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February 29
- Sci-fight! Watch competitive Tribes: Ascend tonight
- Blizzard lays off 600 employees, development teams "largely unaffected"
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Win King Arthur 2 and a remarkably classy Choose Your Own Adventure-style book
- First SimCity 5 screens and details surface
- Borderlands 2 will use Steamworks
- Everything you need to know about XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim patch 1.4.27 fixes companion sneaking
- Jet Set Radio HD is coming to PC
- UK retailer GAME won't stock Mass Effect 3, or any EA title after console SSX
- Minecraft mod API to be developed by new team at Mojang
- Mysterious Baldur's Gate teaser website appears
February 28
- OnLive indie showcase lets you try 16 IGF nominees for free
- Superb spaceship game FTL is now playable through OnLive, buyable through Kickstarter
- Dear Esther sells 50,000 in one week
- Unreal Engine 4 to be shown at GDC next week
February 27
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Guild Wars 2 beta gets one million applications
- Watch footage of our Tribes: Ascend show match. Behold our acceptable competence
- Hawken scoops $10 million in funding from League of Legends backers
- Diablo 3 skill calculator updated, new skill videos show flaming hydra and meteors
- Star Wars: The Old Republic patch 1.2 will add companion dances and endgame crafting
- Watch Notch create a Team Fortress 2 RTS live
February 24
- Score some swag for F2P shooter Repulse [Giveaway]
- Mass Effect 3 in space update: "we have visual contact with one balloon but it's 150ft up a tree"
- Why is Tribes: Ascend free to play?
- World of Warplanes wants testers, sign up, fly planes, shoot men
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Missing Link DLC cheap on Steam this weekend
- Team Fortress 2 action figures and life-sized Portal Gun hitting shops this summer
- Medal of Honor: Warfighter announced, built with Frostbite 2
- Major League Gaming's Winter Arena StarCraft 2 tournament starts tomorrow, streams go PPV
February 23
- Arma 3 to release “Community Alpha,” posts new screenshots, exclusive Q&A with the devs, seriously just come read this
- Tribes Ascend showdown: PC Gamer vs. OnRPG and MMO Hut LIVE
- SOE announce deal with new European publisher, Planetside 2 will be region-locked
- Saints Row: The Third Gangstas in Space DLC trailer confirms that laser guns go pew pew
- DICE rebuilding Battlefield 3 with massive upcoming patch
- Guild Wars 2's overflow servers kill queues
- Bioware defend Mass Effect 3 From Ashes day one DLC
- Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs due later this year
- Call of Duty: Devil's Brigade was in development by a secret team. Got secretly cancelled
February 22
- Counter-Strike: GO beta keys can be yours if you complete Valve's survey
- Guild Wars 2 beta signups are live for the next 48 hours
- Mass Effect 3 From Ashes day one DLC confirmed, Collector's Edition owners get it free
- Terraria has received its last update. "We have decided that it is time to move on," says dev
- Tribes: Ascend entering open beta on Friday, adding Arena Deathmatch and new maps
- New Metal Gear Solid coming to PC
- Eve Online's rookie ships redesigned
- Nvidia drivers boosts Skyrim performance by up to 45%, makes Modern Warfare 3 prettier
- Aion announces free-to-play plans for North America, all content will be free
February 21
- President Obama and Mitt Romney fight demons, each other in free Dungeon Defenders DLC
- Alan Wake devs "delighted" with PC sales
- Sins of a Solar Empire devs announce new "hybrid RTS" Sins of a Dark Age, coming 2012
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Realm of the Mad God: free co-op bullet hell action RPG hits Steam
- Tribes Ascend dev on the decline of twitch shooters: blame "multiplatform" development
- Why PC Gamer loves FIFA 12
- The Witcher 2 is doing quite well: 1.1 million copies sold last year
- The Diablo 3 beta just gets better and better
- SimCity devs to announce new game at GDC
- The Banner Saga: turn-based Viking RPG from indie ex-Bioware team
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta expands with new maps and weapons
- Skyrim beta patch removes 50 mod limit, free official iphone map app released
February 20
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Amnesia devs tease new game with ARG
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 spotted on dev CV and Amazon
- Gabe Newell grows spectacular beard. Also says something about DRM
- Double Fine adventure game donations pass $2 million, 22 days to go
- Diablo 3 runestone system overhauled in latest beta patch
- Mass Effect 3 trailer kills all the sunflowers, massive space war ensues
February 17
- Exclusive Dungeons of Dredmor wallpaper
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Darksiders 2 release date set for summer, preorder bonuses abound
- Sleeping Dogs screenshots kick crims in the face
- Rift breaks Guinness world record for most MMO marriages in a day
- Mass Effect 3 is going to space and back
- Guild Wars 2 PvP to feature 300 player server vs. server battles and siege warfare
- Mojam Humble Bundle: pay what you want for "Egyptian steampunk RTS racing game."
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer free to play this weekend
February 16
- New Max Payne 3 trailer reveals story details
- Download Air Buccaneers HD pre-alpha now. Float around for free
- Introversion: "If Valve aren't launching your game you really have to ask yourself why"
- Tim Schafer offers a Double Fine adventure update. Donate and get access to the closed beta
- Decoding Blizzard and Valve's trademark dispute: who really owns DOTA?
- Civ V: Gods and Kings expansion announced. Now with extra religion and spies
- LEGO Minecraft available to pre-order. In stores this Summer for $34.99/£34.99
- TF2's $100 wedding rings are one dirty joke
- Notch calms down internet with facts. Asks it to "stop hyping"
- Alan Wake screenshot comparison: 360 vs. PC
February 15
- Dear Esther turns a profit in five and a half hours, sells 16,000 in a day
- Killing Floor sells a million. Tripwire celebrate by slicing the price
- WoW Monopoly, Starcraft Risk... what should come next? Tell us and win EVE: Conquests
- AirBuccaneers HD offers the ability to destroy the universe as a pre-order bonus
- Dota 2 will support LAN play, next International tournament prize pool to be "at least" $1.6m
- What do you think of the Mass Effect 3 demo?
- Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion trailer released. Features a war among the stars
- Schafer says Psychonauts 2 will cost $13 million to fund. "Yeah, I can do that," says Notch
- Team Fortress 2 gets $100 wedding rings
February 14
- MechWarrior Tactics announced, accepting callsign reservations
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Skyrim mods are quite popular: two million downloads in three days
- Dwarf Fortress update adds "secret vampire dwarves" and werewolf invasions
- Star Wars: The Old Republic Q&A reveals plans for Legacy races and dual spec support in 1.2
February 13
- Tim Schafer talks Double Fine’s uphill battle to publish games on PC
- Guild Wars' Winds of Change concludes on a high note
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Anno 2070 update adds new buildings, increases "probability of tornado disaster"
- Football Manager 2012 unofficial winter transfer updates keep your rosters current
- Team Fortress 2's Boston Boom-Bringer shake-shake-shakes the room
- Eve Online's mad time dilation tech beats lag
February 10
- And in other PC gaming news...
- World of Warcraft Annual Pass has more than one million subscribers
- Ghost Recon Online closed beta sign-ups available, new trailer talks classes
- Diablo 3 release date set for Spring
- Blizzard clash with Valve over DOTA trademark
- Double Fine donations pass $1.2 million, breaking Kickstarter records. 32 days to go
February 9
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Introversion on why they're done with Darwinia
- Rift weddings announced, world record attempt scheduled for Valentine's day
- Star Trek Online season four kicks off on Saturday, the Jem'Hadar are back
- Graph: how Double Fine raised $450,000 for an adventure game in eight hours
- Tim Schafer to fund new adventure game with Kickstarter
February 8
- Watch an indie developer program a feature in real time
- PC Gamer US Game of the Year awards 2011
- Time to take down Braniac: exclusive reveal of DC Universe Online's next big update
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Mass Effect 3 phone app will send you texts from game characters, "From Dust" DLC spotted
- Sleeping Dogs: True Crime reboot set in Hong Kong, out this year
- Ubisoft DRM server downtime locks players out of Anno 2070, Driver: San Francisco and more
- Skyrim gets high resolution texture pack
- Skyrim Creation Kit released, Skyrim goes mad
February 7
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Prison Architect "paid alpha" planned for later this year
- Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai lead designer on the rise of guns and "the last hurrah of archery"
- Tim Schafer says he'd "love to do" Psychonauts 2, Notch offers to fund it
- Blizzard's Battle.Net balance is live
- Hawken will be free to play, out in December, sign up for the closed beta now
February 6
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Total War: Shogun 2 average user plays "for about a hundred hours"
- Indie Gala 2 is live, includes Greed Corp, InMomentum, Roboblitz and more
- Skyrim Creation Kit to be released tomorrow with "special surprise"
February 5
- We've upgraded our Minecraft US server. Come build with us!
February 4
- Champion Roundtable: Ziggs, the Hexplosives Expert
- Trion reflects on a year of Rift
February 3
- The Old Republic chart shows you the path to 50, every planet and Flashpoint included
- Never get lost in DCUO's Watchtower again with this detailed fan-made map
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Fall of the Samurai's new toys won't split Shogun 2's online playerbase
- Star Wars: The Old Republic data-mined updates hint at future features
- GAME strikes deal with lenders to secure future
- Natural Selection 2 trailer shows "gorilla" alien and jetpacks, is awesome
- StarCraft 2 season five lock incoming, season six to start later this month
- Battlefield 3 sells 11 million, new DLC announcement expected next week
- Team Fortress 2 top secret project to be revealed this year, Meet the Pyro on the way
February 2
- PC Gamer Presents: Dino D-Day revisited
- And in other PC gaming news...
- What do you think of the Steam mobile app?
- Total War's lead developer talks realism vs mechanics and hints at future conflicts
- Ubisoft server switch to render always-online DRM games unplayable next week
- GAME in talks with money lenders over future stock fears
- Tribes: Ascend adding loadout customization, stealth Spinfusor
- Origin is doing quite well: 9.3 million registered users, $100 million revenue since launch
- Skyrim patch 1.4 optimises performance, fixes Wabbajacks
February 1
- The Old Republic is "the fastest growing subscription MMO in history," has 1.7 million subscribers
- BioWare invites guild leaders to The Old Republic summit
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Help get Civilization 4's Baba Yetu into Classic FM Hall of Fame
- Play Rift for free up to level 20
- Lord of the Rings Online dev on Rohan's mounted combat and buying horse armour
- TF2 crafting minigame teaches you recipes (and makes you want to play TF2)
- Prototype 2 gets two-month delay on PC
- Humble Indie Bundle includes Osmos, Edge and Anomoly: Warzone Earth
- Steam mobile app now free to all
- DCUO offers a creative solution to the age-old "Where's the healer?" problem