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November 30
- Blizzard registers "Project Blackstone" domain
- PC Gamer US podcast postponed due to orbital bombardment
- Planescape: Torment co-writer speculates on a potential successor
- How much does PlanetSide 2 cost if you buy everything?
- Star Wars: Battlefront 3 was "99 percent done"
- Microsoft's new Black Tusk Studios, headed by ex-EA devs, looking to make the next Halo
- Sapphire's Vapor-X takes its graphics card cooling tech to the CPU
- Blame The Controller interview: the adventure map maestro on the future of Minecraft
- XCOM's Slingshot DLC releases next Tuesday - is it what we wanted?
- Third set of Steam Greenlight games announced
- The Free Webgame Round-up
- Operation: Detonator promises an explosive weekend of Mass Effect 3 co-op
- Kongregate now lets you download and launch free-to-play games
- Museum of Modern Art to install 14 games, including EVE, Dwarf Fortress and Portal
- PSA: Far Cry 3 servers currently down
- Assassin's Creed III soars to top of PC download chart
- GAME start selling Steam Wallet codes in store
- Analyst downgrades Activision, says Black Ops 2 sales are "a cause for concern"
- Ron Gilbert on Disney: "It should be me that owns Monkey Island"
- Star Wars: The Old Republic's next story arc has hostile Hutts, shadowy "Shroud" character
- Ron Gilbert would "love to do episodic stuff," thinks The Walking Dead proves mass appeal of adventure games
November 29
- Energy Hook is rope-swinging parkour in a water wonderland
- New York's Museum of Modern Art adds games including Portal, EVE Online, and Dwarf Fortress
- SOE teases gargantuan fleet carriers for PlanetSide 2
- Yes, you can build a garbage city in SimCity (and make money doing it)
- Deus Ex New Vision mod ready for downloading, re-augments environment textures
- Company of Heroes 2 shows gameplay cuts, cold soldiers
- Humble THQ Bundle announced: Metro, Darksiders, Company of Heroes for $1
- Crytek give the go-ahead for TimeSplitters mod
- Binding of Isaac remake will feature an expansion's worth of new content
- Is Intel killing the upgradable PC?
- The Advent of Indies presents 23 free games in the runup to Christmas
- Skrillex Quest is Zelda meets Sword and Sworcery meets dubstep
- Notch mega-interview: 0x10c, micropayments, Kickstarter and quantum computing
- Ubisoft release "critical" day-one patch for Far Cry 3
- Splash Damage announce Dirty Bomb, a London-based multiplayer FPS
- Rumour Time: Assassin's Creed 3 sequels to feature co-op?
- Oculus Rift delayed, new design unveiled
- GamesAid charity auction: win an Assassin's Creed 3 statue and Hasselhoff's chicken suit
- Rumour Time: Dragon Age 3 postponed until 2014?
- PlanetSide 2 client-side mods will result in bans
- Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden sequel slams onto Kickstarter
- Pathfinder Online's second Kickstarter seeks to fast-track player-run kingdoms and more
- EVE Online: Retribution adding hard logout system, no crime toggle
November 28
- XCOM creator bestows blessing upon Firaxis
- Imprisoned Arma 3 developers release letter: "Your effort makes it easier to handle."
- Take-Two boss: annualized series "hit the wall," GTA won't do the same
- East vs West presents the Cold War on a global, grand strategy scale
- Windows 8 sells 40 million licenses in first month
- MechWarrior Online implements cosmetic customization, AI voice-over, map variant
- Watch the Minecon 2012 indie lectures: Introversion, C418, Mode 7 and more
- It's Mann vs. monsters in this Binding of Isaac themed TF2 map
- Playable demo for Primordia, Wadjet Eye Games' sci-fi adventure
- Valve's Michael Abrash on the problems of screen resolution in VR headsets
- New Sui Generis video as the Kickstarter approaches its final hours
- Far Cry 3's co-op trailer is a swearing masterclass
- Super Hexagon hits Steam
- Bethesda talk up Dishonored's sales: "we clearly have a new franchise"
- DayZ creator Dean Hall hopes he implements "a lot of bad ideas" in the standalone version
- ArenaNet implores Guild Wars 2 players to "judge by details" in Ascended gear debate
- Syberia 3 confirmed by Microids
- Watch our PlanetSide 2 livestream and developer interview Wednesday @ 1:30 PM PST
- Black Ops 2 video critique: the campaign's successes and failures
November 27
- PlanetSide 2 PSA: Sunderers are stalemate breakers
- Battlefield 3: Aftermath patch readjusts gun recoil, tweaks medal qualifications
- The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman thinks Activision FPS "could be worthwhile"
- SimCity trailer: a mustachioed overview of urban planning, region play, and data layers
- #1ReasonWhy highlights sexism in the games industry
- Bethesda announce first Dishonored DLC - Dunwall City Trials
- Clairvoyance is an online board game about "robots, lasers and the future"
- Five million Russians are practising their Warface
- Garry's Mod and Kinect, a recipe for madness
- Maia lets backers choose its final stretch goal
- 47,500 signatures (and counting) for Grand Theft Auto 5 PC petition
- Far Cry 3 map editor gets its own trailer
- Guillermo del Toro has the right "horror vibe" to direct a Half-Life film, says writer Marc Laidlaw
- BioShock Infinite won't have multiplayer
November 26
- Gone Home devs on player agency: "We all appreciate games that trust us as players."
- Tomb Raider's story is 12 to 15 hours long, doesn't contain swimming sections
- Blizzard "has no plans" to turn Diablo 3 into an eSport
- Hotline Miami 2 announced, "sweet tunes" confirmed for soundtrack
- Mass Effect 3 Omega DLC trailer shows female Turian, criminal camaraderie
- Steam logs over 6 million concurrent users during Thanksgiving weekend
- Tidehunter guide - Dota 2 Hero College
- Steam Guard soon to be required for all Steam trading
- Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 trailer confirms sniping and stabbing
- Teleglitch: a shooty real-time roguelike with crafting, Science
- GOG.com announces Windows 8 support for 90% of its catalogue
- Firefall beta key giveaway: win weekend access
- Mojang detail Minecraft 1.5: The Redstone Update
- Elite: Dangerous dev diary shows multiplayer footage
- Double Fine's Amnesia Fortnight prototypes chosen
November 25
- Maia, the ambitious sci-fi god game, is funded with three days to go
- Scribblenauts Unlimited writes itself to Steam - er, unless you live in Europe
- Dota 2 Diary: three heroes waiting in the wings
November 24
- Minecraft: Raspberry Pi edition announced
- World of Tanks gets a My Little Pony mod, as reality descends into farce
- Steam, Schmeam: the Super Shock Bundle offers 13 indie games for $13
November 23
- Splash Damage reveal numbers 11 and 29, existence of new game heavily implied
- Dizzy Returns kickstarter aims to bring back punchy jumpy '80s egg man
- Hitman: Absolution tops PC download hitlist
- Assassin's Creed 3 and Far Cry 3 not available on UK Steam store
- Far Cry 3 level editor detailed: hundreds of assets, waterfalls and tunnels
November 22
- Desperate Gods: free online boardgame from the creators of Overgrowth and the Humble Bundle
- Guild Wars 2 dev contemplates pros and cons of Lost Shores event and outline future plans
- Next Hitman to be made at new Square Enix Montreal studio
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 patch fixes sinking horses, allows 90 degree FOV
- Paradis Perdus is a bit like Proteus, only with a dark twist
- Steam Greenlight submission fee temporarily discounted for Steam Autumn sale
- Eve Online Retribution site shows new Destroyers, details bounty system overhaul
- Battlefield 3 Aftermath footage talks up Tehran maps, wins war with Crossbows
- Clockwork Empires dev diary talks building improvements, "terrifying plant people"
November 21
- Brazen: Double Fine's latest prototype mixes Ray Harryhausen films and Monster Hunter
- Far Cry 3 Ultra settings footage shows sumptuous sand, sensibly pink trees
- GODUS Kickstarter launched by Peter Molyneux studio 22cans, a spiritual successor to Populous
- Stage 5 TV: how Firefall developer Red 5 wants to forge the future of gaming television
- Legend of Dungeon demo: co-op dungeoneering in your browser
- Crucial announces super low-profile RAM kits
- Pay what you want (above $1) for Game Music Bundle 4, with Dear Esther, Spelunky and more
- Super Hexagon hitting Steam next week, get your swear jars at the ready
- EA don't want DICE to become "a Battlefield factory"
- THQ's chief financial officer resigns, but it's not all gloom
- Portal 2 patch adds splitscreen, Big Picture support
- Hero-U reaches Kickstarter goal; stretch goals detailed
- Planetside 2: play with PC Gamer in Europe!
- Rockstar: Hot Coffee controversy was "draining and upsetting"
November 20
- Borderlands 2: Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage DLC released today
- GamrRank offering $1000 prize for the best Hitman video
- Total War: Shogun 2 Otomo Clan DLC brings guns to swordfights
- StarCraft 2 balance changes: Dustin "Destructible Rocks" Browder speaks
- Thorvalla is a Norse-themed RPG from one of the producers of Planescape: Torment
- Get five games for $10 on GOG, save up to $60
- PlanetSide 2 is out, here's how it looks with maximum settings
- Day[9]'s bright idea to grow the StarCraft 2 eSports scene: high school leagues
- "Perfect" Spy Party fakeout frames NPC for player's crimes
- Star Citizen crowdfunding drive breaks $6 million barrier
- Ballpoint Universe is a game made with a ballpoint pen (also, computers and stuff)
- Red Orchestra 2 free update tweaks Countdown mode and adds extra map
- Bioware asks: Should Mass Effect 4 be a sequel or a prequel?
- Black Ops 2 nukes pre-order bonus playlist, then sheepishly puts it back, sorta
- Super Meat Boy Galaxy prototype ransomed for charity by creator
- The Walking Dead Episode Five trailer shows climactic conflict, dramatic declarations
November 19
- Strike Suit Zero Kickstarter campaign ends; release date confirmed for January
- Community-made Forged Alliance Forever keeps Supreme Commander multiplayer alive
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Pro Tip video shows how to become a noob camping AWPer
- Double Fine begins Amnesia Fortnight game jam, donate and vote on game prototypes
- Here's what Skyrim looks like with up to 100 graphics mods at a time (spoiler: amazing)
- Far Cry 3 "does not support dedicated servers," says Ubisoft
- GTA 5: PC version merely "up for consideration" says Rockstar's Dan Houser
- Sir, You are Being Hunted invades Misty Bunmer with a shotgun
- Tomorrow Corporation's Little Inferno is hot off the assembly line
- 40% of UK games companies believe in a F2P future, what do you think of free to play?
- HD 7850 1GB CrossFire benchmarked: this generation's best multi-GPU buy
November 18
- Dota 2 Diary: How to learn a hero in two hours
- Star Citizen raises over $4.5 million, is now "the highest crowd-funded game project ever"
- Julian Gollop's Chaos Reborn now has a map editor, feature list
November 17
- Imscared, and so will you be after playing this indie horror masterpiece
- Borderlands 2 introduces Mr. Torgue and his Campaign of Carnage
- Detained Bohemia developers denied appeal, must stand trial
November 16
- How fans translated "close to a million words of dialog" in new Baldur's Gate localizations
- A Hat in Time is a collect-a-thon platformer with familiar roots
- Treyarch will "kill people with facts" over Black Ops 2 balance complaints
- Overhaul no longer eyeing Kickstarter for "Baldur's Gate: Next"
- DayZ 2017 mod aims to make the zombie apocalypse less military, more hobo
- SOE reducing PlanetSide 2's weapon grind time by "about 30 percent"
- Farming Simulator 2013: Mortal Kombain, the future of eSports?
- Skyrim: Dragonborn trailer enemies and locations broken down by YouTube loremaster
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 makes bajillions
- Assassin's Creed 3 PC to have double and quadruple-res textures, DX11 features
- Chivalry bludgeons its way to number one in PC download chart
- Valve Saxxy video Award voting is underway
- Awesomenauts free weekend blasts off
- Torchlight 2 patch adds owls and badgers
- World's new fastest supercomputer powered by gaming tech
- GTA: Vice City removed from sale due to music licensing issues
- Primal Carnage wants you to Get to the Chopper in free DLC
- Dota 2 - The International 2 documentary video released by Valve
- Hawken's free tie-in comic includes closed beta code
November 15
- BioWare flashes Dragon Age 3 concept art, praises Frostbite engine
- How to reduce lag in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 multiplayer
- Battle.net World Championship tournament kicks off this weekend
- Dishonored kill compilation shows a montage of creative murder
- Star Wars: The Old Republic makes the jump to free today
- Slender mod, Faceless, blocked on Greenlight
- Indie platformer Celestial Mechanica goes free, grab the soundtrack for a dollar
- Explore Guild Wars 2: The Lost Shores - terror from the deep, and a new island to conquer
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of the Light goes free on Square's Core Online service
- Tom Hardy to play Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell movie
- The Walking Dead episode five due next week
- ArenaNet responds to Guild Wars 2 Ascended gear backlash
- Crysis 3 trailer and screenshots show laser sky turrets, exploding arrows, and sexy grass
November 14
- Assassin's Creed 3 PC "will be less buggy" than console, says Ubisoft
- Dishonored contains nearly 90,000 spoken words, 40,000 written words
- Investigation of TF2 Earbud trading may have uncovered major organized fraud
- Splinter Cell: Blacklist gameplay snippet shows Sam Fisher's sway of the shadows
- Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion 1.1 patch adds 40 new maps
- Minecraft 1.4.4 released, suffocates squids
- Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer 2 shows planes, trains, and dogs
- Indie racing game Distance reaches Kickstarter funding
- Origin accounts being hijacked - email addresses changed to Russian domain
- Blizzard say class action lawsuit is "without merit and filled with patently false information"
- Super Meat Boy Galaxy is an amazing mash-up, also: never coming out
- Ubisoft still working on Beyond Good & Evil 2, but be prepared for a wait
- BioWare "answering the call" of Black Ops 2 players with Mass Effect 2 discs
- New Star Citizen video shows 'AI Test Footage'
- Traffic 360 add-on for Flight Simulator X adds thousands of AI aircraft
November 13
- ArenaNet overviews Ascended gear in Guild Wars 2
- Team Fortress 2 charity tournament roster announced: Day[9], Valve, Notch, and more
- Windows 8 head Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft
- Sci-fi platform-puzzler Deadlock seeks crowdfunding, demands Portal comparison
- Black Ops 2 weapons chart tracks damage spread, accuracy, effective ranges
- Rift: Storm Legion releases today, trailer celebrates with giant monsters
- StarForge reaches crowd-funding target
- SPONSORED: Earth 2160 is free for the next 24 hours from Green Man Gaming
- M&B: Napoleonic Wars devs announce their Civil War opus Battle Cry of Freedom
- Some copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 have Mass Effect 2 on the second disc
- Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden sequel in development
- StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm release date announced
- GTA 5's multiple protagonists explained
- Star Citizen announces new stretch goals, could be the largest crowd-funded game ever
- Nvidia 310.54 drivers boost Black Ops 2, show off changes with Commander Shepard's bum
- The Walking Dead Episode 4 stats trailer collects morality, math
- Black Ops 2 ban policy outlined, includes livestreaming rules
- OldUnreal patch 227 overhauls Epic's FPS classic
November 12
- Guild Wars 2 Lost Shores event washes up November 16
- Let's stop calling games "too repetitive"
- Microsoft restricts DirectX 11.1 to Windows 8
- Next Crysis won't be called Crysis 4, "F2P is our inevitable future," says Crytek
- New Mass Effect helmed by Bioware Montreal, uses Frostbite engine, adds new gameplay
- Lone Survivor developer Jasper Byrne's 'NEW GAME +' is no more
- Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition due in 2013, work begins after BG ships
- Minecraft reaches 8 million PC copies sold, Notch celebrates with cryptic number
- Final Fantasy XIV shuts down, will return next year as A Realm Reborn
- PlanetSide 2 gets huge beta update, base capturing and metagame improved
- Doom 3 back on Steam, upside-down spider-things overjoyed
- SPONSORED: Play Black Ops before it launches tonight at Tesco in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
- Payday: The Heist's hidden vault unearthed by dedicated bank robbers
- "Critical vulnerabilities" found in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, CryEngine 3
- DOTA 2 will be available in Japan and Korea soon
- Gabe Newell: Valve is building a new Source engine
November 11
- Call of Duty Elite extended until March for MW3 early adopters
- Sportsfriends: four developers team up to make the ultimate party game collection
- Dota 2 Diary: Going on the pull
November 10
- Peter Molyneux only making "one more" full game, will be "defining" title of his career
- Jottobots: an indie platformer that will brighten up your Saturday
- BioShock is free on GameFly
- EA, Cryptic, Riot discuss "dead" subscription models, free-to-play's influence
- StarCraft 2 adding Global Play
November 9
- Realism Theater: Watch this 100-man cooperative city raid in Arma 2
- No PC version of Curiosity: 22 Cans "snowed under" by swamped servers
- Disney signs deal for Marvel MOBA
- Creative Assembly unveil giant Total War: Rome II panorama
- The Free Webgame Round-up
- Elite: Dangerous Kickstarter updated with video and concept art
- Football Manager 2013 debuts at number one in UK PC games sales chart
- Epic reveal Make Something Unreal Live competition shortlist
- AMD's next-gen APU delayed - rumour
- Gorgeous platformer Fly'N coming to Steam today, despite that name
- BioWare asking for feedback for "completely new" Mass Effect
- Seven Navy SEALs reprimanded for consulting on Medal of Honor: Warfighter
- Gearbox's loot-heavy sequel (Border)lands on Mac in just two weeks
- Giveaway: Win The War Z
- Aliens vs. Marines mod recasts AVP into Crysis 2
- Star Trek Online Season 7: New Romulus trailer
November 8
- Torrent of GTA 5 details unveiled; still no confirmation of PC edition
- SOE adding trial period for store weapons in PlanetSide 2
- Natural Selection 2 by the numbers: 144,000 copies sold in first week
- Mass Effect 3 gets unofficial happy ending mod
- The Old Republic free to play launching next week, new details and preview video inside
- Punch-Snout! Try the Beast Boxing Turbo demo
- Europa is a space exploration FPS that's kinda "Fallout 3 in space"
- The Elder Scrolls Online: first gameplay footage shows combat, playable races, PvP and more
- Hope and CHARGE! The US Election in gaming
- Mists of Pandaria pushes World of Warcraft back over 10 million subscribers
- Origin to integrate twitch.tv game broadcasting
November 7
- Blizzard confirms Diablo III expansion; StarCraft 2 pack for "early 2013"
- The Witcher novelist has never played a game, doesn't "feel like a co-author" of CDP's series
- Halo 4 definitely not coming to PC, "woah, really?" says nobody anywhere
- DayZ Bounty "undermines" the original mod, creators will be asked to cease
- Black Ops 2 FOV to be capped at 80
- Mass Effect: Omega DLC reveals its lady turian, Shepard's biggest post-release adventure ever
- Love creator Eskil Steenberg sheds light on plans for dark new strategy game
- Miasmata, the scientific first-person survival game, gets a new trailer
- World of Tanks announce Chinese warmachines - tech tree and trailer within
- Sir, You Are Being Hunted successfully Kickstarted, celebrates with game footage
- Lego Lord Of The Rings demo builds on movies, doesn't worry about finding its own voice(s)
- THQ in trouble: Metro: Last Light, Company of Heroes 2 and South Park game delayed
- Spec Ops: The Line draws critical attention in upcoming ebook
- Destiny: Bungie's next (probably multiplatform) game "still quite like Halo"
November 6
- Star Citizen dev thinks next-gen consoles still won't match current PCs
- Piranha releases Mechwarrior Online open beta trailer
- Steam Linux beta client now available with 25-game library
- DayZ Bounty wants to pay you real, actual money for killing zombies and fellow players
- Sui Generis, a Kickstarter RPG, showcases remarkable medieval combat physics
- PlanetSide 2 video: embedded with Black Widow Company player outfit
- Dead Island Riptide's fifth playable character is a punchaholic former Navy SEAL
- Reinstall: Frontier: First Encounters
- Battlefield 3 Aftermath's 'Epicentre' looks like one hell of a map
- The Indie Buskers return with a new bundle of wonderfully inventive games
- Borderlands 2 mascot re-opens his trap for Claptrap season 2
- Dark Souls pendant mystery solved, was a "prank" all along
- TrackMania 2 expands to Stadium and Valley early next year
- Hawken beta key giveaway, win one of 10,000 keys
- Elite hyperjumps to Kickstarter, decloaks as Elite: Dangerous
- MLG Fall Championships: A tale of comebacks, creativity, and god slaying
- Splinter Cell: Blacklist director predicts shift toward "lower-case aaa" game design
November 5
- Infinity Ward animator talks FPS design, animations in Reddit AMA
- THQ delays South Park, Metro and Company of Heroes 2
- Superplanes, trains, and hovertanks: Champions Online adding customizable vehicles this week
- Hotline Miami patch enables gamepad support, snaps necks of bugs
- Battlefield 1942 is now free on Origin
- Abduction combines first-person stealth with CryEngine 3, looks super slick
- Editorial: How Diablo 3's endgame has failed
- FIFA 13 patch re-establishes laws of physics, removes invisible ball
- Serious Sam 3 developer speaks out against Windows 8
- Skyrim Dragonborn DLC trailer: dragon mounts, goblins on pigs and puking horrors
- Command & Conquer beta coming early 2013, will be "longest running in franchise history"
- Team Meat tease Mew-Genics info; say hello to the creepy Mr Tinkles
- X-COM creator Julian Gollop reveals why he's remaking Chaos
- Interstellar Marines takes its sci-fi shooting, and walking sharks, to Kickstarter
- GTA 5 trailer delayed, have these posters instead
November 4
- Civilization 5 aims to restore the balance, via giant 'Fall' patch
- New Skyrim content teased by Bethesda; trailer coming tomorrow
- Sim-plicity: I am a human being
November 3
- Huge GOG EA sale discounts Ultima, Wing Commander and more
- Hitman: Absolution shows off "living, breathing" soon to be dead world
November 2
- Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition points sword at November 28 release
- Build your very own witch farm in Minecraft
- Red Orchestra 2 now on Steam Workshop, Tripwire Bundle 75% off on Steam
- State of Decay video shows stealthy use of loud, noisy fireworks
- Dishonored's Corvo Attano was originally a talking ninja
- Torturing Sims in The Sims isn't so uncommon, say psychologists
- Giveaway: Win this absurd $2,800 Origin PC courtesy of The War Z
- X-COM's Julian Gollop making Chaos: The Battle of Wizards sequel
- Guild Wars 2 teases The Lost Shores event, which will "change Tyria forever"
- Cargo Commander: a sci-fi roguelike that turns the genre on its head
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's Nuketown 2025 map trailered
- Sir, You Are Being Hunted sneaks onto Kickstarter
- Serious Sam 3 hits Steam Workshop, in typically explosive fashion
- Sidescrolling shmup Sine Mora heading to PC next week
November 1
- Balls of iron(y): Duke Nukem voice actor dislikes violence, guns
- Editorial: Warfighter vs. Allied Assault - how Medal of Honor went astray
- Brutal Doom mod update adds custom fatality animations
- Dota 2 Diretide impressions - does Valve's new game mode trick or treat?
- Incoming XCOM: Enemy Unknown patch fixes hanging issues, makes Easy difficulty easier
- Descent bound for Unreal Engine 3 courtesy of fan project
- Dreamfall Chapters announced, a follow up to The Longest Journey and Dreamfall
- Prison Architect alpha 3 adds fog of war and security cams
- Minecraft-esque shooter Ace of Spades expands, marches for Steam
- Intel halves SSD power demands
- Kung-Fu Superstar: Kinect kick-'em-up hits Kickstarter
- IBM carbon nanotube transistors could make CPUs five to ten times faster than today's silicon chips
- More games will get Greenlit on November 30
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive free to play from today until Sunday