday', showing off Project SHIELD PC-streaming tech every week
- SimCity to get second closed beta soon
- Unofficial Mass Effect design compo inspires impressive entries: Volus Chef, Elcor tank
- More Assassin's Creed and Far Cry on the way
- Obsidian pitching Star Wars RPG set between episodes III and IV
- The sun rises, tides fall, babies cry, another Call of Duty game confirmed
- 13 years of PC graphics benchmarks in one video
- Diablo III sales and World of Warcraft subscriber count revealed in Activision earnings report
- CD Projekt Red: The Witcher 3 concludes trilogy, but not franchise
- Dead Space 3 exploit provides infinite items and resources
February 7
- Get more Counter-Strike maps in the CS:GO Maps Workshop
- Skyrim HD Texture Pack update includes Dragonborn, Hearthfire, Dawnguard
- Age of Wonders III announced, a turn-based strategy/RPG hybrid
- Chris Roberts: Star Citizen's death system creates "a sense of living history"
- Project Holodeck: a full virtual reality platform using Oculus Rift
- Killing Floor: Aliens mod lets your friends hear you scream
- War of the Roses free trial now available
- Jasper Byrne's NEW GAME+ footage appears, includes semi-nude barbarian with a giant club
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter: "weird fiction horror" from former Bulletstorm devs
- WildStar dev update sets loose three new trailers, announces 2013 release
- Guild Wars 2's second Flame & Frost update to add new PvP map, guild missions
- Just Cause 3 hinted at by Avalanche CEO, targeting "next generation" platforms
February 6
- Gabe Newell and J.J. Abrams discussing "either a Portal movie or a Half-Life movie"
- At the Gates interview with Civilization V designer Jon Shafer
- At The Gates: new turn-based strategy from the lead designer of Civilization V
- Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes announced
- Chompston: Pac-Man meets Bomberman meets take it away from me I can't stop playing
- MechWarrior Online shows off its Pretty Baby
- Firefall devs outline their milestone plans for early 2013
- John Carmack claims emulation is the key to Linux support, questions native ports
- Hollywood flirts with Hitman again in the form of 'Agent 47'
- Skyrim: Dragonborn DLC is finally out on Steam
- Minecraft infographic reveals total volume of one entire world
- Dead Space 3 Awakened DLC coming in March
February 5
- Hands-On with Europa Universalis IV multiplayer: The Some Years War
- Quadrilateral Cowboy trailer streams a hacker's heist at a blazing 1200bps
- Crytek USA won't develop Darksiders III
- Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods interview - everything we know so far
- Paradox cancelled four games last year, promises no more "unplayable" releases
- Maddest PC rigs ever? Your best entries for our Vulcan's Craftsman Challenge
- Tera gets free-to-play relaunch, adds new content
- Defiance beta weekend giveaway - 500 keys must go!
- Anodyne - a surreal, top-down Zelda-style adventure - is out now
- Bullet Run cancelled: SOE's free-to-play shooter shuts down in March
- Psychonauts 2 won't be funded by Notch
- Steam database update: Dyad confirmed for PC; no plans for Halo 3 release
- DayZ Standalone's latest dev blog gives 15 minute video tour of new features
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt revealed - an open world RPG bigger than Skyrim
- Tom Hall launches new Kickstarter campaign for a 2D platformer creator
- Twitch Turbo subscription service removes ads, adds chat tools
February 4
- Ubisoft cut "huge" co-op mode from first Assassin's Creed
- Enderal: The Shards of Order mod to convert Skyrim into an entirely new adventure
- DayZ 1.7.5.1 patch adds new weapons, bloodborne infection, bacon
- PlanetSide 2 patch adds temporary spawn protection, spotting adjustments, SMGs
- Alien Noire countdown website holds possible Prey 2 connection
- Death Inc infects Kickstarter - £300,000 to unleash the plague
- L.A. Noire's blooper reel is cool (and a little bit creepy)
- Hammerwatch this trailer if you like Gauntlet, co-op, modding or smashing stuff
- Crusader Kings II: Old Gods teaser video released, features announced
- Half-Life 2 modded for Oculus Rift support
- Halo 3, Fez and Quantum Conundrum 2 appear in Steam registry
- Borderlands 2's Tiny Tina accused of conveying racism, writer says he may change her in future
February 3
- New Splinter Cell Blacklist video features ziplines, human shields, a crossbow
- The Banner Saga's branching narrative and travel events detailed in Kickstarter update
February 2
- Stop making horrible console ports - a guide
- Double Fine collect their Amnesia Fortnight prototypes in a Special Edition box set
- New Sherlock Holmes game Crimes & Punishments announced, features moral choices
- Ironclad: RTS genre is "a dying market"
- Akaneiro: Demon Hunters Kickstarter ending soon--here's what we think of it
- League of Legends Season 3 begins, first Championship Series match on February 7
February 1
- Why games need color blind modes - see SimCity with simulated color blindness
- Far Cry 3 producer: Vaas compares to Darth Vader
- StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm trailer previews main menu changes, social features
- League of Legends Buyer's Guide
- SimCity sandbox mode unlocks all buildings, enables limited cheats
- War of the Roses details Brian Blessed DLC, free content and Kingmaker gold edition
- Top TF2 item makers yoink $500k a year, "we cannot compete with our customers" says Gabe
- Arma 3 renames main island to avoid "undesired real-life connotations"
- Playstation 4 details hint at next-gen specs
- Skyrim, Dishonored, Morrowind and other Bethesda soundtracks now available on iTunes
- Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm to be showcased in MLG's Winter Season
- The Free Webgame Round-Up
- Gabe Newell on the history, future, economics and philosophy of Valve
- Guild Wars 2's latest patch kicks off a "living story"
- Chivalry: Medieval Warfare gets huge content update, adds maps, modes and weapons for free
- Valve sued by German consumer group because Steam users can't resell games
- Aliens: Colonial Marines DLC plans include $30 Season Pass
- How Octodad became popular: from student project to cephalopod about town
- The Castle Doctrine players will be anonymous