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- February 28
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- World of Warcraft has helped scientists prepare for real-world epidemics
- Farmville launched as a "minimum viable product". Took 32.5 million users in one day
- Valve want to share their microtransaction success with other devs
- Humble Indie Bundle banks three million dollars, gives one million to charity
- DOTA is "needlessly inaccessible" says League of Legends developer at GDC
- Google push Chrome Web Store as new front for PC gaming
- Google demo PC gaming in a browser
- Epic battles in Feudal Japan coming in Sengoku
- Valve announces "Big Picture Mode" for Steam
- Serious Sam 3: BFE coming out this summer with 16 player co-op, new screenshots out
- And in other PC gaming news...
- GDC is about to kick off, we're live on the show floor
- Battlefield Play4Free unlocks system detailed
- Civilization 5 Polynesia pack and free maps out this week
- Play Mass Effect 2 and Dead Space 2 in your browser right now, no special plugin needed
- Batman: Arkham City to feature helicopter travel, Calendar Man
- Crysis 2 trailer shows the advantages of invisibility
- First Serious Sam 3 screenshot
- February 27
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- Find Makarov countdown is not a hoax, it's just not for Modern Warfare 3
- StarCraft II 1.3 patch now in beta testing
- Interstellar Marines shares up for sale
- Minecraft might feature achievements
- Crusader Kings II preview
- The Sunday Video Pwn
- Modern Warfare 3 countdown is a hoax
- Nine new maps coming to StarCraft 2; others removed from playlists
- GameSpy technology allows indie devs to create for free
- Dungeon Siege III will have co-op XP
- February 26
- February 25
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- Giveaway: RIFT collector's editions! [US only]
- Exclusive video reveal of new Heroes of Newerth hero, Aluna
- PC Gamer US Podcast #261: Fresh from the beak
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Study suggests gamers aren't desensitised by violent games
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 countdown begins
- Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand maps announced
- PC Gamer UK Podcast 51 - Dragon Age 2 review and Deus Ex: Human Revolution hands on
- Team Fortress 2 Community Map Pack released
- Fable 3 PC release date announced, new screenshots released
- Interview: Chris Taylor on Age of Empires Online
- Notch takes Edge award for best indie of 2010. Provides amusing video evidence
- February 24
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- Age of Empires Online swaps devs
- DC Universe Online interview - Part 4: UI and modding
- The Skyrim trailer analysed shot-by-shot
- Bulletstorm missing PC features
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Deus Ex Human Revolution hands on: the first three hours
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in-game trailer revealed
- Ken Levine says first-person games are "the most direct way to engage"
- Might & Magic Heroes VI preview
- Shift 2 Unleashed trailer shows helmet cam and flaming exhausts
- Gemini Rue released, demo now available
- Crysis 2 trailer tells Prophet's story
- February 23
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- DC Universe Online interview - Part 3: Characters and Heroes
- And in other PC gaming news...
- First in-game footage of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will go live tomorrow
- Epic increase UDK royalty cap tenfold
- Valve working on making Source SDK less "painful" to use
- Getting to gold league in Starcraft 2
- Dragon Age 2 and Total War: Shogun 2 demos - what do you think?
- Test Drive Unlimited 2 patch fixes login issues, free DLC incoming
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood drops always-online DRM
- Minecraft update is live, adds new blocks and beds
- February 22
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- It's booty time in Dungeon & Dragons Online's 5th anniversary event
- Total War: Shogun 2 demo released
- Dragon Age 2 demo is out now
- Giveaway: You got Duke Nukem in my Heroes of Newerth
- DC Universe Online interview - Part 2: Monthly patches, new content
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Bulletstorm PC review
- City of Heroes Animal Pack Giveaway
- Mass Effect 2 Arrival DLC uncovered
- Guild Wars 2 race revealed: The Norn
- Blind gamer completes Abe's Exoddus using sound alone
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood preview
- New Command & Conquer game in development
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings preview
- North American Star League StarCraft 2 tournament has $100,000 prize pool
- Microsoft releasing Kinect SDK this spring
- Mexico moves to ban Call of Juarez: The Cartel
- Minecraft documentary shows start of Mojang Studios
- February 21
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- And in other PC gaming news...
- DC Universe Online interview - Squashing bugs, animation glitching
- Blizzard "struggling" to create Battle.net Marketplace
- Risen 2: Dark Waters announced, will have pirates and guns
- Company of Heroes gets beta patch, Company of Heroes Online gets more maps
- Cannon Fodder 3 devs: war has, on two previous occasions, been this much fun
- Minecraft iPhone and iPad versions in development
- Bethesda advise on when to conceive if you want your child to be a Skyrim competition entry
- Section 8: Prejudice preview
- Bioshock 2 Protector's Trials DLC accidentally released on Games for Windows Marketplace
- Bulletstorm PC demo release details
- February 20
- February 19
- February 18
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- Gears of War free with Bulletstorm
- How to get MapleStory working on Windows 7
- Magicka soundtrack now free to download
- Blizzard 'love' Torchlight
- Extra Telltale announcements
- Jurassic Park hands on
- Bioware launch Dragon Age 2 Call To Arms challenge
- PC Gaming Alliance claims piracy is in decline
- Minecraft to offer a sound night's sleep
- FarmVille developer worth '$10billion'
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Fallout: New Vegas GECK Tutorial
- Fallen Earth Dev Diary: When plants rule the earth
- Epic stink: ScentSciences want to bring smellovision to World of Warcraft
- Cities in Motion demo out now
- Civilization on sale this weekend
- New StarCraft 2 maps on the way, Heart of the Swarm will have separate ladder
- Operation Flashpoint: Red River release date set for April
- Shogun 2 trailer shows clan warfare and co-op campaign
- February 17
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- PC Gamer US Podcast #260: Good old free games
- And in other PC Gaming news...
- Play Ultima 4 in your browser
- Dead Island trailer and first details revealed
- Rumour: Bungie's next game will be "WoW in space"
- Giveaway: 150 Mythos beta keys up for grabs
- New Rage trailer shows ruined wastelands, mutants and explosive RC cars
- Lord of the Rings: War in the North trailer shows unseen areas of Middle Earth
- Valve releasing Left 4 Dead 2 DLC after Portal 2
- SpaceChem review
- The Minecraft Experiment, final entry: Cake or Death
- February 16
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- Interview: planeswalking the walk in Magic: The Gathering - Tactics
- Crysis 2 PC multiplayer demo coming March 1
- Could Call of Duty go the same way as Guitar Hero?
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood system specs revealed
- See what you're up against in latest TERA fly-through
- Batman: Arkham City screens show Joker's fun house
- Gray Matter review
- PC Gamer UK March Issue - Total War: Shogun 2
- RUSE expansion adds Japanese factions and new missions
- 15 things we want to see in Mass Effect 3
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 patch to improve security
- Duke Nukem Forever to use Steamworks, pre-order deals announced
- Blizzard's Titan: what we can learn from the latest WoW patch?
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood release date announced
- Shogun 2 demo out next week
- February 15
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- Dinosaurs in 3D!
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Dear Esther revealed: an indie Source Engine game
- Gratuitous Space Battles: Galactic Conquests expansion out now
- Lineage 2 High Five update is live
- New Relic RTS to be announced this summer
- Alice: Madness Returns trailer features knives and apocalyptic butterflies
- Batman: Arkham City won't have multiplayer
- Valve say Portal 2 will be "much larger but not harder," Steam pre-orders now available
- Rift open beta kicks off today
- 10 incredible Minecraft creations
- Dragon Age web series to star Felicia Day
- Jonathan Blow interview: Do you believe social games are evil? "Yes. Absolutely."
- Full details on Maokai, new LoL champion
- Give the games industry your ten commandments
- February 14
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- And in other PC gaming news...
- The Minecraft Experiment, day 30: Needlepoint
- Darkspore preview
- Dirt 3 trailer features rally drivers and developer Q&A
- Mirror's Edge 2 canned. EA "are not in the business of charity"
- Steam controls up to 70% of the PC download market and is "tremendously profitable"
- Guild Wars 2 beta events to run later this year. "We want players to be absolutely blown away"
- Test Drive Unlimited 2 server problems getting patched. Sunglasses stuck to racer's faces
- Portal 2 trailer reveals Valentine's day dangers, pre-orders available
- Diablo 3 release date planned for 2011
- Civilization 4 wins grammy for Baba Yetu six years after release
- February 13
- February 12
- February 11
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- PC Gamer US Podcast #259: Duke Nukem Loves Us
- Duke Nukem Forever: Balls of Steel edition includes one foot tall bust of Duke Nukem
- And in other PC gaming news...
- First screens of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Bloodline Champions review
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood PC-exclusive features revealed
- Team Fortress 2 Winter Assembly pro tournament about to go live
- Interview: Dead Space 2 disability campaigner Gareth Garratt
- First Dragon Age 2 review takes Editor's Choice award in PC Gamer
- Blizzard CEO on new MMO: "Sometimes you break the mold, sometimes you have to start over”
- First Total War: Shogun 2 review scores 92 and scoops Editor's Choice award in PC Gamer
- Darkspore beta key giveaway!
- February 10
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- "We look better," The Witcher 2 dev calls out Dragon Age 2's graphics
- The Minecraft Experiment, day 28: Squids
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Duke Nukem Forever screens show huge aliens, huge guns and the Duke's huge ego
- Unofficial League of Legends replay tool now available
- New Homefront trailer shows second American Revolution
- Torchlight 2 release date drops to July. Xbox port of original caused delay
- Mass Effect 3 soundtrack composed by Clint Mansell of Moon and Requiem for a Dream fame
- Dead Space 2 DLC on PC via 3.4 Kb save file
- Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike PC release in March
- February 9
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- Minecraft Dev Diary - new block, magic fiddles
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Call of Duty: Black Ops patch fixes theatre mode, improves stability
- Fox news attacks Bulletstorm, says violent games lead to "increase in rapes"
- Blizzard will release Diablo 3 screenshots in exchange for Facebook Likes
- Why Relic dropped Games for Windows Live in Dawn of War 2: Retribution
- World of Warcraft receives huge 4.0.6 update and 14,000 words of patch notes
- Crysis 2 "will have a PC version that's a PC game"
- Call of Duty: Black Ops dev says that releasing a bug-proof game is unachievable
- Dragon Age 2 trailer shows fearsome combat styles
- February 8
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- Breach Review
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Visceral hear disabled gamer, have started work on Dead Space 2 patch
- Exclusive reveal of two new champions coming to League of Legends
- A look at the LoL champion design process
- Volition would "commit murder" to make Freespace 3
- The Darkness 2 announced for Autumn
- Dungeon Siege 3 trailer goes demon hunting
- Skyrim has a hand-crafted world, with "no two areas alike"
- Il-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover interview. We talk to Oleg Maddox and Ilya Shevchenko.
- Magicka review
- Battlefield 3 PC will handle 40 more players than on consoles. New features revealed.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops made to beat Modern Warfare 2
- February 7
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- The Minecraft Experiment, day 27: Postcards from the Journey
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Editorial: Why reviewers should say whether they enjoyed shooting men in the balls in Bulletstorm
- Battlefield 3 limited edition to contain remastered Battlefield 2 maps and weapons
- Shift 2: Unleashed video races in Miami
- Disabled gamer launches petition to enable button mapping in Dead Space 2
- Blizzcon 2011 dates announced
- Modders recreating STALKER in Cryengine 2
- Back to the Future: Episode One review
- Dirt 3 to have zombie mode. Also features realistic tyre modelling
- Dungeons review
- Battlefield 3 to feature Tehran, Paris and New York. Will have spotting and dog tags
- Best Counter-Strike: Source player skins
- February 5
- February 4
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- Two Worlds 2 review
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Age of Empires Online dev says free-to-play games are the best defence against pirates
- Rift's beta events: we like what we're seeing
- Fallout: New Vegas getting Dead Money DLC on Feb 22, three more add-on packs to come
- Tales of Monkey Island boxed edition released, special edition available
- Dirt 3 release date announced with new screens
- Treyarch discuss possibility of a futuristic Call of Duty
- Battlefield 3 announced: 64 man multiplayer, fighter jets, teaser trailer.
- February 3
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- Dungeon Siege 3 slated for May 27
- Dragon Age 2 demo confirmed, will unlock a bonus item in the full game
- Pre-order Rift and get bonus items in Team Fortress 2
- DICE cancel Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Onslaught and Battlefield 1943
- And in other PC gaming news...
- FEAR 3 screens show haunted department store and deadly telekinesis
- Deus Ex Human Revolution preview: first hands on
- Star Trek Online anniversary trailer released, item sale to celebrate
- Return to Zork and Space Rangers 2 now available on GOG, Apogee sale this weekend
- ArenaNet want Guild Wars 2 combat to be "more like a first person shooter"
- World of Love 2 - a lovely indie games conference
- THQ release line-up announced: Warhammer 40K: Dark Millennium Online, Darksiders 2 and Saints Row 3 dated
- Dungeons preview
- Crysis 2 trailer features maximum war
- February 2
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- What does DCUO's first major update have for you?
- The Minecraft Experiment, day 26: Mystery Fire
- Duty Calls: Epic's most serious-est war ever
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Company of Heroes Online closing down
- PC Gamer UK digital edition is out now, subscribe and save 36% off the digital cover price
- Create review
- Intel Series 6 recall: What you need to know
- Dragon Age 2 to get a demo, Bioware already planning DLC
- Treyarch dev says "negative" gamers the biggest problem facing the games industry
- New Batman: Arkham City screens show helicopters, Harley Quinn and doomed goons
- Steam screenshot feature now in beta
- Crysis 2 minimum system specs revealed
- Lord of the Rings Online review
- Rift: Planes of Telara Preview
- Fully matured: League of Legend's Cassiopeia
- February 1
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- PCG's ArmA adventures - "In Which A Volcano Kills Us All"
- And in other PC gaming news...
- John Carmack discusses next gen game engines
- Batman: Arkham City five times bigger than Arkham Asylum. Features twice as many moves
- APB: Reloaded to get new district and game modes
- DC Universe Online end-game content trailer released
- The original Grand Theft Auto was almost axed, saved by psycho police car bug
- GDC panel hints at PC support for Playstation Move
- Dragon Age 2 DRM detailed
- Call of Duty: Black Ops double XP weekend starts this Friday
- Confetti Carnival preview
