March 2013 Archive



The Weekly Playlist: the one where Jules spoils Bioshock: Infinite and Paul declares his love for Peggle31 March 2013
Civilization V mod installs Kim Jong-Un as leader. Also includes horse31 March 2013
PlanetSide 2: Terran Republic weapon guide30 March 2013
Spotlight on Greenlight: The Gallery: Six Elements30 March 2013
Oculus Rift developer kits now shipping29 March 2013
N++ announced let the minimalist ninja-ing commence29 March 2013
SimCity update 2.0 will fix recycling centre bug and streetcars29 March 2013
EVE Fanfest streaming details announced29 March 2013
Diablo 3's Jay Wilson on auction house: “would turn it off if we could”29 March 2013
Unreal Engine 4 tech demo looks fancy but can it make toast?29 March 2013
The fall and rise of The Old Republic: “It's good times right now”29 March 2013
No preconceptions, just predecessors: Larian Studios' Swen Vincke on old school influences29 March 2013
SOE offering to double your PlanetSide 2 Station Cash and Experience Points all weekend29 March 2013
Dust 514 Uprising trailer shows off cross-platform orbital strikes from EVE Online29 March 2013
YouTube announces in-game live streaming functionality for games developers29 March 2013
Star Wars: The Old Republic gaining 10,000 new players every day since going free-to-play28 March 2013
Total War: Rome 2 eyes-on28 March 2013
IGF and GDC winners announced; Cart Life, FTL, and Journey runaway winners28 March 2013
Sponsored post: Green Man Gaming's Easter deals include up to 75% off Codemasters games28 March 2013
PC software sales surpass $20 billion in 201228 March 2013
Battlefield 4 DLC Drone Strike revealed as preorder bonus28 March 2013
Total War: Arena is a free-to-play multiplayer RTS-cum-MOBA28 March 2013
Brenda Brathwaite resigns as co-chair of IGDA Women in Games SIG28 March 2013
First Thief footage comes to light28 March 2013
Dragon Commander hands on: ideas take flight28 March 2013
Dota 2 update adds Bristleback, UI updates and snails28 March 2013
Divinity: Original Sin hands on: decisions, decisions...28 March 2013
SimCity always-online decision made for the game's sake, say EA: "DRM was never even brought up once."28 March 2013
Company of Heroes 2 multiplayer beta due to light up April 2 for a select few28 March 2013
The faces of Activision: see the results of the publisher's R&D experiments in "next generation life"28 March 2013
Dishonored began life as a game set in Medieval Japan28 March 2013
Team Fortress 2 update vanishes invisible players and “tiny red sentries”28 March 2013
Total War: Something to be announced at GDC tomorrow27 March 2013
SimCity 100% residential city reaches 1.32 million population without exploding27 March 2013
Age of Wonders 3 footage features scoundrels and dragons bones. Lacks tea-drinking27 March 2013
GoD Factory: Wingmen trailer reveals a deeper space shooter than expected27 March 2013
Unreal now playable in a browser via Mozilla plugin27 March 2013
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon achievements suggest a standalone expansion is incoming27 March 2013
Divinity: Original Sin Kickstarter project launches; Larian want $400k to finish their turn-based, isometric RPG27 March 2013
Apple are wrong: games can and should be political27 March 2013
Battlefield 4's trailer exposes the limits of modern single player shooters27 March 2013
Total War: Rome 2 will find homes for 117 factions, and might just run on your laptop27 March 2013
See Red Orchestra’s take on Iwo Jima in Rising Storm’s bloody GDC trailer27 March 2013
I have inserted myself into these ten new Grand Theft Auto V screenshots — can you spot me?27 March 2013
Strategy publisher Paradox to branch out into e-books, launch titles include Mojang biography27 March 2013
Black Ops 2 microtransactions introduce the Bacon Personalisation Pack to PC from April 1227 March 2013
Marvel Heroes release date set for June 4; pricey Founders Program grants beta access sooner27 March 2013
Plants vs Zombies 2: Garden Warfare to blossom in the summer; Adventures spinoff in Facebook beta27 March 2013
EA shows off a giant Battlefield 4 trailer, a whole 17 minutes and 13 seconds of exploding27 March 2013
BioWare to shut down The Old Republic’s Asia-Pacific servers26 March 2013
Don't call Magicka: Wizard Wars a MOBA: "It's a NOBA"26 March 2013
Infinite Crisis hands-on: Turbine's DC multiverse MOBA26 March 2013
World of Tanks Blitz is a mobile and tablet game “inspired by” the PC MMO26 March 2013
Peggle is free on Mac and PC (for now)26 March 2013
Flame and Frost: The Razing patch notes chart the latest in living stories and leaderboards for Guild Wars 226 March 2013
Reservoir Dogs’ Michael Madsen signs up to voice Daud in Dishonored DLC26 March 2013
StarForge first impressions: too little too soon26 March 2013
Scrolls paid beta confirmed for end of April as Mojang ponder Hearthstone26 March 2013
Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes servers to close at the end of the month26 March 2013
Planetside 2 double XP and Station Cash this weekend; mobile app to be launched at GDC26 March 2013
Tomb Raider sold 3.4 million copies: “Despite the high critical acclaim, failed to meet each target”26 March 2013
El Centro air show to fly this weekend26 March 2013
PixelJunk Inc. headed for Steam26 March 2013
Witcher 3 developers working on two “smaller” games besides Cyberpunk 207726 March 2013
Wildstar video shows players deserve housing 26 March 2013
Bioshock Infinite and Tomb Raider performance improved by new Nvidia drivers26 March 2013
Square Enix president Yoichi Wada steps down as company announces "extraordinary loss"26 March 2013
GTA 4 Vice City mod video brings the 80s into the RAGE engine26 March 2013
World of Warcraft patch 5.3 making “dramatic changes” to PvP gear26 March 2013
Assassins Creed 3 team "aimed for next-gen before next-gen" 25 March 2013
Bioshock Infinite launch trailer shows the world going all topsy turvy25 March 2013
The Big Blue is a dolphin-based deep sea MMO that begins “immediately after the extinction of humans”25 March 2013
Oculus to get custom Oculus-ready UDK25 March 2013
SimCity Trackmania City video shows how awesome the scenic route can be25 March 2013
An audience with Dean Hall: "DayZ is a fuck you to everyone who said modding wasn't important." 25 March 2013
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag’s first trailer sees underwater chests opened, whales overturned25 March 2013
Borderlands 2 has another vault hunter join its ranks: Krieg the Psycho25 March 2013
Almost hands-on with Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft25 March 2013
Watch Fortnite’s Minecraft-lite construction system demoed at PAX East25 March 2013
Paradox announce Magicka: Wizard Wars25 March 2013
Infinite Crisis revealed: the only MOBA to feature Batman25 March 2013
Carenado shows off the Centurion II25 March 2013
Riot believe that League of Legends players are "in general very sportsmanlike"25 March 2013
Company of Heroes: The Great War 1918 mod released25 March 2013
Battlefield 4 teaser hints at strong future for planes and that25 March 2013
The Weekly Playlist: the one where Paul slows down World War 2 and Jeremy travels back to 200424 March 2013
Transistor video shows 15 minutes of in-game footage24 March 2013
Double Fine Adventure game gets title and website24 March 2013
Mass Effect 3 saw the death of 10.7 billion space creatures24 March 2013
Blockbusters sold to Gordon Brothers Europe24 March 2013
Lara Croft: Reflections trademarked by Square Enix24 March 2013
Eve Online: Odyssey announced; will have you unearth the secrets of New Eden24 March 2013
Red 5 reveal their own TV station, Stage 5 TV23 March 2013
Battlefield 4 Shanghai setting confirmed23 March 2013
Spotlight on Greenlight, 23/3/13: Hammerwatch23 March 2013
Star Trek Online: Legacy of Romulus update brings pointy ears to the fray this May23 March 2013
Left 4 Dead 2 invades Resident Evil 6 in character crossover22 March 2013
Runescape 3 will release this summer. Also, Runescape 3 is a thing22 March 2013
Sponsored post: Green Man Gaming offering XCOM and one other game free with Bioshock Infinite pre-order22 March 2013
Chris Avellone to join Torment: Tides of Numenera team when Kickstarter hits $3.5m22 March 2013
Inside Daedelic's adventure games revival: "They are more literature than games"22 March 2013
Firefall devs release milestone 0.6 update alongside lengthiest patch notes world has ever seen22 March 2013
Splinter Cell Blacklist video demonstrates various playstyles22 March 2013
Total War: Rome 2's Egyptian faction revealed: the ones with the elephants22 March 2013
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft revealed: a free-to-play CCG set in the Warcraft universe22 March 2013
Watch Blizzard’s mystery announcement live from PAX East22 March 2013
Hands on with Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall22 March 2013
GOMTV to start streaming Dota 222 March 2013
Guild Wars 2 Flame and Frost: The Razing brings leaderboards and an end to WvW culling22 March 2013
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hostage rescue mode reworked in new update22 March 2013
League of Legends dev owners Tencent now have a 40% stake in Epic Games22 March 2013
The Steam Indie Spring Sale: ten games you should probably own21 March 2013
New Battlefield 4 videos tease the fundamentals of war21 March 2013
Heart of the Swarm sold 1.1 million copies in two days21 March 2013
Reminder: Make Something Unreal Live is drawing near21 March 2013
The Old Republic’s free-to-play option brings in thousands of new players “every single day”21 March 2013
This week's Dota 2 update delivers flying pig, no new hero21 March 2013
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community map Support Passes incoming21 March 2013
An open letter to the next boss of EA21 March 2013
Minecraft 1.5.1 sees The Redstone Update updated21 March 2013
CCP assemble Dust 514’s player-run War Council21 March 2013
Trials Evolution: Gold Edition lands (the right way up) on PC today21 March 2013
Blizzard want to let players customise their own Diablo 3 item stats21 March 2013
Skyrim patch 1.9 is out, “effectively removes the overall level cap” via Legendary skill grind21 March 2013
War of the Roses: Kingmaker trailer is chock full of blood and Blessed20 March 2013
Battlefield 4 site goes live; it has you wipe a wet window. Seriously20 March 2013
Nvidia Face Works video shows faces working20 March 2013
EVE Online bot policy moves to two strike system20 March 2013
Steam now selling early access to games20 March 2013
TERA tops 1.4 million players thanks to free-to-play revamp20 March 2013
Wildstar trailer makes the case for action-heavy, outer-space MMOing20 March 2013
Double Fine’s Dropchord shows off what’s possible with PC motion controllers20 March 2013
Crystal Dynamics have “no plans” for single-player Tomb Raider DLC20 March 2013
Richard Garriott: "I’ve met virtually no one I think is close to as good a game designer as I am"20 March 2013
Minecraft Realms release coming “later this year”20 March 2013
SimCity patch 1.7 remedies traffic congestion20 March 2013
Team Fortress 2 VR mode added in new patch20 March 2013
Democracy 3 video shows ministers get “bitter and cynical over time” and that terrorists are bad people19 March 2013
Warframe PhysX trailer steals all the world's pretties19 March 2013
EVE Online immortalised in cake form19 March 2013
Call of Duty Championship 2013 European Qualifiers see UK and Irish wins19 March 2013
The Humble Weekly Sales kicks off with Bastion and some ace extras19 March 2013
Bastion developers reveal new game: Transistor19 March 2013
SimCity players in the UK can claim their free game on Origin right now19 March 2013
Aliens: Colonial Marines covers its gaping wounds with a 3.8GB patch19 March 2013
Mojang issue Minecraft 1.5.1 pre-release, full release to come Thursday19 March 2013
Garry’s Mod drops Doomguy into Half-Life 2, with gibtacular results19 March 2013
This Metro: Last Light trailer reckons you’d be awful after the apocalypse19 March 2013
Elder Scrolls Online hands-on: a first-person, first-class MMO19 March 2013
The Tomb Raider reboot that might have been: horse-riding and hot pants19 March 2013
Blizzard on Heart of the Swarm’s first week: “Nobody is close to figuring the game out yet.”19 March 2013
Riot threaten League of Legends pro with permaban for suspected DoS attacks, suspend seven guilty of Elo-boosting19 March 2013
League of Legends 3.04 patch notes reveal restricted chat punishment for "toxic" players19 March 2013
Five lessons from MLG's Heart of the Swarm Winter Championship19 March 2013
Dungeon Defenders 2 announced; features MOBA-influenced cross-platform multiplayer18 March 2013
EA Origin exploit lets hackers hijack your PC, technically18 March 2013
EA CEO John Riccitiello resigns18 March 2013
Fez PC release date announced: 1 May on Steam18 March 2013
SimCity sold 1.1 million copies in first two weeks18 March 2013
Steam update adds artists' corner to the Community hub18 March 2013
The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct trailer reminds us that it's due out tomorrow. Yes, already18 March 2013
Team Fortress 2 VR edition revealed: six rounds on Badwater with the Oculus Rift18 March 2013
SimCity owners can choose between Battlefield 3, Dead Space 3, Mass Effect 3 and more for their free apology game on Origin18 March 2013
Thief 4 non-lethal playthroughs very much possible, say Eidos Montreal18 March 2013
Halo 3 is coming to PC, AMD graphics driver suggests. Update: Nope, say Microsoft.18 March 2013
Total War fan and cancer victim lives on in Rome 218 March 2013
League of Legends champion reveal time: meet Zac, the Secret Weapon18 March 2013
Aperture R&D is a Portal-derived web series you might like18 March 2013
Battlefield 4’s first promo image arrives, is wet18 March 2013
Marvel Heroes will avoid Diablo 3's real money auction house: “there’s a veil of paying for power there," says Brevik18 March 2013
World of Warcraft realm transfers encouraged for players on overpopulated servers18 March 2013
StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm - the first week17 March 2013
The Weekly Playlist: the one where Rob tries to save the world and Julian turns traitor17 March 2013
League of Legends surpasses 5 million concurrent players17 March 2013
Supreme Commander 2 patch 1.26 reworks economy and AI neural networks17 March 2013
Wildstar video gives long look at the world of Deradune17 March 2013
Oculus Rift no longer shipping with Doom BFG17 March 2013
Skullgirls engine offered to My Little Pony fighting game developers Mane 617 March 2013
Rise of Nations spotted in Steam database, is a re-release of the RTS classic coming soon?16 March 2013
Pandora: First Contact will scratch that Alpha Centauri itch16 March 2013
Guild Wars 2 team debate “all the time” whether the game has become too complicated16 March 2013
Reus video shows how plump chickens are the basis for a strong city16 March 2013
Star Wars: The Old Republic double XP events kick off today16 March 2013
Tomb Raider players have slaughtered 5,294,879 deer and raided 3,570,956 tombs16 March 2013
Spotlight on Greenlight, 16/3/13: Tower of Guns16 March 2013
StarCraft 2 mod remakes Diablo 216 March 2013
Lucy Bradshaw gives some "straight answers" about SimCity: "In many ways, we built an MMO”15 March 2013
Battlefield 4 officially confirmed; reveal coming March 26th15 March 2013
Bestselling fantasy author and Dragonlance creator Tracy Hickman joins Shroud of the Avatar15 March 2013
Blizzard revealing "something new and different" at PAX East15 March 2013
Sponsored post: Green Man Gaming's Indie Weekend sees up to 75% off hundreds of titles15 March 2013
Mode 7 Games announce Frozen Endzone, a semi-sequel to Synapse15 March 2013
Black Ops 2 PC patch improves CODcast and rebalances half a score of guns15 March 2013
Saints Row 4 makes its trailer debut; cheeks will be tongued in August15 March 2013
Civilization 5: Brave New World announced, culture and diplomacy to be revamped15 March 2013
Battlefield 3 premium people get double XP weekend, non-premium dogs get dog tag challenge15 March 2013
Valve’s business grew “about 50%” last year thanks to “open platforms”15 March 2013
DreamHack Open Stockholm sign-ups and tickets now available15 March 2013
Star Wars: The Old Republic patch 1.7.2 dramatically improves free-to-play quality of life15 March 2013
Dota 2 hero concept art revealed; Legion Commander is indeed a woman14 March 2013
Sniper Elite 3 will be “more of a sandbox game”14 March 2013
Don’t Starve patch makes things damp and miserable for added fun times14 March 2013
Legendary composer Jeremy Soule kickstarts his first symphony 14 March 2013
Skullgirls crowdfunding campaign secures new character: Big Band14 March 2013
MLG Winter Championship begins in Dallas tomorrow, featuring League of Legends and Heart of the Swarm14 March 2013
Warhammer 40K turn-based strategy game in the works at Slitherine14 March 2013
Arma 3 Alpha Lite now available14 March 2013
See Neverwinter's Control Wizard puppeteering on the battlefield14 March 2013
Call of Duty has “almost ruined a generation of shooter players”, reckons Tripwire head14 March 2013
Modder gets SimCity working offline in truncated form14 March 2013
Diablo was originally "a single-player, turn-based DOS game," says designer, then Battle.net happened14 March 2013
Minecraft Snapshot 13w11a is out already, 1.5 now a distant memory14 March 2013
The future of the IGN Pro League is still in doubt: Blizzard have "no plans" to take over operation of the IPL 14 March 2013
Marvel Heroes preview: superheroes supercharged14 March 2013
Peter Molyneux, Miles ‘Football Manager’ Jacobson and more to critique finalists at Make Something Unreal Live14 March 2013
BioShock Infinite trailer features misuse of skyrail equipment14 March 2013
SimCity servers will stay online “as long as there are people playing”14 March 2013
Minecraft Realms is a subscription service for families that will “bring in more money than the game itself”14 March 2013
Twitch announce “record-breaking” 28 million unique views in February14 March 2013
Cyberpunk 2077 will incorporate CD Projekt’s first go at multiplayer, if The Witcher 3 doesn’t get there first13 March 2013
Mojam 2013 raised $517,489 for charity, Notch’s beard killed in aftermath13 March 2013
For the Dovahkeen: Skyrim Dragonborn statue pre-orders now open13 March 2013
Minecraft 1.5, the Redstone Update, is out now13 March 2013
Dishonored’s The Knife of Dunwall DLC officially announced for April 1613 March 2013
Tropical Skyrim throws out climactic dragon fights for climate change13 March 2013
Infinite Scuba opens up the deep blue sea13 March 2013
Diablo 3 patch 1.0.7a is out, means less bug-induced Arcane Power for Wizards13 March 2013
Blizzard expand StarCraft 2’s Gold League to 32% of players to be “more inclusive”13 March 2013
If Xi3’s Piston isn’t a ‘Steambox’, nobody’s told Xi3: “We were asked to build a product specifically for Valve”13 March 2013
SimCity site now shows server availability12 March 2013
Wellcome Trust to run a live pitch event at this year’s Develop conference12 March 2013
Elder Scrolls Online combat detailed; tanks not necessary, apparently12 March 2013
Payday 2 reveal trailer wears its influences on its sleeve12 March 2013
World of Tanks sets Guinness World Record12 March 2013
EVE Online launcher to start using BitTorrent12 March 2013
Valve have “no involvement” in Xi3’s Piston12 March 2013
Dishonored’s next DLC will have you kill Corvo’s ward yourself12 March 2013
Ron Gilbert leaves Double Fine for pirates12 March 2013
Splinter Cell: Blacklist collector’s editions announced with silly names attached12 March 2013
The strange case of the Valve economist and the Virtual Reality contact lenses12 March 2013
Plants vs Zombies Adventures domains registered by EA12 March 2013
Black Ops 2 microtransactions let you cover your guns in bacon; Nuketown 2025 to be unlocked for all12 March 2013
Rift users played for 58% longer when bribed with promotional trinkets12 March 2013
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare mod tools are “one of the next big things you’ll see coming”11 March 2013
Avalanche say “the PS4 will out-power most PCs for years to come”11 March 2013
Train Simulator 2013 gets high-speed link11 March 2013
StarDrive trailer shows space bears fighting space owls11 March 2013
PETA remind StarCraft 2 players that “Zerglings have feelings, too"11 March 2013
Defiance trailer shows off all the guns11 March 2013
Why does Richard ‘Space’ Garriott need a Kickstarter project, anyway?11 March 2013
Arma 3 hands-on: I swam into the sea and met a turtle11 March 2013
Piston, the first 'Steambox' gets a trailer11 March 2013
Game 101: The Golden Twins, an Au-some isometric maze runner11 March 2013
Game 101: The Grimm Battles, in which Smash Bros. meets the popular childhood imagination11 March 2013
SimCity server instability “almost behind us”, report Maxis11 March 2013
Italian League of Legends players to get Gladiator Draven free with localisation11 March 2013
Heart of the Swarm international launch times: get ‘em here11 March 2013
Blizzard’s 21-hour Heart of the Swarm launch broadcast begins now; Day[9]’s King of the Beta tournament to come later11 March 2013
The Weekly Playlist: the one where Paul is excommunicated and Jules is blamed for murder10 March 2013
Shadowrun Returns in-game footage shows swords, gorgeous artwork, and magic10 March 2013
Tomb Raider patch improves Nvidia performance and TressFX hair10 March 2013
Star Wars: The Old Republic video shows off Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion10 March 2013
SimCity servers “response time [up] by 40x” and “doubled the number of players”10 March 2013
Diablo 3 patch 1.08 to improve co-op by looking at farming efficiency10 March 2013
eSports exploding, say eSports executives at MIT-Sloan Sports Analytics Conference9 March 2013
EA consider SimCity offline mode: “no intention for the moment... but we'll look into that.” 9 March 2013
Darkwood straps Project Zomboid to Teleglitch and creates fear9 March 2013
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons video shows how you will control both characters simultaneously9 March 2013
Piston pre-orders open with $100 discount9 March 2013
EA stop SimCity marketing; confirm they're not offering refunds9 March 2013
Spotlight on Greenlight, 9/3/13: Planet Explorers9 March 2013
Diablo 3 developers plan to “make Legendaries more powerful”9 March 2013
DayZ standalone video shows 20 minutes of in-game footage9 March 2013
EA want "to get back in your good graces" with free PC game to make up for SimCity server debacle9 March 2013
Dota 2 update adds Arcana item capable of adding visual effects to heroes8 March 2013
See Brian Blessed become the Earl of Warwick in new War of the Roses voiceover DLC8 March 2013
How to get SimCity running in fullscreen windowed mode8 March 2013
Sponsored post: Get 20% off horrible self-mutilation with Tomb Raider and GMG this weekend8 March 2013
Richard Garriott reveals Shroud of the Avatar: a spiritual sequel to Ultima8 March 2013
How to take down a C130 with a repair tool in Battlefield 3: End Game8 March 2013
SimCity UK launch has happened without explosions or brouhahas. Update: Explosions in progress8 March 2013
Total War: Shogun 2 Gold Edition makes a convincing case for its existence8 March 2013
Tomb Raider is a wonderful game about falling over and shouting a lot8 March 2013
Valve deactivate over a thousand Natural Selection 2 Steam keys sold in $30,000 credit card scam8 March 2013
Team Fortress 2 Linux performance improved in new update8 March 2013
Amazon withdraw SimCity downloads7 March 2013
How EA could repair SimCity's disastrous launch7 March 2013
EA deploy patch 1.2 to SimCity; disables Cheetah speed7 March 2013
Age of Empires 2 HD Edition revealed: launching with Steam Workshop support7 March 2013
Showdown Effect demo out now7 March 2013
Razer launch League of Legends branded peripherals7 March 2013
Total War: Rome 2's Parthia faction revealed: they like horses7 March 2013
Football Manager 2014 is a thing. Also: world set to continue turning on own axis7 March 2013
Irrational reveal BioShock Infinite soundtrack 7 March 2013
Minecraft 1.5: The Redstone Update out March 13, pre-release available now7 March 2013
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger trailer is all pretty panoramas7 March 2013
Blizzard to partially revert World of Warcraft anti-bot measure after outcry on behalf of blind players7 March 2013
League of Legends champion Karma to be redesigned, rebalanced as "support-mage"7 March 2013
Brazilian ratings board certifies "Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon," boxart spotted7 March 2013
There is a live, flying pterodactyl flapping about in Battlefield 3: Endgame7 March 2013
Planetary Annihilation nears alpha; first screens emerge6 March 2013
Torment: Tides of Numenera breaks Kickstarter goal in less than a day6 March 2013
Hawken patch adds new mech and a level to flit about in6 March 2013
My first night in SimCity: the wasted time, the good time, the giant fire-breathing lizard time6 March 2013
World of Warcraft 5.2 raids: the art and science of raid design6 March 2013
Crytek CEO: “Team Fortress 2 is not a real free to play game, in a sense”6 March 2013
World of Tanks patch 8.4 is out now; trailer shows Free Willy-esque tank jump6 March 2013
Blizzard’s "patience ran out” with Sam Raimi’s World of WarCraft movie6 March 2013
Far Cry 3 patch adds master difficulty setting and lets you reset pirate outposts6 March 2013
Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter page launches, is buried beneath hundreds of thousands of dollars6 March 2013
Company of Heroes 2 release date set for June 256 March 2013
Watch Gabe Newell’s Bafta acceptance speech and go “aww”6 March 2013
Deus Ex: The Fall web domains registered by Square Enix6 March 2013
Shootmania Storm beta impressions: I absolutely love it6 March 2013
Battlefield 2142 easter egg bobs about aimlessly in Battlefield 3: End Game6 March 2013
Minecraft Snapshot 13w10b is the "final snapshot" before The Redstone Update pre-release tomorrow6 March 2013
Garry’s Mod has made a lot of money; Facepunch working on a “new PC game”6 March 2013
Dishonored takes Best Game at Baftas6 March 2013
EA “confident” in Origin stability for SimCity European launch tomorrow; issues are “frustrating” for Maxis6 March 2013
Guild Wars 2 teases the Flame and Frost: The Razing6 March 2013
Xfire unveil Battleground, their new gaming tournament hub5 March 2013
Five takeaways from the League of Legends LCS Super Week5 March 2013
Blood Bowl: Star Coach gives the Warhammer bloodsport the Football Manager treatment5 March 2013
SimCity launch hobbled by server strain; EA offering refunds5 March 2013
EA investigating Oculus Rift support for the Frostbite Engine5 March 2013
The Adventures of Dash is first game from ex-Call of Duty developer Robert Bowling5 March 2013
Thief 4 confirmed; though looks like the 4's been nicked as it's just called Thief5 March 2013
Total War: Rome 2: Destroy Carthage is not an instruction. It's a tie-in novel.5 March 2013
Arma 3 alpha launch trailer reveals development plans for 20135 March 2013
Thief 4 screenshots emerge ahead of expected uncloaking; it's definitely Garrett5 March 2013
Game 101: Shard, an action-adventure sojourn through the land of the Snow Queen5 March 2013
Saitek Combat Pilot - A closer look at training5 March 2013
Minecraft 1.5: everything we know about The Redstone Update (the best bits, plus a few guesses)5 March 2013
Football Manager 2013 January Transfer Update now live5 March 2013
Space Hulk screenshots reveal the board game transmuted with turn-based tactics intact5 March 2013
World of Warcraft 5.2 patch raid schedule released5 March 2013
IEM World Championship begins today with Heart of the Swarm group play, League of Legends starts tomorrow5 March 2013
IPL 6 officially cancelled, IGN promising refunds for tickets5 March 2013
Mass Effect 3 Citadel DLC trailer teases the farewell of Shepherd and the Normandy4 March 2013
Natural Selection 2 Gorgeous update adds railgun, babbler eggs, fixes, and optimises4 March 2013
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows trailer shows why reptiles shouldn't be given ninja weapons4 March 2013
Tomb Raider video shows off new fancy TressFX-powered hair4 March 2013
StarCraft 2 mutalisks strafe Day9 in Paris4 March 2013
Terrans will eventually conquer StarCraft 2’s Koprulu Sector, scientific modelling proves4 March 2013
Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward working on something Steam Box related4 March 2013
Total War: Rome 2 screenshots show many men posing4 March 2013
Skyrim 1.9 update “effectively removes the level cap”, adds legendary difficulty. Beta now on Steam4 March 2013
InXile to fund Torment sequel via Kickstarter; Chris Avellone sends stickynotes of endorsement4 March 2013
Minecraft Snapshot 13w10a further smoothes out the creases in Mojang's coat4 March 2013
Creative Assembly’s Alien will reference original Ridley Scott film, leaked image suggests4 March 2013
Total War: Rome 2 preview - rewriting history4 March 2013
Game 101: Hansel, a post-Amnesia take on the Grimms' fairy tale4 March 2013
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag revealed - you can harpoon whales in it and that's pretty cool4 March 2013
World of Warcraft patch 5.2 is coming tomorrow, forecast: rain4 March 2013
Eurogamer Expo tickets now a thing you can buy if you like4 March 2013
Infinity Ward co-founder Jason West leaves Respawn Entertainment4 March 2013
My one secret trick for getting my girlfriend into PC gaming: do nothing3 March 2013
The Weekly Playlist: the one where Julian and Paul run away from dangerous beasts3 March 2013
Showdown Effect trailer 'Le Ballet of Death'3 March 2013
EVE Online Museum of Modern Art installation detailed3 March 2013
Deus Ex: Human Defiance is title of new film not the game3 March 2013
The Elder Scrolls Online beta invites coming this month3 March 2013
StarCraft 2 sale sees half off Wings of Liberty in anticipation of Heart of the Swarm release3 March 2013
Tactical Intervention release date set for 28 March; open beta period announced3 March 2013
Dota 2 becomes Steam's most played game ever3 March 2013
Leaked Assassin's Creed 4 trailer encourages piracy, carousing2 March 2013
Rift 2.2 patch released beginning the Carnival of the Ascended; full notes detail changes to each class2 March 2013
Fathom is a steam punk exploration of Atlantis; comes with mechanical sea serpents2 March 2013
EVE Online expansion to be revealed at PAX this month2 March 2013
Riot definitely launching Australian League of Legends servers2 March 2013
StarCraft 2 Project Blackstone website opens up a little2 March 2013
Spotlight on Greenlight, 2/3/13: The Few2 March 2013
Insurgency 2 early access launches today; Twitch play session to celebrate2 March 2013
Planetside 2 GU04 update will reward long term players and bring account level unlocks2 March 2013
SimCity: Ocean Quigley will "get around to expanding the city size" eventually2 March 2013
Guild Wars 2's gem store kicks off "31 days of sales"2 March 2013
Richard Garriott teases a thing: "Lord British Presents"1 March 2013
Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt will be 50 hours long. And pretty1 March 2013
Na'Vi CEO goes back to school to explain recent drama1 March 2013
Minecraft Snapshot 13w09c is out now, pre-release delayed "until we don’t discover any new crash bugs"1 March 2013
League of Legends comes to the Mac, open beta begins today1 March 2013
Battlefield 3: End Game developer interview reveals DLC is about “speed and agility”1 March 2013
Sponsored post: Green Man Gaming's weekend deals include two free games when you pre-order BioShock Infinite1 March 2013
Metro: Last Light release date announced for May1 March 2013
Dota 2 patch adds tutorial and new cosmetic items1 March 2013
Far Cry 2 was “the whole wrong direction” for the series, says Crytek CEO1 March 2013
Planetside 2 now has pump action laser shotguns, and other post-server merge stories1 March 2013
IPL6 is “99.999% not happening”, says Team Liquid marketing man1 March 2013
League of Legends 3.03 patch notes reveal new smart pings and nerfs for some Champions1 March 2013
League of Legends Champion Spotlight: meet Quinn and Valor, Demacia’s Wings1 March 2013
Battlefield: End Game’s new maps revealed as still life in latest trailer1 March 2013
Stephen "Snoopeh" Ellis on preparing the Evil Geniuses League of Legends team for LCS Season 31 March 2013