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March 31
- Cellar Door could start working on Rogue Legacy sequel in the next two years
- John Carmack defends Oculus Rift acquisition: VR is "too obviously powerful" for independence
- Battlefield 4's delayed Naval Strike DLC fights them on the beaches today
- Lifeless Planet hands-on: explore a Soviet base on another world
- The Pirate Bay Bundle gets you 101 indie games you might have missed
- Mordheim: City of the Damned brings turn-based strategy to a doomed city
- 4K Screenshot Showcase: Bioshock Infinite
- Shelter 2: hunt in "huge open territories" as a mother Lynx
- Call of Duty: Ghosts Devastation pack includes alien kraken and The Predator
March 30
- Mod of the Week: Altis Life, for Arma 3
- Jane Jensen's Moebius now has a demo, full game out April 15th
- Sir, You Are Being Hunted update adds castle biome and soundtrack
March 29
- Alien: Isolation bursts out in October
- Stronghold Crusader 2 trailer has a vendetta against castles, shows off Skirmish mode
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided trademark filed, hopefully won't be another mobile game
March 28
- DayZ developer acquires new studio to work on standalone version [Update: Everything but the name]
- Planetside 2 message notifications disabled after players receive in-game pop-up ads
- Shadowrun Online infiltrates Steam Early Access March 31
- New sandbox craft-'em-up TUG comes to Steam Early Access
- Zombie Monsters Robots announced: free-to-play shooter from former Epic China team
- Titanfall updates matchmaking to address player skill imbalances
- Oculus VR hires Valve VR expert Michael Abrash as chief scientist
- Company of Heroes 2: The Western Front Armies standalone expansion due in June
- Flockers is a new Lemmings-style game from Worms studio, Team 17
- Who is the Arkham Knight? 6 mad theories about the villain's identity
- Galactic Civilizations 3 alpha costs $100, how much is too much for early access?
- Beyond Maxwell: Nvidia announce their next next-gen Pascal GPU
- Dead Space is free on Origin until May
- Elder Scrolls Online end-game content options explained in new developer post
March 27
- Enemy Front gameplay trailer focuses on sneaking, sniping
- Watch Dogs gameplay trailer calls Chicago a "hyper-connected playground"
- FTL: Advanced Edition out April 3
- Arma 3 brings out the guerrillas in new community guide
- Cliff Bleszinski defends Oculus-Facebook deal, calls Notch "pouty kid"
- EverQuest Next Landmark now just Landmark, enters untamed lands of closed beta
- Three Lane Highway: four and a half shocking Dota facts they don't want you to know
- Hardship and tough choices in Civ 5 designer's At The Gates
- Civilization 5 mod brings Blizzard's all-stars to turn-based strategy
- Duke Nukem lawsuit continues: 3D Realms deny Gearbox's allegations
- Torchlight studio's co-founders depart for "smaller-scale development"
- Batman: Arkham Knight first-look: new villains, a bigger city and the Batmobile
- Batman: Arkham Knight: Court of Owls spotted
March 26
- CCP says Facebook acquisition of Oculus Rift won't change plans for EVE: Valkyrie launch
- Titanfall now forces cheaters to play with other cheaters
- Goat Simulator trailer riffs on Dead Island, but with goats
- Rust diary, part 3: "What happened was: I killed you"
- Wolfenstein: The New Order Panzerhund Edition comes with everything but the game
- How we capture 4K screenshots and video on the Large Pixel Collider
- X-COM creator Julian Gollop holds Reddit AMA: "Indie gaming is the most exciting thing I've seen"
- TowerFall Ascension review
- Find out why The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter is so ridiculously good-looking
- Molyneux on thriving indie scene: "Enjoy this time, because it won't last
- EA CEO Andrew Wilson wants to treat Star Wars games like Batman Arkham series
- Luftrausers review
- Titanfall's future game modes will be free, Zampella confirms
- Reinstall: Silent Hunter 2
- How to teach an AI parkour
- Deus Ex short film finally released, brings Human Revolution to life
- Cosmonautica mixes trading, life sims and funky music in space
- Trials Fusion trailer shows flips, tricks and bails
March 25
- Facebook buys Oculus VR — PC Gamer debates the pros and cons
- Notch cancels Minecraft Oculus Rift deal: "Facebook creeps me out"
- Facebook to buy Oculus VR for $2 billion
- The best (and strangest) EverQuest Next Landmark creations
- Smite launches out of beta, asks you to punch gods in the face
- Valve explains how CS:GO became the second most-played game on Steam
- Vlambeer's Luftrausers turns a profit in three days, after almost three years in development
- Armored Warfare hands-on: Obsidian brings storytelling to tank combat
- Nvidia announce GeForce GTX Titan Z, brings 12GB VRAM for $3,000
- Assassin's Creed: Unity sneak peek footage is "in-game," not a cinematic, according to Ubisoft
- Kerbal Space Program: Asteroid Redirect Mission hands-on
- The Rift Report: exploring the solar system, interactive art, and virtual reality Zelda
- Galactic Civilizations 3 trailer appears ahead of this week's alpha release
- Ken Levine outlines his system for replayable narrative in games
- Battlefield 4: Naval Strike DLC delayed on PC; "quality is our number one priority," say DICE
- Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 on PC will be "completely different" to mobile, Atari say
- The Elder Scrolls Online launch times announced
- Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea episode two review
- Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls review in progress
March 24
- Crusader Kings II: Rajas of India interview: new religions, tiger hunting, and war elephants
- Why Manveer Heir's attack on stereotypes in games was the most important moment of GDC 2014
- 4K Screenshot Showcase: Battlefield 3
- Diablo 3's lead producer talks patch 2.0, community feedback and balancing the game
- Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls launch times announced - find out when the expansion unlocks
- Wildstar trailer explains PvP arenas and battlegrounds
- Betrayer leaves Steam Early Access today, marks the occasion with a launch trailer
- Dragon Age: Inquisition screenshots show monsters, magic and a bald elf
March 23
- Echo of the Wilds is a survival game, but not in the Minecraft sense
- Arma 3's Win DLC out now, launch trailer isn't kind to helicopters
- Mod of the Week: Metroid Mod, for Spelunky
March 22
- Double Fine's Hack 'n' Slash lets you reprogram with a USB sword
- Murdered: Soul Suspect trailer reminds you that Murdered: Soul Suspect exists
- Men of War: Assault Squad 2 available through Steam Early Access
- Invisible, Inc. alpha update detailed in new video
- Surreal psychodrama Ether One lands next week
March 21
- Latest Humble Weekly Sale is all rhythm games
- Battle Chess: Game of Kings out on Steam Early Access
- New Wolfenstein: The New Order trailer uses Nazis on a train to show off game's writing
- Steam Controller hands-on at GDC 2014
- Doom: The Mercenaries mod drags Resident Evil to hell
- World of Speed preview: race posh cars without paying a penny
- Assassin's Creed: Unity announced, trailer offers sneak peak at French Revolution setting
- Titanfall to support 4K displays, TXAA and SLI, Nvidia announce (and then unannounce)
- Intel talks up new processor releases and celebrates an anniversary
- Bulletstorm disappears from Steam, Games for Windows Live a likely suspect
- Palmer Luckey on DK2 and the future of Oculus Rift
March 20
- CCP: Virtual reality is "where things are going," could change "the human condition overall"
- Elder Scrolls Online beta update limits UI addons
- Cart Life exits Steam, goes open source
- Move over Goat Simulator, Bear Simulator is here
- Virtuix Omni hands-on: running for your life
- Microsoft reveals DirectX 12, a "thinner" graphics API with 50% better CPU utilization
- EverQuest Next Landmark enters closed beta on March 26, SOE talks player collaboration
- Obsidian announces tactical tank MMO Armored Warfare
- Inside the Dota 2 International 2013
- Arma 3 mod 2017 shows a world of creepers and sadists in new video
- Three Lane Highway: Valve's Dota 2 documentary sets an example for the community
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance preview: the fantasy-shunning feudal RPG
- Battlefield 4: Naval Strike trailer is all about the war boats
- Guild Wars 2 getting "Feature Pack" update, ArenaNet tease major trait changes
- Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty's GDC trailer shows visually improved meat chunks
- Crytek are also targeting indies, announce royalty free CryEngine subscription
- Alien Isolation hands-on: PC Gamer vs. the monster
- PC Gamer Podcast #376 - GDC 2014 with Steve Gaynor, Sean Vanaman, and more
- Hands-on with Hyper Light Drifter, plus why Heart Machine now eats "the good dirt"
- The Division GDC trailer showcases Snowdrop engine's visuals, flexibility
March 19
- The Forest early access coming May 22, new trailer scarier than ever
- Hack computer systems with sound waves in indie platformer Orbit
- Rust diary, part 2: "It's hard to kill a naked jumping man"
- Star Wars: The Old Republic gets player housing in Galactic Strongholds expansion
- Endless Legend preview: making real-time, turn-based combat work
- Sacred 3 out August 23, first gameplay trailer released
- MechWarrior Online adds achievement system, resets stat in new update
- Oculus CEO: Intel, Nvidia, and AMD need virtual reality, fixed console hardware won't keep up
- PlanetSide 2's PlayerStudio helps players get rich by making hats
- Unreal Engine 4 tools and source code now available for a $19 monthly subscription
- Crusader Kings 2: Rajas of India out next week, alongside giant update for all players
- Battlefield 4 Naval Strike DLC preview: beachside bodycount
- Silent Hill 2 is one of the most affecting and brilliantly paced horror experiences on PC
- Warlock 2 hands-on: set fire to angry dragons in this cheery turn-based sequel
- The Early Access Report: Frozen Endzone, Vertiginous Golf and Melody's Escape
- Misery 2.1 released, is a massive overhaul of the STALKER mod
- Oculus Rift DK2 hands-on impressions
- Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 on sale now, an even better consumer version is "the next step"
- The first SSDs of 2014 have been announced
- Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls trailer shows Act V zones, strange new powers
- Dota 2 documentary Free To Play getting Twitch screening later today
March 18
- Former Call of Duty, Tomb Raider developers announce horror Daedelus, talk going indie
- Indie adventure Stranded leaves you on an alien planet
- Goat Simulator 2014 hands-on: you can mod a goat
- Hands-on with Heat Signature, the new game from Gunpoint dev Tom Francis
- DayZ update to add new towns, fireplaces, more guns
- Clockwork Empires hands-on: Life and death on the frontier
- Unity 5 unveiled at GDC 2014
- Steam client beta update adds easy "virtual reality mode" access
- Titanfall review
- Giveaway: grab a Wildstar beta key for this weekend's test
- The Rift Report: drifting through space and exploring musical landscapes
- Elite: Dangerous hands-on: exhilarating dogfights and amazing VR
- Building Crown, part two: layout design, textures, and the Hammer editor
- SimCity offline mode arrives today
- GOG announce plan to support Linux, will start this Autumn with 100 games
- Choice Chamber is a Twitch Plays Pokémon-Inspired Social Experiment
- Razer sharpens up their new Blade gaming laptop
- Diablo 3's auction house is now closed for business
- A new RollerCoaster Tycoon PC game is in production, say Atari
March 17
- Ghost Recon Online gets renamed, hits Steam in April
- Far Cry 3 mod Dead Cry shows off custom world, familiar zombies
- Five awesome moments from the 2014 EMS One Katowice CS:GO Championship
- 4K Screenshot Showcase: Hitman Absolution
- Sniper Elite 3 preview: an open world playground of stealth and ballistics
- Gauntlet reboot announced, is being developed by Magicka's creators
- Super Game Jam is a documentary series following five indie teams across 48-hour game development
- Thief's Mantle update incoming on March 18th
- Ultra Street Fighter 4 trailer unveils fifth new playable character
- X-Com creator casts Kickstarter campaign for Chaos Reborn
March 16
- Hyper Light Drifter trailer offers two minutes of exploration, combat and bad dudes in tubes
- In the Elite: Dangerous alpha, loitering in the docking bay is a killable offence
March 15
- The Best Free Games of the Week
- Age of Wonders III's Theocrat class revealed in new footage
- SimCity offline mode is "almost there Mayors"
- Mod of the Week: Star Trek Armada 3, for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
- Titanfall config guide: the best settings to maximize your effectiveness
March 14
- Thief speedrunner shows what it takes to get a top score
- PC Gamer Podcast #375 - Alright 'n' All...
- Sins of a Dark Age in Steam Early Access for $5
- Unreal Engine 4 will run in Firefox without any plug-ins
- Dragons and Titans review
- Grey Goo: How Weta Workshop is helping Petroglyph build "a world worth fighting for"
- Valve reveals redesigned Steam controller with analog button arrays
- Survive the horrors of war as a civilian in This War of Mine
- The future of PC games: bold predictions from the PC Gamer staff
- The Blackwell Epiphany launch trailer shows drama, ghosts, a headbutted policeman
- Star Wars: The Old Republic hosting Double XP weekend until March 17th
- The week's highs and lows in PC Gaming
- Satellite Reign footage shows cyberpunk security, real-time firefights
- Company of Heroes and Alpha Protocol among the deals in Sega's Humble Weekly Sale
- Battlefield 4's platoons now available for all players
- Diablo 3 discounted by 45% until the release of Reaper of Souls
- Giveaway: grab access to this weekend's Elder Scrolls Online beta test
- New Humble Bundle launched to support IGF chairman Brandon Boyer
March 13
- Watch Tyler stream Titanfall at 4:15 p.m. PDT (It's over!)
- Transformers Universe interview: CCO Alex Horton on big changes and working with a beloved franchise
- Banished photo essay: 25 years of farming and surviving harsh winters
- Steam will allow you to report a product for malware, pornography, other reasons
- Campo Santo announces its first game: Firewatch
- The future of PC gaming: GPUs and 4K monitors
- Monaco creators announce [ARMADA], a controller friendly RTS
- Every map in Titanfall: maxed settings at 2560x1440 on LPC
- Three Lane Highway: why now is a great time to introduce new players to Dota 2
- Total War: Rome 2 - Hannibal at the Gates campaign pack announced and trailered
- PC Gamer UK April issue: The Witcher 3
- Two exclusive new Transformers Universe trailers appear, beta sign-ups for this weekend have begun
- Wargame: Red Dragon trailer shows the series' first naval combat scenes
- Papers, Please and Gone Home take BAFTA Awards, Houser brothers make rare appearance for Rockstar's Fellowship
- Install an Xbox One controller on PC with this driver
March 12
- The cost of eSports: Unknown Worlds breaks down Natural Selection 2 World Championship budget
- The future of PC gaming: virtual reality
- The Elder Scrolls Online's subscription fee a "value proposition," Bethesda says
- The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II out April 17, pre-purchase now for beta access
- Rust diary, part 1: "Frosh Man has a gun!"
- World of Warcraft level 90 boost now available for $60
- Reinstall: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- After Action Report: stealing the moon in Planetary Annihilation
- WildStar preview: 40-man raids and no mercy
- FRACT arrives this April on Steam, GOG and the Humble Store
- Star Citizen tops $40 million in funding, opens up two new star systems
- Grey Goo exclusive reveal: a throwback RTS that emphasizes macro decisions over micro management
- Resident Evil 4 HD video impressions: Tim and Sam celebrate an action classic
- Godus receives a "substantial" update; now features less clicking, more dragging
- Nvidia 800M series steals world's fastest notebook GPU crown from Nvidia, says Nvidia
- The API wars continue: Valve launches free OpenGL translator
- Wildstar release date announced, will go live this Summer
- Titanfall's PC servers experiencing "unexpected downtime" [Updated]
- Dark Souls 2 launch trailer appears well ahead of the PC release
- Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls trailer shows the might of the Crusader
March 11
- Crytek to show off CryEngine Linux support at GDC
- Hearthstone leaves open beta, full release now available
- Oculus hires former Valve lead VR engineer, ends dev kit sales
- Hawken on Steam: examining the state of the game after two years of new mechs and balance changes
- Titanfall's titanic 48GB install "almost all audio," Respawn says
- Gorgeous tactical combat game Duelyst launches Kickstarter
- The future of PC gaming: eSports, livestreaming, and fiber Internet
- GOG drops regional pricing as "mistake," apologizes
- Citybound, an offline and moddable city-building sim announced
- Tropico 5 screenshots show the political circus, also the actual circus
- The Rift Report: Star Wars, virtual trucks and memory implants
- Arma 3's final campaign DLC gets a release date and new details
- Frog Fractions 2 appears on Kickstarter, will not be called Frog Fractions 2
- Hearthstone community manager says beta is "drawing near to the end"
- Titanfall early unlock: here's how to bypass the regional launch restrictions
March 10
- Costume Quest 2 officially announced, arrives this Halloween
- The future of PC gaming: the living room
- The future of PC gaming
- Titanfall in motion: gifs from the final version
- Proven Lands is a sci-fi survival roguelike, seeks funding on Kickstarter
- 4K screenshot showcase - Metro: Last Light
- Space Noir announcement trailer offers lots of space, not very much noir
- Titanfall review in progress
- Frozen Endzone touches down onto Steam Early Access later today
- Titanfall pre-load now available, global release times announced
- Galactic Princess is a 2D space survival adventure that's now funded through Kickstarter
March 9
- New Tales from the Borderlands details spill out of SXSW
- Lego The Hobbit is more like Lego Ocean's Eleven in this excellent trailer
March 8
- Betrayer leaving Steam Early Access - AKA 'releasing' - March 24th
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2's Revelations DLC will let you play as Alucard
- MechWarrior Online gets DirectX11 visuals, new Banshee assault mech
- Skywind's The Road Most Traveled trailer shows off the most familiar path in Morrowind
- Frozen Endzone dev diary: Letting off Steam
March 7
- How to Build a Computer Test Bench
- Former VR Jam winner Darknet to launch with Oculus Rift
- PC Gamer Podcast #374 - Segue Academy
- Dark Souls 2 PC system requirements shouldn't tax your PC
- Goat Simulator out on April 1 for all your goat needs
- Ikaruga review
- The beautiful madness of Just Cause 2: Multiplayer Mod's construction sandbox
- Building Crown, part one: the first look at the next big Counter-Strike: GO competitive map
- DirectX 12 is incoming, is this a return to the API wars?
- Battlefield 4 update rebalances weapons, tweaks vehicles, and improves stability (again)
- Icarus Proubottom's World of Typing Weekly lets you tap out a free noir thriller
- Call of Duty: Ghosts DLC trailer tours the maps of Devastation
- East vs West has been cancelled, Paradox announce
- Tropico 5 trailer takes you through the eras
- Shaquille O'Neal launches Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn crowdfunding campaign
March 6
- Watch Wes stream Just Cause 2 Multiplayer at 4:15 p.m. PST
- The Yawhg review
- Batman: Arkham Knight's Gotham will be five times larger than Arkham City
- Year Walk review
- Three Lane Highway: what Gabe Newell's choice of Dota 2 hero really means
- Dragon Age: Inquisition trailer and screenshots show wild new landscapes
- Dark Souls 2 PC release date set for April 25, includes improved textures and frame rate
- Watch Dogs release date is May 27, fresh trailer shows Chicago blackouts
- Diablo 3 patch 2.0.1 impressions: harder, better, faster
- Homeworld: Remastered Collection announced by Gearbox
- Kojima: Metal Gear Solid V could come to PC "if people want it"
March 5
- Zeno Clash developer ACE Team unveils new game: action platformer Abyss Odyssey
- World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor preview: remembering where you came from
- Dota 2 tournament The International reportedly moving to July, Seattle's Key Arena
- OnLive announces CloudLift, can link with Steam to let subscribers play select games
- The Early Access Report: Dead State and Plague Inc: Evolved
- Play Planetside 2 with PC Gamer this weekend!
- GamesMaster presents The Ultimate Guide to Minecraft
- SOMA trailer offers up more gloomy sci-fi drama
- BattleBlock Theater coming to PC, as revealed through an exaggeration-filled trailer
- South Park: The Stick of Truth - 15 Easter eggs you might have missed
- Titanfall's Zampella confirms paid DLC and season pass
- World of Tanks video introduces upcoming physics system, destructible buildings
- Gabe Newell's AMA: Steam to become a "self-publishing system," CS:GO coming to Linux
March 4
- Take On Mars update to add manned mission endgame
- New Tangiers screenshots show off gorgeous, DADAist world
- Titanfall prepares to launch into battle with new gameplay trailer
- The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 2 review
- Resident Evil 4's awesome reloads: 16 GIFs from RE4 HD
- Batman: Arkham Knight announced, will feature driveable Batmobile
- Diablo 3 players can now unleash hell with a 50% XP bonus
- One Finger Death Punch arrives on Steam, is still great
- South Park: The Stick of Truth trailer is unsurprisingly unsafe for work
- Crawl trailer is a perfect horror pastiche for some same-screen arcade action
- South Park: The Stick of Truth review
- Battlefield 4 netcode fixes are still "top priorities," says DICE
March 3
- GLaDOS drops some science in new educational video from NASA
- Transformers Universe trailers show off two new characters
- Age of Ascent attempts to create the largest PvP battle in history March 14
- Thief Gold: 3840x2160 screenshots from the LPC
- Dark Souls 2 producer explains accessibility, says combat feels more intuitive
- League of Legends upcoming Team Builder queue moves into open beta this week
- Battlefield 4's final two DLC packs will be developed by DICE LA
- Titanfall leaked screenshots show maps, monsters and "Generations" mode
- Rise of the Triad developers Interceptor Entertainment have bought 3D Realms
March 2
- DayZ development team doubled, cooking system on the way
- Mod of the Week: Mouse Interface, for Grim Fandango
- Age of Mythology: Extended Edition announced by an alpaca puppet hitting a keyboard
March 1
- Thief gameplay video: maxed settings at 2560x1440 on LPC
- Path of Exile's Vaal trailer is like a big pack of fireworks going off at once
- State of Decay's Lifeline DLC won't paint soldiers as the bad guys, will expand base defence
- Strider review
- Shadowrun Returns: Dragonfall review