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- November 30
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- And in other PC gaming news....
- Magicka: The Stars are Left DLC adds new campaign levels, robes and monsters, out now
- Total War: Shogun 2 DLC adds decapitation, limb severing, blood, Hattori clan
- Eve Online Crucible update adds new ships, graphical improvements, UI updates and more
- Dragon Age multiplayer mode rumoured, built with Frostbite 2, lets players be dragons
- Dead Island banned in Germany
- Mass Effect 3 will return to the Citadel with cut Mass Effect 2 missions
- How to play Saints Row 3 as a toilet
- Cryptic's Neverwinter MMO gets first real trailer, focuses on story
- November 29
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- Diablo III feature: Blizzard's plans to satisfy their fanbase and still deliver a fresh experience
- Frozen Synapse developer talks business and the F2P dilemma
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Prison Architect tease continues with new image
- The Humble Introversion Bundle now includes Dungeons of Dredmor as a 'beat the average' game
- World of Warcraft patch 4.3 adds Deathwing raid, new dungeons, raid finder and more
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations day one patch revealed
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 sells faster than hotcakes at Sainsbury's
- Elementary My Dear Majesty becomes "first 3D hidden object adventure game for PC," out today
- Star Wars: The Old Republic success questioned by Activision boss
- Gunpoint trailer released. Dev asks if you'd be willing to pay
- Battlefield 3 banned in Iran
- Nuclear Dawn free this weekend on Steam, developers invite modders to get stuck in
- SpaceChem gets bigger and cheaper, sandbox competition launched
- Rainbow 6 Patriots to use Assassin's Creed Anvil engine, new concept art rappels in
- Skyrim version 1.2 coming Wednesday, Bethesda releases patch notes
- Interview: CD Projekt's CEO on Witcher 2 piracy, why DRM's still not worth it
- November 28
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- Face Off: Single player games can be too long
- Tactical Advantage: How visuals can affect strategy games
- Alternate Lives: RPG Novels
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Serious Sam 3: BFE publisher on piracy: “people will pay for awesome”
- Ken Levine on vocal protagonists and the use of silence in Bioshock Infinite
- Team Fortress 2 gives Notch his own hat
- Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai announced
- Maple Story server hacked. 13.2 million Korean accounts compromised
- Assassin's Creed survey lists possible settings for future titles
- Mad Max: Fury Road game in the works, according to director George Miller
- Star Wars: The Old Republic beta - what do you think?
- Nvidia beta drivers boost Skyrim, Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3 and Batman: Arkham City
- Whore of the Orient is the new game from L.A. Noire's director
- Terrraria patch 1.1 to add new bosses, monsters, NPCs, hard mode and Unreal Megashark
- November 25
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- Mists of Pandaria talent calculator calculates talent
- Star Wars: The Old Republic testers facing up to eight hour queues to log in
- I Am Alive dev retracts PC hate
- Introversion teases Prison Architect with virtual treasure hunt
- Steam Autumn Sale continues: Total War, LA Noire, VVVVVV, Fallout: New Vegas super cheap
- World of Tanks heading to European shops next week
- Indie Game Music Bundle: 10 soundtracks for $1
- November 24
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- Got 16 minutes to spare? Watch this TED talk
- And in other PC gaming news...
- The Secret World creative director on the future of MMOs, feature creep and real-world puzzling
- CD Projekt working on AAA title, could be sci-fi
- AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome confuses search engines
- Planetside 2's Vanu Sovereignty armour, weapons and vehicles detailed
- Steam Autumn sale is live: Orcs Must Die, Portal 2, Mass Effect, Renegade Ops super cheap
- Interview: The Secret World’s Bylos and Bruusgaard, Pt 2
- Arkham City's DirectX 11 support is some kind of joker
- Ubisoft: I Am Alive skipping PC because "it's not worth it"
- Minecon Yogscast fall out down to "stress related misunderstanding" says Notch
- November 23
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- Crashtastic trailer: build and destroy vehicles for skinny robots
- Dark Orbit rakes in $2.6 million selling super-powered Drones
- Behind-the-scenes with Songhammer, the epic band that rocked BlizzCon's music contest
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Ghost Recon Online being free-to-play is a counter to piracy, says Ubisoft producer
- New Bioware game teased. Could it be a new Command & Conquer?
- Doom 3 source code now free to all
- Dead Island Bloodbath Arena DLC is out now
- Cave Story+ tunnels onto Steam
- Humble Introversion Bundle is live, pay what you want for every Introversion game
- Rift kicks off six week holiday celebration, Fae Yule
- November 22
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- Interview: The Secret World's Bylos and Bruusgaard, Pt 1
- Heroes of Newerth director talks about mentoring
- PlanetSide 2 Vanu screens show hovertanks, spaceships, the color purple
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Minecraft's Notch versus Yogscast: the story so far
- Batman: Arkham City demo available now through OnLive
- Outerra engine renders entire planets
- Codemasters resurrecting Dizzy, egg puns hard to ovoid
- DC Universe Online: "700% increase in daily revenue" since going free to play
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim patch ties launcher to Steam, breaks tweaks and RAM mod
- Battlefield 3 patch fixes crashes, improves performance, improves squad joining
- Treasure Adventure Game trailer is just wonderful
- Square Enix opens new Montreal studio, begins work on another new Hitman
- November 21
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- Three crazy ways politics are taking over MMOs
- Hard Stuff Q&A: Are SSDs worth it?
- GOG director explains the distributor's new direction, how "good old" principles still apply
- MLG Providence in review: the story of Leenock
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Minecraft in insanely big numbers, 241 million logins a month, 11,000 skin downloads a second
- World of Warcraft is seven, free stuff for all players
- Counter-Strike Global Offensive closed beta set to GO on November 30
- Battlefield 3 patch to improve stability and balance weapons this week
- November 20
- November 19
- November 18
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- Bethesda: Skyrim patch en route for week after Thanksgiving
- PCG PSA: Minecraft officially out of beta
- Exclusive first hands-on with the debilitating dwarven mage of Wrath of Heroes
- Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes beta key giveaway
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Rockstar's Dan Houser gets nostalgic about Max Payne
- Battlefield 3 trailer strikes at Karkand
- Future round up
- League of Legends now bigger than World of Warcraft
- Telltale employees genetically engineer Jurassic Park scores
- Saints Row: The Third released in the UK
- Star Wars: The Old Republic beta key reminder
- DC Universe Online announces Lightning Strikes DLC pack
- Play Magicka for free on Steam this weekend
- Mass Effect 3 collector's edition trailer reveals returning character
- Super Meat Boy anniversary bundle packs serious meat
- Mass Effect 3's creative director on multiplayer, MMOs and Bethesda
- CD Projekt to release five games by 2015
- Sega buys Three Rings, making Dr Who MMO
- EA responds to forum ban fiasco, promises "more equitable rules" going forward
- New Max Payne trailer explores design, technology, and gratuitous face-shooting
- November 17
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- Torchlight II delayed, probably not seeing light of day until 2012
- MechWarrior Online to be powered by CryEngine 3
- Good Old Games, maybe not so old anymore
- Exclusive first hands-on with the new righteous defender of Wrath of Heroes
- Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes showcases two heroes in new spotlights
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Spike VGA award nominations announced
- EVE Online: Crucible arrives November 29. Going "back to basics" as promised
- Minecraft Pocket Edition arrives on iPhone. Smaller, lighter, clunkier
- Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand details emerge
- Splash Damage working on new game based on 'major entertainment brand'
- Play Star Wars: The Old Republic next weekend!
- Parents name child Dovahkiin, earn a lifetime's worth of Bethesda games
- Assassin's Creed 3 to be set in Egypt?
- Interview: Bohemia Interactive's CEO on fighting piracy, creative DRM
- November 16
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- Stardock arrives on Steam, starting with Sins of a Solar Empire
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Will Wright says HiveMind will make "reality more interesting"
- Next Humble Indie Bundle to feature Introversion Games?
- Star Wars: The Old Republic beta weekend had a million hours of testing
- Origin starts selling Capcom games
- Risen 2: Dark Waters dev diary surfaces
- Dungeon Defenders review
- Just swell: Indie TSS Waves released
- Download Burnout Paradise for free on Origin
- Bethesda working on patch for Skyrim glitches, asks fans to be patient
- Activision on CoD Elite PC comment: "We misspoke"
- BioWare might change Mass Effect 3 script in wake of leak
- November 15
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- First screenshots of Dungeons of Dredmor expansion, Veganism being added as a skill
- New Minecraft documentary trailer sneak peek—watch Notch code exploding arrows
- Razer Blade gaming laptop prototypes stolen
- Four Syndicate operatives, eight minutes of cooperative rata-tata-tata
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Comic Book Hero: Football Manager, but with superheroes
- Call of Duty Elite might not make it to PC
- Bastion developer talks indie publishing
- For $2.99, THQ will sell you a pack of Saints Row 3 cheats
- Kiss Racer - an indie you control with your tongue
- Dungeon Defenders SDK released, Capture the Flag mode enters Pre-Alpha
- Dead Island Bloodbath Arena DLC out next week
- Saints Row: The Third released
- Black Ops dev regrets Second Chance perk
- Ken Levine says BioShock movie could still happen
- Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days
- Minecraft 1.0 strikes gold, is officially complete
- November 14
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- EA forum bans reportedly locking users out of games
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Battlefield 3 cheaters face bans and stat-wipes
- Borderlands 2 devs talk how Handsome Jack has changed Pandora
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim glitch video brings the lols
- Got a Blizzcon ticket and cash to spare? Buy some limited edition tat
- Team Fortress 2 gets Saints Row: The Third outfit
- Modern Warfare 3 shifts fewer copies than Black Ops
- Modern Warfare 3 dev attempts to boost Metacritic score via Twitter
- Battlefield 3 - Mortars to be countered by flying EMP robots
- November 13
- November 12
- November 11
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- Exclusive reveal of the new M.M.O. 7 gaming mouse from Madcatz
- And in other PC gaming news...
- GOG release The Witcher 2 sales stats. Steam dominates all competitors combined
- Minecraft pre-release build includes Ender boss fight, download it now
- Future round up
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 becomes "biggest entertainment launch ever"
- Limbo sells one million, studio becomes fully independent
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim tweaks improve graphics, disable Vsync, change FOV and more
- Battlefield 3 patch to nerf tactical lights, rebalance anti-air vehicles
- Outrageous Saints Row stunt #8438129: Jet-surfing
- New Firefall trailer has jetpacks, zaps bugs
- November 10
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- EverQuest II going free-to-play next month
- Steam database hacked. Encrypted credit card information and passwords compromised
- Assassin's Creed Revelations won't have always-online DRM
- Humble Voxatron Debut deal gets Gish
- Star Trek Online will make free to play switch on January 17
- For players or profit? Activision-Blizzard at odds over Diablo 3's cash auction house
- Our Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim review will go live at 1pm
- Report: Free-to-play MMO spending jumped 24% in 2011
- November 9
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- They come in threes: Game of Thrones RPG, MMO, and social game invading Westeros
- And in other PC gaming news...
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has infinite quests, says Howard
- Modern Warfare 3 breaks pre-order records, Black Ops sells 20 million expansion packs
- Saints Row 4 confirmed, will be "wilder" than Saints Row: The Third
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim available to pre-load now, day one patch to fix bugs
- Ubisoft shocks nobody, confirms new Assassin's Creed for 2012
- World of Warcraft loses 800,000 more subscribers, Blizzard looks to Pandaria
- November 8
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- XCOM delayed between one and 12 months
- Fahrenheit (AKA Indigo Prophecy) arrives on Good Old Games in time for winter
- StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm interview—Blizzard breaks down Zerg lore
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Batman: Arkham City PC delayed again
- Modern Warfare 3 is scared of disturbing you
- Bioshock Infinite developer diary makes voice actor cry :(
- Modern Warfare 3 PC impressions
- Bioware on how Mass Effect 3 co-op will affect singleplayer, unexpected playable races planned
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is out. PC Gamer review delayed
- Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is coming to PC
- Retro-themed indie Wizorb hits PC at ludicrously low price point
- New Serious Sam trailer shows meaty melee brutality
- Rumor: Blizzard lays off senior Titan designer
- November 7
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- Thieves hijack truckload of Modern Warfare 3
- PC Gamer US Podcast #293: Tribesunal
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Xenonauts dumps PayPal for Desura, starts taking cheaper pre-orders
- Star Wars: The Old Republic trailer shows off Imperial Agent, pre-order early access detailed
- Modern Warfare 3 creative director explains how to "go about blowing up the world"
- Steam forums down after possible hacker attack
- Minecraft sells four million copies, "4milyay" says Notch
- The Elder Scrolls: V Skyrim has gone gold, "sweet golden mead" quaffed in celebration
- November 5
- November 4
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- The Secret World open beta coming before Christmas? Nuh-uh, says Funcom
- Why LEGO Universe is shutting down in January, and why it deserves a second chance
- Bring back the gank: How Mists of Pandaria will return old-school PvP to World of Warcraft
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Rainbow 6: Patriots trailer casts player as victim and soldier, features awesome rappelling
- ArenaNet explains Guild Wars 2 combos, pets, and some class features
- Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate edition to bundle all DLC into one package, out in February
- Star Wars: The Old Republic guilds enter deployment phase
- PC Gamer UK has a Battlefield 3 server! Shoot and heal each other in the spirit of war
- Call of Duty Elite delayed, won't have a subscription option on PC
- Future round up
- November 3
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- Warhammer 40K MMO shooting for "flexible" business model
- Ex-Cryptic folks open Mob Rules, let fans decide first game
- Achtung Panzer: Operation Star finally released, demo available
- DC Universe Online sees 120,000 new PC players less than 48 hours after going free-to-play
- Rainbow 6 Patriots announced: "Terrorism has evolved, and so has Rainbow 6"
- Runescape bot nuking event bans 1.5 million bots in one day
- Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 demo out now
- Grand Theft Auto 5 rumour round-up. Dogs, digs, planes and BMXs incoming?
- Saints Row: The Third system requirements released, render pimps and hos on 2GB RAM
- Space Marine getting free capture the flag, paid Chaos Unleashed DLC to expand Exterminatus
- Dead Island creators trademark Dead World
- Humble Voxatron Debut adds Binding of Isaac, Blocks That Matter
- New Hard Reset patch adds survival mode, 3D support
- November 2
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- Lineage II embracing free-to-play "later this year," putting no limits on non-paying players
- Sword of the Stars 2 patch fixes some major issues, others said to persist
- And in other PC gaming news...
- World of Warcraft Guardian Cub ready to take a bite out of gold farmers, available now
- Thief 4: possible storyboard artwork appears
- Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer released
- DC Universe Online is free to play now
- Dota 2 beta is about to expand, comic book launched
- League of Legends gets half-dragon hero, Shyvana
- November 1
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- EA: "Origin is not spyware"
- InMomentum leaps into action, celebrates with trailer
- Wizard 101 opening new world: Zafaria
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Dungeon Defenders update fixes bugs, is bad news for super fast clickers
- Play with StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm units now on modder's custom map
- World of Tanks update adds new maps and tank stealth
- Blizzard on how the war for Pandaria will progress with post-launch patches
- Pay what you want for lovely voxelly indie shooter, Voxatron
- Doom 3 source code to be made free to all
