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- August 31
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- Watch the PC Gamer PAX Megapanel livestream here at 2:30 pm PDT!
- Planetside 2 beta stats sum up front line fatalities: 535m shots fired, 6.3m players dead
- Skulls of the Shogun shows cross-platform strategic skull-stealing
- Torchlight 2 release date announced, it's out in three weeks
- 3,000 Guild Wars 2 players permanently banned for karma exploit
- August 30
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- Aliens: Colonial Marines' Escape multiplayer mode will make you flee for your life
- Valve launches crowdsourced game submission system Steam Greenlight
- Exclusive reveal of Tryst's Zali race
- Where Am I? game from Slender creator is frightfully ominous
- Whore of the Orient image and first details tease Shanghai setting
- League of Legends designer on why LoL champions aren't free
- Dota 2 trading cards and figures spotted at Valve HQ
- Planetary Annihilation shatters Kickstarter target, sails on towards stretch goals
- Crusader Kings 2: Legacy of Rome expansion lets you flex your Byzantium Maximus
- August 29
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- Far Cry 3 trailer features deadpan tour guide, murderous archipelago
- Grand Theft Auto 4 mod requires 1.21 gigawatts for fully functional Back to the Future DeLorean
- Borderlands 2 video blast: tantalizing tech demo and hour-long gameplay
- Black Mesa: Source has new screenshots, is "pretty close to completion"
- Editorial: Did patch 1.04 fix Diablo 3's endgame?
- Spec Ops: The Line dev lashes out at "cancerous" multiplayer mode pushed by 2K
- Blizzard: Battle.net being blocked in Iran is due to US sanctions, not government censorship
- Ironclad Tactics: card-based strategy from the creator of SpaceChem
- Total War Battles: Shogun out now on PC
- Hitman: Blood Money hits Core Online browser gaming service, watch ads for free game time
- World of Warcraft patch 5.0.4 implements Pandaria talent system, major class changes
- August 28
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- Need for Speed: Most Wanted gameplay video shows open-world racing, complicated car names
- Mass Effect 3: Leviathan DLC out now, expands single-player storyline
- Best of British Indie Bundle includes Frozen Synapse, Gratuitous Space Battles, and more
- Join us for the PC Gamer Megapanel at PAX!
- Borderlands 2 trailer details GameStop pre-order bonuses, gladiatorial beast combat
- Guild Wars 2 peaked 400,000 concurrent users during headstart
- The Walking Dead: Episode Three shambles onto the PC tomorrow
- Interview: Gaslamp Games' mad, incredible vision for Clockwork Empires
- Video interview with Palmer Luckey, creator of the Oculus Rift
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Hardened and Prestige editions detailed
- Skyrim: Hearthfire announced: buy land, build a house, adopt children
- Spy Party gets makeover from ex-Spore artist
- How to not get banned in Guild Wars 2
- CS:GO, Guild Wars 2 and Mechwarrior Online buffed by Nvidia beta drivers
- Max Payne 3 update adds multiplayer stats, improves load times, battles cheaters
- The goggles do something: Hawken adds Oculus Rift support for December launch
- August 27
- August 25
- August 24
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- Weekend Game Deals - August 24, 2012
- Guild Wars 2's economist treats us to beta analysis infographics
- Primal Carnage trailer: raptors maul, leap on, and bite faces off pathetic humans
- Planetside 2 beta codes from PC Gamer UK/US to be activated today
- Guild Wars 2 community update: play with us!
- Minecraft to get new monster, dyed armour, potatoes and potions of invisibility
- Dark Souls mod fixes Prepare to Die edition resolution problems
- Free-to-play shooter Arctic Combat contains obvious Counter-Strike map reproduction
- August 23
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- StarCraft 2 patch 1.5.2 activates Arcade feature
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II now available on Steam
- Guild Wars 2 systems designer talks skill design, depth and balancing
- PC gaming needs you: Golden Joysticks 2012 voting now LIVE
- I Am Alive coming to PC this September
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive infographic show massive beta figures, Terrorists win
- Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse Kickstarter seeks funding for fresh adventure
- Sleeping Dogs demo now available on Steam
- Omerta: City of Gangsters trailer shows Prohibition-era Mafia wars
- Tribes: Ascend update adds Blitz mode, new Technician gear, and classic Tribes 2 voices
- Planetary Annihilation announces stretch goals: naval units, gas and water planets
- GameStreams tracker says League of Legends is the king of streaming
- August 22
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- Square Enix pushed for extra features in Sleeping Dogs PC port
- The Walking Dead creator on the Telltale game: "I'm really quite taken with it"
- Undead Labs reveals State of Decay, a zombie survival sandbox which "develops in real-time"
- Interplay casts resurrect on Black Isle Studios
- Super Meat Boy, Binding of Isaac creator to release a bundle of his remastered early works
- PC gaming has "around a 93-95% piracy rate" claims Ubisoft CEO
- Peter Molyneux's Curiosity box boxed back to September, trailer shows giant box
- Play Crysis 3, Dead Space 3 and Medal of Honor: Warfighter before everyone else
- Max Payne 3 DLC to add new multiplayer modes, map and black and white mode for free
- Transformers: Fall of Cybertron PC won't get Australian release: "no info. It's just not available" say Acti
- The Secret World developer Funcom confirms "temporary layoffs"
- Diablo 3 Patch 1.04 interview with Jay Wilson and Andrew Chambers
- August 21
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- PopCap co-founder: Company leadership are "only ones culpable" for layoffs
- Spec Ops: The Line gets free co-op DLC
- Interview: The standalone future of DayZ, and what it means for players
- StarCraft 2 : Heart of the Swarm designer says lack of LAN is "just about our philosophy"
- CCP creative director discusses the art of Eve Online
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive patch adds Weapons Course and Zombie Mod support
- Minecraft experiment devolves into devastating resource war... or did it? [UPDATED]
- August 20
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- Win tickets for a chance compete in the World Cyber Games at Insomnia 46 this weekend
- Diablo 3 Paragon system to add 100 new levels, transition Magic Find off of items
- Welcome to Guild Wars 2 week
- Plants vs. Zombies 2 announced: "hordes of new plant and zombie types"
- Valve launch new Saxxy video awards competition
- Borderlands 2 has gone gold
- C&C: Generals 2 to have e-sports features, no single player campaign on launch
- EA stop selling real Medal Of Honor weapons
- August 18
- August 17
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- The Witcher 2 mod tools looking for early adopters
- OnLive layoffs rumored, official comment states "the OnLive service is not shutting down"
- Chivalry: Medieval Warfare marches onto Kickstarter
- Oculus Rift hands-on video: everything you've heard is true
- World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria launch to unlock all races for all players
- League of Legends dev on LoL vs. Dota 2: "we wanted to find ways to evolve that genre"
- Crytek CEO on Crysis 3: "This time we promise to melt down PCs"
- Firefall design team "doubled," dozens of former Bioware and 38 Studios devs hired
- Dota 2 e-sports documentary in production at Valve, watch the first trailer
- Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow 2 PC release confirmed
- Hitman: Absolution level changed after outcry over crazy nun trailer
- Rebellion sues Stardock for using its name in Sins Of A Solar Empire: Rebellion
- Modders restore missing Fallout: New Vegas content, companion, much much more
- War of the Roses closed beta starts today
- Portal 2 puzzle maker now works with co-op, current owners get coupons to share
- Steam's new community features to be tested by "Pillars of the Community" first
- August 16
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- Gamescom 2012 day two round-up
- Ubisoft challenge Steam and Origin with Uplay, From Dust and Driver: San Francisco are £1
- Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm beta coming 'soon'
- Rumour Mill: EA looking for buyer?
- Hawken Gamescom footage features rockets, frenzied robo-deathmatch, endless techno
- Castle Crashers to hit Steam, possibly in face
- The robots miss our company in Primordia
- Diablo 3 1.04 update to make Legendary items Legendarier with extra abilities
- Team Fortress 2: MANN vs MACHINE now live
- Gamescom: Dev offers $5,000 bounty for retrieval of stolen PCs
- Mass Effect 3 Leviathan DLC release date is August 28
- Team Fortress 2 Mann vs Machine Day 3 Teaser: Epic loot edition!
- August 15
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- Planetary Annihilation interview
- TF2 Mann vs Machine Day 2 Teaser: Upgrades and Tactics
- Star Trek beams down new trailer and screens
- FIFA 13 arrives for yearly kickabout, brings trailer
- Ubisoft launches big free to play push with browser-based takes on three classic series
- Command & Conquer: Generals 2 will be free to play as part of online C&C series
- Summerbatch unleashes five indie adventures, lets you pick a price to take PISS
- Guild Wars 2 server list revealed
- Ice meets fire in new Lost Planet 3 trailer
- Final Fantasy VII finally re-re-released on PC
- Diablo 3 Starter Edition now available, play for free up to level 13
- Shootmania as an e-sport: "we wanted people to feel the emotion."
- Defense Grid 2 Kickstarter campaign meets minimum funding, over $700K still needed
- August 14
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- Crysis 3's Hunter multiplayer mode pits invisible bowmen against the most dangerous game
- SimCity closed beta sign-ups now open, SimCity World trailer premiered
- Dead Space 3 release date and pre-order stuff announced, new trailer out of Gamescom
- Steam community update announcements continue with group page overhaul
- Hitman: Absolution gets Steamworks and DX11 support: "Hitman's suit looks ten times more awesome on PC"
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 MP to have Diablo 3 style unlock system, guns and perks revealed
- Dishonored system requirements revealed: render murderous masquerades on 4GB RAM
- Mad Catz launches STRIKE7 keyboard
- Half-Life 3 and Dragon Age 3 Gamescom listings "a mistake" say organisers
- Remember Me announced: memory theft and acrobatic punching in Neo-Paris
- World of Tanks Generals: a free-to-play browser based collectible card game about tank war
- Sleeping Dogs: six months of DLC incoming
- Borderlands 2's Best Friends Forever skill tree causes "girlfriend mode" controversy
- LEGO The Lord of the Rings gets Gamescom trailer, LEGOlas joke goes unmade
- Team Fortress 2 Mann vs Machine detailed, videoized: it's a co-op horde mode
- Tera's Argon Queen update to take the throne August 22
- August 13
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- Steam community revamp to bring Game Hubs
- PlanetSide 2 Australian servers incoming
- Diablo 3 patch 1.0.4 to make Diablo 3 easier, reduce repair costs, improve items
- Team Fortress 2 comic, robot heads and massive tank tease new faction and MvM mode
- Wargame: AirLand Battle revealed with first trailer: cold war combat on big, beautiful maps
- RuneScape player faces up to 15 years in prison over currency theft
- Xcom: Enemy Unknown multiplayer footage pits aliens vs. aliens
- F1 2012 developer diary reveals first footage
- August 11
- August 10
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- Weekend Game Deals - August 10, 2012
- Assassin's Creed III PC release date pushed to November
- Paradox announces Europa Universalis IV
- Dota 2 mace axed over IP infringement quibble, 24000 customers offered replacement
- Bioshock Infinite loses senior staffers and rumoured multiplayer modes, gains Epic boss
- Bioware co-founder steps down as The Old Repulic studio manager
- Witcher 2 mod tools incoming
- Modern Warfare 3 Collection 3 trailer shows Chaos Mode, spec ops missions, face off maps
- CryEngine 3 tech demo video shows top secret toad tessellation tech
- Age of Empires Online throws Babylonians into the mix
- Battle.net hacked: change your password after intrusion detected, account information accessed
- August 9
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- Firefall e-sports toolkit revealed: Red 5's Morgan Romine on building the next big competitive shooter
- New Dishonored trailer compiles creative, dishonorable kills
- AI War Ancient Shadows expansion to add massive modular Champion battleships
- Modern Warfare 2 designer explains the thinking behind No Russian mission
- Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod open beta test this weekend
- Mass Effect 3 Leviathan DLC to add new ending dialogue, Omega DLC teased
- Mafia 3, Thief 4 release rumoured for next gen console release
- CS:GO patch to add custom controls for sound spatialization
- August 8
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- Sleeping Dogs PC-specific features include DX11 support, high-res texture pack, and more
- Steam to start hosting non-game software
- World of Tanks to be overhauled with new physics and improved graphics in Update 8.0
- Aliens: Colonial Marines trailer shows Smartgun carnage, macho marines, polite conversation
- Mass Effect 3 Firefight pack brings multiplayer weapons to single player campaign
- Grid 2 announced with speedy screenshots and a debut trailer
- August 7
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- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 multiplayer trailer reveals guns, gadgets, and multi-team DM
- Double Fine's Iron Brigade coming to PC on August 13
- League of Legends Championship Series announced: "millions of dollars at stake"
- DayZ being developed as a standalone game: "this is the end of the beginning"
- DayZ has more than a million players
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pre-orders available today
- August 6
- August 4
- August 3
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- Giveaway: Win a Zotac GeForce GTX 670 and Max Payne 3 prize bag [US only]
- Ready Up: MLG hosts first LoL Arena, HD code giveaway, plus SC2 at Assembly
- Dishonored to star every TV/movie actor ever
- Doom 3 shines flashlight on The Lost Mission (And doesn't even need to put down its gun!)
- Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Mod unleashes 1000+ player madness on unsuspecting island
- Pre-order Sleeping Dogs and get the Triad Pack in Team Fortress 2
- Planetside 2 Beta to begin on Monday (Again)
- Watch Sleeping Dogs lay down the law
- World of Warcraft loses 1.1m players in 3 months
- August 2
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- Mass Effect 3 Leviathan DLC to reveal more about the Reapers' origins
- Rise of the Triad bounces back at QuakeCon
- Conquest of the Wizardlands adds Egyptian Magic, Communism to Dungeons of Dredmor
- CD Projekt cracks open some Cyberpunk FAQs
- Modders return GTA IV to San Andreas hood
- Fragging Bambi's Mum: Photo-realism and the misguided quest for more emotional games
- GTA V revs up viral marketing engines
- Valve updates Steam Subscriber Agreement: Will pay for arbitration, but no more class actions
- Minecraft 1.3 patch released, adds tripwires, trading, and more
- August 1
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- Oculus Rift - the VR headset Carmack showed at E3 - Kickstarted into dev kit production
- Which franchises are getting better, which are getting worse? The PC Gamer poll results
- Hitman Sniper Challenge comes to PC. Shoot men. Win stuff.
- Play RaiderZ this weekend exclusively with PC Gamer
- Resident Evil 6 lets you play as the zombies
- US Army issues design doc for military training shooter
- Arma 2: Army of the Czech Republic released
- EA release first quarter financial results: how much did they make from PC?
- Play Spelunky in your web browser
