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- October 31
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- Skyrim console command causes shout shotgun blast
- StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm clan system details
- Crusader Kings Chronicle, part 7: The Conclusion
- Minecraft mega-cathedral built with over 2 million blocks
- Prison Architect dev laments cost-strapping console development
- Discouraging mod development "doesn't make sense" says Black Mesa dev
- EA's Peter Moore: "The PC just sprints ahead" in fixed hardware cycle
- Crusader Kings II DLC sacrifices history, adds Aztec invasion of Europe
- DayZ 1.7.3 releases, developed in partnership with the DayZ community
- Kickstarter launches in the UK today
- Phantasmaburbia: an Earthbound-style indie RPG that ain't afraid of no ghosts
- Left 4 Dead 2 fan made Back to School campaign out now
- Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs interview: we talk to the devs about their scarefest sequel
- Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs trailer released, dev wants to hear you scream
- Dota 2 Halloween event sends Roshan on trick or treat killing spree
- Battlefield 3 crossbows to have standard, scanner, sniper and explosive bolts
- October 30
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- The kills come alive with the sound of Hitman: Absolution
- Star Wars: The Old Republic update will add enhanced shader effects
- D'ni DIY: Myst linking book replica plays entire series in paginated portal
- Valve firing process echoes studio's peer-driven structure
- Natural Selection 2 releases tonight, read this if you want to live
- GTA 5 release date officially set for "Spring 2013" on consoles, PC not mentioned
- Ambitious indie survival shooter, StarForge, hits IndieGoGo
- Dead Island: Riptide release date set for April next year
- First Person Shouter: defeat bullies with the aid of Fus Ro Dah!
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 in development at IW according to Captain Price actor
- Assassin's Creed 3 microtransactions "a shortcut to unlock game items"
- Guild Wars 2's Mad King Thorn makes a big halloween entrance by exploding out of a lion
- Firefall Halloween update adds new enemies, abilities and scary masks
- Mechwarrior Online enters open beta
- Ghost Recon Commander cancelled, developer Loot Drop sheds staff
- October 29
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- Meteor expects League of Legends-like success for Hawken, receives $18 million in funding
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 live-action trailer is a series of surprising surprises
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown Warspace Extension mod rebalances darn near everything
- MLG Fall Championship to close out the 2012 Pro Circuit this weekend
- Steam Halloween Sale serial-killer slices prices up to 75 percent off
- Assassin's Creed 3 to feature microtransactions
- Indie Royale Halloween bundle offers low-cost scares, giant octopus
- Prison Architect alpha makes $360k in a month, total "way beyond our expectations" say devs
- GTA 5 release date possibly leaked - but where's the PC version?
- Steam for Linux needs beta testers, Left 4 Dead 2 Steam Workshop closed beta "this week"
- Wargaming.net fund quest for lost Spitfires buried in Burma
- 0h Game Jam: British Summer Time inspires indie devs, renders clocks meaningless
- October 28
- October 27
- October 26
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- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 uses ping and latency "exclusively" for multiplayer matchmaking
- When to shoot twice: XCOM's Rapid Fire probabilities broken down
- Stardock admits Elemental "wasn't adequate enough," offers owners free Fallen Enchantress
- EVE Online avatar inspires self-described "pathetic loser" to get fit, reports CNN
- Amnesia creator wishes fewer games were "something that a ten-year-old can enjoy"
- Lucius released: play as the Devil's six-year-old son, murder your family
- Yayz: RaiderZ enters open beta
- The Free Webgame Round-up
- Skyrim crowned Ultimate Game of the Year, full list of winners revealed at 30th hmv GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards
- Windows Store changes guidelines to allow Mature and PEGI 18 games
- Rock of Ages multiplayer is free to play this weekend
- LIVE: the 30th hmv GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards
- StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm XP and levelling system headed for beta
- Team Fortress 2 Halloween event detailed: zombie MvM and new KotH map incoming
- Watch the 30th hmv GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards live stream here
- Super Mario 64 emulator mod adds co-op support for double plumber power
- Bethesda reveals raw details on Dishonored Chaos and stealth detection mechanics
- October 25
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- Our favorite Team Fortress 2 UI mods
- SOE "extremely aggressive" in detecting and banning PlanetSide 2 aimbotters
- Hotline Miami dev endorses Pirate Bay torrent of his own game, provides helpful suggestions
- Rift: Storm Legion open beta kicks off November 2
- Love gets private servers, moonlandings, drop ships and cheats
- Civilization Online in development "for the Asian market"
- Dishonored DLC announced: time trial pack due in December, story driven DLC next year
- The Ship 2 cruising to Kickstarter on Halloween
- Star Citizen reaches $2m funding goal
- Team Fortress 2 Doom Mates comic sets up Halloween feud
- Left 4 Dead 2 goes free today, stops being free on Monday
- Firaxis comments on XCOM: Enemy Unknown modding plans
- October 24
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- ArenaNet previews Guild Wars 2 structured PVP additions
- SimCity release date set for March 5, 2013
- Team Fortress 2 teasing a Halloween update
- Medal of Honor: Warfighter launch trailer
- Killing Floor goes South for the Hillbilly Horrors Halloween event
- Independent Games Festival 2013 entries revealed
- Ex-People Can Fly devs, The Astronauts, target PC for first game
- HMV GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards 2012 breaks voting record
- SpyLeaks is a stealth-puzzle spy adventure with, er, shooter elements
- Team Fortress 2 poised for Linux support, beta update suggests
- Zynga lays off over 100 staff, closes UK, Japan and Boston studios
- Battlefield 3 not getting colour grading options after all
- Torchlight 2 dev wants to add Minecraft-style building and resource management
- World of Warcraft WOWkemon add-on turns pet battles into Pokémon punch-outs
- PC Gaming Alliance contest carries Intel Ultrabook grand prize
- October 23
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- Original Doom 3 yanked from digital stores, only BFG Edition remains
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown Slingshot DLC heads to China, adds new squad character
- GOG has "gotten really far" in talks with either Microsoft, Take-Two, or LucasArts
- Jazzpunk teaser video shows slapstick silliness, rotating robo-recorder breasts
- CD Projekt RED: sending letters to Witcher 2 pirates "wasn't the best choice"
- 0x10c video shows multiplayer stirrings, silly bot placeholder
- Minecraft 1.4 delayed for "issue causing mobs to suffocate and fall through wooden floors"
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive TV going live soon ahead of ESWC finals
- Aquatic webgame Subbania is Das Boot reimagined as a Metroidvania
- Could you be Bond? Take the British Intelligence Officers Exam and find out
- Mysterious indie exploration game, Kairo, is out now with a demo and a trailer
- Blizzard prototyped Diablo-clone set in space
- Medal of Honor: Warfighter day one patch contains essential fixes
- Steam Workshop is one year old, "millions" earned by Dota 2 and TF2 item creators
- Bioshock Infinite pre-orders unlock Bioshock Infinite: Industrial Revolution puzzle game
- Dishonored kill sequence involves alarm baiting, spring razor powerslides
- SOE cites SWTOR, Rift, The Secret World as reasons for scrapping EverQuest Next's design
- October 22
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- EVE Online player loses ship and cargo valued over $6,400 [Updated]
- XCOM DLC: The PC Gamer Wishlist
- Elder Scrolls Online screenshots show a tour of Tamriel, armored backsides
- Gaslamp discusses Clockwork Empires' casually horrifying world
- Get your stealth fix with The Dark Mod, the Thief total conversion for Doom 3
- Gratuitous Tank Battles treads new ground in Western Front expansion
- Firefall Fest livestreaming event begins today, entire internet invited
- The Castle Doctrine: Sleep is Death creator Jason Rohrer reveals new game
- 'Old-School RPG' Shaker's Kickstarter cancelled two weeks in
- DICE retreat from BF3's war on colours by adding 'disable colour grading' option [Update: nope, changed their minds]
- HMV GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards 2012 - voting ends today!
- Hawken beta incoming. Win one of 2,000 beta keys!
- Next Team Meat game teased: it's the adorably horrible Mew-Genics
- Ubisoft take DRM to the next level by shipping Rocksmith without activation keys
- Dragon Age 3: you will be human, one DA3 level "as big as all of the levels in Dragon Age 2"
- BioShock Infinite reminds us it exists with Beasts of America trailer
- AMD wants to give you Hitman: Absolution for free. Ish.
- October 20
- October 19
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- DC Universe Online Home Turf DLC allows PVP punch-outs in player houses
- Far Cry 3 gameplay video with commentary shows goat archery practice, sandbox shootings
- Skyrim course to be offered by Rice University
- Mass Effect 4 won't include Shepard at all, says BioWare
- Saga Kingdoms launches Kickstarter page, quest system details revealed for the MMORTS
- Is that Agent 47 or Alvin the Chipmunk? Io reveal Hitman's many disguises
- Kickstarted game Haunts gives up the ghost, sheds devs, promises refunds
- Kerberos finally finish Sword of the Stars II, a mere year after release
- Criterion interested in bringing back Road Rash, get your chains at the ready
- Strike Suit Zero hits Kickstarter, with mechs and spaceships in tow
- CD Projekt spill Cyberpunk details, including title and setting
- Dear Esther speedrun clocks up 23 minutes, point valiantly missed
- Dishonor Minecraft with the very Dunwallian Dishonored Mod
- Planetside 2 release date announced: the war begins November 20th
- Eidos executive tells broadband providers they're holding gaming back
- October 18
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- GOG offering pay-what-you-want Interplay bundle of nostalgia
- Tomb Raider lead writer sees "no reason" to avoid sensitive storytelling themes in games
- Will this winter wonderland be DayZ's next map?
- REDkit timelapse shows how we'll build worlds in The Witcher 2's engine
- Legendary pro Starcraft 2 team SlayerS disbanding
- Star Citizen now on Kickstarter
- Dota 2 data yields ideal team composition
- Dishonored concept art released with comments from art director Sebastien Mitton
- BioShock Infinite Collector's Edition: keyrings full of crows, in-game abilities, and more
- Star Citizen, Wing Commander creator says PC held back by consoles; "no one's really pushing it"
- Valve launch Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Pro Tip video series
- AI War Ancient Shadows and patch 6.0 are almost here, have a trailer while you wait
- Apotheon is an action RPG with a staggering art style, as seen in new gameplay trailer
- A Game of Dwarves trailer goes all Attenborough, shows scale of subterranean empire,
- The Iconclasts alpha is live, play it now and watch the latest trailer
- EVGA discounts upgrading mobos and graphics cards: future proof or spendthrift?
- Team Fortress 2: Mann vs Machine now punishes quitters
- Age of Empires Online getting Norse civilization
- Rise and mine, Mr. Freeman: Early Half-Life levels recreated in Minecraft
- Steam Greenlight updated with non-game software, free early concept posting
- October 17
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- The War Z developer Hammerpoint "doesn't mind" comparisons to DayZ
- Firefall Fest starts next week, livestreams to feature Day[9], Wil Wheaton, Nathan Fillion
- Unity of Command now available on Steam, DLC announced
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown mod enables "Second Wave" advanced campaign options
- Outlast is an upcoming indie horror game from veteran developers
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown DLC hinted at in hidden achievements [possible spoilers]
- Interactive fiction tools StoryNexus and Quest released
- Star Wars: The Old Republic free-to-play restrictions detailed
- La Mulana is a 2D Dark Souls, and it's now available on Desura
- Black Ops 2 launch trailer rocks to squirrel-suits, spiderbots and splodes
- Star Citizen system requirements, modding and potential microstransactions detailed
- Legendary developer Mike Singleton dies at 61
- Overgrowth alpha update video shows adaptive AI dumbed down for puny mortal minds
- The Indie Royale Fall Bundle includes To the Moon, Oil Rush, and more
- October 16
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- PlanetSide 2 changes revealed: Auraxium axed, three-continent launch confirmed
- League of Legends jungling "stagnant" says Riot Games, outlines changes for Season 3
- Mark of the Ninja now available on Steam
- BioShock Infinite loses two additional key staffers
- Interview: Arma 3 developers' jailing is "a real nightmare for all involved," says Bohemia
- Far Cry 3 mod makes Minecraft even more awesome
- Piranha "would love" single-player for MechWarrior Online
- Steam browser security loophole spotted
- PC Gamer UK December issue: The Future of Minecraft
- Diablo 3 update 1.05 lands tomorrow, Infernal Machine and Monster Power mode detailed
- Dudebro II: flex your muscles with this manly indie shooter
- Skyrim "Dragonborn" DLC, Morrowind quest markers and dragon riding spotted in patch files
- Guild Wars 2 dev laments human race bias: "people avoiding charr & asura are missing the strongest story stuff"
- Project Eternity Kickstarter passes $3.4m mark to become the biggest Kickstarter game project ever
- Prey 2 not dead, just napping, says Human Head developer
- Dishonored 6-kill combo would've felt right at home in The Matrix
- October 15
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- Five lessons from the best League of Legends team in the world
- The Witcher 2 is most pirated game at top torrent university Rutgers
- Metro: Last Light won't have multiplayer at release despite previous announcement
- Borderlands 2 Captain Scarlett DLC screenshots show colorful pirate lair, poor ship parking
- MechWarrior Online open beta delayed
- Powerful pacifism: World of Warcraft player reaches level 90 with no kills
- Planetside 2 "We're at War" machinima combines past and future warfare
- War of the Roses to get Hospitaller-themed gear, new game modes later this year
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 players will get Call of Duty Elite free
- DayZ standalone screenshots show interior building decor, loud tablecloth
- Valve approves 21 more Steam Greenlight games
- Greek strikes stall Bohemia devs' release
- Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan expansion out now
- Greenlight Bundle launches: an unofficial collection of Steam hopefuls
- Windward is a piratical action game without the naval-gazing
- Concept art hints at Valve space project
- Guild Wars 2 Halloween update to launch four act adventure and paid PvP tournaments
- EA gives away thousands of games by accident
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown update enables 1080p movies, fixes hair madness
- October 14
- October 13
- October 12
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- Project Eternity Q&A recap: Obsidian on the aumaua race, beard technology, and more
- Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod kicks off weekend public beta test
- Dishonored designer hesitant over potential sequel
- Ubisoft: "We want travel to not become a chore" in Far Cry 3
- WoW Mists of Pandaria 5.1 patch kicks off continent-spanning conflict, adds fight club
- New 0x10c footage emerges - we talk to Notch about his game's interstellar ambition
- Star Wars: The Old Republic wins big at GDC Online Awards
- Hawken closed beta due in two short weeks, sign-up details within
- Borderlands 2 shifts 1.5 million copies in US launch month, trumps original by 234%
- Erie: spray-what-you-want in this spooky, free first-person horror
- Good news, European Earthlings! XCOM: Enemy Unknown is finally out!
- IndieCade 2012 winners revealed, Unmanned scoops Grand Jury Award
- League of Legends has 32 million active players, is now "as big as StarCraft" in Korea
- Mass Effect 3's N7 HQ web service goes online
- Magicka patch notes are just as hilarious as the actual game
- October 11
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- Assassin's Creed 3 trailer shows Connor's revolutionary arsenal
- First Project Eternity screenshot released, massive lore details revealed
- Gorogoa is a completely hand-drawn puzzler of Magritte-esque surrealism
- Minecraft's Pretty Scary Update to add anvils, witches, new boss
- MaK is a sandbox Super Mario Galaxy, with extra physics
- Borderlands 2 Captain Scarlett DLC releases October 16
- Viking: Battle for Asgard coming to Steam next week
- Star Citizen: pledge your support by reserving an in-game spaceship
- EVE Online dev: Dust 514 will outlast current consoles - but where will it go next?
- COD: Modern Warfare 3 Final Assault DLC hits Steam
- Dysis is a voxel-based RTS with robots, modding support
- Battlefield 3: Armored Kill update tweaks gunship, leaves secret dino egg alone
- Windows 8 won't allow adult games on its storefront
- World of Tanks market system hacked, account details leaked online
- Riot rules on League of Legends screen watching incident, issues $30,000 fine
- October 10
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- Dead Space 3 screenshots show serene space drifting, demoralizing graffiti
- How to unlock Heroes in XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Mass Effect 3 multiplayer's Volus Adept finally assumes biotic godhood
- Pay what you want for Divinity Anthology
- Primal Carnage beta impressions
- Dishonored's guards really hate mischievous maids, might have bionic legs
- MechWarrior Online open beta commences October 16
- Pretty up Crysis 2 with this mega texture enhancement pack
- Sins of a Solar Empire mod recreates Mass Effect, minus the magic starchild
- Borderlands 2 DLC expansion revealed as "Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty"
- Skyrim Hearthfire diary: The Beginner's Guide to Homesteading and Mass Murder
- Ghost Recon: Future Soldier: Khyber Strike: launched: trailer inside: yes
- Skyrim mod sets your horse on fire, "can explode for massive damage"
- Dead Space devs making free-to-play MOBA, evidence suggests
- A Game of Dwarves: pre-order on Steam, receive complimentary boozy DLC pack
- Microsoft reveals wrist-mounted controller that creates in-game 3D hand
- Dota 2 item design contest announced by Valve and Polycount
- Project Eternity kickstarter: new donation tier nets you Wasteland 2
- TF2: Massive Mann vs. Machine update adds new Tours of Duty and loot
- Today's other news: TF2 Mann vs Machine getting an update, yet another Far Cry 3 trailer
- Valve seeks playtesters for game projects and hardware prototypes
- Crysis 3 multiplayer trailer: 16-player support for PC version, New York social feed
- October 9
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- EU and Asian League of Legends teams criticize their North American rivals
- Indie FPS A New Zero has no animations, powered entirely by physics
- Dishonored writer thinks his silent protagonist is better than Half-Life's silent protagonist
- How to set a custom FOV in Dishonored
- How to force XCOM to use 1080p cinematics
- Dishonored launch trailer features plaudits and copious stabbing
- Guild Wars 2: Paid tournaments and custom arenas coming "in the near future"
- Win a copy of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a Razer Lycosa keyboard and a Razer Imperator mouse!
- Battlefield: Bad Company to become TV show, scripted by Alias writer
- Hotline Miami release date announced, it's coming to get you in two weeks
- New study suggests link between teenage aggression and violent games
- Gunpoint level editor revealed, trailer within
- Borderlands 2: Mechromancer DLC releases today, plus nifty interactive skill tree
- Retro City Rampage out today, after criminal delay
- Today's other news: Mass Effect in Sins of a Solar Empire, The Ship gets a sequel
- Half-Mind mod gameplay video shows Gordon Freeman's brush with madness
- October 8
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- Tripwire VP: "Why would you stop people from modding your game?"
- DayZ's Rocket wants standalone alpha in November
- Project Eternity: everything we know so far
- Primal Carnage now in open beta
- Vitrum combines first-person puzzling with colorful, controlling crystals
- The Walking Dead Episode 4 out tomorrow
- Stealth Bastard Deluxe sneaking onto Steam this November
- GameMaker: Studio - we round-up the best Workshop titles so far
- Minecraft meets WoW with the ambitious Crafting Azeroth mod
- League of Legends playoffs soured by allegations of cheating
- World of Warcraft: Orgrimmar and Stormwind temporarily wiped out
- Dishonored: how to get Low Chaos, No Kills and Ghost ratings (no spoilers)
- Aggressive strategies dominate first weekend of League of Legends' $2 million tournament
- October 7
- October 6
- October 5
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- Far Cry 3 Lost Expeditions DLC trailer loses its sanity as well
- PlanetSide 2 chills out with weekend launch of Esamir continent
- Dota 2 update adds Magnus, 150 new store items and a mega-list of balance changes
- Assassin's Creed 3 trailer stabs men in coats of all colours/colors
- End of Nations beta map guides: Blue Water, Landslide and Full Boar explained
- Company of Heroes 2 "not an APM game" says dev, "you need to play smart and be aggressive"
- Super Skyrim Bros mod turns Elder Scrolls into Marioland
- Borderlands 2 grenade mod creates bouncing bomb mayhem
- Skyrim's Hearthfire expansion out now, property magnates rejoice
- World of Tanks update 8.1 brings Brits to the battle with the Royal Tank Corps
- Mass Effect 3 update will add Collectors, weapons and new classes to multiplayer
- Dishonored trailer explores entire mission and its multiple murderous paths
- Today's other news: Hitman: Absolution's creative kills, Of Orcs and Men's comedic heroes
- Patterns, from Second Life creator Linden Lab, now available for $10
- October 4
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- ArenaNet explains purpose of Guild Wars 2's diminishing rewards system
- Paradox forges permanent War of the Roses franchise team
- SimCity gameplay video offers strategies for satisfying needy citizens
- 12 teams battle for League of Legends' $2 million prize pool in this weekend's tournament
- World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria sells 2.7 million in first week
- The War Z beta to launch on Halloween, trailer shows night time bandit stand-off
- Tomb Raider reboot will make PC gamers "very, very happy"
- Fifa 13 sells millions, 600 million minutes played online since launch
- Today's other news: massive Mass Effect 3 patch, Assassin's Creed 3 DLC announced
- October 3
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- Cliff Bleszinski leaves Epic Games
- How to crush your enemies in War of the Roses
- PlanetSide 2 membership benefits revised due to community feedback
- DICE threatens permanent bans for users of color-editing Battlefield 3 mod
- Snayke: an action-puzzler inspired by the ancient mobile phone game
- Arma 2 machinima documents Russian invasion of Seattle, Red Dawn-style
- Legend of Grimrock dungeon editor out tomorrow
- id co-founder and Wizardry designer launch old-school RPG Kickstarter drive
- Pioneers: set sail for the New World with this novel exploration RPG
- Make Something Unreal Live contest is live, Mendelian Inheritance is this year's theme
- PC Gamer UK November issue: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
- Endless Space update adds Automaton faction and other player-chosen features
- World of Tanks rolls over 40 million registered users milestone
- Today's other news: Guild Wars 2 gets patched, War of the Roses releases
- October 2
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- Smite gameplay video introduces Ares and his fiery chains of war
- Skydiving simulator Volo Airsport lets you plummet to the Earth from your desk
- Steam opens non-game software store
- The Walking Dead: Episode Four trailer sets off Clem klaxon
- Skyrim Crimes Against Nature mod is amusing and horrifying. Mostly horrifying
- Krater to get free co-op DLC this month
- Project Eternity reaches 50k Kickstarter backers, new stretch goals announced
- GameCityNights festival to tour UK in partnership with Edge, Maxis and EA
- Today's other news: Left 4 Dead 3 could happen, no one's working on Borderlands 3
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive updated with two new maps
- October 1
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- The War Z Colorado map trailer shows verdant forests of death
- Ubisoft predicts opportunities to pair microtransactions with $60 games
- StarCry mod for Crysis adds Stargate and other sci-fi franchise themed goodness
- How to enable split-screen in Borderlands 2
- Steam on Linux beta seemingly going live later this week
- Morrowind Overhaul 3.0 mod out now
- Eve Online: Retribution promises "tremendous game balancing effort," more bounties, new ships
- Miner Wars 2081 enters beta, new trailer shows co-op base assault
- Fresh pics suggest that the XCOM FPS may now be a squad-based third person shooter
- A Valley Without Wind to get snazzy sequel, new features, new visuals, still no wind
- Blackspace kickstarter seeks funding for asteroid-based action RTS
- Abe's Oddysee: New 'n Tasty remakes the original Oddysee in 3D, due out next year
