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January 2012
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- January 31
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- And in other PC gaming news...
- Star Wars: The Old Republic white lightsaber acquired through exploit, will be added officially in future
- My strangest PC gaming problem yet: I've lost Games for Windows Live
- Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai release date set
- Mass Effect 3 trailer introduces all-star voice cast
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown screenshots show Sectoids and 'splodes
- AMD launches Radeon HD7950: Review round up
- Man vs. Machine breaks world records with 999-player battle
- Team Fortress 2 video shows ten spectacular kills
- 28,000 fans to play Half-Life 2 this Saturday, why not join them?
- New Hard Reset: Extended Edition screens show plant life that will soon be dead
- A glimpse into what LEGO Universe could've been
- EverQuest finally going free-to-play in March
- January 30
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- English Country Tune review
- PC Gamer US Podcast #302: Goneiskey
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Aliens: Colonial Marines trailer shows four storeys of war
- Star Wars: The Old Republic players hunt for rumoured white lightsaber crystal
- Battlefield 3 devs hiring "anti-cheat" admin
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning trailer talks sidequests and world-building
- Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion screenshots show Titan class battleships
- The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition trailer shows assassination on ice-bombed boat
- January 29
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- January 27
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- What do you want from your MMO's holiday events?
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Diablo 3 loses companion pets and scrolls of reforging
- Dirt Showdown trailer shows 8 Ball arena
- Mass Effect 3 trailer has grenade-throwing sentinals
- The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition to add free areas, quests and characters in April
- EU Giveaway: win Access to the Aion free-to-play beta
- The Secret World trailer has spiky dogs, evil swamps, haunted houses
- Xbox 720 to feature Radeon HD6670?
- Aliens: Colonial Marines delayed until Autumn
- January 26
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- Steam app coming to iOS and Android
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Batman: Arkham City review
- Rayman Origins coming to PC on March 30
- Mass Effect texture mod makes massive improvements to main characters
- King Arthur 2 demo offers one hour of fantasy conquest
- Quantum Conundrum trailer surfs safes through different dimensions
- Windows 8 to restrict desktop customisation?
- Get Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age DLC cheap
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning trailer showcases sweeping soundtrack
- Warface screenshots have sliding, shooting and massive mech
- January 25
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- Move over, Rosie the Riveter. Dinos coming through!
- Trine 2 review
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Muster the Rohirrim! Lord of the Rings Online rides to Rohan
- Battlefield 3 hackers use exploit to ban innocent players
- QuakeCon 2012 dates and location announced
- Paradox's Fredrik Wester says gamers are confusing accessibility with dumbing-down
- How one WoW player's eye for fashion made a million gold in 45 days
- Blizzcon 2012 cancelled, will return in 2013
- Minecraft Lego gets official approval, in development now
- 1000 player FPS world record attempt happening this Sunday. You can help
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 DLC schedule lists maps, missions and new game modes
- Darksiders 2 screenshots show new creatures, monstrous axe
- The Darkness 2 demo is out now
- January 24
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- League of Legends' AI bots multiply, get smarter, and move to Dominion [Hands-on]
- And in other PC gaming news...
- January hardware bargains: AMD's HD7970, keyboards, monitors and more
- Mafia's lead dev on the perils of project funding: "I know people who got their bones broken"
- PopCap killing off Baking Life, not offering refunds or exchanges for customers' money
- Musical puzzler AVSEQ gets a demo, out now
- Mass Effect 3 figures to come with multiplayer DLC
- Resident Evil 6 screenshots show zombie president, armoured cars and EXPLOSIONS
- Skyrim patch 1.4 beta available now
- Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock trailer introduces classic villains
- January 23
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- A guide to Skyrim's prettiest locations
- The Elder Strolls, Part 7: Homeless Romantic
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Alan Wake PC release date set for February, system requirements detailed
- And in other gaming news...
- Blizzard looking for dev to "facilitate product placement" in next-gen MMO
- Notch: "It's become hip to pay for indie games"
- ITV documentary that featured ARMA 2 footage declared "materially misleading" by regulator
- Hitman: Absolution goons get 2000 pages of dialogue
- Resident Evil 6 marketplace listing teases six player co-op
- A Game of Dwarves trailer goes down "a darrrk, darrrrk hooole"
- Guild Wars 2 out later this year, beta expanding in spring
- January 22
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- January 20
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- Senate slams brakes on PIPA, SOPA shelved for the time being
- Win an Ear Force headset from Turtle Beach [US Only]
- And in other PC gaming news...
- World of Warplanes trailer and screenshots soar in
- Show us your desk
- Darksiders 2 trailer talks Death, destruction and "Swiss army scythes"
- Ghost Recon Online trailer shows upgrades and mad gadgets
- Star Wars: The Old Republic patch tweaks Ilum, new trailer highlights upcoming features
- A Game of Dwarves announced, first screenshots arrive
- Diablo 3 gets major changes, "no one will remember if the game is late, only if it's great"
- Resident Evil 6 announced, coming to PC after console release
- Bethesda to release Skyrim modding tools and patch 1.4 fixes as early as next week
- January 19
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- Ubisoft: "Vast majority" of customers never encounter DRM problems
- Geek Tested: 17 Thermal Pastes Face Off
- Dungeons & Dragons Online leaps into The Forgotten Realms with its first expansion
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Struggling to cancel your subscription to Star Wars: The Old Republic? You're not alone
- Intel introduces overclocking insurance
- Bioshock Infinite to get "more demanding" 1999 mode
- Are Intel planning talking routers?
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution video goes behind the scenes on live action film
- Minecraft jungle biome teased, "green jungle is green"
- Mass Effect 3 system requirements released, render Reaper invasion on 2GB RAM
- Max Payne 3 trailer dives, dual wields, is quite well animated
- Namco Bandai: “Free-to-play games can't be high-quality”
- Disturbance in the Force: SWTOR patch 1.1 draws fire for PVP exploit
- January 18
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- Congratulations to the winners of CATFANTASTIC! [US only]
- And in other PC gaming news...
- PC Gamer UK Podcast 63 – Dota 2, Batman: Arkham City, new year predictions
- PC Gamer UK February issue: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai
- Mass Effect 3 demo date set for Valentine's day
- Skyrim mod lets you summon undead dragons and dual wield greatswords
- MMO Defiance to star (actor starring as) Jesus Christ (in forthcoming film)
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo now available
- Alienware X51 is a console sized gaming PC
- Editorial: Why PC Gamer objects to SOPA and PIPA
- Dear Esther trailer has beautiful island vistas
- Star Trek Online sets phasers to F2P today
- SWTOR patch 1.1 officially set to launch tomorrow
- January 17
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- And in other PC gaming news...
- Arma 2 montage is a love letter to cooperative military simulation
- PCG Plays: GoldenEye Source
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 screenshots show new maps set in Italy and Central Park
- Ludum Dare stop PIPA game jam kicks off tomorrow
- Syndicate coming to Good Old Games this Thursday
- Max Payne 3 release date pushed back to May
- League of Legends getting colourblind mode in upcoming patch
- Q.U.B.E. recoups Indie Fund investment in four days
- AirMech looks ace. And you can play it in your browser right now
- StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm voice recording underway
- Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai pre-orders come with bonus factions
- Star Wars: The Old Republic patch 1.1 delayed, will arrive "within the next few days"
- Ubi DRM activation limits respond to graphics card changes
- Minecraft reaches 20 million registered users, 4.6 million sales
- January 16
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- And in other PC gaming news...
- Will you renew your Star Wars: The Old Republic subscription?
- Project CARS trailer shows gorgeous racing
- rFactor 2 beta is go, trailer shows ultra-realistic wheel-squishing
- Game denies claims that their databases have been hacked
- The Secret World trailer spills the beans on the Illuminati
- THQ respond to Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online cancellation rumours
- Dark Souls PC petition gets Namco Bandai's attention
- SOPA stalls in the face of White House opposition
- Mass Effect 3 will require Origin activation, won't be available on Steam
- January 15
- January 13
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- Playlist: Our favorite classic shooters
- Dark Souls PC petition at nearly 70,000 signatures, Namco listening
- PC Gamer US Podcast #300: ELECTROCATFANTASTIC
- And in other PC Gaming news...
- SOPA protests: Minecraft, Firefall, Reddit going dark next week. Nvidia, Runic and Frozenbyte come out against the bill
- Diablo 3 drops real-money auction house in South Korea to secure official classification
- And in other gaming news...
- Things you could type on one key of a mechanical keyboard before it breaks
- Mojang working on three unannounced games
- Kinect on PC: more expensive, less useful, still exciting
- Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City trailer shows new multiplayer modes and old faces
- Jagged Alliance: Back in Action release date announced
- January 12
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- World of Warcraft - Warsong Gulch PvP Three-Way
- Hutts in mechs and other reasons to play The Old Republic's new Operation
- The Old Republic's Legacy system will let you pick your sister and play your father
- And in other PC gaming news...
- The Old Republic tries out survival-horror with its next endgame Flashpoint, Kaon Under Siege
- Minecraft patch 1.1 adds better bows, apples, monster eggs and sheepier sheep
- Editorial: If SOPA passes in its current form, it will be a disaster for gamers and the games media worldwide
- Notch: "No sane person can be for SOPA"
- Bioware working on TOR content we won't see for "over a year"
- Darkness 2 demo dated
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown screenshots get close to combat
- New Hitman: Absolution screens show fire and brimstone, comical disguises
- HOORAY: STALKER 2 development to continue in spite of recent closure talk
- January 11
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- U.S. Congressman joins League of Legends developer in urging fans to oppose SOPA/PIPA
- And in other PC gaming news...
- SWTOR's alignment system will offer exclusive loot for neutral players
- The Settlers Online open beta now live
- Red Orchestra 2 mod tools released
- Corsair launches new cases, coolers and light kits
- Mass Effect 3 demo to unlock Kingdoms of Amalur armour, and vice versa
- Age of Empires Online trailer details new skirmish mode
- League of Legends is heading to Russia
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to get 20 chunks of DLC in nine months
- Indie platformer Dustforce gets release date, continues to look incredible
- Ghost Recon: Future Soldier coming to PC after all... in the future
- BioWare claims SWTOR performance issues are being blown out of proportion
- January 10
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- Razer's Project Fiona is a tablet
- The 30 Best PC Game Soundtracks of All Time
- IGF finalists announced: Dear Esther, Frozen Synapse, Spelunky and Gunpoint nominated
- Ludum Dare 22 won by Frostbite and Midas
- Kinect for Windows confirmed at CES
- Make your own Star Wars: The Old Republic loading screen
- South Park screenshots show combat, elves, hippies, hammers
- Kuma/War designer sentenced to death in Iran on propaganda charges
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 domain name snapped up by Activision
- Scarygirl coming to PC
- Roccat rocks up in US
- First XCOM: Enemy Unknown screens and details beam down
- Bethesda-Interplay settlement official, Bethesda gains full Fallout MMO rights
- January 9
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- World of Warcraft to get cross-realm raids with patch 4.3.2, expansion prices lowered
- Aliens Colonial Marines image seems to show new Collector's Edition
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning system requirements released
- Dark Souls PC petition has 46,000 signatures and counting
- Mass Effect 3 trailer talks voice acting, shows Shepard recording sessions
- Star Wars: The Old Republic patch 1.1 teased on test server, adds new flashpoint and anti-aliasing
- Tribes Ascend trailer shows skill shots and skiing
- January 8
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- January 6
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- Plantronics reveals GameCom 780 7.1 headsets/GameCom 380 headsets
- StarCraft II Protip: Baneling Bust
- Video - comparing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Steam is doing quite well: 100% sales increase, 40 million registered accounts
- Age of Wushu announced: a free to play martial arts MMO with no levels or classes
- CTA launches US Army brand peripherals
- Star Wars: The Old Republic scoops Guinness World Record for voice acting
- X-COM Complete Pack super cheap on Steam and Gamersgate
- Project Zomboid to get new lighting system, improved NPCs and carpentry
- Indie Royale New Year's Bundle goes live, includes Nuclear Dawn, Fractal and more
- Binding of Isaac "Wrath of the Lamb" expansion announced, coming "when it's done"
- Mass Effect 3 preview
- Pow, thwack, delay: Gotham City Impostors pushed into February
- Blizzard launches Diablo 15th anniversary site, declares Diablo III "almost done"
- PC Gamer US February issue: The Old Republic launch guide and 2012's biggest games!
- January 5
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- PC Gamer Digital Episode 7 - The Battlefield 3 Special - now available on Steam!
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown - a new XCOM strategy game from the creators of Civilization
- Planetside 2 trailer shows in-game footage, rocket ships, tanks and infantry warfare
- Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes announced, knock Joker's block off
- Razer to reveal "Project Fiona" at CES 2012 next week
- Free games for the New Year: Yeti
- Star Wars: The Old Republic patch 1.0.2 released, invincible dancing fix inbound
- Mass Effect 3 pre-order bonuses include bonus armour, rifles, shotguns
- Blizzard Dota preview
- Free-to-play Microsoft Flight clearing the runway this spring
- Real money auction house puts Diablo III's Korean release in jeopardy
- January 4
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- Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Three-Way!
- Max Payne 3 screenshots show multiplayer combat
- Mass Effect 3 screenshots show new baddies, expert posing
- King Arthur 2 pre-orders come with immediate access to Dead Legion campaign
- Minecraft village made real with 3D printer
- Free games for the New Year: Deity
- Dancing in Star Wars: The Old Republic can make you invincible
- Battlefield 3 devs ask for feedback on future tweaks
- VVVVVV creator outlines plans for 2012, aims to finish multiple "bigger" games
- Crucial's Ballistix Tracer RAM relaunched
- Syndicate trailer teases four player co-op
- World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria preview
- Fallout MMO court battle allegedly reaches settlement, details coming this month
- January 3
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- Rift's mobile app adds guild chat, mini-games, and invasion alarms
- How to install custom League of Legends skins
- Super Meat Boy hits one million sales, Bastion passes 500,000
- Dust 514 beta applications open to Eve Online subscribers
- Square Enix trademark Hitman: Profession
- [DNP]Games of 2014 - FPS
- Star Wars: The Old Republic players face temporary bans for Ilum exploits
- Crysis 2 most pirated PC game of 2011
- Mystery Indie Royale New Year's Bundle available to pre-order now
- Steam hits five million concurrent players
- Crusader Kings 2 preview
- Diablo 3 preview
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