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August 31
- Nuketown returns as Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 preorder bonus
- Blizzard and TeSPA announce $100k collegiate Hearthstone tournament
- Evolve looks to boost dwindling player base with free weekend
- The new Deus Ex may get an early release, but only if enough people pre-order
- Cave shmups are coming to Steam
- Battleborn closed "technical tests" registration is open
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided gets a release date
- Diablo 3's fourth season is live now
- Metal Gear Solid 5 disc seems to only contain Steam installer
- Prison Architect final alpha, 36, out now
- Witcher 3 expansion is coming soon, and so is 'good news' about Gwent
August 30
- Battlefield 4 Night Operations DLC is rolling out this week
- Obsidian on what’s next for Pillars of Eternity: 'We own something now'
- Six teens in the UK arrested in relation to Lizard Squad attacks
- King's Quest Chapter 2 teaser and details revealed at PAX
- Mighty No. 9 demo releasing for backers this September
August 29
- Dragon Age: Inquisition "Trespasser" DLC is official
- Star Citizen's social module is now live
- Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns release date announced
- Trion announces Atlas Reactor, an online tactical combat game
- Cities: Skylines After Dark expansion gets a trailer
- Hitman mission playthrough offers 15 minutes of new footage
August 28
- Minecraft: Story Mode will let players select gender and skin tone
- The Humble Store Summer Sale offers Stealth Inc. 2 for free
- Here's your first look at Michael Fassbender in Assassin's Creed
- New Doom video shows off insanely violent "glory kills"
- A Borderlands movie is in the works at Lionsgate
- XCOM 2 is delayed until February
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 stretch goals revealed
- First Lawbreakers footage shows rockets, grappling hooks
- Valve's Vive only available in "limited quantity" this year
- Co-op Western top-down shooter A Fistful of Gun out next month
- Transformers: Devastation trailer delivers on gameplay footage
- Hitman: Absolution is one dollar if you donate to this charity
- Ark: Survival Evolved is among four Steam free weekend games
August 27
- Grip Kickstarter canceled, but Early Access release is coming anyway
- Corpse of Discovery launches with a disturbing new trailer
- Nvidia releases hotfix driver 355.80 for Windows 10 SLI issues
- Trine 3 developers release apology video
- AMD R9 Nano confirmed: launching in September for $650
- Double Fine's new game is Headlander, a side-scrolling action adventure
- Free Dying Light demo is now available on Steam
- Just Cause 3 dev diary is all about explosions
- Total War: Warhammer video introduces Dwarfen units
- Fable Legends PC will be exclusive to the Windows 10 Store
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 has hit Kickstarter target
- Logitech launches G633 and G933 Artemis Spectrum 7.1 headsets
- Blizzard has nice dogs
- Pit People trailer features new gameplay footage, and looks colourful
August 26
- Everyday Misanthrope is a free game about ruining people's lives
- The Humble Store adds a "Choose Your Own Charity" option
- Grand Theft Auto 5 mod puts a Mass Effect Reaper over the skies of Los Santos
- It may be possible to export and share XCOM 2 soldiers
- The Park is a short horror game set in The Secret World's universe
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt sold six million copies in six weeks
- Mutant Football League PAX Prime trailer touches down
- Turok: Dinosaur Hunter remasters are in the works
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate landing late on PC
- AMD R9 Nano launching soon with performance rivaling the Fury X
- OmniBus has a demo and a Kickstarter
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 will have a competitive multiplayer mode
- Fallout returns to GOG, alongside other Bethesda classics
- Diablo 3 patch 2.3.0 is out now
- Hard West developer robs a bank in new game footage
- Rogue Continuum looks like a top-down Mercenary Kings in space
- Twitch Plays Dark Souls has beaten the Taurus Demon
- Project Bluestreak video looks the same as the old one, but isn't
August 25
- YouTube Gaming set to launch tomorrow
- Hyper Light Drifter will be out next spring
- Pillars of Eternity: The White March launches with new trailer
- Free Plague of Shadows expansion for Shovel Knight gets a trailer
- Might & Magic Heroes VII second closed beta begins tomorrow
- Five Nights at Freddy's creator says he won't open "the box"
- Riot tweaks League of Legends Ranked Rewards policies
- ESL One Cologne drug tests come up empty
- GOG Galaxy update adds rollback feature and pausable downloads
- Dirt Rally update brings online World Rallycross
- Nidhogg developer's second game, Flywrench, is out now
- Here's the final Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain trailer
- GTA 5 graphics mod looks exceptional
- Barkley 2 is still a thing, and has a new trailer
- BIT.TRIP's Greatest Chips is a limited edition vinyl with all games included
- Rise of the Tomb Raider video shows a stealthier approach
- GTA V video editor is getting new features next month
August 24
- Soma system requirements revealed, preorders are now live
- Derek Smart threatens legal action against Cloud Imperium Games over Star Citizen
- CompLexity Gaming returns to the CS:GO scene
- Intel debuts tiny 5x5 motherboard form-factor, smaller than mini-ITX
- How much cash does it cost to get all The Grand Tournament cards?
- Dead Realm publisher responds to YouTube disclosure criticism
- Final Fantasy XIV update 3.1 adds new quests, dungeons, flight
- Skywind 'Rekindle' trailer shows updated locations, NPCs, creatures
- MGS 5: The Phantom Pain's multiplayer is not behind a paywall
- Tour the locales of Pillars of Eternity: The White March - Part 1
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided marketed with "aug awareness" posters
- Dota 2's first Major Championship taking place in November
- Final Fantasy XIV has 5 million registered accounts
- Darkest Dungeon gets toggle for heart attacks and corpses
- Trine 3 studio addresses complaints that the game is 'too short'
August 23
- Bleszinski's 'Project Bluestreak' to get full reveal this week
- Dying Light: The Following detailed in Twitch stream
- Haul junk from the sea in atmospheric story vessel Trawl
August 22
- Here's 40-odd minutes of Sword Coast Legends' single-player
- Risen 3 gets free visual upgrade
August 21
- John Smedley has left Daybreak Games to start new company
- Half-Line Miami is a surprisingly awesome (and playable) mash-up
- Watch the thrilling deciding match of the Rocket League MLG finals
- Dead Realm YouTubers' lack of disclosure may violate FTC regulations
- Valve’s VR Is the Closest Thing to the HoloDeck We Have
- Azure Striker Gunvolt is coming to the PC next week
- Eco is an open-world survival game that will let you destroy the planet
- Rick and Morty announcer pack hits Dota 2
- Batman: Arkham Knight performance patch due "in the next few weeks"
- Payday 2 is free to try this weekend
- Shadowrun: Hong Kong trailer explores gorgeous futuristic streets
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution devs make fun of own game in Let's Play video
- Australia to place 10% tax on all imported goods – including games
- Outer Wilds investments close at $50K, continues crowdfunding
- You can play Duck Hunt in Heroes of the Storm
August 20
- Secret Ponchos: Most Wanted releases in September
- Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power leaves Early Access
- Left 4 Dead survivors join Zombie Army Trilogy
- CS:GO tournament ESL One Cologne is now underway
- Cities: Skylines expansion After Dark will be out late next month
- Asus releasing 27-inch FreeSync monitor (144 Hz, 1440p) this month
- Armikrog release is pushed into September
- Forgotten Realms: The Archives brings 13 D&D classics to GOG
- Everquest 2 to banish naughty players to "prison server"
- XCOM 2 video tours your mobile HQ
- Nvidia GTX 950 launches for $160
- Twitch Plays Dark Souls beats first boss
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime out next month
August 19
- Automated tournaments are coming to StarCraft 2
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will not have a preload option
- New testing shows that 4GB of RAM is still plenty for gaming
- Tsioque is a dark, playful adventure about a little warrior princess
- Duke Nukem returns to Gearbox
- Intel announces Optane SSDs for 2016, seven times faster than current SSDs
- Hearthstone: The Grand Tournament comes out next week
- Company of Heroes 2 British Forces free trial announced
- The Cat Machine is out, lets you build machines for cats
- Minecraft initiative creates Brutalist builds
- Grip trailer features vehicular violence, Strauss
- Team Fortress 2 gets new mode created by Bad Robot
August 18
- Steam Machines will not have suspend/resume
- Satellite Reign launch trailer is heavy on neon, disco, and violence
- Heroes of the Storm patch sees Kharazim join the fight
- Fig is a new games-only crowdfunding platform that allows for real investment
- Cooler Master's modular MasterCase 5 launches today
- Western Digital rolls out 6TB Black hard drives
- Super Meat Boy Forever is back in development
- Rainbow Six Siege delayed
- See Just Cause 3's challenge modes in new video
- Tales from the Borderlands Episode 4 out today
- Masquerada trailer shows its pausable real-time RPG combat
- Super Mutant Alien Assault hits Early Access on Thursday
August 17
- Report: Games with SecuROM and SafeDisc DRM won't run under Windows 10
- Grandia II Anniversary Edition will be out later this month
- Resident Evil 2 Reborn fan remake shuts down
- Nvidia GTX 950 images and specs leak
- Heat Signature alpha is now open for Gunpoint Exclusive Edition owners
- Hob is a strange new adventure from Torchlight studio Runic Games
- Bethesda is keeping the Fallout 4 story a secret
- XO, the retro sci-fi strategy game, is successfully funded
- The Witcher 3 New Game+ DLC is out now on PC
- Mad Max interactive trailer offers three styles of carnage
- Windows can disable pirated Microsoft games
- Seven is a Thief-inspired RPG from former Witcher 3 devs
- Overwatch footage shows Lúcio grooving to the beat
- MODKit is the only planned mod support for The Witcher 3
- Skyrim Enderal video shows off nearly three minutes of gameplay
- Techland would like another stab at making a Dead Island game
- Otherland, a long in-development MMO, is playable this month
August 16
- Australia and NZ, win a Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void beta key
- Antihero is a Dickensian 4X strategy about sneaky thieves
- Everspace trailer offers 10 minutes of pretty space dogfighting action
August 15
- Rust devblog details bandanas, quiver, hitbox fixes and more
- Diablo 3 patch 2.3 trailer previews new set items
August 14
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will have a New Game+ mode
- Gathering Sky is a short, meditative game about birds in a distant world
- GTA V OpenCamera plugin dramatically enhances video creation
- Cloud9 disbands its Dota 2 team
- Here's 80 minutes of Mad Max gameplay
- Rainbow Six Siege trailer shows off its swanky spectator cam
- ARK: Survival Evolved Modding Competition offers $25k in prizes
- COH2: British Forces dev diary explains UK tactics
- Witcher 3 supports modders with official Modkit
- Battlefront Supremacy mode promises busy battlefields
- Fingered is Edmund McMillen's new bite-sized game
- Civilisation: Beyond Earth free to play this weekend
- Spelunky speedrun beats Hell in under four minutes
- Twitch is playing Dark Souls, but it will not succeed
August 13
- Devolver Digital is having a Steam sale
- InXile details Torment: Tides of Numenera "narrative character generation"
- Epic warns of bogus emails in ongoing "phishing attack"
- Armada becomes Tooth and Tail, first "real" screen released
- Fallout Shelter is now available on Android
- Fallout 4 crafting will be entirely optional
- EA skipped a Battlefront campaign because "very few" would play it
- I am Bread Team Fortress 2 update out now
- Dying Light: The Following trailer shows off zombie-killing buggy
- Star Citizen Arena Commander free to play this weekend
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance video explains sword fighting system
- Cities: Skylines will follow Crusader Kings 2's expansion model
August 12
- The 13th Doll, a fan-made 7th Guest sequel, hits its Kickstarter goal
- Bandai Namco delays Get Even to 2016
- Time-limited horror game The Flock begins later this month
- Edge of Space exits Early Access in September
- Divinity studio explains why it's returning to Kickstarter for Original Sin 2
- Resident Evil 2 Remake is in development
- Blizzard: "we’ll consider Warcraft" after StarCraft 2
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 Kickstarter launches later this month
- Brigador brings pixelly vehicular destruction to Early Access in Oct
- Rollcage-inspired racer Grip is now on Kickstarter
- Circa Infinity gets a release date and a funky new trailer
- H1Z1 Battle Royale invitational confirmed for TwitchCon
August 11
- Rocket League 1.04 adds spectator mode and forfeit voting
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 multiplayer beta details revealed
- ESL details anti-doping policies for ESL One Cologne
- You won't be able to avoid all Deus Ex: Mankind Divided boss fights
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 servers being taken offline in November
- Report: Hearthstone is raking in $20 million every month
- Rockstar responds to Grand Theft Auto mod ban complaint
- Sonic Dreams Collection is today's weird internet curio
- Pillars of Eternity expansion will let you choose dynamic enemy scaling
- Star Citizen social module features ships, shops and a pub
- GTA 5 pileup video is five minutes of amusing calamity
- Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord will support multiple mods at once
- Steamboy, or Smach Zero, is a portable handheld Steam Machine
- Sydney, come to our first community gathering next week
August 10
- Pala the Silent Sister joins Dragon Age: Inquisition multiplayer
- The Rising Thunder technical alpha is now open to all
- New Diablo project hinted at by Blizzard job listing
- GTAV modders reportedly banned for creating their own online realm
- Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries developer closes its doors
- Rise of the Tomb Raider footage shows spikes, scorpions and other peril
- Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord will be more transparent and accessible
- Don't expect a new Elder Scrolls announcement for a "very long time"
- Hitman's launch content will be detailed soon
- Dirty Bomb has a new long-range merc
- Super Meat Boy 2 is a possibility, according to Team Meat
August 9
- Need For Speed will require an internet connection, and here's why
- Ittle Dew 2 is bigger, 3D, and even more Zelda-y than ever
- Lisa expansion The Joyful is out later this month, here's a trailer
- The International 2015 ends with a historic victory (spoilers!)
August 8
- Mad Max footage shows 20 minutes of riding, scavenging, punching
- The Witcher 3 patch 1.08 fixes disappearing heads, multiple quests
August 7
- Kojima says Metal Gear Solid V will leave Snake "soaked in blood"
- Cities: Skylines getting nocturnal After Dark expansion
- Star Citizen's multi-crew ships blast off at Gamescom
- Heavy Gear Assault enters early access
- Skyrim mod gives the game classic cartoon looks
- StarCraft 2 Medic joining Heroes of the Storm, but Team League is out
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate's Evie can turn "virtually invisible"
- Stellaris takes Paradox grand strategy to space
- MGS 5 will look best on PC, screenshots confirm
- Stasis gets a release date and a gruesome launch trailer
- Valve reveal 24-player Dota at the International All Star Match
- Someone completed Fallout 3 as a baby
August 6
- Battlefield 4 gets sneakier with Night Operations DLC
- Victor Vran is getting a Motörhead expansion
- Subnautica's Habitat Update lets you build your own underwater lair
- New Cartel faction revealed for Act of Aggression
- WITNESS! The Mad Max system requirements
- Fallout 4 will have no level cap and no hard finish
- World of Warcraft: Legion expansion announced
- American Truck Simulator trailer takes us on a leisurely tour
- Black Ops 3 esports reveal shows first multiplayer footage
- Games for Windows "wasn't the right approach" says Microsoft
- Battleborn gets a release date and a new video
- Dragon Age: Inquisition 'The Descent' DLC arrives next week
August 5
- Here's six minutes of Homefront: The Revolution gameplay
- Blizzard showcases three new Heroes of the Storm
- Sword Coast Legends gets a (brief) delay
- Overwatch appears on the Battle.net launcher and gets new hero
- Pillars of Eternity's The White March Part One expansion is out this month
- Mighty No. 9 is officially delayed
- For Honor wants you to "discover what your inner warrior is like"
- Total War: Warhammer is more Total War than Warhammer
- Rainbow Six Siege Spectator Cam lets you pretend to play
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate trailer lets the twins talk
- Anno 2205 predicts resource-motivated space travel
- Mount & Blade 2 has weather, crafting, siege weapons, and more
- Mafia 3 is set in 1968 New Orleans, first video and screens released
- Intel launches Skylake i7-6700K and i5-6600K processors for $350 and $243
- Hearthstone: The Grand Tournament adds jousting
- Knights of the Fallen Empire episodes will continue story after launch
- Unravel trailer avoids death with buoyancy and bridges
- The Sims 4: Get Together expansion announced
- Metal Gear Solid 5 trailer shows supervillains
- Battlefront Fighter Squadron trailer stars the Millennium Falcon
- Mirror's Edge: Catalyst trailer shows gorgeous freerunning
- Corsair announces keyboard with new Cherry Silent switch, new MMO mouse, and gaming headsets
- Destiny studio Bungie is hiring for something PC-related
August 4
- Cyberpunk legend William Gibson working on MEG 9: Lost Echoes
- World of Warcraft sheds another 1.5 million subs
- The International hit with severe DDoS attacks
- Battlefield Hardline: Robbery expansion is coming in September
- MacGuffin is a nightmare narrated by a British Richard Nixon
- GSG9 joins the party in new Rainbow Six Siege trailer
- Lara slits throats in new Rise of the Tomb Raider footage
- Homefront: The Revolution trailer breaks cover at Gamescom
- Just Cause 3 trailer features gutsy wingsuit flying
- Cobalt is coming to PC in October
- Dark Souls 3 trailer shows grand ruins and huge bosses
- Layers of Fear is a horror game set in the mind of a mad painter
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare trailer teases exo zombie finale
- Mad Max trailer shows "the madness that crawls inside", car explosions
- Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain system requirements released
- Red Ash has failed to reach its Kickstarter target
August 3
- Star Wars: Battlefront Fighter Squadron reveal is coming, but here's a taste
- Mirror's Edge: Catalyst gameplay teaser is brief but striking
- 1000 years of the beautiful game simulated in Football Manager 15
- Smite developer announces Paladins, a free-to-play online shooter
- Nikkei report depicts Konami as a super grim place to work
- Metal Gear Solid 5 PC release date moved to match consoles
- Street Fighter 5 trailer reveals Vega
- Anno 2205 beta cancelled, angering pre-order customers
- Dota 2 International prize pool surpasses $18m
- Gangplank will soon return to League of Legends
- SGDQ raises $1.23 million for charity
- Final Fantasy XII could be getting a remake
- Doom will not get mod support in addition to SnapMap
August 2
- The Long Dark's new update changes nearly everything
- Catacomb Kids update introduces the Wanderer
- SUPERHOT TRAILER NECESSITATES ALL-CAPS
August 1
- Bethesda's Pip-Boy is sold out, but you can print your own
- Nidhogg dev's Flywrench is finally (nearly) out