January 2014 Archive



Tough as nails physics shoot 'em up Retrobooster launches February 21st31 January 2014
Codemasters puts together Humble Bundle for charity31 January 2014
PC gaming is doing fine: $3 billion growth predicted this year30 January 2014
The end is in sight for Assassin's Creed, but also a new beginning 30 January 2014
Randal's Monday is like Groundhog Day for pop culture geeks30 January 2014
Hotline Miami 2 launching in Q3: Something old, something new, something weird, something violent29 January 2014
GOG's DRM-free Time Machine Sale offers up 30 years of gaming history28 January 2014
It's been emotional: DC Universe Online's War of the Light kicks off28 January 2014
Evil Genius creator sells AI firm to Google: Judgement Day is coming28 January 2014
How data drives map design in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive27 January 2014
Dota 2 to inaugurate New Bloom festival - "a time of great chaos and greater rewards"27 January 2014
Steam allows you to cancel preorders and get your money refunded26 January 2014
The Amazing Spider-man 2 trailer hits the web25 January 2014
See people change gender thanks to the power of Oculus Rift24 January 2014
Hotfix: here's the latest on Car Mechanic Simulator 201424 January 2014
Paradox: “We can’t have a platform holder who tells us what to do and what not to do”23 January 2014
Alienware will release new Steam Machines every year due to lack of upgrade options21 January 2014
It's a Starcraft II custom map free-for-all21 January 2014
Resident Evil 4 HD will spread like a virus on February 28th21 January 2014
Going green: Valve offers IGF finalists a Steam distribution agreement 21 January 2014
No more freezes, 300+ NPC battles, Skyrim just got a whole lot more interesting20 January 2014
Alien: Isolation squeezes '70s film sets into your monitor; screenshots demonstrate how20 January 2014
Rodman vs Kim: One on One depicts glorious leader duelling American monster18 January 2014
Frogwares goes mad, is developing a Call of Cthulhu game17 January 2014
Why the Surface Pro 2 became my favourite computer. Ever.17 January 2014
Rip off your ears: Sadwick returns in The Whispered World II17 January 2014
Get down with the sickness in Gun Home16 January 2014
Illuminating: White Night is a survival horror game inspired by Alone in the Dark16 January 2014
Who are Steam Machines really for?16 January 2014
Gabe Newell owns a Daytona race car which competes to raise money for Seattle Children’s Hospital16 January 2014
Steam Controller loses its touchscreen in favour of backwards compatible buttons16 January 2014
Even disastrous floods can't keep No Man's Sky down15 January 2014
Steam Dev Days giant news blowout15 January 2014
Steam has a whopping 75 million active users15 January 2014
Two new forums hint at Paradox going to space and Antiquity15 January 2014
Final Fantasy Tactics designer taps Kickstarter to bring his new thing to PC15 January 2014
Eh? 2012's Ghost Recon Online is coming to Steam Early Access in the Spring15 January 2014
The five shapes of Steam Machine you didn't see at CES 201415 January 2014
When Bradshaw said offline SimCity required "significant engineering", she was right - Maxis15 January 2014
Ubisoft still trying to perfect Splinter Cell formula14 January 2014
Runescape to let players choose next update; handing "Power to the Players"14 January 2014
DayZ sells a million in a month; "So much for the death of PC gaming"14 January 2014
Valve ship SteamVR in beta, make suggestive movements on in-home streaming14 January 2014
Waste not want not: Improving Wasteland 213 January 2014
Last major card changes set to hit Hearthstone13 January 2014
First ever footage of Team Meat's Mewgenics shows the miracle of birth13 January 2014
Hell procedurally freezes over: SimCity is getting an offline mode13 January 2014
50 Short Games is exactly what you'd expect12 January 2014
Blackspace isn’t dead, it’s resting. Team break long silence12 January 2014
DayZ: The best videos, from deadly fists to Coldplay recitals12 January 2014
Blackspace lets you blow up an asteroid: now launched on Kickstarter12 January 2014
Kickstarter funded many, many, many more games in 2013 than in 201212 January 2014
Study shows that trolls and griefers are less motivated by anonymity than by each other12 January 2014
Awesome Games Done Quick raise over $1m for Prevent Cancer Foundation12 January 2014
Midwinter remake in the works. It’s looking chilly11 January 2014
Palmer Luckey: Oculus Rift designed for seated experience but “I’d love to have VR games where people can stand up and walk around”11 January 2014
Total War: Rome II patch 8.1 puts a stop to inappropriate use of flaming projectiles11 January 2014
Maxis wants you to mod SimCity, but only if you play by their draconian rules10 January 2014
Machine of War: The heart-warming adventures of John Rambo10 January 2014
Torchlight II free until Sunday on Steam, you'd be mad not to play it10 January 2014
Classroom Aquatic is an Oculus Rift powered cheat ’em up. Also, your classmates are dolphins10 January 2014
Spy Party bugs invite Cthulhu to the gathering10 January 2014
Jazzpunk will take over your life from 7 February10 January 2014
Mafia developer Prague offices closed by 2K. Development moved to California10 January 2014
Put your followers to work in Neverwinter's Sword Coast Adventures10 January 2014
Not very merry: The concept art of Volume9 January 2014
Hauntman Absolution: Agent 47 gets a new contract in a spooky haunted house9 January 2014
The Elder Scrolls: Online closed beta expands with new round of invites9 January 2014
Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls preloads scheduled to start this month9 January 2014
PermutationRacer has you racing to stay alive in an endlessly generated canyon9 January 2014
Pillowcastle is a perspective skewing puzzler that’s crying out to be made into Portal 39 January 2014
30 minutes of Prison Break: Dreamfall Chapters edition8 January 2014
Valve greenlight another 50 games for sale on Steam - and one is 86GB8 January 2014
The range of Steam Machines are a quirky, quiet triumph for PC gaming8 January 2014
Nvidia reveals GameStream-ready PCs and routers optimised for PC and cloud streaming7 January 2014
The IGF 2014 finalist list is the most independent list there ever was (this year)7 January 2014
DayZ beta almost a year away, with a new roadmap coming this month7 January 2014
Alienware Steam Machine is the one Valve believe will "make the most Steam users happy"7 January 2014
Valve officially unveils its Steam Machines at CES 20147 January 2014
Unwritten might remain unwritten6 January 2014
Skywind: Rebuilding Morrowind mushroom by mushroom6 January 2014
Dean Hall reveals that DayZ sales have reached "nearly 800,000 in under a month"6 January 2014
MOBAload: "darker themed" Deadbreed does customised heroes and summoned creatures6 January 2014
Spotlight on Greenlight: Painters Guild5 January 2014
Faceless no longer free-to-play, going back on Greenlight promise5 January 2014
Cubic Space: because in space no one can hear your dice roll5 January 2014
Detective Grimoire: Secret of the Swamp trailer has little girls, beards, and a mysterious frog-like monster5 January 2014
Gabe Newell: “being really good at Half-Life level design is not as nearly as valued as thinking of how to design social multi-player experiences”4 January 2014
Windows 8 population rapidly increasing on Steam4 January 2014
Steam Family Sharing now limits sharing to 10 friends4 January 2014
Everquest and Vanguard's Brad McQuaid Kickstarting his next MMO3 January 2014
New Star Control title a prequel, similar in style to Star Control II3 January 2014
Criterion founders leave what's left of the studio3 January 2014
Ladykiller in a Bind is a Christine Love-penned visual novel about "kinky sex"3 January 2014
StarCraft II 2014 Ladder Season 1 offers an updated map pool and a change of identity3 January 2014
Bethesda "working to return" early Fallout games to Steam as series leaves GOG's vault3 January 2014
Steam store and community features brought down by apparent DDOS attacks3 January 2014
Holiday shopping spree: One fellow's spent around $3000 on Steam Holiday Sale badges2 January 2014
Steam Holiday Sale's last hurrah2 January 2014
Terrifying, custom-made CoD: Ghosts action figures sell for $902 January 2014
GOG wave Fallout 1 and 2 a six-fingered farewell: "It was an honor to have you here"2 January 2014
License to kill: Activision's Marvel games gone from digital sale for good2 January 2014