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December 31
- Face Off: What was the best decade for PC gaming?
- Dead Space 3 co-op preview: can terror survive a twosome?
- The Game of the Year 2012: Mass Effect 3
December 30
- Shogo: Mobile Armor Division is a fascinating artifact from the anime boom times
- The Strategy Game of the Year 2012: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- The Worst Reason to Pay for a Game Which Doesn't Exist Yet of the Year 2012: Nostalgia
- Sim-plicity: I am a working single mom
December 29
- Reinstall: The Pandora Directive
- The Mod of the Year 2012: DayZ
- The Most Egregious Historical Revisionism of the Year 2012: Black Ops 2
- The five greatest gaming controversies of 2012
December 28
- Police Quest pretended to be serious, but was really a nonsensical fever dream of a game
- The Short-form Game of the Year 2012: FTL
- The Best Animal Husbandry of the Year 2012: Far Cry 3
- Tomb Raider hands-on: "a lack of meaningful interaction"
- The Text Adventures That Never Were: Hotline Miami
December 27
- Reinstall: Rayman
- Ibb and Obb hands-on: co-op platforming in a topsy turvy world
- The Sim of the Year 2012: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- The Most Annoying Gaming Cliche of the Year 2012: Escaping Burning Buildings
- The Community Heroes of the Year 2012: Durante and Nwks
- The Text Adventures That Never Were: Far Cry 3
December 26
- Space Quest 5 remains a guilty pleasure of cheap gags and wish fulfilment
- Transformers Universe: we get some prime time with the robo-MMO
- The Multiplayer Shooter of the Year 2012: PlanetSide 2
- The Best NPC Barks of the Year 2012: Dishonored
- The Text Adventures That Never Were: Assassin's Creed III
December 25
- Little Big Adventure 2 was a cult classic example of French videogame weirdness
- The MMO of the Year 2012: Guild Wars 2
- The Text Adventures That Never Were: Mass Effect 3
December 24
- Reinstall: Quake
- The Singleplayer Shooter of the Year 2012: Dishonored
- The Best Music of the Year 2012: Hotline Miami
- The Text Adventures That Never Were: Dishonored
December 23
- Reinstall: Uplink
- The Camo Club - ten military sims that are answering the call of duty
- Sim-plicity: I am a ski resort manager
December 22
- Reinstall: FreeSpace 2
December 21
- The best graphics mods of 2012
- Club3D quadfire Radeon HD 7990 tested: freakishly fast, not terribly stable
December 20
- Hawken open beta impressions and criticisms
- Next-gen consoles will struggle to beat PC, say industry insiders
- An Illusionist in Skyrim, part 15: the battle of Whiterun
- Company of Heroes 2 hands-on: advancing the frozen frontline of the RTS
December 19
- GeForce Experience: hands-on with Nvidia's optimisation tool-kit
December 18
- Giveaway: War of the Roses Digital Deluxe Edition
December 17
- Reinstall: MechCommander
- AMD announce GCN 2.0 graphics! But don't get too excited just yet...
December 16
- Sim-plicity: I am a spearfisherwoman
December 15
- Firefall preview: taking to the skies in Red 5's ambitious open world MMO
- The making of Uplink
December 13
- 1000 Smite beta keys up for grabs - plus win ALL the gods
- Company of Heroes 2 trailer shows multiplayer carnage, tank death
- The Cave: plundering the depths of Ron Gilbert's new adventure game
December 12
- Crysis 3 hands-on: lost in tall grass, no ammo, no arrows, please send help
- Routine: indie survival horror from the dark side of the Moon
December 10
- Cooler Master Seidon 120M liquid CPU chiller releases this month
December 9
- In 1991, Wing Commander 2 blew away everyone (who could run it)
- Sim-plicity: I am a San Francisco bus driver
December 8
- PC Gamer community screenshots of the year
December 7
- Dishonored: No Trace, episode 5: The Whaler's Revenge
- The Free Webgame Round-up
December 5
- Firefall beta key giveaway: win access to this weekend's test
- Tomb Raider preview
December 4
- Primordia: a robotic adventure with its sensors tuned to nostalgia, out tomorrow
December 2
- Reinstall: Out of the Park Baseball 8
December 1
- Hotline Miami interview: Dennaton Games on creating carnage to delight and disgust
- The Cave preview - hands-on with Ron Gilbert's latest adventure game