January 2013 Archive



Steam Greenlight browsing made easier by new Valve update31 January 2013
SimCity Digital Deluxe Edition trailer shows off rainy Britain31 January 2013
Yogscast raise over £200,000 for Oxfam, in part by using a sexy bee31 January 2013
Wargaming.net acquire MechAssault and FEAR 3 developers Day 1 Studios31 January 2013
The Weekly Playlist: the one where only Paul and Nick write about PC games30 January 2013
Crytek form new US studio from the ashes of Vigil30 January 2013
Dead Space 3 PC port defended by exec producer: “We want to make sure everyone's having that same experience”30 January 2013
Crusader Kings 2 bug fixes offer fantastic look at system depth29 January 2013
Diablo 3 Auction House hit by low-price gem scam29 January 2013
Blizzard: "We acknowledge that Diablo 3 needs to be a better game."28 January 2013
StarCraft 2 Iron Squid tournament in Paris sees Life come out on top28 January 2013
State Senator Leland Yee says "Gamers have no credibility" in discussion of videogame violence27 January 2013
Soulfinity: the indie game that's all about self-sacrifice27 January 2013
Xfire to launch Battleground, a new competitive gaming hub service27 January 2013
Spotlight on Greenlight, 26/1/13: Space Shock27 January 2013
Monaco developer Adam Schatz "stretch goals are total bullshit"27 January 2013
Half-Life and Counter-Strike 1.6 released on Mac and Linux; better late than never. Right, guys? Guys?27 January 2013
What PC gamers want from Call of Duty: Black Ops 226 January 2013
Black Ops 2 to get more Hardcore modes, but Treyarch need your help to decide which25 January 2013
Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen trailer features swords, serpents, and demons25 January 2013
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2: Revolution DLC trailer is a little Tarantino, a little Terry Tate, a lot awkward25 January 2013
Vigil not yet sold; putting future of Darksiders in doubt25 January 2013
Voxel: the browser-based Minecraft clone that hints at what you can do with an API24 January 2013
EA baffled by own SimCity beta TOS ban threat: “We have never taken away access to a player’s games for not reporting a bug."24 January 2013
Heart of the Swarm will give new players “a better experience”24 January 2013
Ralph Nader calls violent video games “electronic child molesters”; well at least he didn't use loaded language24 January 2013
Dead Space 3 PC will be a console port; no bells, no whistles23 January 2013
Blizzard All-stars: everything we know23 January 2013
StarCraft 2 Heart of the Swarm intro video released sans game23 January 2013
World of Tanks roundup: more gift shop packages and events23 January 2013
Dead Space 3 will let you turn real money into in-game weapons23 January 2013
Exodus at Own3d.tv as gaming teams switch streaming platforms23 January 2013
Oddworld team ask community what game to make next21 January 2013
Blizzard were working on a version of Diablo set in space21 January 2013
FTL’s Justin Wa doesn’t plan on using Kickstarter again: "We prefer to work from within a cave until we have something we feel is worth showing”21 January 2013
Paradox now selling digital copies through new online store, offers launch deals21 January 2013
Cobalt trailer shows off forward flips, time trials and level editor21 January 2013
Atari’s US wing files for bankruptcy21 January 2013
Halo 2's multiplayer servers to shutdown in February as only 20 players online at peak times21 January 2013
SimCity beta weekend begins January 25, registration ends January 2120 January 2013
Chris Taylor’s Wildman: first in-game footage of the “evolutionary action RPG”20 January 2013
Spotlight on Greenlight, 19/1/1320 January 2013
Lego Marvel Super Heroes footage; marvel at big Hulk20 January 2013
Gas Powered Games layoffs cause Taylor to ask Wildman backers to decide whether to continue20 January 2013
Trials Evolution: Gold will wheelie its way onto the PC on March 22, expect accidents19 January 2013
Green Man Gaming “taking a hit” to keep price of games in Australia and New Zealand steady18 January 2013
Civilization 5: One World expansion revealed in Steam database; no comment from 2K18 January 2013
Bioshock: Infinite system specs revealed; also, many PC-friendly features17 January 2013
Assassin's Creed movie scribe announced: Michael Lesslie17 January 2013
Free Bundle gives indie games away for free17 January 2013
Black Ops 2 Nuketown Zombies map comes to the PC this Thursday16 January 2013
MLP: Fighting is Magic pulled from Evo 2013 headliner draw16 January 2013
Unwritten: That Which Happened has shadow puppets and Mongolian throat-singing16 January 2013
Chris Taylor on Wildman and life as an escaped zoo animal16 January 2013
Game 101: inside the world of student game design16 January 2013
A first look at Diablo 3’s PvP Graveyard map 16 January 2013
Blizzard bans an undisclosed but probably not insignificant number of Diablo 3 players15 January 2013
Diablo 3 expansion definitely coming15 January 2013
Blizzard register new domain name: What is 'Project Blackstone'?15 January 2013
Blizzard ban “several thousand” Diablo 3 botters in one fell swoop15 January 2013
Diablo 3's vote kicking to be modified after Hardcore players use it to slay rivals15 January 2013
Diablo 3 patch 1.0.7 has class updates and “quality of life improvements”, but you’ll login for the new duelling mode15 January 2013
Diablo 3 PvP latest: Team Deathmatch scrapped and started again, duelling promised for patch 1.0.715 January 2013
Aaron Schwartz found dead on Friday - SOPA activist and Reddit co-founder14 January 2013
Born to be Wildman: meet Chris Taylor and Gas Powered Games' new Moba / RTS brought to you by Kickstarter14 January 2013
The week in PC gaming: 7th / 13th January14 January 2013
Spotlight on Greenlight, 12/1/1314 January 2013
Double Fine exploring THQ bankruptcy filing14 January 2013
Arkham Universe domain registered by Warner Bros affiliate14 January 2013
Starcraft 2 players given free name change by way of Blizzard apology14 January 2013
Awesome Games Done Quick raises over $420,000 in a week for Prevent Cancer Foundation14 January 2013
US bill to research the impact of violent games is not taken up by Congress, will be reintroduced in next session12 January 2013
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad in development at new 1C and 777 Studios outfit11 January 2013
Vice President Biden to meet with games industry reps, will discuss gun violence10 January 2013
There's a Torment game in development at Brian Fargo’s inXile, but it's not set in Planescape10 January 2013
The TaleSpinner Interactive Fiction Project opens on IndieGoGo, offers text adventure tools and marketplace10 January 2013
SimCity intro trailer shows off the different city types and the system layers powering them10 January 2013
My Little Ponies: Fighting is Magic may headline EVO 201310 January 2013
Games accounted for $83 million of Kickstarter pledges in 2012. More than any other medium10 January 2013
Half-Life alpha build leaked online... 15 years after the game's release9 January 2013
Aliens: Colonial Marines story trailer fills out the characters who will surely be eviscerated9 January 2013
Watch the Make Something Unreal finalists pitch their games9 January 2013
Lego Marvel Super Heroes coming this autumn, probably not canon9 January 2013
The Battle Hardened DLC adds multiplayer maps to Assassin's Creed 3, available for PC on January 159 January 2013
Analysis: what’s in the Piston Steam Box, and why does it matter? 9 January 2013
Black Ops 2 Revolution DLC map details leaked9 January 2013
THQ now courting bids for individual studios and franchises9 January 2013
Black Ops 2 Revolution DLC will let you play as the zombies9 January 2013
IGF main competition finalists announced8 January 2013
Fistful of Gun is Western themed fun8 January 2013
Winnie the Pooh: Home Run Derby is not suitable for children7 January 2013
First GSL StarCraft 2 tournament of 2013 gets underway with Up & Down relegation rounds this week6 January 2013
THQ denied control through bankruptcy; Warner Brothers interested in buying publisher6 January 2013
GSL Code StarCraft 2 Finals at IPL 5: HyuN and Sniper close out 2012 in seven bruising games6 January 2013
Heart of the Swarm beta update majorly re-balances many of the units6 January 2013
What's the difference between Starcraft 2 clans and groups? 6 January 2013
DongRaeGu at IPL5: On his slump, Zerg balance, and the future of StarCraft 26 January 2013
NASL Season 4 Grand Finals close out 2012's StarCraft 2's major tournament season this weekend6 January 2013
Team Liquid's HerO wins NASL Season 4 StarCraft 2 championship with miracle comeback against viOLet6 January 2013
Blizzard's Mike Morhaime on the future of StarCraft 2 eSports, Heart of the Swarm, and community concerns6 January 2013
Heart of the Swarm beta expanded with pre-order access6 January 2013
Evil Geniuses-Team Liquid play KT Rolster tonight in StarCraft 2 Proleague round 26 January 2013
Dreadline Kickstarter looking to fund creation of an 8-year-old mass murderer5 January 2013
Spotlight on Greenlight, 5/1/135 January 2013
The War Z brought down by hackers, many Steam users still unable to play5 January 2013
James Bond games disappear from Steam and Activision store5 January 2013
Vlambeer release Techno King for free to celebrate the new year5 January 2013
Telepath Tactics development continues after Kickstarter failure; creator “taking a short break to recuperate before trying again”5 January 2013
Dead Space 3 recap trailer handily collates the sorry story so far5 January 2013
The War Z dev issues full apology following removal of game from Steam4 January 2013
UK digital game sales top £550m in 2012; physical retailers fare worse, blame slide on “a lack of compelling new titles”4 January 2013
Jurassic Life mod trailer shows work in progress dinosaurs - still rousing4 January 2013
What the next-generation of consoles should learn from PC gaming3 January 2013
Spend New Year's Eve with PC games and Rob, who is alone3 January 2013
The post-Christmas coverage continues, Julian is alone.2 January 2013