August 2013 Archive



ArenaNet announce WvW Seasons; "Show the world who's the best"31 August 2013
Mysterious Cities of Gold kickstarter aims to turn classic cartoon into game31 August 2013
Grand Theft Auto V’s soundtrack is huge. It has the series’ first score, too31 August 2013
Guild Wars 2's future: "we don't need an expansion to pay the bills"31 August 2013
Oculus Rift nausea is “an ongoing challenge” that may always be a problem31 August 2013
Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition due out 15 November31 August 2013
Godus coming to Steam Early Access on 13 September. New trailer has burning people. Lots of them31 August 2013
Spotlight on Greenlight: Poltergeist: Pixelated Horror31 August 2013
Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon’s Keep’s origins revealed in short prologue film30 August 2013
Football Manager 2014 trailer shows revamped email client30 August 2013
Firaxis: “never say never” to XCOM mods, it’s technically possible30 August 2013
Star Citizen clues found in hangar assets30 August 2013
Smite is blessed with new god Zhong Kui, and divine intervention changes Guan Yu from magic to physical attacker30 August 2013
Square Enix to allow monetization of videos and streams of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn30 August 2013
Boson X released, accurately depicts free running inside a particle accelerator30 August 2013
Natural Selection 2 returns to crowd-funding to support on-going development costs30 August 2013
Star Citizen Hangar Module released: walk around your ships, sit in cockpits, but don't fly30 August 2013
Sims 4 producer: Sims will not have emotional reactions to their body weight30 August 2013
Prison Architect Alpha 13 released, prisoners can now dig escape tunnels30 August 2013
War Thunder CGI trailer brings less noise, more harmony29 August 2013
Titanfall hands-on29 August 2013
Humble Weekly Sale puts Paradox in the spotlight29 August 2013
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt impressions29 August 2013
Wasteland 2 divulges its features in eighteen minute video29 August 2013
Grand Theft Auto V TV trailer features heists, miniguns, fly-by car demolition29 August 2013
Halo: Spartan Assault free update adds 360 controller support and new missions29 August 2013
Red Bull to hold StarCraft II Tournament in New York this November29 August 2013
SOE layoffs hit Planetside 2 developers; "We stand by PS2 despite some people no longer being at the team"29 August 2013
Lego Minifigures Online revealed: a Diablo-esque MMO with hints of Skylanders29 August 2013
SimCity is out on Mac today, shares Region play with Windows29 August 2013
Team Fortress 2 update deals with undedicated dedicated server, sees off shadow bug29 August 2013
Humble Origin Bundle tops $10 million, ends; "Thanks for helping make Humble Bundle history!"29 August 2013
This is what they showed at Gamescom for Assassin's Creed 4: naval forts and soggy murder29 August 2013
Layoffs shrink SOE as company refocuses around EverQuest Next; "These are really, really good people who don't deserve this"29 August 2013
Samurai Gunn trailer bleeds cool28 August 2013
Dragon Age Keep lets you create save files for Dragon Age: Inquisition28 August 2013
Ironclad Tactics pre-orders begin. Extra! Extra! bundle detailed28 August 2013
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified PC review28 August 2013
Center for Disease Control game jam is all about making infections fun28 August 2013
Valve Greenlight 100 games in one go28 August 2013
Facebook integrates Unity with new SDK. Makes it easier to publish games28 August 2013
Payday 2 patch fiddles with drops. You now get less cash but more useful weapon mods28 August 2013
Mammoth Minecraft world generator update to bring "a whole bunch of new biomes"28 August 2013
"Sims can be unhappy about their weight" says Sims 4 producer28 August 2013
Iranian League of Legends tournament sees 36 female characters banned from play28 August 2013
Surprise! Borderlands 2 is Game of the Year, sez boxed edition28 August 2013
Competition time: win a lovely Guild Wars 2 pocket watch and more28 August 2013
How the Guild Wars 2 team get an update out every two weeks28 August 2013
Deep Silver pooh-pooh Metro series 'accessibility' worries; have "absolutely no intention of compromising Metro's unique DNA"28 August 2013
Final Fantasy XIV removed from sale amid server troubles28 August 2013
Valve's new Team Fortress 2 comic isn't a teaser for anything, okay? "Sometimes reading is its own reward"28 August 2013
The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot opens its gates for a week of free-for-all access27 August 2013
Final Fantasy XIV now live, launch trailer has all the pretties27 August 2013
Card Hunter ready for September 12th release27 August 2013
Heathstone European closed beta just weeks away27 August 2013
Dirty Bomb is now Extraction, will detonate at PAX27 August 2013
Why Hi-Rez downed tools on Tribes Ascend; "It wasn't something that would really allow us to grow our studio"27 August 2013
Guild Wars 2 Super Adventure Box returns in expanded form from September 327 August 2013
Hearthstone won't "necessarily" have cross-platform play for launch27 August 2013
Black Ops 2 gets its last round of new maps and a couple of iron giants in Apocalypse27 August 2013
The Battlefield 4 numbers game: seven multiplayer modes, 10 maps, one Bonnie Tyler27 August 2013
Humble Origin Bundles sold to over two million; "WHOA"27 August 2013
Scrolls' fourth faction fosters festivities of festering26 August 2013
XCOM: Enemy Within PC box art sighted26 August 2013
Diablo 3 expansion team soul-ley focused on PC (for now)26 August 2013
Minecrafting 113: Sunflower Seeds26 August 2013
Police Quest successor Precinct cancelled as crowdfunders decide it isn't any cop26 August 2013
StarCraft 2 Ladder Season 5 launch prompts major map switcheroo26 August 2013
Splinter Cell: Blacklist Steam version rendered unlaunchable in numerous territories26 August 2013
Happy birthday, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Have a patch26 August 2013
Prison Architect alpha review26 August 2013
World of Warcraft Trading Card Game retired as Hearthstone readies its deck26 August 2013
The man who would be Caesar: Rebuilding the Roman Empire in Europa Universalis IV25 August 2013
The Weekly Playlist: the one where Matt implicates his wife in murder and Rob becomes slave to political history25 August 2013
Watch Dark Souls II's armour come to life25 August 2013
Evil Genius sequel on the cards, “it’s going to be soon”25 August 2013
DICE takes the blame for holding back Mirror's Edge 225 August 2013
Firefall enters Stage 2 of Open Beta, it’s time to reclaim Earth25 August 2013
Star Wars The Old Republic Cantina Tour reveals Dewback mounts25 August 2013
Command & Conquer will be a faster paced reimagining of Generals25 August 2013
Playing Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn this weekend? Lets hangout!25 August 2013
Battle Worlds: Kronos to be released November, open-beta due too24 August 2013
Space Hulk: Deathwing, a Warhammer FPS built on Unreal 4, is a thing24 August 2013
Endless Space developer announces fantasy prequel and tower-defense game24 August 2013
Neverwinter expansion Fury of the Feywild is now live24 August 2013
Wildstar flips the tables on status ailments24 August 2013
Shadow of the Eternals Kickstarter fails to rally support24 August 2013
Paradise Lost: Battlefield 4's Paracel Storm24 August 2013
Spotlight on Greenlight: Liege24 August 2013
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn impressions blog24 August 2013
Wander around a hanger in Star Citizen next week24 August 2013
Command & Conquer: The future of the three universes23 August 2013
Elder Scrolls Online has a five-year plan, additional content already in development 23 August 2013
The Division’s director talks PC ports, end game content, and combining MMO and shooter DNA23 August 2013
Latest Maia alpha video reveals earthquakes and the importance of lovely lighting23 August 2013
Insomnia 49 kicks off today23 August 2013
Blizzard believe World of Warcraft would be “in bad shape” if it had not adapted for casual players23 August 2013
Placing authenticity over accuracy in Total War: Rome II23 August 2013
Watch the WCS Season 2 finals and LCS playoffs live from Gamescom23 August 2013
Metro series will "absolutely continue" after publisher Deep Silver's "positive experience"23 August 2013
Total War: Rome 2 to be embiggened by free post-launch updates23 August 2013
Minecraft Barcraft is a thing, and it's happening right now23 August 2013
Humble Origin Bundle augmented with Populous and C&C: Red Alert 3 - Uprising23 August 2013
One DayZ Soon: alpha release delayed by pesky "core network architecture"23 August 2013
Sssshhh, you're being murdered: see stealth, Assassin’s Creed 4 style23 August 2013
Guild Wars 2, it's your birthday, we've got 48 hours free for your birthday23 August 2013
Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior (As Seen On TV) pits Medieval Soldier v Samurai v Spartan23 August 2013
Blizzard on selling more cosmetic items and World of Warcraft's decline22 August 2013
Crytek reveals new CryEngine, doesn’t bother to number this one22 August 2013
Blizzard talks the mistakes of training players to hunt for quest markers, and how pet battles won the hearts of the community22 August 2013
Battlefield 4’s ‘Levolution’ lets you flood cities, block alleys, shoot out the power22 August 2013
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare will fight in the PC's back yard too22 August 2013
Command & Conquer now a free-to-play franchise, “The days of boxed releases are probably over”22 August 2013
Counter-Strike co-creator's Tactical Intervention takes a third dip into closed beta; open beta due August 2822 August 2013
The Sims 4 will shift focus to "the stories and the things you want to do"22 August 2013
Dean Hall at Gamescom: how to turn your DayZ prisoners into blood slaves22 August 2013
Guess how many of Call of Duty: Ghosts' servers will be dedicated? "PC will be all dedicated servers, all of it."22 August 2013
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls hands on: Crusader22 August 2013
Rapture-less: Dear Esther follow-up now exclusive to not-PCs22 August 2013
What The Witcher 2's senior producer did next: Lords of the Fallen22 August 2013
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth's not-quite-live action trailer is DISGUSTING euuuggh22 August 2013
Dragon Age: Inquisition's combat trailer sees BioWare combating "lack of more tactical gameplay" in Dragon Age 222 August 2013
Riot Games owners Tencent back Hi-Rez MOBA Smite22 August 2013
Blimey: The Elder Scrolls Online has had over 3 million beta sign-ups22 August 2013
Regions with Diablo 3 auction house less likely to have accounts compromised, say Blizzard21 August 2013
Mad Max poses for the camera21 August 2013
Matt Firor justifies Elder Scrolls subscriptions; "We’re not that worried about getting people in the door"21 August 2013
LCS "a significant investment that we’re not making money from", but Riot love it anyway21 August 2013
Ubisoft announce Watch Dogs movie in collaboration with Sony Pictures21 August 2013
Diablo 3's game director on the problem with PvP; "It's got to be Blizzard quality"21 August 2013
Warface trailered as closed beta slides into view21 August 2013
Rift player numbers "way up" after free-to-play switch; "All early signs are good"21 August 2013
Eve Valkyrie impressions: zomg, but...21 August 2013
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls revealed21 August 2013
Oo-err: The Elder Scrolls Online is a subscription MMO; "Other people doing it wrong doesn't mean we can't do it properly"21 August 2013
XCOM: Enemy Within will expand Enemy Unknown's chest Aliens-style with flamethrower-equipped exoskeletons21 August 2013
League of Legends US accounts compromised, some credit card details at risk21 August 2013
Shadow Warrior shows more decapitations than any other video released today20 August 2013
EVE Valkyrie is a real thing and it's coming in 201420 August 2013
Shadowrun's Berlin DLC gets delayed, but will be bigger20 August 2013
World of Warplanes is about to take to the skies20 August 2013
Battlefield 4 reveals new Obliteration game mode and map20 August 2013
Titanfall's Attrition mode revealed20 August 2013
Need for Speed Rivals features EMPs and the Ferrari 458 Spider20 August 2013
Command & Conquer to get "episodic, story-driven missions" and regular content updates20 August 2013
Dragon Age: Inquisition releases Fall 2014, promises "a new level of immersion"20 August 2013
The Sims 4 promises "emotion-based gameplay"; translates as sexy paintings20 August 2013
Heroes of Newerth head thinks RTS and MOBA "need to co-exist"20 August 2013
The Division is coming to PC thanks to a "vocal and passionate community"20 August 2013
Not on PC at release: Peggle 2 and Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare20 August 2013
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn open beta has been a bit busy20 August 2013
Origin now does digital refunds for EA games; your move, Steam20 August 2013
Games for Windows Live to finally shove off in July 201420 August 2013
Might and Magic X Legacy now available through Early Access19 August 2013
Civilization V has a Beavis and Butt-head mod19 August 2013
Age of Empires 2 mod Forgotten Empires to become an official expansion19 August 2013
Oculus Share brings the app store to VR users19 August 2013
Panzer General Online is WW2 collectible cards in your browser19 August 2013
Charity Stream plays games for the good of orphans in Haiti19 August 2013
A little note about our alpha reviews19 August 2013
Kerbal Space Program alpha review19 August 2013
Why Football Manager is playable on Linux, but not Windows RT19 August 2013
GOGlight: Good Old Games launch new indie-friendly submission process19 August 2013
Payday 2 pays its way on Steam and then some19 August 2013
Wildstar to adopt Eve-like business model: "Earn your CREDD in the game from other players and you never have to pay a sub."19 August 2013
Child of Light is Ubisoft Montreal's "playable poem": a side-scrolling homage to Final Fantasy VIII and Studio Ghibli19 August 2013
Heroes of Dragon Age, then. What is it?19 August 2013
Notch mothballs 0x10c; community team resolve to build it themselves19 August 2013
The Weekly Playlist: the one where Tim gets back on his crack and Jeremy schools Jules at cards18 August 2013
Forge is going free-to-play for its “survival”18 August 2013
Tropico 5 sees you become a family man as you guide your island through the ages18 August 2013
The Bureau developers discuss scrapping first-person perspective and plans for a deep sea future18 August 2013
Battlefield 4 sees all the classes made more mobile and the return of the humble mortar18 August 2013
Minecrafting 112: Horse Door17 August 2013
Call of Duty multiplayer couldn’t have female soldiers because “previous engine would not handle that.” Bullshit17 August 2013
Diablo 3 Book of Tyrael compendium can now be preordered17 August 2013
Company of Heroes 2 gets multiplayer leaderboards17 August 2013
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs dated for 10 September release. Appears on Steam and GOG17 August 2013
Call of Duty: Ghosts is “going to look better than any Call of Duty we've ever made on PC"17 August 2013
Infinite Crisis introduces Atomic Wonder Woman16 August 2013
Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf announced, a collectible card game with space vikings16 August 2013
Enemy Starfighter headed to PAX16 August 2013
Hearthstone closed beta is live for lucky individuals16 August 2013
The Chaos Engine warps in from 1993, remake on PC releases August 29th16 August 2013
Guild Wars 2 is the fastest selling MMO ever made16 August 2013
Take On Mars upgraded for manual landings16 August 2013
Final Fantasy XIV's final beta is live now for veterans, tomorrow for newcomers16 August 2013
The Secret World's creators to reveal their Lego MMO on August 2916 August 2013
Space Hulk: First Impressions16 August 2013
Heroes of Newerth's art director on breaking the MOBA's porny streak in Strife: "It’s something we've been really careful of"16 August 2013
Thief steals February 25 from people with other plans that day16 August 2013
Humble Origin Bundle sold over a million times16 August 2013
Football Manager 2013 microtransaction "cheats" sold "way better" than Sports Interactive were expecting16 August 2013
StarCraft 2 test map latest: changes to the Overseer, Viper and Terran Armory hang in the balance16 August 2013
War Thunder now heard on Steam16 August 2013
Space Hulk launched / found drifting in Blood Angel space16 August 2013
Total War: Rome 2 naval gameplay footage is a bashing good time15 August 2013
World of Warcraft patch 5.4 trailer reveals the start of the siege15 August 2013
Guardians of Middle-Earth, the Lord of the Rings MOBA, is heading to PC15 August 2013
Microsoft set to close Games for Windows Live PC Marketplace15 August 2013
Arma 3 receives Steam Workshop care package 15 August 2013
GTA Online: an independent multiplayer game of persistent shared worlds and "constant" updates from Rockstar15 August 2013
Blizzard to lock player progress as StarCraft 2 Ladder Season 4 draws to a close15 August 2013
Watch Rayman play through the blues in this delicious Legends trailer15 August 2013
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn footage is two minutes of cinematics, 10 minutes of MMO melodrama15 August 2013
World of Warcraft 5.4 brings a new island "like none other before it" and a Skyrim-style minimap system to match15 August 2013
Humble Origin Bundle becomes fastest-selling bundle since records began15 August 2013
Valve's Jason Holtman joins Microsoft to make Windows a "great platform for gaming"15 August 2013
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Arms Deal update paves way for Dota 2-like workshop14 August 2013
Battle.net desktop app open beta has begun. Launch all your Blizzard games from one place14 August 2013
Humble Origin Bundle is packed with great games. EA giving their cut to charity14 August 2013
Call of Duty: Ghosts has female soldiers, dynamic maps, and AI-controlled squads14 August 2013
Foul Play has you smack werewolves silly in front of an audience14 August 2013
Hawken to receive major revamp as it approaches "version 1.0"14 August 2013
Football Manager 2014 pledges revamped 3D match engine and UI, realistic transfers and negotiations, Linux support14 August 2013
Next from the co-developers of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: relationships with dragons14 August 2013
Saints Row IV PC Review14 August 2013
Ultra Street Fighter 4 drops GFWL, picks up Steam14 August 2013
The Witcher 3's new cinematic trailer is a bit Stark, as it were14 August 2013
Diablo 3 expansion exposed: it's called Reaper of Souls14 August 2013
Nvidia didn't mean to suggest that GTA V was coming to PC this autumn; "We deeply regret the error."14 August 2013
What Blizzard are doing at Gamescom (aside from the WCS Season 2 finals, obvs)14 August 2013
The Wolf Among Us trailer tickles my Walking Dead itch13 August 2013
Windborne lets you hatch dragons and fly them to your friends' floating islands13 August 2013
Gods Will Be Watching funding to be matched by Devolver Digital13 August 2013
Call of Duty has been played for longer than humans have existed on Earth13 August 2013
Payday 2 launch trailer successfully conveys you play a bunch of heartless bastards13 August 2013
Warface to show face at Gamescom. New closed beta announced13 August 2013
Blizzard trademark The Dark Below. Could be the next expansion for Diablo 3 or World of Warcraft13 August 2013
Europa Universalis IV is out worldwide, appropriately enough, on Windows, Mac and Linux13 August 2013
Save real-life woodland by playing pattern-matching game Fraxinus13 August 2013
Irrefutable proof that Dota is more fun in Korean13 August 2013
Make a racket in Mike Bithell's Thomas Was Alone follow-up: Volume13 August 2013
Splinter Cell: Blacklist co-op missions are "something for the hardcore fans" - see one demoed here13 August 2013
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to go the way of Dota with crate drops for aesthetic items, escalating tournament prize pools13 August 2013
Creative Assembly give us a "Greek-peek" into city growth on Total War: Rome 2's campaign map13 August 2013
Payday 2 is great, but we're not comfortable reviewing it just yet13 August 2013
Dungeon of the Endless trailer or: What on Earth is this Excellence?12 August 2013
Xbox One controller will work on the PC. Eventually12 August 2013
Riot will ship with an editor allowing you to make your own conflicts12 August 2013
StarCraft Universe takes to Kickstarter to fund ambitious mod12 August 2013
Starbound trailer shows bewildering array of biomes12 August 2013
The Bureau trailer suggests humanity may not win its first fight against the extraterrestrials12 August 2013
SimCity update 7's road bridges and tunnels should put paid to traffic problems12 August 2013
Scrolls updates to "super friendly edition", adds Friends list and chat commands12 August 2013
Ssssshhh: Valve offer a sneak peak at Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's first ever silencer12 August 2013
EverQuest Next: Everything We Know12 August 2013
DICE on why you might not want to bring down Battlefield 4's E3 demo skyscraper12 August 2013
Were Dota 2's International finals the most-watched eSports event of all time?12 August 2013
Hey there, Delilah: eight astonishing in-game paintings from Dishonored's Brigmore Witch12 August 2013
Operation Payback extended as Valve look for new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive maps to showcase12 August 2013
Dota 2 International Day Five: Liveblog11 August 2013
The Weekly Playlist: the one where Nick gets pregnant and Jeremy builds a farm11 August 2013
Virtuix omni treadmill now accepting preorders. A snip at $50011 August 2013
Rocksmith 2014 will import all the songs and DLC from the first game11 August 2013
League of Legends player gets first 'Internationally Recognized' Athlete Visa11 August 2013
Arma 3 video shows an hour of release content11 August 2013
Sir, You Are Being Hunted alpha opens to non-backers on 19 August11 August 2013
Mortal Kombat 9 sales on PC have been “way, way above expectations”11 August 2013
Dota 2 International Day Four: Liveblog10 August 2013
Aaru’s Awakening trailer introduces Day’s domain10 August 2013
Tangiers reaches Kickstarter goal. Revealed to be beautiful, hallucinogenic world10 August 2013
Wasteland 1 to be sold through Steam and GOG. Free copy for all backers10 August 2013
Battlefield 4 trailer shows total war en Francais10 August 2013
Minecrafting 111: Biome Frenzy10 August 2013
Grid 2 community patch adds mod support10 August 2013
Don't forget StarCraft! The WCS Finals are this weekend10 August 2013
X Rebirth will release in November9 August 2013
Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea DLC’s Elizabeth will have “a more feminine” approach9 August 2013
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 final DLC pack incoming9 August 2013
Battlefield 4 Total War trailer shows the big picture9 August 2013
Satellite Reign and fourteen other games Greenlit9 August 2013
Dota 2 International Day Three: Liveblog9 August 2013
Prison Architect is the star of the Humble Weekly Sale9 August 2013
Skyward Collapse expansion Nihon no Mura on its way9 August 2013
Steam beta adds multi-user login screen to Big Picture Mode9 August 2013
Bohemia's US Army training game will have you trekking over 2000km multi-map environments9 August 2013
Total War: Arena early access coming free to all Rome 2 owners9 August 2013
I think District 9 director Neill Blomkamp is probably a PC gamer: "I fucking hate consoles dude!"9 August 2013
S2 eSports head on WCS and International clash: "We need to all work together"9 August 2013
Blizzard launch clever little StarCraft 2 WCS streaming app for iOS9 August 2013
Valve's tiny San Francisco team goes indie: "There weren't many benefits for either side in that arrangement"9 August 2013
Rage design director joins John Carmack at new Oculus office in Dallas9 August 2013
Trion closes San Diego studio8 August 2013
Payday 2 is profitable before release8 August 2013
X Rebirth trailer warps in8 August 2013
Dota 2 International Day Two: Liveblog8 August 2013
StarCraft 2 dropped from MLG Columbus tournament8 August 2013
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons headed to PC this month8 August 2013
Arma 3 will be reporting for duty September 128 August 2013
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn final beta and early access announced8 August 2013
Europa Universalis IV demo will send you to the past to kill basically whoever you like8 August 2013
Hawken’s new map screenshots reveal a woodland mecha8 August 2013
A little announcement: we now have a forum8 August 2013
Introducing Strife: How S2's Heroes of Newerth follow-up intends to save the MOBA from itself8 August 2013
Korean eSports authority stand up for StarCraft team in LG sponsorship debacle8 August 2013
Set in Hearthstone: US beta for Blizzard’s CCG due in less than a month8 August 2013
Dishonored kill stat bug fixed, as if non-lethality wasn't tough enough already8 August 2013
Watch a Titan fall in the trailer for Black Ops 2's next Zombies map8 August 2013
Command & Conquer developer diary shows how units are made. All the while the world feels like it’s ending7 August 2013
Star Wars: The Old Republic 2.3 update trailer is full of threats and foreboding7 August 2013
XCOM: Enemy Unknown gets 30 secret achievements suggesting new content incoming7 August 2013
Mark of the Ninja special edition DLC brings developer commentary and new items7 August 2013
Dota 2 International Day One: Liveblog7 August 2013
Civilization Online puts you in the boots of a citizen and lets you wage war on other players7 August 2013
Age of Wushu's new expansion adds a clan who can forcibly castrate other players. It's all quite grim7 August 2013
Mechwarrior Online now supports 12v12 matches. More boom for your battlefield7 August 2013
John Carmack joining Oculus is incredible news7 August 2013
Dead Island: Epidemic is a new, 'nother MOBA7 August 2013
Planetside 2 PC and PS4 link prevented by poxy platform holder approval process7 August 2013
John Carmack joins Oculus as Chief Techology Officer: "It's going to be awesome"7 August 2013
S.K.I.L.L. is a fast-paced, anti-alien multiplayer FPS that we have 100 beta keys for7 August 2013
Stephano GGs7 August 2013
Why Arma 3's missing campaign is worth waiting for7 August 2013
MineCon 2013 sells out at silly speeds; Mojang warn against "scalpers" in rush for more tickets7 August 2013
Dishonored: Game of the Year Edition sighted in upside-down land7 August 2013
Blizzard’s Hearthstone doesn’t worry Wizards of the Coast6 August 2013
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag will take “half an hour” to travel across6 August 2013
SimCity update 7 brings further improvements to traffic. No more rubbish truck clumping6 August 2013
Saints Row IV’s Inauguration Station lets you create a president today to defend tomorrow6 August 2013
Divinity: Dragon Commander PC Review6 August 2013
Arma 3 releases in September. Shipping without a campaign6 August 2013
Take On Mars hands-on: a curiosity6 August 2013
Battlefield 4's second-screen map will be exclusive to PC at launch6 August 2013
Guild Wars 2 Queen's Jubilee update now live; hop on a balloon and join the bloodsport-fuelled celebrations6 August 2013
Paradox announce War of the Vikings: the multiplayer pillage-'em-up to follow War of the Roses6 August 2013
Arkane pull off Coldridge Prison break-out live at QuakeCon in Brigmore Witches DLC showcase6 August 2013
MMO developers must tackle player addiction or face Western government intervention, say researchers6 August 2013
Star Wars: The Old Republic 2.3 update comes bearing Tauntaun mounts and new activities for the over-55s6 August 2013
Company of Heroes 2 sales stopped in Russia6 August 2013
SimCity for Mac due for August 29 release, free for PC version owners6 August 2013
Planetside 2 Player Studio “is about having players define their games” and make money while doing it5 August 2013
Cubetractor has you pulling towers together under heavy fire from robots5 August 2013
Splinter Cell Blacklist video shows smiling woman in a cage5 August 2013
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn site updated with bestiary and location details5 August 2013
World of Warcraft connected realms coming after patch 5.45 August 2013
Shadowrun Returns Berlin campaign in the works, first patch released, and mod wiki launched5 August 2013
qrth-phyl trailer shows how Blockade in a 3D space is awesome. Needs a hand on Greenlight5 August 2013
The International 2013 Group Stage - Day Three5 August 2013
Hackers may have gained "personal data" in Crytek site security breach5 August 2013
Betrayer is the first-person return of the team behind No One Lives Forever5 August 2013
Dota 2 had "double the amount of viewers of LoL on Twitch alone" this weekend, boast joinDota, before apologising5 August 2013
Call of Duty: Ghosts pre-orders "well below" Black Ops 2; Activision blame new console "hesitation"5 August 2013
Pro Pinball pings back to Kickstarter for higher scores5 August 2013
Elder Scrolls Online first-person camera demoed at length at QuakeCon5 August 2013
Blizzard offer high-res StarCraft 2 WCS streams through Twitch premium subs5 August 2013
Call of Duty: Ghosts has a 'Squads' mode, whatever one of those is5 August 2013
The Weekly Playlist: the one where Steve shoots spaceships to Chopin and Julian discovers Dota 2 isn't too difficult after all4 August 2013
Battlefield 4 footage shows game running in Ultra settings. Also, how not to fly a helicopter4 August 2013
The International 2013 Group Stage - Day Two 4 August 2013
Portal’s GLaDOS has discovered new lyrics for ‘Still Alive’4 August 2013
Crytek pulls four of its sites following reports of “suspicious activity”4 August 2013
Rage “is not dead," says Id’s co-founder Tom Willits4 August 2013
Dota 2 Korean servers now accessible to all; Nexon’s “No Foreigners Allowed” policy ends4 August 2013
Rocksmith 2014 “has grown to become a fully responsive personal teacher”4 August 2013
Planetside 2 video shows swampy continent Hossin4 August 2013
The International 2013 Group Stage - Day 13 August 2013
The International 3 Wild Card Match - Io Don't Think So3 August 2013
Strike Suit Zero Oculus Rift support released3 August 2013
Wargame: Airland Battle Vox Populi DLC is free and released by popular demand3 August 2013
Sanctum has a sandbox mode. Now allows for more towers than you can shake a stick at3 August 2013
DayZ Standalone video diary shows multiplayer playtest and explains why the alpha’s not ready. Still.3 August 2013
Battlefield 4 Chinese vehicles detailed. Also, jet skis3 August 2013
Watch Dogs trailer shows how your mobile can be used to beat people up3 August 2013
Spotlight on Greenlight: One Finger Death Punch3 August 2013
The International 2013 - Solo Championship Coverage3 August 2013
Arma 3 Community Guide video offers pilot training 2 August 2013
Saints Row 4 dev diary is a love song to fans and weaponised genitals2 August 2013
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag modern day screenshots surface2 August 2013
Gone Home to be released 15th August2 August 2013
Humble Weekly Sale features 1C games, pay-what-you-want for Men of War2 August 2013
EVE Alliance Tournament XI finals live on Twitch 3-4 August2 August 2013
The International 2013 group stage preview2 August 2013
Australians will now be allowed to play censored version of Saints Row IV2 August 2013
Wargaming acquires Total Annihilation and Masters of Orion, news games "will be big, triple-A, massive titles"2 August 2013
Ubisoft to announce new next-gen title at Gamescom2 August 2013
Star Citizen has now raised $15m through crowd funding2 August 2013
Blizzard's Titan "unlikely" to be a subscription MMO2 August 2013
Valve's Dota 2 tournament, The International starts today2 August 2013
Bethesda reveal The Elder Scrolls Anthology: (almost) all of the Elder Scrolls in one box2 August 2013
Batman: Arkham Origins multiplayer beta invites are already being released1 August 2013
Will to Survive hits Kickstarter, is a Tamagotchi but with alien invaders1 August 2013
Wolfenstein: The New Order delayed until 20141 August 2013
Take on Mars Early Access available now 1 August 2013
Physics teacher blasts his students into outer-space with Kerbal Space Program1 August 2013
The International 3 All Star Match and Solo Championship competitors revealed1 August 2013
Star Wars Battlefront "probably" out in summer 20151 August 2013
Square Enix announce next-gen Tomb Raider "well into development"1 August 2013
Beta access for DC's Infinite Crisis MOBA available through Founder's Program1 August 2013
Square Enix release FFXIV character creator/benchmark/trailer rolled into one1 August 2013
Gaijin's Skydive: Proximity Flight looks great, deserves to be on PC1 August 2013
Total War: Rome II Preview: saving Capua1 August 2013
Bioshock Infinite: Clash in the Clouds PC Review1 August 2013
Total War: Rome II trailer actually representative of game1 August 2013
Blockier on the inside: here's a semi-functioning Tardis in Minecraft1 August 2013
XCOM: Enemy Within appears to be a thing1 August 2013