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November 30
- Alpha Test - Spacebase DF-9
- State of Decay Breakdown released, main game 50% off for the next day or so
November 29
- Crusader Kings 2 mod brings zombies to the middle ages
- Prison Architect update brings mod support and further performance boosts
- Nvidia man says PCs are "superior to any console" for gaming, Earth continues to orbit Sun
- Space Wolf trailer offers a first look at Warhammer 40K's tactical card game
- Scraps is a physics-based vehicle construction and combat game, now on Kickstarter
November 28
- Giftstravaganza 2013: Buy stuff for people
- Ashes Cricket 2013 pulled from sale, publisher promises refunds for buyers
- Pathologic developers are considering a remake of the horror RPG
- Moebius trailer brings drama, mystery and clear pronunciation
- Renegade X aims to resurrect Command and Conquer's failed FPS dreams
- Overgrowth alpha update brings duelling dogs, bigger bones
November 27
- Next Battlefield 4 patch to address "one-hit kill bug" and other issues
- The Humble Store hosts Thanksgiving Sale, goes toe-to-toe with Steam discounts
- Steam Autumn Sale is live, bringing a week of Daily Deals, Flash Sales, and upside down pages
- The Mandate reaches Kickstarter goal, aims for stretch goals in final days of campaign
- EverQuest Next Landmark timelapse video takes you from concept to construction
- Clandestine: asymmetrical espionage co-op, coming to PC next year
- WildStar's class round-up series continues with the Stalker
- The Saxxy Awards 2013 winners announced, provide many minutes of animated merriment
November 26
- Wasteland 2 developer says beta could arrive within "2.5 weeks"
- Warlock 2: The Exiled screenshots tease fantasy civilization
- GameMaker Studio's Standard Edition now free for budding game creationists
- Saints Row IV gets into the spirit with How The Saints Saved Christmas DLC
- A new Steam Machines prototype emerges, from iBuyPower
- Typing of the Dead: Overkill brings culture to the damned with its Shakespeare DLC
- Assassin's Creed 4 developer says PC was "first" in line for performance optimization
November 25
- Steam unveils new user review system, beta version live today
- Lego: The Hobbit announced, will take you there but not back again
- FIFA Manager 14 will be last in EA's football management series
- Star Citizen raises $30 million, increases funding for Squadron 42 single-player campaign
- Galactic Civilizations 3 screenshots demand your attention
November 24
- Second Borderlands 2 Headhunter DLC announced: The Horrible Hunger of the Ravenous Wattle Gobbler
- inXile asking Kickstarter backers to vote over Torment's combat system
November 23
- Next Car Game's Kickstarter ends in a pile-up, demo released
- Pirate-based YARRRPG Raven's Cry gets May 7th release date
- Battlefield 4 getting a seven-day double XP event for all players
November 22
- Indie 3DS platformer SteamWorld Dig is coming to PC, arrives December 5
- Team Fortress 2 "Rottenburg" update completes two-part announcement, gives Medic new powers
- John Carmack resigns from id Software
- PC Gamer UK Christmas issue: Everquest Next
- Rodina release date announced, open space combat and exploration coming next month
- Google Doodle takes you on a Doctor Who adventure through time and pixels
- Planetside 2's anniversary brings birthday bundle, contest to turn player stories into graphic novel
- Shadowrun Returns expansion announced: Dragonfall arrives in January
- Rumor: Telltale Games working on a Game of Thrones game
November 21
- Team Fortress 2 "Mannhattan" update reveals new map, weapon effects, leaderboards
- Clown adventure Dropsy Kickstarted, lands publishing deal with Devolver Digital
- Blizzard wants new World of Warcraft expansions every year
- Valve explain Steam in-home streaming, as early closed beta begins
- Battlefield 4: Second Assault trailer released, meanwhile EA say annualising the franchise could destroy it
- WildStar dev video reveals interdimensional magic space cowboy, the Spellslinger
November 20
- Australia: Win a custom PC courtesy of Might and Magic: Duel of Champions
November 19
- Black Mesa: Source team gets approval from Valve to sell remake on Steam
- Space opera The Mandate releases new trailer featuring voice of Game of Thrones' Walder Frey
- New Elder Scrolls Online details revealed on campaign play and guild roles
- Lord of the Rings Online: Helm's Deep expansion release delayed
- Valve's third Saxxy Awards now open for submissions, so here's a cute film about a Pyro plushie
- Guild Wars 2 update adds new Fractals event, more Nightmares
- Eve Rubicon interview: on star gates, space colonisation and Eve Valkyrie
- X Rebirth developer apologises for bugs, promises incoming fixes
- Battlefield 4: Second Assault video runs through new maps, weapons and features
- Valve to demo VR prototype at next January's Steam Dev Days conference
- Call of Duty: Ghosts patch lowers 6GB RAM requirement, adds e-sports features
November 18
- Chris Roberts: Star Citizen is a PC game, will never be "dumbed down for a lesser platform"
- Oculus Rift creator says game speed is key to solving motion sickness in VR
- Introducing the Large Pixel Collider, a computer of uncomfortable power
- Sui Generis pre-alpha footage shows tense battles, deadly chairs
- Fallout 4 trademarked, teaser site found, and other unverified rumours [Updated]
- League of Legends' pre-season update to focus map vision, late game growth
- Pandora: First Contact released, claims to be the hex-based successor to Alpha Centauri
- Crusader Kings 2: Sons of Abraham video focuses on Jewish and Islamic improvements
November 17
- TowerFall Ascension: the multiplayer battler coming to PC with new co-op mode in tow
- DayZ Standalone gets eight minutes of axey, compassy new footage
November 16
- Trove: a procedurally generated voxel-based sandbox which - stop me if you've heard this one before
- State of Decay's sandboxy expansion arriving November 29th
November 15
- Diablo 2 lives on: ladder system maintenance, another character reset inbound
- ASRock releases motherboards designed to mine Bitcoins, generate internet moolah
- Arma 3 guide now online from Shack Tactical founder
- Spelunky's first solo eggplant run completed, makes for a tense hour of platforming
- Next Car Game trailer shows the first in-game footage, mostly of destruction
- Euro Truck Simulator 2 to get new audio, revels in wanton destruction
- Endless Space's fifth free add-on now available for Disharmony owners
- Star Wars: The Old Republic trailer shows the multi-coloured lasers of Galactic Starfighter
- Thief no longer has QTEs, does still contain customisable UI
- EVE: Rubicon trailer takes a cinematic look at new ships and serious faces
- EverQuest Next Landmark livestream shows off real-time castle construction
November 14
- Go shoot some stuff out of the sky in World of Warplanes, now available
- Crusader Kings II 2.0 patch notes are as hilariously out of context as ever
- BioShock Infinite DLC trailer leaves you with a Big Daddy and a bunch of questions
- War Thunder plans for ground forces closed beta, taking off next month
- Battlefield 4 update released, aims to reduce crashes and eliminate network sync bug
- Football Manager 2013 pirated by over 10 million people, claims Sports Interactive
- X Rebirth trailer wants to make an explosive impression for launch
- Wildstar trailer introduces the mental manipulation of the Esper class
- Dota 2 update adds a trio of spirits and the return of Diretide
- Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition set for release on Nov. 15
- Child of Light gameplay video shows exploration, combat and poetry
November 13
- Blizzard says it was wrong to allow offline play in Diablo II
- GOG's Fall Insomnia sale is weird, arbitrary, but admittedly cheap
- Payday 2: Armored Transport trailer steals a look at a new heist
- XCOM: Enemy Within's interactive trailer teases mechs and EXALT operatives
- Rift's "state of the game" address hints at future updates, the road to its second expansion
- The Shivah: Kosher Edition announced, remastered adventure coming to GOG and Steam next week
- Battlefield 4: China Rising's maps and features reportedly revealed by leaked image
- Steam update allows background downloading while playing a game
November 12
- Warren Spector named director of games design grad school at University of Texas
- Bloom: Memories heads to Kickstarter to fund a new take on the ARPG formula
- DayZ Standalone needs more optimization before release, says Dean Hall
- Fight naming paralysis with the PC Gamer Character Name Repository
- Natural Selection 2 World Championship Tournament sees crowdfunding success
- Unity of Command's new DLC takes a Black Turn with 1941 German invasion
- Planetside 2's first Performance Update goes live, makes faster game
- Dragon Age: Inquisition leaked footage shows thirty minutes of combat and questing
- Neptune's Pride 2: 64-player game mode being tested in preparation for public release
- Humble Bundle organisers launch The Humble Store, celebrate with a debut sale
- Path of Exile gets a post-launch patch, seven more before March expansion
November 11
- UPDATED: DayZ Standalone version delayed due to bugs and poor optimization
- FTL: Advanced Edition adds new weapons, content for free in 2014
- Take On Mars update takes on Deimos, new weather, and dynamic missions
- Warcraft and Warcraft 2 could be resurrected for modern PCs
- EverQuest Next Landmark Founder's Pack available now, includes early access
- EverQuest Next Landmark is "GURPS for MMOs," will include AI, combat, DM tools, more
- Overgrowth gets dialogue editor, is still mostly about violence
- Minecraft: The Story of Mojang now available to watch on YouTube
- Dirt 3 to give Games for Windows Live the slip, move onto Steamworks
- The Forest trailer shows continued survival, panicked combat and questionable effigies
November 10
- The Free Webgame Round-Up
- Steam In-Home Streaming beta starts later this year, join group to register interest
- Turn-based Viking adventure The Banner Saga out in January
November 9
- Blizzard dismiss notion of World of Warcraft going free-to-play
- Heroes of the Storm trailer and details revealed - sign up for the beta now
- Hearthstone open beta starts next month, expansions and "Single-player Adventures" teased
- Dota 2 Diretide event to launch "with the next update" at the community's very determined request
- World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor - Everything there is to know so far
- Trackmania releases three new demos to celebrate ten years of going really fast
- Quake Live to become standalone game, player stats should transfer to new version
- Metro: Last Light will come bundled with Steam Machine prototypes
- EverQuest Next Landmark dev diary shows all the materials you'll mine and craft
- The Witcher 2 almost didn't happen
November 8
- Mass Effect 4 development images have mostly been obscured by Mass Effect 4 developers
- Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior release date announced, cemented with two minutes of screaming
- Humble Bundle now lets you gift extra Steam keys to friends and family
- This Battlefield 4 disco mode is a bug, not a feature
- Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls trailer shows adventure, mystics and menus
- Total War: Rome 2 is coming to SteamOS early next year, logically also to Linux
November 7
- Company of Heroes 2: Victory at Stalingrad DLC will launch alongside Turning Point update
- X Rebirth trailer details exploration, scanning, and the haunted, blank faces of NPCs
- Call of Duty: Ghosts fixes and tweaks - mouse acceleration, FPS drops and stuttering
- The Mandate promises a space RPG adventure among the Tsars
- Wildstar's latest DevSpeak video introduces the Warrior, contains impromptu singing
- Microsoft planning to bring more first-party titles to PC
- Wasteland 2 backers could be receiving the original Wasteland on GOG or Steam before the end of the week
November 6
- Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion encounters some Stellar Phenomena
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag lead writer doubts series will take place in present day
- GOG offers charity bundle sale with all proceeds going to charity
- You Don't Know Jack franchise turns 18, celebrates with Steam sale
- First-person puzzle game Scale aims to shrink the moon, deliver it via Kickstarter
- Crusader Kings 2: Sons of Abraham video explains new features and papal politics
- Prison Architect sells over 250,000 copies, is Introversion's best selling game
- Guild Wars 2 prepares to unleash Nightmares, music videos
- Battlefield 4 server-side update claims to fix two of the most common crashes
- Kerbal Space Program update 0.23 detailed: will bring science tweaks and tweakables
November 5
- Dracula demands vengeance in new Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 trailer
- New Humble WB Bundle lets you pay what you want to be a costumed vigilante
- Battle Worlds: Kronos out now, trailer explores the morality of artillery strikes
- Civilization IV designer Soren Johnson starts new indie studio Mohawk Games
- Velocity Ultra warps onto PC this Christmas, bringing Steam support and custom controls
- Thumper asks you to kill Crakhed, via the medium of rhythm racing
- Jazzpunk trailer promotes comedy adventure through the medium of Thunderbirds
- Broken Sword 5 being split into two episodes, first one out next month
- Broforce trailer contains a Matrix parody, and other action movie throwbacks
- Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag trailer targets multiplayer features
- Valve shows alternative prototypes for Steam Controller
- Elegy for a Dead World, an indie game for dreamers and poets, coming from Dejobaan
- Destiny for PC would spread Bungie too thin; no port planned at present
November 4
- Valve to announce Steam Machine partners during CES 2014
- A new WoW expansion? Blizzard trademarks Warlords of Draenor
- Half-Life 3, other future Valve games won't be exclusive to SteamOS
- Star Citizen raises $26 million, adds deeper capital ship gameplay
- Only Valve will make Steam controllers
- Company of Heroes 2's Turning Point update to add new maps and 'World Builder' tool
- See the first pictures of the Steam Machines prototype
- Europa Universalis 4: Conquest of Paradise announced, will allow exploration of a randomly generated American continent
- Battlefield 4: Second Assault DLC maps officially named
- Bugbear's Next Car Game still doesn't have a real name, but does have a Kickstarter
- Hyper Light Drifter combat video shows more pretty pixel animation
- Steam client "should allow you to run in Offline Mode for as long as you like" say Valve
- Sponsored: read our free Dragon's Prophet e-zine
- Battlefield 4 dogged by major launch issues: connection errors, glitches, dodgy netcode
- Call of Duty: Ghosts trailers were inevitable... here's two of them
November 3
- Sponsored post: Welcome to New Eden - Tips and Tricks for EVE Online newbies
- Thief trailer tells the story of The City, via Garrett's behatted fence Basso
- Blizzard's 16-bit platformer Blackthorne is now available as free download
November 2
- Minecraft to add integrated Twitch.tv streaming
- SpeedRunners to get pirate-friendly free offline version
November 1
- 30,000 Steam keys stolen during Wadjet Eye Games' Halloween promotion
- Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn passes 1.5 million registrations, first content patch detailed
- SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow launch trailer arrives as EA hit with "Shonky" award
- Batman: Arkham Origins patch goes live, should fix several game-breaking issues
- Dishonored developer Arkane Studios hints at new CryEngine game
- Bulletstorm dev People Can Fly now called Epic Games Poland, working on Fortnite
- Titanfall PC release date confirmed, won't require Windows 8
- State of Decay will shamble out of Early Access next week
- Brutal Doom gets a v19 release, mod's maker says it's "the final version for a while"
- Path of Shadows: a free student-made stealth game, now available to download
- South Park: The Stick of Truth delayed, seven minutes of game footage released anyway
- Outlast: Whistleblower announced, is prequel DLC for the asylum horror