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September 30
- Fallout fan builds Vault-Tec door, is awesome
- Raspberry Pi 2 now has a Windows 10 Core starter pack
- Home Free is a heartbreaking lost dog simulator
- OpenCritic review aggregator launches as a Metacritic alternative
- Nvidia launched Grid game streaming service out of beta as GeForce Now
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 Kickstarter ends with quadruple its goal
- Cosplaying Mayor of Taipei lends his support to Taiwanese LoL
- Fallout 4's 4th SPECIAL trait: Charisma
- Xenonauts 2 is being prototyped right now
- Humble Indie Bundle 15 features Gang Beasts, Planetary Annihilation
- Fallout: New Vegas mod Autumn Leaves is out tomorrow
- AMD has expanded its embedded graphics lineup
- Prison Architect creators' next game will be VR-ready
September 29
- Guild Wars 2 lead designer has joined Amazon Game Studios
- Mass Effect "4D" movie coming to California amusement park
- A new turn-based BattleTech game is in development
- Stanley Parable creator announces The Beginner's Guide
- Hitman out March 11, new locations to follow in April, May and June
- Inkle's globetrotting adventure 80 Days hits PC
- RollerCoaster Tycoon World release date set for December
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate has crafting, here's what it involves
- Project Spark is going free
- Soma has a live-action mini-series, first episode out now
- Fungal physics puzzler Mushroom 11 out soon
- The G410 is Logitech's new light, tenkeyless mechanical keyboard
- WildStar's free-to-play version launched today
- Twitch has beaten Dark Souls
September 28
- Ark: Survival Evolved is getting two new biomes today
- Here's a game about nuking a businessman to smash him through buildings
- Multiplayer ships coming to Elite: Dangerous next year
- Mod brings a UFO invasion to Grand Theft Auto 5
- Avexir brings its flashy LEDs to a new SSD
- Giants: Citizen Kabuto successor First Wonder hits Kickstarter
- Else Heart.Break() is out; here's a launch trailer
- Warhammer: Vermintide's Waywatcher is a stabby wood elf
- Pimp your dashboard with Euro Truck Simulator 2's Cabin Accessories DLC
- Fallout 4 won't have timed or platform-exclusive DLC
- Prison Architect leaves Early Access with new mode next week
September 27
- Rainbow Six: Siege won't have a campaign, but there's training and bots
- Rainbow Six: Siege beta extended until the end of the month
- 47 minutes of Hitman's Show Stopper mission
- Here's the launch trailer for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns
September 26
- The Last Crown Blackenrock: ghost-hunting adventure sequel teased
- Mighty No. 9 releasing February 9; backer demo out now
September 25
- Dragon Age: Inquisition GOTY Edition bonus content is not on the disc
- Hi-Rez president: "None of us felt good" about leaving Tribes: Ascend
- StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void animated short recaps Protoss history
- Twitch to add video uploads and ditch Flash
- The final Ark: Survival Evolved tournament of 2015 is now underway
- The Talos Principle writer signs up for Serious Sam 4
- The Sims boss Lucy Bradshaw leaves EA
- Chris Avellone to work his magic on Divinity: Original Sin 2
- Manifold Garden: Escher-esque exploration in a wraparound world
- Payday 2 FBI Files update adds new enemy, Captain Winters
- Dawn of War gets surprise new map, series free on Steam this weekend
- Dota’s 6.85 patch arrives ahead of Frankfurt Majors
- Orion Trail blasts off from Early Access on October 12
- WildStar is getting graphical enhancements when it goes free-to-play
- Darude of 'Sandstorm' fame is making a sound pack for Counter-Strike
- Oculus Rift will cost "at least $300" says VP of Product Nate Mitchell
- John Carmack wants to make virtual reality esports stadiums
September 24
- Montage time! See 14 Oculus Rift games in under a minute
- Gordon Freeman is dead (according to Mad Max)
- Stranded in space simulator Adr1ft will be an Oculus Rift launch title
- Carmack says he would have cried if Minecraft VR deal didn't happen
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate trailer introduces seven people who need to die
- EA nails down Star Wars Battlefront open beta dates
- See Fallout 4's character system in action
- Epic showcases the potential of VR with swanky new shooter demo
- Valve writer says Half-Life 3 will not be a VR game
- Minecraft Windows 10 Edition coming to Oculus Rift
- Oculus VR unveils the "Oculus Ready PC" program
- Battleborn trailer introduces villain Lothar Rendain
- Mommy's Best Games flee Xbox Live Indie Games apocalypse
- Alien: Isolation heading to Mac and Linux next week
- Rainbow Six Siege trailer showcases today's closed beta
- The Escapists: The Walking Dead out next week
- Arma 3's 3D editor gets public beta
- You can unlock Bigfoot in GTA 5, but it's not easy
September 23
- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is free on Steam right now
- Watch Inon Zur play the Fallout 4 theme on his piano
- The Dota 2 Frankfurt Major is coming in November
- Security update disables SafeDisc games in Windows Vista, 7, and 8
- Warhammer: Vermintide launch date revealed alongside new gameplay trailer
- Fallout 4's third SPECIAL video focuses on Endurance
- Vertical roguelike TowerClimb unexpectedly releases
- Deep-sea horror Iron Fish gets new trailer and 2016 release date
- New Wolfenstein game seemingly in the works
- Big Picture looks much nicer, thanks to Steam beta update
- TowerFall Ascension gets Steam Workshop support
- The Mighty No. 9 dev apologizes for delayed demo
September 22
- Damon Slye's Red Baron reboot is still in the works
- Dragon Age: Inquisition Game of the Year Edition is on the way
- Allison Road, the P.T.-inspired horror game, is on Kickstarter
- Digital Storm's Aventum 3 has liquid cooling built into the case
- New Overwatch heroes Junkrat and Roadhog make their official debut
- Samsung announces NVMe 950 Pro SSD with 2.5 GB/s read speeds
- Batman: Arkham Knight will hit the PC in "the coming weeks"
- Hitman delayed to March 2016
- Sword Coast Legends gets three-week delay
- League of Legends pro organisation banned for not paying players
- Norsey but nice-looking Jotun out September 29
- Open world sci-fi horror Pamela gets creepy trailer
- Nvidia is putting desktop-caliber GTX 980 GPUs in laptops
- Heroes of the Storm's upcoming heroes, skins and mounts detailed
- Metal Gear Solid 5's hidden karma system
- This year's Team Fortress 2 Halloween event is all of them at once
- System Shock: Enhanced Edition hits GOG
- SpyParty gets a fancier ballroom and fresh faces in new update
- Star Trek-themed VR demo takes a tour of the Enterprise-D
September 21
- Worlds Adrift gameplay trailer soars in, reminds us it exists
- Shenmue 3 publisher says PC coming to new funding campaign in "the near future"
- Two new Overwatch "heroes" teased in A Moment in Crime
- VR version of Among the Sleep is no longer in development
- New Fallout 4 video introduces the real-life inspiration for Dogmeat
- Mass Effect lead writer Drew Karpyshyn returns to BioWare
- Mad Catz's Rat Pro X is insanely customizable (and $200)
- Noct gameplay trailer shows off top-down survival action against monsters and worse
- Microsoft releases Windows 10 preview build 10547 with room for more tiles
- Life is Strange Episode 5 likely out October 20
- Elite: Dangerous coming to SteamVR and HTC Vive later this year
- Star Wars Battlefront will have dedicated servers
- PES 2016's seemingly shonky PC port gets a demo
- Stick the kettle on: Caffeine's first episode out in October
- Might & Magic Heroes VII trailer details might, magic, heroes
- Streaming Rust just got safer with new Streamer Mode
September 20
- Twitch Plays Fallout 3 looks tough, but will probably be won
- Blood Bowl 2 trailer pits Orcs against High Elves
- Age of Mythology expansion Tale of the Dragon announced
September 19
- Warhammer: Vermintide trailer introduces the Witch Hunter
- Humble's Game Maker bundle is ridiculously good
September 18
- XCOM 2: Resurrection is a novel that fills the gap between the games
- The Long Dark update adds new region and improved (but no less lethal) weather
- Train Simulator 2016 is apparently about to get extreme
- Is this the most ridiculous Grim Patron turn ever?
- More Rocket League DLC is coming in October
- Konami reportedly stops big-budget development on everything except PES
- Soma story trailer grapples with questions of consciousness
- In Battlefront Luke Skywalker must keep killing to stay in the game
- Dark Souls 3 footage shows new combat moves and dragon
- Ghost Recon Wildlands video talks authenticity
- Here's 15 minutes of Total War: Warhammer gameplay footage
September 17
- Metal Gear Solid 5 has a secret cutscene we'll probably never unlock
- Dodge haunted mannequins or die in VR horror game Late Night Shop
- Classic CTF map Facing Worlds is reborn in Unreal Tournament update
- More info on XCOM 2's freaky new enemies the 'Faceless'
- Electronic Arts forced to drop 13 female players from FIFA 16
- Take a walk through Cities: Skylines with the First Person Multiplayer mod
- MSI and Corsair team up to create a water cooled GTX 980 Ti
- Na’Vi makes its move into Hearthstone
- Dishonored 2 video showcases Karnaca, "the jewel of the south"
- Shenmue 3 returns for more crowdfunding
- The Witness will frazzle brains in January 2016
- Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch coming to PC in October
- Karin flips into Street Fighter 5, Capcom Fighters Network teased
- World of Warships launches with bombastic video
- Metal Gear Online video shows classes, tactics, fulton extraction
- Dark Souls 3 to launch April 2016 in the west
- First Assault is a free-to-play Ghost in the Shell FPS coming soon
September 16
- Star Wars Battlefront beta will be open to everyone
- Tales of Zestiria will be locked at 30 fps, says Bandai Namco
- Early Access MOBA Dead Island: Epidemic is going to die next month
- Rebel Galaxy, the 'bikers in space' game, will be out in October
- The split-radiator Grand Kama Cross 3 is an insane-looking CPU cooler
- The Mighty No. 9 demo is also delayed
- Fallout 4 SPECIAL video series continues with Perception
- League of Legends patch 5.18 sets the stage for Worlds
- Minecraft: Story Mode episode one is out in October
- Fallout 4 mod tools due "early 2016", id consulted on FPS mechanics
- NBA 2K16's career mode is directed by Spike Lee
- Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 trailer shows slow-mo shootouts
- Rainbow Six Siege will launch with 11 multiplayer maps
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gets new animations and hitboxes
- The next Five Nights At Freddy's game is an RPG
September 15
- This Portal-themed bedroom is a huge success
- Rumours busted: Electronic Arts is not buying CD Projekt or GOG
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is free on Origin
- The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut is coming next week
- Umbrella Corps is a third-person online shooter set in the Resident Evil universe
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent is free on Steam today
- Need for Speed will have no microtransactions and paid DLC is not planned
- Ark: Survival Evolved introduces giant deer, millipedes, penguins
- Castle Crashers update increases frame rate, texture sizes
- Pose as an 18th-century highwaywoman in ShadowHand
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate to get Jack the Ripper DLC
- For Honor spotlights Samurai called The Oni
- League of Legends YouTuber gets banned for hate speech
September 14
- Firaxis unveils new XCOM 2 enemy: "the Faceless"
- FIFA Ultimate Team undergoes changes for FIFA 16
- Metal Gear Solid 5 glitch lets you put a suppressor on a rocket launcher
- Team Dignitas is selling one of its LCS teams
- Scottish man creates an 'Irn Bru' water cooling system
- Cryptic League of Legends tease appears on Facebook
- Watercooling block makes the R9 Fury Nano even smaller
- Bethesda is still working on the Fallout 4 system requirements
- Need for Speed delayed on PC
- Metal Gear Solid 5 update stops Quiet from killing save files
- See the intro to True Detective recreated in GTA 5
- GOG has an indie sale, and also virtual piñatas
- Watch Twitch Plays Dark Souls defeat Ornstein and Smough
- Bad news Australia: XCOM 2 is $127 to pre-order on Steam [Update: it's now $85]
September 13
- Battlefield: Hardline 'Robbery' DLC available this week for Premium members
- Star Wars: Battlefront closed alpha leaks ten minutes of gameplay
- StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void release date and opening revealed
- Afro Samurai 2's first episode is out this month
September 12
- Age of Decadence gets October release date
- Street Fighter 5 trailer introduces new character Rashid
September 11
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux appears on Steam
- Doom gameplay video highlights breakneck multiplayer carnage
- Behold the brawling Bretonnians in new Blood Bowl 2 trailer
- Saints Row 3 and 4 are Steam weekend freebies
- Ubi promises exclusive content from Assassin's Creed fan site thing
- Windows 10 is sneaking onto Windows 7 and 8 installs without permission
- Model-swapped MGS V is disturbing, thought-provoking
- Dota 2 balance-breaking bug discovered [Update: it's fixed!]
- Banner Saga composer to score Assassin's Creed Syndicate
- GTA Online steals Rockstar's focus from GTA 5 DLC
- YouTuber reportedly requests $22,000 for coverage
- Dropsy launches with sing-a-long trailer
- Rocket League patch 1.05 is out now
- Team Fortress 2 is probably being invaded by UFOs
September 10
- Watch the creator of Team Fortress 2 demo the Steam Controller
- Final Fantasy V is coming to Steam later this month
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown is free for the weekend
- The multiple award-winning 80 Days is coming to PC with a major content update
- Airscape: The Fall of Gravity developer looks at why it flopped
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada trailer finally shows off some gameplay
- Cryorig's low-profile C7 CPU cooler is a new contender for compact PCs
- Win a Rainbow Six Siege beta key through "field training"
- Fallout 4 S.P.E.C.I.A.L. video explains strength
- Rockstar announce Freemode Events for GTA Online
- Soma trailer introduces creatures of the deep
- Steamfarer is a steampunk airship RPG
- Dota 2 Reborn leaves beta, is now just Dota 2
- Lord of the Rings' The Shire looks beautiful in Minecraft
- Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows to release next week
September 9
- AMD looks towards the future by restructuring its graphics division
- A Garry's Mod sequel is in the works
- Windows 10 heads towards 100 million installs, more updates on the way
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cost $81 million to make
- Free FIFA 16 demo is now available through Origin
- Rogue Invader trailer marks final week of Kickstarter campaign
- Mojang celebrates Minecraft cross-play with visual novel
- Fallout 4 season pass detailed
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime out today, with space-cat
- Press Play announces Hunger Games-style Knoxville
- Dota 2 update introduces Dota Levels
- Payday 2 is getting medieval weapons courtesy of Chivalry
- Dark Souls 3: fast-travel is accessible at the beginning, durability is changing again
- EA details Star War Battlefront's "Drop Zone" mode
September 8
- Grey Goo Tournament Series offers $75,000 prize pool and free trip to PAX South
- Total War: Attila expansion introduces the Empires of Sand
- Armikrog is delayed again
- Gods-brawling MOBA Smite goes live on Steam
- Skylake tweaks improve discrete graphics performance
- Fallout 4 will be uncensored in Germany
- Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain has a save-data corrupting bug
- Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is coming to PC
- The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone expansion release date announced
- Pillars of Eternity 2 would be set in a whole new (part of the) world
- The Witcher 3 expansion Hearts of Stone starts at level 30
- Just Cause 2 Multiplayer update adds Steam achievements
- Heroes of the Storm is getting new reporting tools to combat toxicity
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime releases this week, and this video sets the scene
September 7
- Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth trailer reveals October release date
- Mario Kart comes to PC, as a GTA V mod
- I'm Joshua teaser introduces a game about slavery
- Ark: Survival Evolved updates will come more slowly as full release nears
- Total War: Arena developers promise no more account wipes
- Ubisoft is making a videogame theme park
- Skywind has over 100 voice actors re-record Morrowind lines
- Football Manager 2016 announced
- Surprise! Tribes: Ascend is getting an update
- Amazon reckons it knows the Minecraft: Story Mode release date
- Rainbow Six Siege will have Australian servers
- Six 2015 games have sold over 1m copies on Steam
September 6
- Ant Simulator is a promising survival game about being an ant
- Star Citizen FPS module showcased in mini-documentary
- Manage an Italian art academy in Painters Guild
- Company of Heroes 2's British Forces expansion out now
September 5
- Doom trailer shows off SnapMap level editor
- The Flame in the Flood hits Steam in a few weeks
September 4
- ArenaNet spills more Guild Wars 2 raid details
- EA's Peter Moore emphasizes the need for greater diversity in gaming
- Harmonix will fund its next project, whatever it is, through Fig
- Riot dates League of Legends 2015 All-Star Event
- GOG puts The Witcher series on sale
- Total War: Warhammer trailer reveals underground battles
- Witcher 3 update will add more romance
- Assault Android Cactus will fill your life with lasers this month
- Killing Floor 2 is free to try this weekend
- Batman: Arkham Knight performance patch is officially out
- Ron Gilbert wants Disney to call him about the future of Monkey Island
September 3
- Rocket League 1.05 patch will let you filter PS4 players out of matchmaking
- Fallout 4 has more dialogue than Fallout 3 and Skyrim combined, but no Three Dog
- A Mega Man movie is being made
- Intel won't be releasing a socketed Skylake with eDRAM
- Bethesda confirms QuakeCon 2016 details
- First trailer for the BBC's Grand Theft Auto docudrama
- "Slave Tetris" cut from Playing History 2—Slave Trade after backlash
- The Asus GX700 is an insane-looking watercooled 4K laptop
- Need for Speed video shows five ways to earn "rep"
- WildStar goes free-to-play this month
- Soma trailer tours abandoned underwater environments
- Epic's Showdown VR demo is free to download now
- Sims 4 year one: lots of sex, not much death
- World of Warships gets a release date
- Batman: Arkham Knight patch released, removed
- You can get all Deus Ex games for under $7 right now
- Here's the Dishonored 2 reveal trailer dissected by an Arkane dev
- Outer Wilds crowdfunding campaign ups the ante with playable alpha
September 2
- Metal Gear Solid 5 has the best birthday easter egg ever
- Blizzard reduces Heroes of the Storm Hero League party size even further
- X Rebirth studio says a new X game is coming
- Man O' War: Corsair joins the Warhammer videogame cavalcade
- Acer's new G-Sync monitors include ultrawide Z35 overclockable to 200Hz
- Machinima settles deceptive advertising charges brought by FTC
- Intel rolling out its non-desktop Skylake CPUs
- Windows 10 is already the third most popular OS on Steam
- Star Wars Battlefront has no server browser
- Smite introduces headless deity Xing Tian
- A House of Many Doors is from Failbetter's first incubee
- Ark: Survival Evolved adds poop-throwing monkey
- Act of Aggression launches today with new trailer
- How to add your own songs to Metal Gear Solid 5
- Humble 'Tom Clancy' Bundle gives you lots of games for not much money
- Armello officially launches on Steam today, so here's a trailer
- Fallout: New Vegas almost had a funny, trashy romance story
September 1
- StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void release date, cinematic coming soon
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate trailer takes you on a tour of London
- Kindred Spirits on the Roof is bringing "frank depictions" of sex to Steam
- Chris Roberts: Star Citizen "will speak for itself"
- Efficiency study says gaming PCs use $10 billion in energy every year
- Killing Floor 2 gets even gorier with Incinerate 'n Detonate update
- The C1 computer case aims to fit a full PC behind your monitor
- Star Wars Battlefront beta is coming in October
- TESO: Tamriel Unlimited first DLC, Imperial City, out now
- GTA 5 mod adds Imperial Star Destroyer to Los Santos
- Mad Max films available now on Steam, Fury Road incoming
- Stasis, point-and-click horror in space, available now
- Nvidia releases driver for MGS5 and Mad Max
- The Sims 4: Get Together's "Clubs" introduce peer pressure
- Twitch Plays Dark Souls: Gargoyles and Capra Demon have been slain
- WoW: Warlords of Draenor will finally get flying mounts this week
- Warcraft film footage emerges online