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- March 31
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- Divinity: Original Sin 2 dev diary shows off PvP
- The Dark Souls 3 speedrun world record is already under two hours
- The live-action Doom teaser exhorts you to "Fight Like Hell"
- Familiar voices turn up in Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear launch trailer
- How cats get drunk in Dwarf Fortress, and why its creators haven't figured out time travel (yet)
- The next Overwatch animated short will debut next week
- Hitman's second episode goes to Sapienza in April
- Ark: Survival of the Fittest "Survivor League" details revealed
- HyperX's Cloud Revolver headset launches for $120
- FFXV's Tabata "aware of the big call for a PC version"
- TimeSplitters 2 hidden within Homefront: The Revolution
- Take an in-depth look at Total War: Warhammer's Vampire Counts
- RollerCoaster Tycoon World limps into Early Access
- Wildstar's Destination Arcterra update goes live
- Dark Souls 3 trailer reimagines the game as a schlocky 80s horror film
- Microsoft's UWP will support some mods, but not all
- Phil Spencer explains why Halo 5 probably won't come to PC
- March 30
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- Tribes: Ascend has another new patch, despite tiny player base
- Far Cry Primal is getting a "Survivor Mode" and permadeath
- A freel trial version of Unravel is now on Origin
- Shadow of Mordor 2 "revealed" by mo-cap actor's CV
- Battleborn system requirements revealed, no 4K support at launch
- Microsoft promises to support modding, overlays, G-Sync and Freesync in Universal Windows Apps
- Homefront: The Revolution trailer demos the power of the people
- Copyright claim pulls Automobilista from Steam
- Tokyo 42 has the prettiest criminal underworld
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D is now on Steam
- Mass Effect Andromeda plot slips out in a survey
- Rocket League's basketball-themed Dunk House mode is coming in April
- Steam security loophole exposed by Watch Paint Dry
- Rainbow Six Siege patch buffs Buck and ushers in dozens of fixes
- March 29
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- Metal Gear Solid Online will get a new Survival mode next week
- Mirror's Edge Catalyst trailer shows off the gleaming City of Glass
- Square Enix offers Tomb Raider 2013 for a $1 donation to charity
- Valve loses Australian legal battle over Steam refunds
- Micron rolling out GDDR5X memory for new graphics cards
- Doom beta codes will be handed out at GameStop this weekend
- New Paragon update adds Sevarog, balances hero powers
- Fallout 4 Survival Mode details confirmed, beta now open on Steam
- GOG bundles discount classic 2K games
- The Division's locations overlaid on real life NYC map
- See Dark Souls 3's first boss beaten with bare fists in 60fps
- The next Call of Duty could be set in space
- EVE Valkyrie launch trailer proves VR has finally arrived
- EVE Online is apparently hurtling towards another massive war
- March 28
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- Killer Instinct launches on PC this week, so here are the system specs
- Overwatch victory pose cut after fan complains that it's over-sexualized
- AMD outs Everybody's Gone to the Rapture on PC in Radeon driver update
- Oculus Rift requires an opt-in to run games from other sources
- The Walking Dead: Michonne trailer reflects on the nature of murder
- Ubisoft confirms DirectX 12 support for Watch Dogs 2
- Why the 'asynchronous timewarp' added to Oculus Rift matters
- Unlicensed Formula 1 mods ordered to be removed
- Star Wars: Battlefront Outer Rim bugs being crushed, slowly
- Two Worlds 3 in development, Two Worlds 2 comes to Linux/SteamOS
- New Battleborn let's play shows off Benedict
- Solid Snake's original voice actor won't play Metal Gear Solid 5
- Lipstrike is Counter-Strike played with lipstick, and why not?
- PlayStation VR 'possibly' coming to PC
- March 27
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- March 25
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- Heroes of the Dorm disqualifies Harvard for cheating
- Ark: Survival Evolved celebrates Easter with the Bunny-Dodorex
- Overwatch's Weekly Brawl modes dug up by dataminers
- Ubisoft Steam sale leaves bundles costing more than individual games
- The Atari Vault opens, this is what's inside
- Report: GTA 6 is in development, we once came close to GTA: Tokyo
- New Rock Band 4 reward tier offers all the songs for $2,500
- Streaming VR/AR 'mixed reality' games will be expensive
- Starcraft 2 community solves ARG, gets rewards for everyone
- Hitman's online/offline save incompatibility won't be fixed
- RollerCoaster Tycoon World shunted to Early Access model
- That Dragon, Cancer designer asks for Let's Play restraint
- Payday 2 adds Jimmy: your new, free psychopath
- Doom's latest trailer shows off demon mode and the BFG
- Verdun adds Americans and Belgians in free Horrors of War update
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada trailer reveals the Orks and an April launch date
- March 24
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- Valve releases Steam Controller CAD geometry so you can mod it
- Elite: Dangerous is getting a William Shatner voice pack
- Homefront: The Revolution trailer teaches "Guerrilla Warfare 101"
- Hearthstone’s latest Old God will bring back your Deathrattle minions
- Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault is now free on Origin
- Quantum Break's PC graphics options revealed
- GTA5's Deer Cam follows a deer in San Andreas
- SOMA has almost made its money back; two new games coming
- Heroes of the Storm's summer season prize pot stands at $1.2 million
- Ark: Survival Evolved’s origins will be contested in court
- John Carmack getting BAFTA’s highest honour
- Logitech's wireless, ambidextrous G900 Chaos Spectrum is its new flagship gaming mouse
- Slain! releases this week, so here's a launch trailer
- The Division has a gamebreaking bug, but Ubisoft is on the case
- March 23
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- Orcs Must Die! Unchained open beta begins next week
- Overwatch beta patch adds a new map and Weekly Brawls
- Total War: Warhammer teaser introduces the Master Necromancer
- Intel ends "tick-tock" chip development model
- The Banner Saga 2 is coming in April
- This War of Mine: The Little Ones is coming to PC
- Planet Coaster enters early bird alpha
- Dark Souls 3 launch trailer reveals new horrors
- Battleborn hits open beta April 13; story mode detailed
- Tekken 7 may be coming to PC
- Fallout 4 Survival Mode will enter beta next week
- March 22
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- Draft bans are coming to Heroes of the Storm
- Telltale's The Walking Dead Season Three will debut this year
- The Descendant is a sci-fi adventure set after the end of the world
- Minecraft: Story Mode is getting three "add-on" episodes
- Payday 2 comes to SteamOS, goes free to play until end of March
- Rise of the Tomb Raider DLC concludes March 29
- Hitman's first Elusive Target delayed; new Escalations added
- Hyper Light Drifter releasing this month
- Binding of Isaac dev teases new game
- Nuk3town going free for all Black Ops 3 players
- Roshpit Champions creator apologises for recycled assets
- Punch Club has sold 330,000 units, but it's been pirated 1.6 million times
- Scribblenauts studio 5th Cell suffers major layoffs
- Stardew Valley update aims to improve the quality of marriage
- March 21
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- Wadjet Eye's next game is a supernatural adventure called Unavowed
- A new patch for The Division will roll out tomorrow
- Watch Overwatch's first animated short
- Gabe Newell says he's "all for" cross-platform play
- Firewatch sold 500,000 copies in one month
- Doom multiplayer modes revealed in new video
- AMD adds automated video creation to its Gaming Evolved client
- Play as Dogmeat in Fallout 4
- BioWare's new IP was "revealed" at GDC, but nobody noticed
- GOG's Insomnia Sale is now on
- Oblivion is 10 years old
- March 20
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- March 18
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- The Division's level cap has already been hit
- Croteam marks 15 years of Serious Sam with Steam trading cards
- Paragon system requirements revealed
- A new Warcraft teaser turns up on the tubes
- LoL player gets pentakill and Baron steal while dead
- Skyshine's Bedlam undergoes major changes in Redux update
- Logitech's G610 keyboard offers Cherry MX Brown and Red switches
- Python wiz runs Superhot's menus and minigames in Command Prompt
- Julian Gollop announces new game, Phoenix Point
- Updated: Debut Custom Game Pass mod Roshpit Champions uses assets without permission
- Pacific Rim Jaeger recreated in Besiege
- XCOM 2 Anarchy's Children DLC is out now
- March 17
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- Star Wars Battlefront 'Outer Rim' DLC detailed in new trailer
- Report claims pervasive match-fixing in China's pro Hearthstone scene
- Mirror's Edge Catalyst story details reveal competing factions and city districts
- Heroes of the Storm is adding a single-lane map called Lost Cavern
- LawBreakers will no longer be free to play, is exclusive to Steam
- Bombshell gets free DLC and a pile of bug fixes in 1.1 update
- The Captain America: Civil War trailer redone in Fallout 4 is a thing of beauty
- Hitman has two new Escalations to attempt
- Total War getting cross-platform spin-off TW Battles: Kingdom
- Blizz details Overwatch comics and animated shorts
- Division players escape to Central Park and beyond
- Taiwan ratings board provides further evidence for Bioshock: The Collection
- The Witcher 3 takes top prize at the 2016 Game Developers Choice Awards
- IGF Game Developers Choice Awards – all the winners
- Below, Capybara's upcoming roguelike, is set for this summer
- Why less is more when it comes to Firewatch’s beautiful trees
- March 16
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- CryEngine V releases today on a pay-what-you-want basis
- New VR project from Justin Roiland and Crows Crows Crows tackles accounting
- Planetary Annihilation is free, for awhile, at Bundle Stars
- Trackmania Turbo beta is console only, but a free demo is coming
- New Doom teaser showcases nine multiplayer maps
- Watch a new Hellblade trailer performed live in Unreal Engine
- New trailer for The Climb takes Crytek's VR sim to the Alps
- The Long Journey Home is a space exploration RPG with echoes of Firefly
- Esports pros on why women's tournaments are needed, but not forever
- Battleborn's post-launch 'vision' detailed
- Starcraft 2: Nova Covert Ops begins March 30
- Ark: Survival of the Fittest becomes free standalone with cash prizes
- Stellaris and Hearts of Iron 4 release dates revealed
- Obsidian announces Tyranny, a fantasy RPG where you're the bad guy
- Small child announces Magicka CCG Kickstarter
- March 15
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- Sony taking on Rift and Vive with aggressive $399 price tag for PlayStation VR
- Tomb Raider writers used a "hashtag board" to balance #Dad levels
- The Division hits 1.2 million concurrent users, becomes biggest new game franchise ever
- A Chinese mining company wants to buy RuneScape
- Fallout 4's Dogmeat wins Best Game Dog at the World Dog Awards
- Metro 2033 is being made into a film
- Unity announces two new versions and a certification program
- Werewolves Within is a VR "social deduction" party game coming this fall
- Razer launches the new Blade notebook
- Heads-up: Windows 10 may be sneaking onto PCs without permission
- Total War: Warhammer unleashes the Vampire Counts at last
- Star Wars dabbles with the Vive in Trials on Tatooine
- Warcraft 3 rises again with patch 1.27
- Assassin’s Creed ‘VR Experience’ coming this year
- Kings Quest Chapter 3 will release next month, Sierra confirms
- Twitch’s “Stream First” initiative integrates chat with a new wave of games
- Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes has sold over 200,000 copies
- Battlefield 4 post-launch content may be coming to an end
- March 14
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- AMD's Radeon Pro Duo is a dual-GPU monster with 3 power connectors
- Here's some footage of System Shock: Remastered Edition in action
- Oddworld: Soulstorm teases an "all-new Abe" in a more sinister story
- Planet Licker is a game you literally play with your tongue
- Wildstar studio suffers more layoffs, cancels expansion into China
- Hearthstone patch is live with extra deck slots and a new Paladin Hero
- The Walking Dead: Michonne continues this month
- Tacoma gets bumped into 2017
- Rocket League's new Xbox One "cross-network" feature due this Spring
- Robot Wars meets Fallout in Automatron DLC, out March 22
- Minecraft becomes an AI training ground
- JJ Abrams working on both Portal and Half-Life movies
- Danganronpa 2 hits PC in April
- Latest Devil Daggers world record survives hell for ten minutes
- Gears of War: Ultimate Edition patch will hopefully fix the game
- Heroes of the Dorm brackets revealed, final to be held at Seattle's CenturyLink
- March 13
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- March 11
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- Phil Spencer says diehard PC gamers might not want an Xbox, and that's okay
- Zombie herder Moving Hazard enters Early Access
- Creepy first-person adventure The Guest now has a free demo on Steam
- Rise of the Tomb Raider gets DirectX 12 support in latest patch
- Square Enix offers a new Surprise Box bundle for Easter
- EverQuest Next is cancelled, but Landmark will go on
- The Overload Kickstarter gets funded just two hours before it ends
- AMD launches XConnect technology to pair compatible GPUs, notebooks
- Now there's a Rocket League/Dying Light crossover
- The Chuckle Brothers take out an arms dealer in live-action Hitman
- Modder recreates Mirror's Edge in Call of Duty: MW
- Diablo 2 patched for the first time in five years
- Shoot hoops in Rocket League basketball
- Unreal Tournament reboot gets feature complete DM Chill map
- Heroes of the Storm 2016 Spring Champions kick off on March 31
- March 10
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- Tropico publiser Kalypso announces Urban Empire, a new "city ruler" game
- Disc-based release of Hitman won't be out until 2017
- Trackmania Turbo trailer promises tonnes of multiplayer modes
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada system requirements announced
- Elite Dangerous will be an Oculus Rift launch title
- Mirror's Edge Catalyst dev diary showcases movement and combat
- XCOM 2 performance patch is now live
- Dark Souls 3 will run at 60 fps on PC
- Asrock gets around non-K Skylake overclocking limits again
- Bethesda's Todd Howard clarifies 'three big projects' comment
- Canadian mystery Kona drifts into Early Access today
- The Witcher 3 and Her Story lead PC BAFTA nominations
- Gears of War 4 'possibly' coming to PC
- The Division breaks Ubisoft sales records
- Dead Island 2 has a developer again: Sumo Digital
- Stardew Valley has sold 425,000 copies
- March 9
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- Mirage: Arcane Warfare will be out this year, beta expected by summer
- Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition delayed, but only on the PC
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic fan-made reboot looks promising
- Thumper, the "rhythm violence game," will be out later this year
- Ashes of the Singularity release date revealed in new trailer
- Hutt Contracts are coming to Star Wars Battlefront
- Prison Architect's hidden 3D mode has been in the game for five months
- Mad Max meets X-Files in XCOM 2: Anarchy's Children
- Doom beta dates revealed, new multiplayer footage unleashed
- Bill Gates grilled over the future of Age of Empires
- Contribute to real science in Eve Online's Project Discovery
- Sci-fi Roguelike Beacon is all kinds of stylish
- 3D NES emulator is witchcraft in your browser
- Live action, human-controlled Hitman is beautifully executed
- Snakes and Ladders as a first-person shooter might be an excellent idea
- Hearthstone adds pre-made deck suggestions with "Deck Recipes"
- March 8
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- Darkest Dungeon update brings new class, tweaks
- The creator of Mountain is making a game about being everything
- Day of the Tentacle Remastered system requirements revealed
- Riot Games acquires Radiant Entertainment, Rising Thunder no more
- Wartile promises to emulate detailed miniatures-based gaming on the PC
- The Division's day-one DLC is now on sale
- 75W Asus GTX 950 is powered entirely by a PCIe slot
- Updated: GeForce drivers 364.47 are causing catastrophic errors
- Total War: Warhammer delayed into May, system requirements released
- Fraud charges brought in 38 Studios loan saga
- Vermintide swells with free Last Stand DLC
- The Division gets off to a rocky start
- The Division DLC will launch on Xbox 30 days earlier than other platforms
- A Thief movie is in the works
- March 7
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- Okay, who wants to play a Lovecraftian open world investigate-'em-up?
- Fable Legends players will be offered refunds
- Fallout: New Vegas mod drives tanks, goes to space, channels Kojima
- 6DOF shooter Overload gets a free "playable teaser"
- Valve announces The Lab, a compilation of free VR "experiments"
- The Doom reverse sleeve poll has a winner
- Sniper Elite 4 has 2016 release in its sights
- Fable Legends is cancelled, Lionhead Studios to close
- Bear Simulator enters permanent hibernation
- The Overwatch release date is now confirmed
- Morrowind fan remake Skywind gets new developer diary
- The Division is getting a day one patch, and here's what it does
- March 6
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- March 4
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- Blizzard teasing new Hearthstone special announcement coming next weekend
- Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear will be out at the end of the month
- Battleborn's last two heroes step into the spotlight
- Rumour busted: Alan Wake's Return trademark is not for a new game
- Oculus founder: Rift will come to Mac if Apple "ever release a good computer"
- Thimbleweed Park story trailer spotlights murder in a strange town
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance reaches beta, PC release delay confirmed
- Path of Exile: Ascendancy arrives today
- Epic CEO Tim Sweeney pummels Microsoft's UWP initiative
- Rainbow Six Siege pro league season kicks off tomorrow
- Mirror's Edge trailers highlight movement and combat
- This Stardew Valley planning tool is exactly what your farm needs
- Spintires developer denies sabotage claims
- March 3
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- First-person adventure Obduction finally gets a proper teaser
- The second Elite Dangerous: Horizons update has been delayed
- Chivalry devs gets magical with Mirage: Arcane Warfare
- The Division's first year will include free and paid expansions
- Bethesda poll asks which Doom alternate art you prefer
- This week's big Warframe update is a mix of mummies and emoji
- Euro Truck Simulator 2 update lets you customise your nuts
- No Man's Sky price and release date confirmed
- Paragon early access begins March 18
- Strafe coming early 2017, in-game footage appears
- New Planet Coaster footage reveals obsessive attention to detail
- Far Cry Primal's map may 'borrow' from Far Cry 4
- Activision joins EA in skipping a major E3 presence this year
- March 2
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- Former Hearthstone world champ confirms new team
- Diablo 3 "Cow Level" appears as a tribute to former Blizzard artist
- Spintires removed from Steam amid allegations of developer sabotage
- Enter the Gungeon brings a surplus of guns in April
- The Division preloads begin tomorrow
- Legion TD 2, the successor to the hit Warcraft 3 mod, is now on Kickstarter
- Mass Effect: Andromeda pushed back to early 2017
- Umbra becomes Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, coming to Early Access this month
- 10 Second Ninja is getting a sequel and remaster combo
- Psyonix launches Rocket League Championship Series
- Hitman 'Season Premiere' shows off Sapienza and Marrakesh
- Phil Spencer clarifies Microsoft's PC gaming ambitions
- The Necron Overlord is coming to Dawn of War 2: Retribution
- Further Steam security changes detailed
- Towerfall creator shows work on eight-player mode
- March 1
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- Alan Wake’s Return trailer hidden in Quantum Break
- Rollercoaster Tycoon World video showcases DIY theme park creation
- The Star Wars Humble Bundle 2 features Lego, KOTOR, and a sweet t-shirt
- No Man's Sky will be a full priced title, according to removed Sony listing
- Dean Hall says the Vive is "awesome" but urges caution about VR gaming
- The Division launch trailer is here
- Gears of War: Ultimate Edition gets off to a rocky start
- Harmonix crowdfunding Rock Band 4 for PC
- Rule the waves in EU4's new xpac, Mare Nostrum
- PS4 to PC Remote Play coming in the console's next firmware update
- Democracy 3 is 66% off in honour of Super Tuesday
- Forza Apex paves the way for future Forza games on PC
- AMD unveils A10-7890K and a cheaper version of the Wraith cooler
- Forza Motorsport 6 Apex announced
- Metal Gear Online: Cloaked In Silence coming March 15
- Rainbow Six Siege patch adds Kill Cam to Ranked, tweaks spawns and more
- HTC Vive Australian price is $1,416 including shipping
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance may be delayed on PC to accommodate consoles