December 2014 Archive



Hands on with Magicka 231 December 2014
2014: the year of the RPG31 December 2014
Best games of 2014: Dragon Age: Inquisition 31 December 2014
Best games of 2014: Elite: Dangerous30 December 2014
Cities Skylines is the Sim City you wanted Sim City to be30 December 2014
The Best of Minecraft in 201429 December 2014
Making it in Unreal: deconstructing the engine that powered Warmachine: Tactics29 December 2014
One Shot is Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s new game mode for snipers only29 December 2014
Best games of 2014: Infested Planet29 December 2014
World of Warcraft’s creator wants to see eSports at the Olympics29 December 2014
Croteam foils players pirating The Talos Principle by trapping them in an elevator, forever29 December 2014
EVE Online player loses ship with $1,500 of PLEX inside; not a single PLEX survives28 December 2014
Assassin's Creed Unity unlocks all golden initiates chests during companion app holiday maintenance28 December 2014
SMITE World Championship prize pool becomes third largest in eSports history27 December 2014
Survarium is coming to Europe in the new year; open beta launches on January 5th27 December 2014
Best games of 2014: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor27 December 2014
2014: the year AAA failed26 December 2014
Best games of 2014: Alien: Isolation26 December 2014
The Witcher 3’s content is “locked”, delay is for bug squashing26 December 2014
TIE Fighter and my new hope for the Star Wars universe26 December 2014
Best games of 2014: Ultimate General: Gettysburg25 December 2014
Best games of 2014: Wolfenstein: The New Order24 December 2014
Richard Garriott's proto-RPG Akalabeth now free on GOG24 December 2014
Best games of 2014: Divinity: Original Sin24 December 2014
League of Legends Team Curse to stay together for 2015 - but under a different name24 December 2014
Chaos Reborn shows first signs of single player mode24 December 2014
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive cheats hit by biggest ban wave in its history24 December 2014
Origin's ringing out the year with one last big sale, including Battlefield 3 for less than £123 December 2014
ShootMania Storm and TrackMania 2 Stadium have shed their price; will be free until April23 December 2014
Garry's Mod turns 10 years old23 December 2014
100 reasons to buy a PC instead of a console23 December 2014
Best games of 2014: Endless Legend23 December 2014
Strap in: the 2014 Steam Holiday Sale has officially launched; here's all the best offers23 December 2014
Etherium's first gameplay trailer gives us a look at an interplanetary resource war23 December 2014
Grand Theft Auto V for PC now in its "final stages" - expect system requirements shortly23 December 2014
Battlefield Hardline will be the "fastest Battlefield ever", swears single player trailer23 December 2014
Notch's $70 million mansion rebuilt in Minecraft (sports cars not included)23 December 2014
Dark Souls publishers Bandai Namco file copyright complaint against Durante's DSFix23 December 2014
Team Fortress 2 bulks up with Mannpower: a beta mode with grappling hooks for all23 December 2014
Locked Continent: Two days of road tripping in The Crew23 December 2014
STALKER developer GSC Game World is back from the dead22 December 2014
Making it in Unreal: sizing up the full body simulation of Loading Human22 December 2014
Divinity: Original Sin hardcore mode still in the works22 December 2014
Patreon community guideline changes outlaws harassment, 8chan now raising money for cats to comply with new rules22 December 2014
West Games takes a stand against Kim Jong Un: STALKER Apocalypse dev lifts lid on horrifying fictional atrocities22 December 2014
Payday 2 recruits a burglar to the team in new DLC22 December 2014
Natural Selection 2 gets a Christmas update with the help of the community21 December 2014
Star Citizen asks us all to daydream about space with a trailer of all its best bits21 December 2014
SMITE World Championship raises over $2 million dollars; still more than two weeks to go21 December 2014
DayZ patch 0.52 adds a slew of features; includes gardening and grim suicide mechanics20 December 2014
WarCraft: Armies of Azeroth is a nostalgic Starcraft II mod remake of Blizzard's Warcraft III20 December 2014
Respawn's Vince Zampella says future titles might not be Origin exclusive; teases non-Titanfall game20 December 2014
Assetto Corsa races out of Steam Early Access with version 1.019 December 2014
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare teases mechanised zombies in new Havoc DLC trailer19 December 2014
Sign up to the Armored Warfare beta, and get your very own handsome tank commander19 December 2014
Slave revolution sparks civil war inside Elite: Dangerous; escalates to massive capital ship warfare19 December 2014
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes PC port review19 December 2014
Blizzard to consider in-game subscription time item for World of Warcraft19 December 2014
StarCraft II ladder players will dive into a new map pool in 201519 December 2014
Trials Fusion will take Uplayers for a free multiplayer spin this weekend19 December 2014
Let's take a second to appreciate that Mojang made an announcement within a text adventure19 December 2014
Have you seen it? Evolve trailer shows off the Wraith, an invisible boss monster19 December 2014
Chris Roberts sends congrats to Braben on Elite: Dangerous launch, plays down rivalry19 December 2014
Notch just bought a house19 December 2014
Legacy of the Void: how Blizzard are building a beta StarCraft II with "meaningful" upgrades19 December 2014
Minecraft 1.8.2 pre-released with altered explosion physics and better performance19 December 2014
Far Cry 4's "Escape from Durgesh Prison" DLC to hit in January; will feature perma-death18 December 2014
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number committed to a 2015 release; also coming in vinyl form18 December 2014
Evolve demonstrates new "Wraith" monster with an interactive trailer18 December 2014
Planetside 2 update adds activatable knives and spitfire auto-turrets for engineers18 December 2014
Prison Architect Alpha 28 declutters the interface and fixes wandering doctors18 December 2014
Minecraft: Story Mode is an episodic adventure series from Telltale Games18 December 2014
Toybox Turbos is getting third-person Oculus Rift mode that looks gorgeous18 December 2014
Verdun’s celebrating Christmas with a truce between the trenches18 December 2014
Deck 13 are in preproduction of Lords of the Fallen 218 December 2014
Depth’s Big Catch update pits you against a prehistoric shark18 December 2014
Wintersday returns to Guild Wars 2; help Toymaker Tixx spread some festive cheer17 December 2014
Give yourself a pat on the back: Humble Bundle has raised over $50 million dollars for charity17 December 2014
World of Warplanes gets invaded by giant snowmen and UFOs in new winter game mode 17 December 2014
Brave the woes of This War of Mine in your own childhood treehouse with update 1.217 December 2014
Saitek’s Farming Simulator controller is a racing wheel with knobs on. Actual knobs!17 December 2014
The Steam controller's design has been updated again. This time with a D Pad17 December 2014
Trove’s Snowfest fills the voxel world with Christmas festivity17 December 2014
Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer shows multiplayer heists with big loot prizes17 December 2014
Steam gifts and trades from Russia have been stopped due to Ruble currency crash17 December 2014
Harebrained confirm latest scheme: "Shadowrun returns to Kickstarter in January"17 December 2014
World of Warcraft Winter Veil covers half the cost of certain pets and mounts this Christmas17 December 2014
The Sims 4 gets new careers and stocking fillers in a free festive update16 December 2014
Total War: Rome II's Wrath of Sparta campaign is out now and full of angry Greeks16 December 2014
Riot has summoned League of Legends' Poro King and his furry minions16 December 2014
Transformers Universe is shutting down for good 16 December 2014
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 has been announced, but will be sticking to the shadows until 201616 December 2014
Topic of the Week: What games do you play on your laptop?16 December 2014
Elite: Dangerous is out now, so get star trekking 16 December 2014
DayZ team celebrate a year in the wild16 December 2014
Shadow of Mordor Lord of the Hunt DLC offers up more Warchiefs to butcher16 December 2014
Rust mind-map offers an insight into future features16 December 2014
Dota 2's Frostivus may be canceled, but that's not stopped Valve shipping patch 6.83: Shifting Snows16 December 2014
Kerbal Space Program launches into beta16 December 2014
Winter Veil 2014 starts today in World of Warcraft16 December 2014
The best mods for Dark Souls PC16 December 2014
Hearthstone team know there’s work to be done making new players comfortable16 December 2014
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die will excise GFWL in December, not November15 December 2014
Assassin's Creed Unity patch 4 has been delayed, and Paris is to blame15 December 2014
The Witcher 3's second playable character has been outed15 December 2014
AirBuccaneers is free on Steam, so hop in a ship and shoot a pirate15 December 2014
Total War: Arena closed alpha suddenly appears15 December 2014
TheHunter: Primal is a 16-player survival game packed full of dinosaurs15 December 2014
Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon review15 December 2014
Making it in Unreal: drinking in the shoestring sci-fi scares of Caffeine15 December 2014
Pornography for Beginners teaches you how to do sex without breaking British law15 December 2014
The Square Enix Christmas Surprise: swing six mystery Steam games for a fiver15 December 2014
Warhammer Quest board game coming to PC in January15 December 2014
Now is the time to try the Dead Island: Epidemic beta15 December 2014
New biomes for Christmas: Starbound Winter Update brings 360-degree combat, lots besides15 December 2014
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare sales down 27% from Ghosts in the US15 December 2014
Consolation prize: Windows 10 leak uncovers Xbox app for PC15 December 2014
Lumino City PC review15 December 2014
Atari hand-off RollerCoaster Tycoon World development to Tropico and Sims alumni15 December 2014
Skyrim "Enderal" mod is something you should probably be excited about14 December 2014
Watch the first live game of Street Fighter V at the Capcom Cup14 December 2014
Kerbal Space Program is one step closer to release with this 0.90 "Beta Than Ever" trailer14 December 2014
ArcheAge unleashes the "Red Dragon" in its latest festive content update13 December 2014
Red Bull's Seattle Dota LAN is cooking up a randomised team tournament with over 100 players13 December 2014
Blizzard to scrap World of Warcraft's Death Knight level requirement13 December 2014
Valve squashes Counter-Strike: Global Offensive bird surfing bug; community is sad13 December 2014
Cities XXL shows off its breadth with new teaser trailer12 December 2014
A new Freespace dogfight game... for tabletop. Maybe. If you Kickstart it.12 December 2014
Watch our Nick dodge some explosive sheep in the Hearthstone: Goblins vs Gnomes arena12 December 2014
NA LCS Expansion tournament concludes this weekend12 December 2014
The Talos Principle PC review12 December 2014
Assassin’s Creed Unity patch 4 coming on Monday. Aims to make it more stable12 December 2014
How to rebuild a publisher: Atari on Haunted House and their future on PC12 December 2014
Payday 2: The Diamond Heist trailer has Hitler and your new crew member12 December 2014
Satellite Reign now available on Steam Early Access12 December 2014
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer: “It's time for us to talk about gaming on Windows”12 December 2014
STALKER Apocalypse is the new project from the devs who tried to make Areal12 December 2014
Source code for Doom’s 3DO port has been released online12 December 2014
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition 1.3 sorts multiplayer; "We nailed all the little problems"12 December 2014
Steam Holiday Auction: bid on 200k free games with recycled badges and inventory items12 December 2014
Oculus VR swallows up a three course meal of one mo-cap expert and two developers 12 December 2014
Mojang's Scrolls releases alongside a free demo version11 December 2014
Steam Winter Sale incoming, suggests a PayPal email11 December 2014
Habitat Steam Early Access update piles on the space junk11 December 2014
The Old City: Leviathan review11 December 2014
Zenimax explain Undaunted Pledges: The Elder Scrolls Online's latest round of dungeons11 December 2014
Valve have "rebuilt" classic Counter-Strike: Global Offensive map Train11 December 2014
We’ve got 2000 Block N Load beta codes to give away11 December 2014
Counter Logic Gaming fined $10,000 for poaching in League of Legends LCS11 December 2014
Elite: Dangerous’ “secret” has been discovered11 December 2014
GTA V Australia ban criticised by Take-Two boss: “If you don’t like it, then you don’t buy it”11 December 2014
Doom turns 21, Romero reveals a stack of never-before-seen artwork11 December 2014
Mordheim: City of the Damned sprouts a loopy cult and warband customisation 10 December 2014
Elite: Dangerous is getting ready to launch, but there's still time for another update and a trailer10 December 2014
Dying Light intro cinematic explains what's up with zombie-infested Harran10 December 2014
Heroes of Might & Magic III is getting an HD makeover and launches next month10 December 2014
Epic pulls back the curtain (and flesh) on Fortnite's monster design10 December 2014
EVE Online's Rhea update gives ships a makeover and introduces keyboard flight controls10 December 2014
Dovetail Games Fishing patch makes Call of Duty’s fish AI look Crappie10 December 2014
InXile trademark Van Buren and Meantime. The most famous RPGs never made10 December 2014
I have never played Hearthstone but here are my top tips for the new expansion anyway10 December 2014
DICE on Battlefield 4’s future: “Final Stand is not the end”10 December 2014
Hearthstone: Goblins vs Gnomes activated in Europe. Three free packs for all10 December 2014
You-boat: Wargaming make waves in first World of Warships footage10 December 2014
League of Legends patch 4.21 brings gifts for "many orphaned champions" (but not Warwick)10 December 2014
The Old Republic resurrects 300 year old protagonist as villain in Shadow of Revan10 December 2014
Free Alien: Isolation update adds new difficulty modes for masochists and scaredy cats 9 December 2014
Elite: Dangerous won't be getting a launch wipe, so don't panic9 December 2014
SimCity 2000 Special Edition is temporarily free on Origin9 December 2014
Warlords of Draenor's Highmaul raid gets its mythic mode and appears on raid finder9 December 2014
Cube and Me: It's all fun and games until an adorable alien dies9 December 2014
Crusader Kings II: Way of Life will let you break up with your medieval lover on December 16th9 December 2014
Topic of the Week: What games do you want to see ported to PC?9 December 2014
Holidays are coming: Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Christmas Paint Jobs Pack9 December 2014
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition lands in time for Christmas9 December 2014
Dean Hall leaves Bohemia. Opens RocketWerkz9 December 2014
Civilization: Beyond Earth patch ramps up affinity rewards9 December 2014
Hearthstone: Goblins vs Gnomes and its 120 crisp new cards now live UPDATE: everywhere but Europe9 December 2014
Updated: We had 1000 World of Warships codes to give away but they're all gone9 December 2014
League of Legends players suffer locked out spells; Riot pledge fix in next patch9 December 2014
Team Fortress 2 bolstered by body warmers and bathing equipment in End of the Line9 December 2014
H1Z1 gets an early access release date of January 15th; Smedley admits it's not yet as feature rich as DayZ8 December 2014
Oculus-powered Gear VR launches today, but you'll need a Galaxy Note 4 to use it8 December 2014
Ubisoft expects Assassin's Creed Unity patch 4 to fix remaining bugs8 December 2014
Tacoma: Fullbright explores the future in microgravity8 December 2014
DayZ fan film perfectly sums up the game8 December 2014
The Witcher 3 delayed a further 3 months8 December 2014
Ralph Baer, the ‘father of video games’, has passed away8 December 2014
Making it in Unreal: inside Fractured Space, the capital ship counterpart to Valkyrie8 December 2014
Evade a war of the worlds in Orphan8 December 2014
All The Game Awards trailers in one easy to reach place8 December 2014
Metal Gear Online footage shows that stealth doesn't have to suffer in multiplayer8 December 2014
Ghost Recon Phantoms pulls off unlikely infiltration of Steam's most-played list8 December 2014
The Elder Scrolls Online NPCs to be murdered and mugged by players after Christmas8 December 2014
I am Bread Early Access review8 December 2014
Batman: Arkham Knight reimagines the Scarecrow as a skyscraper-tall bagzilla8 December 2014
Facepunch Studios reveal footage of their next project: Before7 December 2014
Dungeon Defenders 2 hits Steam Early Access with a stalwart trailer7 December 2014
Day of the Tentacle is coming to PC in an ultimate remasterd form7 December 2014
Street Fighter V will feature cross platform play between the PC and PS46 December 2014
BioShock Infinite is heading to Linux; scheduled for early 20156 December 2014
The Witcher 3 has a second playable character, but you'll need to play Where's Wally to find out who6 December 2014
The Banner Saga 2 unveiled at The Game Awards6 December 2014
Dota 2's Frostivus event is cancelled, again; team to instead work on engine update6 December 2014
The Game Awards 2014 starts soon; nominees discounted on Steam6 December 2014
Summon the war council - Exploring Dragon Age: Inquisition's best new feature5 December 2014
Rainbow Six Siege won't strip players of control 5 December 2014
Big changes hit Dead Island: Epidemic in the move to open beta5 December 2014
Dying Light system requirements, now with less crazy5 December 2014
Mojang announce Scrolls release date and patch tweaks 28 cards5 December 2014
Blizzard plan to add content to Warlords of Draenor’s garrisons “in every patch”5 December 2014
Oculus console partnership was never on the cards5 December 2014
Street Fighter V (unofficially) announced and coming to PC5 December 2014
Paradox’s procedural RPG Runemaster has had development put on ice5 December 2014
Final Fantasy 13 is finally getting boosted to 1080p with new patch5 December 2014
Payday 2 is holding a Christmas Heist. Join in for free guns and snowy rescues5 December 2014
Late to the party: The Witcher — A Man Chooses5 December 2014
Revisit Resident Evil with mod cons on January 20th4 December 2014
Total War: Rome II's getting some Hellenic love in the Wrath of Sparta campaign4 December 2014
Hearthstone's Goblins vs Gnomes cards sneak into the Arena early4 December 2014
How BioWare created Krem, Dragon Age: Inquisition's tough mercenary lieutenant4 December 2014
Dragon Dating Simulator is exactly what it sounds like4 December 2014
Eidos Montreal shows off the Dawn Engine, the "cornerstone" of Deus Ex Universe4 December 2014
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell's cast work out their problems through the power of song4 December 2014
Competition time: win a snazzy Turtle Beach Heroes of the Storm headset4 December 2014
What we want from Assassin’s Creed Victory4 December 2014
Wargaming.net dismiss eSports porn sponsorship: World of Tanks is "a family product"4 December 2014
An interview with Peter Molyneux4 December 2014
Runescape players donate $160,000 to charity4 December 2014
YouPorn eSports team revealed: Play2Win become Team YP4 December 2014
Space Engineers may use player created content to help generate infinite space4 December 2014
Another classic RPG resurrection may be on the cards at inXile4 December 2014
Door Kickers promoted to version 1.03, perks include a new campaign4 December 2014
Swamp Thing sprouts into Infinite Crisis4 December 2014
Team Fortress 2 Tomb Raider item contest (inevitably) puts the Heavy in short shorts4 December 2014
The 2015 WCS StarCraft 2 season begins, but is it too much of a good thing?4 December 2014
Super Wolfenstein HD is a brilliant, silly homage 3 December 2014
GOG's Big Winter Sale won't let your wallet rest3 December 2014
Adopt Argi the alien goat in World of Warcraft, and help the American Red Cross3 December 2014
Unreal Engine 4 is growing up fast; 4.6 launches today3 December 2014
The Crew PC port review3 December 2014
Total War Battles: Kingdom closed beta accepting signups3 December 2014
Red Faction: Guerrilla has abandoned GFWL and embraced Steamworks3 December 2014
You can now catch mad cow disease in DayZ3 December 2014
World of Tanks contest: win Razer goodies just in time for Christmas3 December 2014
Techland have Dying Light prepared for Oculus Rift’s release: “If they’re ready, we’re ready”3 December 2014
Peter Molyneux regrets Godus Kickstarter; "This urge to over-promise is destructive"3 December 2014
Guild Wars 2 plants new plot twists in Seeds of Truth update; "You must become a thief"3 December 2014
Gigantic is the most interesting and exciting moba of 20153 December 2014
Steam remove Miscreated from sale after copyright claim from former developer3 December 2014
Assassin’s Creed Victory has been in the works in Quebec for the "past few years"3 December 2014
At its peak, over 11 million people were watching the League of Legends World Championship final together3 December 2014
Hearthstone: Goblins vs Gnomes will fill the game with over 120 new cards next week2 December 2014
Hearthstone: Goblins vs Gnomes: all the new cards2 December 2014
London is calling in Assassin's Creed Victory2 December 2014
The doctor is in: Alien: Isolation's Trauma DLC launches today2 December 2014
Steam is looking twitchy: the broadcasting beta starts today2 December 2014
Topic of the Week: How did you fare in the Black Friday sales?2 December 2014
Evolve trailer shows big men with big guns fighting bigger monsters2 December 2014
Hearthstone players rally together to get Blizzard's attention on shop and arena bug2 December 2014
The making of Watch_Dogs: money, manpower and Ubi Montreal2 December 2014
Heroes of the Storm stimpacks let you buy experience boosts2 December 2014
Trine 2 trailer highlights the best community maps2 December 2014
Fnatic part ways with their Dota 2 team; on the search for a new roster2 December 2014
Game of Thrones: Iron From Ice launch trailer features more Snow than snow2 December 2014
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 to uncloak its secrets episodically from February 182 December 2014
Project Zomboid is nearly finished; "final march" will introduce cars, stealth and NPCs2 December 2014
Sledgehammer comes down on Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare map exploits2 December 2014
The Yogscast Jingle Jam and Humble Bundle kicks off today1 December 2014
Put your hard hat on: Fortnite's alpha begins tomorrow1 December 2014
The Batmobile is integral to Arkham Knight: "Batman wouldn't use it if he didn't need it"1 December 2014
Diary of a zombie victim: DayZ's undead aren't pushovers 1 December 2014
I am Bread pops out of the toaster and onto Steam Early Access this week1 December 2014
Red 5 on fixing Firefall: “Usually the right decisions are the toughest”1 December 2014
Making it in Unreal: inside Dovetail Games Fishing's simulation of the great outdoors1 December 2014
EVE Online Input Broadcasting and Input Multiplexing become permaban offences1 December 2014
Dustforce DX update tidies up levels to make it easier for new players1 December 2014
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare sales jump 110% in Black Friday week1 December 2014
League of Legends dragon champ Ao Shin "on hold"; "We do intend to make him someday"1 December 2014
Chortle: The Beano commission official Dennis and Gnasher Minecraft mod1 December 2014
Team LDLC overcome exploits to win Counter-Strike: Global Offensive finals at DreamHack1 December 2014