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- July 31
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- XCOM: Enemy Within pops up on Korean ratings board
- Meridian: New World assembles a debut trailer
- Programming with an audience: devs discuss alpha funding in games
- First-person Dark Souls mod adds flailing and nausea to difficulty
- How Paradox's Crusader Kings II to Europa Universalis IV save converter will work
- Guacamelee: Gold Edition wrestles onto Steam next week
- Prison Architect's alpha 12 update breaks out the booze and drugs
- Batman: Arkham Origins reveals asymmetrical multiplayer, developed by Splash Damage
- Red Orchestra 2 update brings more contest winning maps
- Battlefield 2 mod Project Reality gets v1.0 release date and trailer
- Train Simulator 2014 announced as a free upgrade to 2013 edition
- MechWarrior Online releases fiery new map, mech pilots start sweating
- July 30
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- Dead Island and Saints Row humble the Deep Silver bundle
- Kerbal Space Program chronicle, part three — Coconut Monkey presents Fuel Trader
- Payday 2 video shows off the roles of the robbers
- Cliff Bleszinski tells Fez-designer Phil Fish to "come back"
- PAX 10 list of outstanding indie games announced
- Zeno Clash 2 gets Frame-rate Challenge Mode, pitting your GPU against wireframe hordes
- Dota 2's The International prize breakdown announced
- Essential PC Building Tips
- Guild Wars 2: Queen's Jubilee update brings hot air balloons and bonus dungeon rewards
- BioShock Infinite DLC unveiled: trailers, screens, and oh my god one's available today
- GTA 4 mod enables GTA 5 style character switching
- Splinter Cell: Blacklist multiplayer footage is full of men crawling around a dark room
- Lucasfilm is registering domains for "Star Wars Attack Squadron"
- The Witcher 3 interview: A good quest isn't about "the sheer number of outcomes"
- July 29
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- Interview: Diablo and Diablo II's lead designer on Diablo III
- A single mistake started the largest space battle EVE Online has ever seen
- Lesser-known episodic American McGee project Grimm is now on Greenlight
- World of Tanks teams up with appropriately tanky anime Girls und Panzer
- Comments are back, will use Disqus as a temporary measure
- Men of War: Assault Squad 2 announced, promises more war, men, squads and assaults
- PlanetSide 2 update adds 'lattice system' to Esamir. Mmm, lattice system
- IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad trailer launches amid a hail of pre-order info
- Meridian: New World announced, a sci-fi RTS from one-man dev team Elder Games
- HydraDeck: Cover Shooter just might be the best use of Oculus Rift/Razer Hydra yet
- Michael Biehn: voicing Hicks in Aliens Colonial Marines "wasn't fun at all"
- Saints Row 4's "refused classification" status upheld in Australia
- Fez II cancelled, Phil Fish to "take the money and run"
- July 28
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- July 26
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- Bundle Stars deal offers classic strategy games
- Former eSports team manager charged in hacking conspiracy
- Citadels, a new medieval RTS in the age of Arthur
- World of Warcraft subscription numbers continue steady slide to fewer than 8 million players
- Open letter criticizes the Steam Greenlight process, Valve responds
- Grid 2 to get belated Demolition Derby mode via free update
- Activision Blizzard buy independence from Vivendi for quite a lot of money
- Why forums and comments are still offline
- Skulls of the Shogun hits Steam next week, as devs' Faustian pact comes to an end
- CS:GO's Operation Payback generates over $150,000 for community map makers
- F1 2013 gets new 'Hungaroring' trailer, October 4 release date
- Escape Goat 2 busts back into prison this September
- Neil Gaiman and The Odd Gentlemen join forces for the spooky Wayward Manor
- July 25
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- New adventure game The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief is out now
- Newest Kerbal Space Program build updates terrains, flight controls and astronaut management
- The Dark Eye: Demonicon gets a new, late-October release date
- SOE and Blizzard veterans form a new MMORPG super-studio
- Rayman Legends announced for PC, out in a matter of weeks
- You have nothing to fear but free-to-play: F.E.A.R. Online announced
- Total War: Rome 2 video shows off campaign mode, stonking world map
- Fear not: your Dragon Age choices will carry over into Inquisition
- Satellite Reign hits Kickstarter target, without resorting to the Persuadertron
- Carry on up the cyber: Shadowrun Returns hits Steam today
- Latest batch of Greenlit games includes Deadly Premonition, other, less insane stuff
- Euro Truck Simulator 2 receives a truckload of fixes
- July 24
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- Kanye West goes back to the future in Kanye Quest 3030
- How I Game: Dean Dodrill
- Here is the first MMO to get Oculus Rift support
- The sinisterly cute Ittle Dew is out today on Steam
- Development on a Star Control reboot will begin this year
- First-person survival horror Outlast gets release date, price
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 developer receives death threats following gun tweaks
- Splinter Cell Blacklist trailer: Sam Fisher is a salty ghost panther
- Oculus Rift creators hosting three-week VR game jam, with big money prizes on offer
- Gun Monkeys price slashed, and free copy added, to encourage new players
- Teleglitch gets even more murderous today with the Die More Edition
- Assassin's Creed: Brahman comic book will explore the Brotherhood in 18th century India
- War of the Roses demo now listed as free to play
- July 23
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- Here's what next-gen real-time lighting is going to look like
- Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag gameplay video explores the New World
- MechWarrior Online creates tribute mech in memory of fallen fan
- The Bureau: XCOM Declassified's new live-action trailer lets the fans vote for the ending
- Mercenary Kings hits Steam's Early Access program
- Saints Row 4 gets another chance at Australian classification
- Kerbal Space Program chronicle — part two: the first Kerbal in space
- Blizzard's Battle.net desktop launcher shown in first footage of beta
- Eidos Montreal's general manager resigns citing "lack of courage" from Square Enix Europe
- Nidhogg is finally getting released this year
- Dota 2 Compendium buyers have raised an extra $1 million for The International 3's prize pool
- Runescape 3 released, launch trailer kills anything and everything
- Cradle footage contains a sad robot lady, a flying bus, and a lot of cubes
- Spelunky gets competitive with the Steam exclusive Daily Challenge
- Tangiers gets new details along with Kickstarter
- July 22
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- Aion's new Aethertech class is a giant robot thing, essentially
- Satellite Reign is looking awesome in these new gameplay visualization snippets
- Total Annihilation franchise bought by Wargaming, the owners of Gas Powered Games
- Magicka: Wizard Wars gets a nifty gameplay trailer
- Watch Dogs' pricey limited edition unveiled; game won't require internet connectivity
- Hyrule: Total War trailer celebrates 3.0 release of the Medieval 2 mod with a giant scorpion
- Titanfall's mech spawning explained: it's possible for everyone on the map to pilot a Titan
- The Walking Dead panel confirms Clementine will appear in Season 2
- WildStar trailer reveals inevitable race of cute rodent people
- Saints Row 4's San Diego Comic-Con panel reveals first DLC details
- July 21
- July 20
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- Age of Wonders III delayed to 2014 to ensure "even better experience"
- Gearbox announces HD remakes of Homeworld 1 and 2
- Dota 2's International Compendium updated with fantasy teams, player stamps, and more
- Battlefield 4 singleplayer plot details revealed in new blog post
- Wasteland 2 almost "feature complete," beta delayed to October
- Project Eternity director discusses stealth, combat and more in Q&A
- July 19
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- The Bureau: XCOM Declassified hands-on preview -- What I liked and didn't
- Guild Wars 2 outlines China release, new rewards in dev update
- Halo: Spartan Assault is now available
- GameLoading, a new documentary about indie development, seeks Kickstarter support
- New DayZ player activity map shows where newbies won't survive
- Warframe: an inside look at the popular free-to-play space-ninja fighter
- Ouya title TowerFall is coming to PC with new content
- Shadowrun Returns trailer explains magical cyberpunk fantasy and tactics
- Our forum is down while we burn out the bugs
- Play Planetside 2 with the PC Gamer outfit this weekend!
- Strider being remade by Capcom, plans to flip onto PCs next year
- The Bureau: XCOM Declassified covers up radial wheel, exposes permadeath
- Sword & Sworcery EP composer Jim Guthrie is star of the latest Humble Weekly Sale
- Batman: Arkham Origins trailer introduces Copperhead
- League of Legends adds undo button to the Public Beta Environment shop
- Possible PlanetSide 2 character buffs stir up community
- July 18
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- Tribes: Ascend interview - map-making, eSports, and the argument for Tribes: Ascend 2
- Johnny Gat exposes himself to Saints Row 4
- Arma 3 beta trailer brings out the war machines
- Sir, You Are Being Hunted teases new biomes, announces August 19 alpha release date
- Total War: Rome II footage shows orchestral soundtrack and bashing-things-with-hammers sound effects
- CD Projekt RED: "We are honest, straightforward, and fair, and this pays back"
- Path of Exile gets Twitch livestreaming capabilities, more gore
- Star Wars: The Old Republic hints at its other next content update
- Beyond Good & Evil 2's creator suggests re-announcement could happen in the next year
- Metro: Last Light's Faction Pack trailer is packed full of factions
- Splinter Cell: Blacklist trailer puts the fear into terrorists (and scriptwriters)
- Deadly Premonition brings its surreal charms to Steam Greenlight
- Team Fortress 2 makes work for idle hands with item drop update
- Indie Game: The Movie to add epilogues and short films in Special Edition release
- July 17
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- Half-Life co-op mod getting revamped, will find a home on Steam
- Skyrim mod endows you with the powers of Dishonored
- World of Warcraft to add yet another way to prove your skills
- Take On Mars trailer reveals first game footage; Early Access release date announced
- Civilization 5's online match-ups made easier with Giant Multiplayer Robot
- THQ gets approval for its liquidation plan, officially ending bankruptcy case
- The Bureau: XCOM Declassified trailer shows enemies unknown (and a few Sectoids)
- Tribes: Ascend planning map-making tools for the community
- Battlefield 3's rarest easter egg found over a year after it was first teased
- Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag trailer shows us heavy piracy, a smattering of assassination
- State of Decay developer discusses PC version
- Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams developer launches new Kickstarter campaign
- Shadowrun Returns feels fan support as it approaches release
- July 16
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- Behind Falskaar, a massive new Skyrim mod, and the 19-year-old who spent a year building it
- Guild Wars 1 "thriving," may "last forever," developer says
- Gearbox blog reveals the delicate work of adjusting FOV in first-person games
- The makers of Police Quest aim to resurrect the police procedural adventure with Precinct
- Lead SimCity developers leave EA to form indie studio
- Kerbal Space Program chronicle — part one: achieving orbit for science
- Neverwinter's Fury of the Feywild release date announced
- Dishonored's third DLC announced: The Brigmore Witches bring gothic mansions and creepy dogs
- Guild Wars 2's next update threatens throats with deadly politics
- The Dream Machine: Chapter 4 release date set for early August, after 21 month wait
- The Elder Scrolls Online will tailor dungeons to group play, offer "rare locales" for solo players
- F1 2013 announced, goes back to the '80s with Classic Edition
- Divinity: Dragon Commander rains down terror in multiplayer gameplay video
- July 15
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- Bethesda teases Dishonored's next DLC
- Fez sells 105K copies in 48 hours during Steam summer sale
- Ubisoft: Far Cry 4 is on its way
- Fallout: New Vegas fan film teased ahead of its premiere next week
- Europa Universalis 4 video explains the virtues and pitfalls of building an empire
- Mad Max trailer shows vehicular combat, violent flourishes and dark brooding
- Oculus Rift team want to release consumer version of the headset for free
- Valve Pipeline: an initiative designed to help students get into game development
- Ultra Street Fighter 4 announced - brings new characters and modes to the existing game
- Warframe update 9 released, adding new missions and a community designed robo-ninja
- July 14
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- July 12
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- Humble Weekly Sale features 15 Spiderweb Software RPGs
- FTL: Faster Than Light's music dissected and explained by its composer
- Lifeless Planet gameplay trailer is epic, verging on cosmically confusing
- Defiance is free to play for the first three days
- League of Legends player mouths off, gets arrested for making a "terroristic threat"
- Tabletop game Warmachine to storm onto PC in an already-successful Kickstarter campaign
- End of Nations has resurfaced, is now a DotA-like
- Bohemia Interactive hacked - usernames, emails and encrypted passwords taken
- Bit.Trip Fate traces a line towards Steam in time for the Summer Sale
- WildStar trailer takes aim at MMO combat
- Tribes: Ascend will not receive a major update for at least six months
- FRACT OSC gets Indie Fund support as it nears release
- Wasteland 2 joins with publisher Deep Silver ahead of release
- Viscera Cleanup Detail, a blue-collar vision of alien infestation
- July 11
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- Psychonauts, Spelunky, and Portal 2 characters join the cast of Runner 2
- New gameplay footage of The Chaos Engine remake shows off devotion to the original
- Dungeonmans is an open-world roguelike where your adventurers learn from each other
- Second Life developer acquires indie distribution site Desura
- The Steam Summer Sale is on
- Brutal Doom mod update coming next month, new trailer made of 90% gibs
- Total War: Rome II video sails through the Battle of the Nile
- Scrolls crafting update will let you merge cards into stat-tracking shinies
- Orcs Must Die! 2 gets Steam Workshop support: rapid-fire crossbow mod already available
- Team Fortress 2 update released, bringing new maps, balance changes, and Summer keys
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II map-pack Vengeance releases August 1st on PC
- July 10
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- The Secret World's new secret-agent themed update has flamethrowers and creepy bunkers
- Rising Storm mapping contest boasts $26,000 prize pool
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag video demonstrates the proper way to plunder
- Metro: Last Light to draw faction lines with new DLC
- Rumor: Steam Summer Sale starts tomorrow
- The Elder Scrolls Online expands closed beta with a new round of invites
- STALKER: Call of Pripyat mod Misery's new trailer runs through huge list of improvements
- Half-Life 2 mod Radiator 1-1: Polaris being remade as standalone game
- Payday 2 video steals your attention with its explanation of new features
- Sega sue THQ for $940,000 over Company of Heroes 2 pre-orders
- Dota 2 launches
- Rockstar explains the shooting and looting of GTA 5
- July 9
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- New Divinity: Dragon Commander video plays with politics
- Spelunky releasing on PC this August
- Star Citizen crowdfunding reaches $14 million, brings new features
- A comprehensive comparison of Dota 2 and League of Legends
- Firefall open beta launched, live-action trailer proves unusual way to celebrate
- Team Fortress 2 update to buff banners, nerf ringers, and split item sets
- GTA 5 trailer shows off its "sprawling satirical re-imagining" of Southern California
- League of Legends and Black Ops 2 pros star in Gfinity London 2013 tournament
- World of Tanks 8.7 update sounds off with British artillery and a new map
- Dota 2 beta invites' Steam Marketplace removal suggests we're closer to launch
- Rockstar job listing hints at possible GTA 5 PC release
- Gearbox: More Borderlands 2 DLC coming, new IP in development
- July 8
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- Monster Hunter Online teases the world with a few more videos
- Sir, You Are Being Hunted screenshots cower from robot-inflicted doom
- March of War's turn-based World War 2 mayhem now free on Steam Early Access
- New world record speedrun finishes Half-Life 2 in under 90 minutes
- Razer Surround Impressions
- Saints Row 4 considered "end of that saga," future games to go in different direction
- Valve's flat structure contains "hidden layer of powerful management", claims ex-employee
- Star Citizen trailer details economy and mission generation
- Neverwinter details upcoming Campaign meta-quest system
- Project CARS trailer shows more photorealistic racing; update brings Steam access to backers
- Star Wars: The Old Republic puts criminals on notice with Bounty Contract Week
- July 7
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- July 5
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- Indie platformer Gun Monkeys gets new trailer
- Team Fortress 2 update to add maps and fix exploits
- Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn flaunts its new world
- New Elder Scrolls Online dev video shows new monsters, first-person camera
- Leaked SimCity survey hints at some potential futures, including offline mode
- Obsidian wants to make Project Eternity a long-running franchise
- Dishonored's success makes it a "franchise," future of Rage unclear, Bethesda says
- Teacher Story: class war in a free-to-play RPG battler
- World of Warcraft "exploring the possibility" of an in-game real money store
- Commander Video: Bit.Trip Runner becomes a free browser-based endless platformer
- Borderlands 2: Game of the Year edition listing found in Steam database
- Dota 2 updates with new tutorials, Twitch.tv account link
- July 4
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- Final Fantasy VII wins random encounter, is rewarded with Steam release
- Guild Wars 2 may never get an expansion pack; new achievement rewards coming soon
- Natural Selection 2 update will introduce female marines
- GOG 24-hour Summer Sale Finale discounts all daily bundles starting today
- Firefall trailer shows Blackwater Anomaly, teases open beta story reveal
- Douglas C. Engelbart, computer visionary and inventor of the mouse, dies at 88
- July 3
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- Green Man Gaming's 666 sale offers great deals with The Devil
- Mark of the Ninja and Don't Starve developer unveils tactical espionage game Incognita
- New Black Annex gameplay footage is going to break into your secure facility, steal your wallet
- Aaru's Awakening invites you into hand-animated platforming paradise
- Monaco level editor now available, features Steam Workshop integration
- How I Game: Brian Fargo — CEO, inXile Entertainment
- Saints Row 4's Independence Day trailer shows a special sort of celebration
- Lian Li unveil quirky new PC mini-chassis designs, what do you think?
- Maia colonises Steam Greenlight - new trailer shows atmospheric isolation, chickens
- MechWarrior Online release date announced, open beta infographic will terrify engineers
- Runescape 3 release date announced: major MMO upgrade due end of July
- The Walking Dead: 400 Days launch trailer gives its survivors a bad time
- Ubisoft accounts hacked, email addresses and passwords compromised
- Left 4 Dead 2 update brings Linux support, adds "Extended Mutations" to Workshop
- Broken Age running out of money, Double Fine to use Steam Early Access for more
- July 2
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- Dwarf Fortress developers plan to work on the game for the next thirty years
- New Survarium alpha screenshots show off rust, decay, fog
- MLG president sees eSports comparable to NFL in near future
- Duke Nukem goes back in time with the Platformer Pack
- Elder Scrolls Online's dungeons will be instanced, difficult settings for group play
- New BioShock Infinite DLC to get late-July announcement
- It's classic spies vs. mercs in new Splinter Cell Blacklist video
- Operation Supply Drop raises over $24,000 to get games to soldiers
- Satellite Reign development diary tackles morality and simulation
- Guild Wars 2 prepares for Bazaar of the Four Winds, ArenaNet reiterate two week cycle
- PlanetSide 2's Battle Island to bring smaller scale skirmishes with an e-sports focus
- Team Fortress 2 item set aims to raise money for SpecialEffect
- Ultimate General: Gettysburg announced - an RTS from the creator of Total War's DarthMod
- Killing Floor Pier of Pain event adds new mode, map, and weapons, first gameplay video inside
- The Walking Dead: 400 Days comes out this week
- July 1
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- FTL: Faster Than Light fans creating a first-person, multiplayer treatment in Garry's Mod
- Pre-order Total War: Rome 2 for 25% Off [Updated]
- Light-and-dark platformer Contrast looks appropriately shady in these screenshots
- Thief developer diary steals a quick glance at Garrett's backstory
- Europa Universalis IV video preaches its enhanced religious systems
- Prison Architect alpha 11 update brings land expansion and prisoner release
- Star Citizen video shows off its detailed ship innards
- Steam Greenlight lets through eight more games, including World War 1 FPS
- TrackMania 2: Valley release date set for end of the week
