August 2012 Archive



Gotham City Imposters goes free-to-play with new version on Steam31 August 2012
NCsoft close Paragon Studios; City of Heroes switching off before the end of the year31 August 2012
Modern Warfare 3 Final Assault’s new maps look like this30 August 2012
Elder Scrolls Online concept art shows we're going to be travelling further afield than ever before30 August 2012
Chris Hecker's SpyParty gets a new look28 August 2012
Blizzard launch Battle.net World Championship site28 August 2012
Black Ops 2 Collector's Edition contents revealed; PC gets a little left out28 August 2012
Steam Community beta now available to all. Beware: boobs28 August 2012
New Skyrim DLC Hearthfire lets you build your own home and, erm, adopt children28 August 2012
Development of Prey 2 halted28 August 2012
Peter Moore gives BioWare vote of confidence despite SWTOR sub drop offs27 August 2012
Diablo 3's 1.0.4 patch causing Escrow Error 317402 in the real money auction house; players claim to be losing items and money27 August 2012
Counter-Strike's de_dust2 knock-off in Arctic Combat27 August 2012
Dean ‘Rocket’ Hall on DayZ’s bugs: “It's totally at the point now where people are just getting sick of a lot of the problems. I'm sick of the problems.”27 August 2012
Obsidian would "love" to make a KOTOR 327 August 2012
Dark Souls mod unlocks new resolutions for the PC port25 August 2012
Star Wars 1313 "The Vegas Strip" of the Star Wars games24 August 2012
XCOM: Enemy Unknown trailer shows casualties of war, men being shot with lasers24 August 2012
How's Wasteland 2 going Brian Fargo? "We're Kicking ass"23 August 2012
Morrowind was the ninth most Googled new term on the internet in 2002, followed by Warcraft 323 August 2012
KOTOR 2 finally comes to Steam23 August 2012
Charles Cecil launches Kickstarter for Broken Sword 523 August 2012
Jay Wilson apologises to David Brevik and details the future of Diablo 323 August 2012
Fifty Shades of Grey: Max Payne 3 Disorganized Crime Pack DLC out next week, brings with it black-and-white Noir Mode22 August 2012
Seven minutes of Battlefield 3: Armored Kill footage avec translation22 August 2012
Blizzard on why Heart of the Swarm won't have LAN22 August 2012
Interplay resurrects classic RPG studio: “Black Isle Studios is back”22 August 2012
Steam offline mode's getting fixed22 August 2012
Starcraft 2 progamer Stephano declines Millennium contract; likely signing with Evil Geniuses22 August 2012
Diablo 3 patch 1.0.4 is out, adds Paragon levels and buffs Legendary items21 August 2012
Bethesda register new trademark; is the next Skyrim expansion going to be called Hearthfire?21 August 2012
Diablo 3 patch 1.0.4 launches tomorrow, patch notes available now21 August 2012
Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm beta is almost ready to hatch20 August 2012
Thank God for DRM: meet classic arena shooter Death Ray Manta20 August 2012
Blizzard adds Paragon Levels to Diablo 3, effectively raising level cap to 16020 August 2012
Mvp wins SC2 Intel Extreme Masters at Gamescom20 August 2012
Action! Valve start the run up to the second Saxxy awards17 August 2012
Blizzard reveals upcoming patch 1.0.4 changes to the Witch Doctor17 August 2012
Ubisoft launches its own distribution service, Uplay PC; games going for £1 to celebrate16 August 2012
Lords of Shadow 2 is getting a PC release16 August 2012
Blizzard details upcoming changes to Diablo 3's Wizard class in patch 1.0.416 August 2012
Steam Community Update update: personal content pages, favouriting and screenshot "works of art"15 August 2012
Blizzard details upcoming changes to Diablo 3's Barbarian class in patch 1.0.415 August 2012
Legendary items in Diablo 3 to become way more powerful, adding new custom effects15 August 2012
Dead Space 3 trailer shows how peoples' insides are yucky; also, February 8th release date confirmed14 August 2012
Madcatz make keyboards modular with the S.T.R.I.K.E 714 August 2012
Steam Community Update update: changes coming to Groups14 August 2012
Half-Life 3 to be revealed at Gamescom? Errr... [UPDATE ANSWER: No, it isn't.]14 August 2012
More evidence of item duplication in Diablo 3: six wizards spotted with the same item14 August 2012
Double Fine to forego “console work-for-hire” to work on independent projects from now on13 August 2012
Epic Games buy Bulletstorm dev People Can Fly13 August 2012
Redesign coming to Steam community: meet hubs13 August 2012
Diablo 3 patch 1.0.4 release date revealed13 August 2012
XCOM: Enemy Unknown to have competitive multiplayer13 August 2012
Steam Greenlight: Every little detail13 August 2012
Self-propagating Bundle in a Box released13 August 2012
Hoodwink: when big business rules the world... again.13 August 2012
Journey creator thatgamecompany to start developing for multiple platforms13 August 2012
Indie shooter Plus Gun forces you to choose between points and power13 August 2012
Steam Greenlight gives indie devs a new route to getting their games on Steam13 August 2012
Happy birthday ModDB! Spiritual home of modding turns ten years old today13 August 2012
Sir, You are Being Hunted trailer shows gentrified robots hunting13 August 2012
DayZ Hotfix tackles an ammunition loading problem, graphical glitches and a respawn issue13 August 2012
Ubisoft Montpellier reveal Barbara, the new playable character for Rayman Legends10 August 2012
Firaxis are “completely altruistic PC champions”; prove it with PC-only battlefield grid and greater camera zoom for XCOM: Enemy Unknown10 August 2012
Deal Post: Green Man Gaming are offering 20% off any and all PC games10 August 2012
Changes being made to Black Mesa following leaked footage10 August 2012
Assassin's Creed 3 confirmed for PC release on November 2310 August 2012
Dark Souls PC port capped at 30FPS and limited resolution10 August 2012
Epic's new studio staffed by ex-Big Huge Games developers 10 August 2012
Zynga is working on a “hardcore” game9 August 2012
Blizzard detail Diablo 3 patch 1.0.4 update9 August 2012
Steam to start stocking software in September8 August 2012
Call of Duty: Blacks Ops 2 leak hints at eSports-friendly Live Streaming feature8 August 2012
Zyra getting major nerfs7 August 2012
The best mods for Napoleon: Total War7 August 2012
Blizzard launch Diablo 3 online character profiles7 August 2012
John Carmack: Oculus Rift VR "Fully-supported" in Doom 46 August 2012
Killing villagers to have consequences in Minecraft6 August 2012
Clever man builds fully functioning Diablo 3 arcade cabinet6 August 2012
Newly rich man makes $10,000 in the Diablo 3 Real Money Auction House6 August 2012
Leaked screenshot rumoured to reveal new Prince of Persia reboot6 August 2012
EA files lawsuit against Zynga for copyright infringement on behalf of Maxis, in a “case of principle”3 August 2012
Assassin’s Creed 3 trailer shows off engine AnvilNext, to the tune of 2,000 NPCs in one battle sequence3 August 2012
Diablo 3 auction house improvements coming: better filters and auction cancellations3 August 2012
Skyrim: Dawnguard is out now on PC3 August 2012
PCGamesN update: our first month was quite nice2 August 2012
Steam hardware survey suggests the average gaming PC is getting slightly slower2 August 2012
Valve “don't have plans to change” after European Court of Justice ruling; offers perspective on UK Steam game withdrawals1 August 2012
Starcraft II patch 1.5 is out now1 August 2012
Starcraft II Pro-file: Ilyles 'Stephano' Satouri1 August 2012
Diablo 3 Armory teaser image contains hidden easter egg1 August 2012
New Steam terms of service prevents class action lawsuits against Valve1 August 2012