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- October 31
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- Korean e-Sports Association proposes minimum salaries for pro gamers
- The week's highs and lows in PC gaming
- Electronic Arts reports record financial results
- The best Civilization: Beyond Earth mods
- Among the Sleep to get free DLC next week
- Denis Dyack's Shadow of the Eternals is back in business
- The PC Gamer Show Episode 8: LAN party
- Our top 20 horror moments
- Dead State sets a launch date
- Isometric Norse pixel art RPG Eitr gets gorgeous first trailer
- The Crew minimum and recommended specs announced
- This week's deals on GMG
- Far Cry 4's PvP multiplayer mode mixes magic with elephants, guns with stealth
- Win a free Steam key for Crusader Kings 2
- This War of Mine trailer reveals November release for the stark survival game
- Blizzard issues permanent bans to Hearthstone win traders
- The Evil Within gets a demo; owners get free copy of Call of Cthulhu
- Bethesda confirms it's game over for Prey 2
- Xbox One controller vs. DualShock 4: which is better for PC gaming?
- October 30
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- Battlecry trailer teases bloody melee action
- Humble Weekly Bundle serves up Halloween treats
- Final Fantasy XIII review
- Valkyria Chronicles arrives on PC in November
- The Steam Halloween Sale is now underway
- Interview: Hearthstone executive producer Hamilton Chu
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor's Lord of the Hunt DLC detailed
- Assassin's Creed: Unity trailer reveals surprising plot twist
- Kentucky Route Zero's third free interlude is a phone call you won't forget
- The Swindle returns from the dead, is now "Spelunky crossed with Deux Ex"
- Win a free Smite god with spooky Halloween skin
- Dragon Age Keep now in open beta, new trailer explains what it's all about
- Team Fortress 2's Halloween event adds evil carnival
- Murder: a cyberpunk adventure from the makers of Stranded
- Tactics and player power in Football Manager 2015
- Endless Legend adds modding support, Halloween-themed side quest
- The Long Dark "more than doubles" playable area with latest update
- YouTube now supports 60 FPS videos, watch one here
- October 29
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- King of Dragon Pass is finally getting a sequel, called Six Ages
- The Evil Within update enables 60 FPS without any "glitches"
- Facebook: Oculus Rift will need to sell 50-100 million units to be "meaningful"
- Watch Dogs: Bad Blood DLC 6k screenshot gallery
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare season pass unveiled
- Wildstar enables free PvP/PvE megaserver transfers
- Why I Love: playing 'Monkey Bee' in Audiosurf
- Researchers find that female PC gamers outnumber males
- Tactical fast-paced teamwork in Dirty Bomb
- EVE Online's Phoebe update makes big changes to long-distance travel
- Get a free Steam key for Weird Worlds, with Bundle Stars
- Cities: Skylines trailer talks services and policies in its toilet town
- Converse with a sentient AI in sci-fi adventure Event[0]
- Star Wars Battlefront dated, new Battlefield coming 2016
- Teleglitch is free on Humble Bundle
- October 28
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- Elite: Dangerous beta 3.0 goes live today
- Dungeon of the Endless review
- Battlefield Hardline gets a new launch date
- Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions gameplay video
- Manuel Noriega's Black Ops 2 lawsuit is tossed out of court
- Assassin's Creed: Unity interactive trailer unleashes 1400 Assassins on the streets of Paris
- Evolve Big Alpha key giveaway - get access to the Evolve alpha here
- Show Us Your Rig: KIXEYE's Shawn Carnes
- The $200 Eidos Anthology arrives on Steam
- Crusader: No Remorse is now free on Origin
- This week’s Playfire Rewards: Rust, Civ: Beyond Earth and Halloween goodies!
- Final Fantasy XIV patch 2.4 arrives today
- Surreal storytelling in The Old City: Leviathan
- Grand Theft Auto V to reward returning players with extra weapons, vehicles and events
- Farming Simulator 15 launch trailer is a breath of fresh air
- NBA 2K15 review
- The Crew trailer details perks and specs, will let you repair cars on the fly
- Spacebase DF-9 hits v1.0, free copy of Hack 'n' Slash for current owners
- Lords of the Fallen review
- Blizzard bans “several thousand” Hearthstone bot accounts
- October 27
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- Twitch changes its rules of conduct to forbid topless and "sexually suggestive" streaming
- X-Wing, TIE Fighter, other LucasArts classics now on GOG
- The Black Glove trailer delves deeper into The Equinox
- It's official: Valkyria Chronicles is coming to PC
- Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel mod enables third-person camera view
- How to fight through a disadvantage in CS:GO
- Minecraft 2 may not make sense, Xbox boss says
- MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro laptop review
- Lords of the Fallen release date moves up a bit
- Telltale's Game of Thrones due to start before year's end
- Now Playing: On the hunt in Elite: Dangerous
- Evolve "Big Alpha" system requirements released
- Revenge of the Titans dev making survival roguelike set in Basingstoke
- Lisa trailer contains post-apocalyptic cycling, long moustaches
- Wildstar studio loses "around 60" employees in NCSoft restructure
- Our most wanted mods for GTA 5
- October 26
- October 25
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- Blowing stuff up in Kerbal Space Program update .25
- Massive Chalice hands-on: emotional turn-based strategy
- The Best Free Games of the Week
- Assassin's Creed Unity trailer details its "immersive open world activities"
- Shelter 2 footage is adorable, terrifying
- Dreamfall Chapters: A stark contrast with cyberpunk
- October 24
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- The Legend of Korra review
- The week's highs and lows in PC gaming
- G.Skill's new PCIe SSD cracks 1900 MB/s read speeds
- World of Warcraft servers are finally coming to Australia
- Scientists want to use the Oculus Rift to virtually explore the moon
- League of Legends has made almost $1 billion in microtransactions
- Outlast 2 is in development
- Golden Joysticks round-up: see all the PC videos and trailers
- Watch the opening cinematic of The Witcher 3
- Far Cry 4 trailer explores the midlands of Kyrat
- Green Man Gaming kicks off Halloween with gamer trick or treats
- Assassin's Creed Unity system requirements confirmed
- October 23
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- How to play Dreamfall: The Longest Journey on Windows 7/8
- Payday 2 gets free John Wick DLC
- Richard Garriott's Shroud of the Avatar MMO coming to Steam Early Access in November
- Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5 motherboard tested: overclocking a Haswell-E 5960X
- Arma 3 free weekend is now underway
- TERA: Fate of Arun expansion announced
- 3D Realms returns with 32-game anthology bundle
- AMD cuts prices on its A-series desktop processors
- Three Lane Highway: seven and a half spooky Dota 2 Halloween costume ideas
- Red:Out footage will make WipeOut fans happy
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare recommended system specs revealed
- Watch some Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare multiplayer action
- Civilization: Beyond Earth review
- Team Fortress 2 activates previous Halloween events
- Assassin's Creed Unity system requirements rumoured to be steep
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gets zombie chickens for Halloween
- Subscribe to PC Gamer UK
- 10 years of World of Warcraft: an interview with Ion Hazzikostas
- Risk of Rain patch delivers new classes and major fixes
- October 22
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- The Stanley Parable has sold over 1 million units
- Lords of the Fallen livestream — over an hour of gameplay
- Intel's Extreme Broadwell-E chips reportedly not coming until early 2016
- Strike Suit Zero developers announce Fractured Space, a free-to-play tactical combat game
- Judge rules against plaintiffs in Battlefield 4 class action suit
- Titanfall update adds co-op Frontier Defense mode and ranked play
- Nvidia adds Dynamic Super Resolution support to older graphics cards
- Bethesda announces Elder Scrolls lore books, coming next year
- Why I Love: falling with style in Human Revolution
- else Heart.Break() trailer shows friendship and computers
- Watch the teaser for The Witcher 3 opening cinematic reveal
- Dragon Age: Inquisition trailer introduces companions
- Papers, Please dev releases early build of new game
- Dreamfall Chapters: Book One is out now
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2 hits Steam Greenlight
- The Legend of Korra gameplay video — first impressions
- Titanfall teases 'biggest update' details for tomorrow
- October 21
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- 40 Awesome 3D Wallpapers
- Paranautical Activity dev resigns over Gabe Newell death threat
- Ultimate General: Gettysburg advances into full release on Steam
- Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition will be out this month
- Hearthstone to arrive on Android before the end of the year, iPhone to follow
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor gets free Power of Shadow DLC
- Gigabyte introduces the first Mini-ITX GTX 970
- BlizzCon 2014 will close with a Metallica concert
- Show Us Your Rig: Prison Architect designer Chris Delay
- Massive Chalice interview: "You have to have thick skin"
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team accused of match fixing
- Bundle Stars offers 33% off Shadow of Mordor for the next 48 hours
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles could become a series
- Is Alien: Isolation’s Nostromo DLC worth buying?
- Alien: Isolation 'Corporate Lockdown' DLC announced
- The affinities of Civilization: Beyond Earth explained
- Now Playing: co-op calamity in Divinity: Original Sin
- Playfire announces Most Played Golden Joystick
- Guild Wars 2 end-of-year update schedule mapped out
- Civilization 5 is free to play this week
- Dark Souls making the jump to Steam next month
- Paranautical Activity removed from Steam following developer outburst
- October 20
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- Metrocide now available on Early Access ahead of December release
- Uber Entertainment cancels faltering Human Resources crowdfunding
- Obduction is now fully playable in a "very rough" state
- Civilization: Beyond Earth – the big things you need to know
- Elite: Dangerous developer is running a speed docking contest
- Own a Samsung 840 EVO? Download this fix for slow read speeds
- How to scout in CS:GO and win without fighting
- Far Cry 4 Season Pass offers new missions and PvP mode
- Rockstar warns against Grand Theft Auto V beta scams
- The Evil Within's God Mode might make you lose your head
- One day left to vote in the Golden Joystick Awards
- Transmission: a free puzzler about communication networks
- Rebel Galaxy announced, is by former Torchlight devs
- Total War: Attila trailer shows fire and destruction
- Dragon Age: Inquisition video reintroduces Cassandra Pentaghast
- Free XCOM games now being dispatched
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare system requirements released
- Screencheat review
- League of Legends World Championship 2014 final round - watch it here
- October 19
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- October 17
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- GTX 980M benchmarked: testing Nvidia's mobile performance claims
- I Am Bread is one slice's epic quest to get toasted
- Clockwork Empires gets a major update in Midnight Defence At SkullSwamp Arsenal
- The week's highs and lows in PC gaming
- PC Gamer Show Ep. 7: Alien Isolation, GTX 980 graphics
- Camelot Unchained pre-alpha testing goes smoothly
- Cooler Master switches it up with silent CM Storm Suppressor keyboard
- Hyper Light Drifter is a beautiful high-octane brawler
- Final Fantasy 14 trailer details patch 2.4
- Project CARS delayed into 2015 for more polish, less competition
- The most fabulous fan-made sims
- PC Gamer Presents: World of Warplanes
- Assassin's Creed Unity cast and characters shown in new trailer
- Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault trailer released
- The science behind Civilization: Beyond Earth
- Half-Life 3 pressure campaign sounds like a terrible idea
- Legend of Grimrock 2 gameplay video — our first impressions
- October 16
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- The Crew for PC may get an official 60fps option, says Ubisoft
- AMD R9 290X prices dip below $350 in reaction to the Nvidia GTX 970
- Yager shows off Dreadnought gameplay in new trailer
- League of Legends Worlds 2014 — a primer to the grand finals
- Here’s MSI’s latest all-in-ones rocking the Nvidia GTX 980M and 970M
- Killing Floor's Halloween Horror Double Feature update brings out the Zeds
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare video demonstrates upgraded Scorestreaks
- Satellite Reign: tactical action in a cyberpunk city
- Three Lane Highway: reflecting on ESL One New York
- Payday: The Heist is free on Steam for the next 24 hours
- Galactic Civilizations III update adds trade, diplomacy, and a new race
- InnerSpace is an exploration game about flying
- Mount & Blade: Warband expansion announced
- The Witcher 3 opening cinematic to debut at Golden Joysticks
- Dungeon of the Endless leaving early access later this month
- Kerbal Space Program to enter 'beta' with next patch
- Major Wasteland 2 update ushers in huge range of features and bug fixes
- October 15
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- Steam Free Weekend will have ten free games starting tomorrow
- Lichdom: Battlemage makes life easier for newbies with first major patch
- Halo: Spartan Strike brings twin-stick Covenant shooting back to the PC
- What’s next for Hearthstone?
- Farming Simulator 15's folksy trailer opened our hearts to the joy of farm life
- The Crew gameplay trailer teases a wealth of customization options
- Styx: Master of Shadows review
- Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell gets a new trailer and a nearer launch date
- Planet Centauri is a 2D sandbox RPG, seeks funding on IndieGoGo
- Why I Love: counter-attacking in Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Anita Sarkeesian cancels talk after school shooting threat
- Reinstall: Hellgate London
- F1 2014 review
- Here's our pick of the Golden Joystick Awards 2014
- Civilization: Beyond Earth trailer shows opening cinematic
- Blade Symphony update to add control point capture mode
- Alien versus Predator Classic is free on GOG this week
- Older World of Warcraft expansion content now free with Iron Tide update
- The Evil Within gameplay video — first impressions
- Far Cry 4 hands-on: roaming free in Kyrat
- Unreal Engine 4.5 released
- October 14
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- World of Warcraft subs on the rise ahead of Warlords of Draenor expansion
- Octodad: Dadliest Catch gets new levels and two mouse co-op support
- Ubisoft explains why you won't respawn in Rainbow Six Siege
- How authentic is Alien: Isolation?
- Humble Mozilla Bundle brings eight games to your browser
- Dragon Age: Inquisition trailer asks what kind of leader you will be
- Show Us Your Rig: Diablo creator David Brevik
- The Evil Within gets a launch trailer, but no review yet
- The Dread Pumpkin lands in Shadowgate later this month
- Far Cry 4 trailer is all about survival
- Crusader Kings 2: Charlemagne expansion out now
- Skywind mod trailer covers the expanse of West Gash
- Endless Legend review
- League of Legends' refer-a-friend system to be reworked
- Portal 2 gets ported to (vanilla) Minecraft
- Killing with elephants in Far Cry 4
- The Evil Within debug console commands detailed; god mode is in
- Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel launch trailer promises 500 ice puns
- Descent fan reimagining Sol Contingency shut down by Interplay
- October 13
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- How to aim better in CS:GO: the best aim maps
- Wildstar megaservers to launch later this week
- Dragon Age: Inquisition stream shows the benefits of mouse and keyboard controls
- The Talos Principle gets a free prequel called Sigils of Elohim
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will cut down on "quick-scoping"
- Jagex announces Chronicle: Runescape Legends, a collectible card game due next year
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced for PC
- This week's Playfire awards
- Win access to the Landmark beta
- Now playing: Titanfall
- Firefly Online gets first footage
- Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel review
- Resident Evil remake trailer revamps haunted house
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gets Music Kits
- World of Warcraft 'The Iron Tide' patch lands this week
- October 12
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- October 10
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- Costume Quest 2 review
- Tron 2.0 is re-rezzed on Steam
- Space Hulk: Ascension Edition dev diary reveals a dramatically changed game
- Ryse: Son of Rome launch trailer heralds PC release
- Styx: Master of Shadows gameplay video — our first impressions
- The Evil Within trailer warns that violence is (occasionally) not the answer
- Dragon Age: Inquisition system requirements revealed
- Jennifer Hale on voice acting and the characters she wants to play
- Six games to play while you wait for MGS 5
- Sam Fisher voice actor initially turned down the role as a "two dimensional killing machine"
- The week's highs and lows in PC gaming
- Far Cry 4 video tours scenic Kyrat
- Green Man Gaming's deals of the week
- Final Fantasy XIII locked to 720p on PC
- Octodad will get two free stories next week
- Space Engineers free to try this weekend
- October 9
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- League of Legends Worlds 2014 - semifinals preview and analysis
- Starpoint Gemini 2 review
- League of Legends - Team Curse Interview
- Renegade X, the C&C: Renegade "spiritual successor," enters Beta 3
- How to run Quake II on Windows 7/8
- Warlords of Draenor blog post explains how followers work
- How GameCube/Wii emulator Dolphin got a turbocharge
- The Long Dark gameplay video — Early Access impressions
- Legend of Grimrock 2 compatibility test tool is now available
- Hotline Miami 2 pushed back, possibly to 2015
- ESL One Dota 2 championship tournament now streaming from New York City
- Football Manager 2015 gets a release date
- Microsoft's RoomAlive is not quite the holodeck
- Sunless Sea gets massive combat update
- Battlefield 4 launch "damaged player trust" says Dice
- Evolve closed alpha coming this month
- The Humble Bundle Nordic sale contains good games
- Ryse: Son of Rome review
- Killing Floor 2 dev diary promises "bullets, blades and blood"
- Blizzard to host pre-launch Warlords of Draenor event in Sydney
- October 8
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- AMD: next-generation microarchitecture will make up for muted Bulldozer reception
- Lifeless Planet creator teams with Fallout: Nuka Break studio for live-action film
- The Evil Within locked at 30fps, but you can change it manually
- GRID Autosport adding Oculus Rift support in next update
- Revisiting Crysis's amazing FPS sandbox: how the series lost its way
- Jane Jensen releases first new Gabriel Knight story since 1999
- Dragon Age: Origins is now free on Origin
- Mojang pledges continued support for Minecraft video makers
- The Flame in the Flood is a survival "rogue-lite", now on Kickstarter
- Why I Love: Stealth on ships
- The best and worst of the Hearthstone Americas Championship
- Alien: Isolation can support Oculus Rift with a few .ini edits
- Sid Meier talks strategy, game design and Civ
- Dragon Age: Inquisition video proves dwarves can backflip
- Kerbal Space Program releases Economic Boom update
- Costume Quest 2 arrives weeks ahead of Halloween
- October 7
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- Alien: Isolation gameplay video: the first hour
- Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies ambles onto Steam today
- Myst television series is now in development
- Spot the difference: Shadow of Mordor ultra HD textures barely change a thing
- Oculus Rift consumer release is coming "pretty soon," CEO says
- Kingdom Hearts III switches to Unreal Engine 4
- Show Us Your Rig: H1Z1's Lead Character Artist Mat Broome
- CD Projekt promises no visual downgrade for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Planetary Annihilation update adds offline play later this week
- Addressing criticisms of Alien: Isolation
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance trailer heralds upcoming pre-alpha
- Broforce update brings Steam Workshop support
- Nvidia announces GTX 970M and 980M Maxwell mobile GPUs
- Wildstar cancels Christmas and Halloween events
- Disney arrives on Steam, brings Split/Second
- Australia, go in the draw for 1 of 100 Warlords of Draenor beta access codes
- The Crew will be supported "for a very long time"
- October 6
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- The Black Glove is a first-person adventure about saving a weird theatre
- The features PC gamers want—an open letter to developers and gamers
- Revan returns to Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Alien: Isolation launch trailer warns that some things are better left lost
- Life is Feudal: Your Own review (Early Access)
- Gabriel Knight remake serves up screens, videos and more in countdown
- The Crew skids into December
- Assassin's Creed Unity trailer is all about the story
- This week's Playfire awards
- Styx: Master of Shadows gets a launch week trailer
- Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes PC confirmed for December
- The Evil Within trailer shows monsters, kills them
- Rediscovering internet friendship in Wildstar
- Pathologic remake hits first stretch goal, enters last day of funding
- Someone made P.T. in Minecraft
- Battle.net Launcher update suggests Warcraft 3 support
- Crusader Kings 2 in space
- October 5
- October 4
- October 3
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- Planetary Annihilation review
- Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel gameplay trailer explores Claptrap's strange skills
- The week's highs and lows in PC Gaming
- Valve puts $250,000 on the line at Dreamhack 2014 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament
- Far Cry 4 trailer shows off Hurk, his monkeys and a seriously big gun
- Warlords of Draenor dungeons go on display in new "Training Day" preview
- Divinity: Original Sin studio may crowdfund its next project after all
- Ex-CoD director says military can "learn from game marketing"
- ArenaNet hiring designer for Guild Wars 2 "raid content"
- Get a free Steam key for XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- The Evil Within minimum system specs are much more PC friendly
- MGS 5: Ground Zeroes PC reportedly releasing in December
- Crusader Kings 2 free weekend starts today
- Alien: Isolation review
- Transverse crowdfunding campaign shut down due to lack of support
- October 2
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- Mortal Kombat X adds Quan Chi to the lineup
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter: 8K screenshot gallery
- Human Resources pits robot death machines against ancient tentacle monsters
- Three Lane Highway: Dota is a game about getting better, not being good
- Pillars of Eternity delayed into 2015
- The Indie Royale Mystery Bundle is a ticking, ten-game conundrum
- Dark Souls 2: Crown of the Ivory King review
- Far Cry 4 trailer introduces its arsenal of guns
- Dragon Age: Inquisition trailer talks crafting and customisation
- PC Gamer Presents: World of Warplanes
- Sorcerer King: fresh 4X strategy from Stardock
- The 2014 Saxxy Award winners announced
- Styx: Master of Shadows trailer moves in for the kill
- Kickstarter in decline as crowdfunding makes way for Early Access
- Subaeria is a puzzle platformer roguelike set in a dystopian future
- October 1
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- The weird economics behind Steam prices around the world
- Ryse: Son of Rome devs chose tech over microtransactions
- GameLoading: Rise of the Indies releases 15-minute "sneak peek" preview
- Win tickets to the ESL One New York Dota 2 tournament
- Electronic Arts confirms Sims 4's new pools will enable drownings
- Beamdog boss on why making Icewind Dale II would create "nightmares"
- Elegy for a Dead World appears on Kickstarter, publishes trailer
- Star Citizen is the most crowd-funded thing ever
- Civilization: Beyond Earth trailer teaches all you need to know
- The 5 paths to victory in Civilization: Beyond Earth
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor gets a launch trailer
- Rift: Nightmare Tide expansion enters open beta
- How the concept of cool cheapens our game worlds
- Satellite Reign reappears with lengthy pre-alpha footage
- Wrack is an old school first-person shooter with a Mega Man aesthetic
- Screencheat beta update adds tactical 'Murder Mystery' mode
- Five charged with hacking Valve, Activision and Microsoft
