August 2013 Archive



Spotlight on Greenlight: Poltergeist: Pixelated Horror31 August 2013
Grand Theft Auto V’s soundtrack is huge. It has the series’ first score, too31 August 2013
Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition due out 15 November31 August 2013
Firaxis: “never say never” to XCOM mods, it’s technically possible30 August 2013
Boson X released, accurately depicts free running inside a particle accelerator30 August 2013
Total War: Rome II Preview: saving Capua30 August 2013
Wasteland 2 divulges its features in eighteen minute video29 August 2013
Red Bull to hold StarCraft II Tournament in New York this November29 August 2013
SimCity is out on Mac today, shares Region play with Windows29 August 2013
Heroes & Generals developer Reto-Moto partner with Square Enix29 August 2013
Humble Origin Bundle tops $10 million, ends; "Thanks for helping make Humble Bundle history!"29 August 2013
This is what they showed at Gamescom for Assassin's Creed 4: naval forts and soggy murder29 August 2013
Layoffs shrink SOE as company refocuses around EverQuest Next; "These are really, really good people who don't deserve this"29 August 2013
Dragon Age Keep lets you create save files for Dragon Age: Inquisition28 August 2013
Center for Disease Control game jam is all about making infections fun28 August 2013
Valve Greenlight 100 games in one go28 August 2013
Facebook integrates Unity with new SDK. Makes it easier to publish games28 August 2013
Final Fantasy XIV removed from sale amid server troubles28 August 2013
Heathstone European closed beta just weeks away27 August 2013
Hearthstone won't "necessarily" have cross-platform play for launch27 August 2013
Black Ops 2 gets its last round of new maps and a couple of iron giants in Apocalypse27 August 2013
Humble Origin Bundles sold to over two million; "WHOA"27 August 2013
XCOM: Enemy Within PC box art sighted26 August 2013
Diablo 3 expansion team soul-ley focused on PC (for now)26 August 2013
Police Quest successor Precinct cancelled as crowdfunders decide it isn't any cop26 August 2013
Police Quest creator Kickstarts Precinct, a cop adventure game written by "some of today's brightest Hollywood talent"26 August 2013
StarCraft 2 Ladder Season 5 launch prompts major map switcheroo26 August 2013
Star Wars The Old Republic Cantina Tour reveals Dewback mounts25 August 2013
Shadow of the Eternals Kickstarter fails to rally support24 August 2013
Spotlight on Greenlight: Liege24 August 2013
Insomnia 49 kicks off today23 August 2013
Placing authenticity over accuracy in Total War: Rome II23 August 2013
One DayZ Soon: alpha release delayed by pesky "core network architecture"23 August 2013
Sssshhh, you're being murdered: see stealth, Assassin’s Creed 4 style23 August 2013
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls hands on: Crusader22 August 2013
Dean Hall at Gamescom: how to turn your DayZ prisoners into blood slaves22 August 2013
Regions with Diablo 3 auction house less likely to have accounts compromised, say Blizzard21 August 2013
Diablo 3's game director on the problem with PvP; "It's got to be Blizzard quality"21 August 2013
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls revealed21 August 2013
Oo-err: The Elder Scrolls Online is a subscription MMO; "Other people doing it wrong doesn't mean we can't do it properly"21 August 2013
XCOM: Enemy Within will expand Enemy Unknown's chest Aliens-style with flamethrower-equipped exoskeletons21 August 2013
Need for Speed Rivals features EMPs and the Ferrari 458 Spider20 August 2013
Dragon Age: Inquisition releases Fall 2014, promises "a new level of immersion"20 August 2013
Origin now does digital refunds for EA games; your move, Steam20 August 2013
A little note about our alpha reviews19 August 2013
Age of Empires 2 mod Forgotten Empires to become an official expansion19 August 2013
Oculus Share brings the app store to VR users19 August 2013
Panzer General Online is WW2 collectible cards in your browser19 August 2013
Charity Stream plays games for the good of orphans in Haiti19 August 2013
GOGlight: Good Old Games launch new indie-friendly submission process19 August 2013
Notch mothballs 0x10c; community team resolve to build it themselves19 August 2013
Forge is going free-to-play for its “survival”18 August 2013
The Bureau developers discuss scrapping first-person perspective and plans for a deep sea future18 August 2013
Diablo 3 Book of Tyrael compendium can now be preordered17 August 2013
Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf announced, a collectible card game with space vikings16 August 2013
Funcom’s New Lego MMO16 August 2013
The Secret World's creators to reveal their Lego MMO on August 2916 August 2013
Humble Origin Bundle sold over a million times16 August 2013
StarCraft 2 test map latest: changes to the Overseer, Viper and Terran Armory hang in the balance16 August 2013
Total War: Rome 2 naval gameplay footage is a bashing good time15 August 2013
World of Warcraft patch 5.4 trailer reveals the start of the siege15 August 2013
Microsoft set to close Games for Windows Live PC Marketplace15 August 2013
GTA Online: an independent multiplayer game of persistent shared worlds and "constant" updates from Rockstar15 August 2013
Blizzard to lock player progress as StarCraft 2 Ladder Season 4 draws to a close15 August 2013
Watch Rayman play through the blues in this delicious Legends trailer15 August 2013
Humble Origin Bundle becomes fastest-selling bundle since records began15 August 2013
Eidos Montreal’s general manager quits saying cause is Square Enix’s “lack of courage”14 August 2013
Thief 4 screenshots emerge ahead of expected uncloaking; it's definitely Garrett14 August 2013
Thief "PC version isn't just a copy of the console version"14 August 2013
Ultra Street Fighter 4 drops GFWL, picks up Steam14 August 2013
The Witcher 3's new cinematic trailer is a bit Stark, as it were14 August 2013
Diablo 3 expansion exposed: it's called Reaper of Souls14 August 2013
Save real-life woodland by playing pattern-matching game Fraxinus13 August 2013
Xbox One controller will work on the PC. Eventually12 August 2013
Riot will ship with an editor allowing you to make your own conflicts12 August 2013
StarCraft Universe takes to Kickstarter to fund ambitious mod12 August 2013
SimCity update 7's road bridges and tunnels should put paid to traffic problems12 August 2013
Virtuix omni treadmill now accepting preorders. A snip at $50011 August 2013
Mortal Kombat 9 sales on PC have been “way, way above expectations”11 August 2013
Aaru’s Awakening trailer introduces Day’s domain10 August 2013
Don't forget StarCraft! The WCS Finals are this weekend10 August 2013
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 final DLC pack incoming9 August 2013
Blizzard launch clever little StarCraft 2 WCS streaming app for iOS9 August 2013
StarCraft 2 dropped from MLG Columbus tournament8 August 2013
A little announcement: we now have a forum8 August 2013
Watch a Titan fall in the trailer for Black Ops 2's next Zombies map8 August 2013
John Carmack joining Oculus is incredible news8 August 2013
XCOM: Enemy Unknown gets 30 secret achievements suggesting new content incoming7 August 2013
Civilization Online puts you in the boots of a citizen and lets you wage war on other players7 August 2013
Age of Wushu's new expansion adds a clan who can forcibly castrate other players. It's all quite grim7 August 2013
S.K.I.L.L. is a fast-paced, anti-alien multiplayer FPS that we have 100 beta keys for7 August 2013
Blizzard’s Hearthstone doesn’t worry Wizards of the Coast6 August 2013
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag will take “half an hour” to travel across6 August 2013
SimCity update 7 brings further improvements to traffic. No more rubbish truck clumping6 August 2013
SimCity for Mac due for August 29 release, free for PC version owners6 August 2013
Splinter Cell Blacklist video shows smiling woman in a cage5 August 2013
qrth-phyl trailer shows how Blockade in a 3D space is awesome. Needs a hand on Greenlight5 August 2013
Pro Pinball pings back to Kickstarter for higher scores5 August 2013
Silverball Studios on Kickstarting a Pro Pinball revival5 August 2013
Elder Scrolls Online first-person camera demoed at length at QuakeCon5 August 2013
Blizzard offer high-res StarCraft 2 WCS streams through Twitch premium subs5 August 2013
Crytek pulls four of its sites following reports of “suspicious activity”4 August 2013
DayZ Standalone video diary shows multiplayer playtest and explains why the alpha’s not ready. Still.3 August 2013
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag modern day screenshots surface2 August 2013
Humble Weekly Sale features 1C games, pay-what-you-want for Men of War2 August 2013
Bethesda reveal The Elder Scrolls Anthology: (almost) all of the Elder Scrolls in one box2 August 2013
Batman: Arkham Origins multiplayer beta invites are already being released1 August 2013
Will to Survive hits Kickstarter, is a Tamagotchi but with alien invaders1 August 2013
Total War: Rome II trailer actually representative of game1 August 2013
Gaijin's Skydive: Proximity Flight looks great, deserves to be on PC1 August 2013
Star Wars Battlefront "probably" out in summer 20151 August 2013
Trains vs Zombies 2 is now available, contains trains, features zombies1 August 2013
Train Simulator to get Steam Workshop support. Choo-Choo-Choose your mods wisely. 1 August 2013
XCOM: Enemy Within appears to be a thing1 August 2013