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- January 31
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- The perfect XCOM run: How Zemalf beat Impossible Ironman with zero deaths
- Far Cry Z-DAY mod is not just a DayZ clone
- Latest Call of Duty: Ghosts patch focuses on eSports
- Funcom's work "continues as normal", despite raid from economic crime unit
- Prison Architect's alpha 17 update breaks out the guns
- Xbox One launch title LocoCycle announced for Steam release
- Humble Weekly Sale offers Codemasters games DiRT cheap
- Battlefield 4 patch improves performance, introduces Mantle support
- January 30
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- How to run the original Tomb Raider on Windows 7/8
- Next Car Game made over $1 million after one week in Early Access
- Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes in this experimental Oculus Rift game
- Treasure mulling an original PC game, still no release date for Ikaruga
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2's neo-Gothic world on display in new video
- Total War: Rome 2's giant Patch 9 improves AI, performance, and balance
- Now Playing: earning a hard-fought victory against Guild Wars 2's twisted marionette
- QuakeCon 2014 announced, has moved to July
- Hearts of Iron 4 first look: a slick return for the veteran World War 2 strategy series
- CCP issue final battle report on EVE Online's most destructive battle
- DayZ patch to add machetes, clapping, penalties for server-hopping
- The Wolf Among Us Episode 2 trailer explores the murky morality of fabletown
- New Witcher 3 screenshots make our PCs quietly weep
- EA doesn't think Battlefield 4 issues hurt sales
- Dark Souls 2 still hates you, allows invasions while Hollow
- January 29
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- EA taking lessons from Battlefield 4 for future launches
- Next Car Game's vehicular destruction in 11 GIFs
- Battlefield 4 getting tweaks to infantry weapons, including shotguns and DMRs
- Kerbal Space Program to launch NASA mission pack
- Thief hands-on: meeting Erin, Garrett's troublesome shadow
- Duke Nukem 3D adds multiplayer, co-op modes on Steam
- Wildstar's new DevSpeak video details customisation of all kinds
- The Elder Scrolls Online has a new CGI trailer and some pre-order pricing
- The Dark Mod's 2.01 update released, alongside info on new fan-made missions
- Dota 2's New Bloom update will let you rewrite history and rise like a phoenix
- Shadowrun: Dragonfall trailer introduces the "stable anarchy" of fantasy Berlin
- GOG's time machine sale lets the seconds tick down, and then back up again
- Bundle Stars deal offers 6 FPS games including Hard Reset, Zeno Clash 2
- DICE announces Battlefield 4 Player Appreciation Month
- Payday 2 update adds Infamy end-game content for dedicated players
- January 28
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- Leaked screens allegedly show off Source 2.0
- Far Cry 4 reportedly surfaces on Ubisoft designer's resume
- The complete list of PC Gamer's UK game servers
- Guild Wars 2's next update will let players fight on the Edge of the Mists
- Bioshock Infinite's Burial at Sea: Episode 2 trailer is intriguing, full of spoilers
- Battlefield 4: DICE tease future update, invite player feedback
- EVE Online's biggest ever battle: trillions of ISK in damages and over 70 titans lost
- Titanfall beta is coming to PC, may start February 14th
- Unreal Engine 4 will be "everywhere" by early next year
- January 27
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- 27 million people play League of Legends every day
- Firefall MMO finds new investor, announces 2014 launch
- Dota 2's New Bloom heralds the arrival of the Year Beast, also Terrorblade
- Square Enix reveals first Collective games
- Legend of Grimrock 2 screenshots accompany a round-up of new features
- Europa Universalis 4's Wealth of Nations expansion detailed by Paradox
- Starbound update ensures no more character wipes, does other stuff too
- First Shadow of Mordor gameplay footage looks familiar but cool
- January 26
- January 25
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- The Best Free Games of the Week
- SOE revise All Access Pass, Planetside 1 going free-to-play this April
- Steam will now let you cancel your own pre-orders
- Double Fine's Tim Schafer is open to future Kickstarters
- Arma 3 survival-horror mod 2017 releases new trailer
- How WildStar will motivate you to play with your guild
- January 24
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- Age of Wonders III trailer shows rogues and their bearded dwarven succubi
- SOE announces closure of four MMOs including Free Realms and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
- Rain World celebrates successful Kickstarter, Greenlight campaigns with new alpha footage
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance hits Kickstarter goal in 36 hours
- Interview: Mark Morgan, composer on Wasteland 2, Fallout, and Planescape: Torment
- Jazzpunk trailer is even more Jazzpunk than the last Jazzpunk trailer
- PC Gamer presents: The Ultimate Guide to Indie Games
- The Forest screenshots set the tone ahead of upcoming early access release
- STALKER: Lost Alpha mod video shows the promise of an expanded Chernobyl
- World of Tanks' upcoming 8.11 update to introduce combat between nations
- The Elder Scrolls Online voice cast announced, includes people you might have heard of
- IGF 2014 Student Showcase winners announced
- January 23
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- Alienware Steam Machines will be upgradeable after all
- Rust guide: Surviving your first day
- A Story About My Uncle coming to Steam in 2014
- Cyberpunk 2077 "will be a true RPG game," says CD Projekt RED
- Now playing: learning tough love in a land of badgers, with Shelter
- Paradox Con round-up: Hearts of Iron 4, Runemaster, and expansions for CK2 and EU4
- Skywind trailer introduces the Skyrim mod's most savage inhabitants
- The Banner Saga developers respond to King's opposition of their trademark
- Hearthstone open beta now live in Europe
- Insurgency leaves early access, deploys a tactically insignificant launch trailer
- Hitman Contracts hits Steam, initial audio issues fixed
- January 22
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- Former Infinity Ward, Respawn devs launch Kickstarter campaign for To The Death
- Omega Jam invites indie teams to finish their games in 30 days
- Elder Scrolls Online video shows off group content, Dark Anchor battles
- Riot Games believes League of Legends will be around for decades
- DayZ's Dean Hall answers anything on Reddit
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance first-look: "Dungeons and no dragons" in Warhorse's open-world RPG
- Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen characters may have to acclimatize to their environments
- Hearthstone guide: 5 keys to winning and having fun in Blizzard's card game
- The Early Access Report: Next Car Game, Turbo Dismount and Secrets of Raetikon
- Valve open up in-home streaming beta to non-Steam games
- The Banner Saga's trademark filing is being opposed by the makers of Candy Crush Saga
- Starcraft II's 2.1 update rolling out this week, Arcade and custom games now completely free
- Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition comes to Steam on February 27
- January 21
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- Hearthstone open beta launches in North America
- Alienware's Steam Machine will not be upgradable, new model every 12 months
- La-Mulana 2 lands on Kickstarter
- Bravo, encore! Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's Operation Bravo event extended
- DayZ diaries: the one where Andy turns to the dark side
- Arma 3's second campaign episode is out now
- League of Legends players claim UK's anti-porn filter may prevent patching
- Rust has already earned 55% of what Garry's Mod made in 9 years.
- Project Zomboid mapping tools released: die horribly in your own backyard
- Renegade-X is out next month, new trailer shows Command and Conquer based FPS action
- January 20
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- January 17
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- DayZ patch notes are weird, new experimental build coming Monday
- Humble Weekly Sale takes a Bohemian turn
- Valve loves content creators, paid out $400K in the first week of 2014
- GTA 5 bug log lists PC version and DirectX 11 effects
- Infinite Crisis preview: Turbine adds a tri-lane map
- Company of Heroes 2 and Saints Row 4 are this weekend's Steam free trials
- Invisible, Inc trailer reveals that Klei's turn-based tactical espionage game is no longer Incognita
- DayZ diary: the one where PC Gamer is hunted by the internet
- Valve not releasing VR hardware, will work with Oculus to "drive PC VR forward"
- January 16
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- Indie platformer Rain World turns to Kickstarter for additional funding
- Steam starts in-home streaming beta
- League of Legends patch 4.1 gives new players a static roster of free champions
- Arma 3 teases multiplayer content reveal: "Dream a little bigger"
- Passage developer Jason Rohrer makes the case against Steam sales
- Next Hitman game detailed in open letter to fans
- Gabe Newell says he'll do a Reddit AMA if charity event raises enough money
- Pillars of Eternity character sheet revealed, is full of delicious stats
- No Man's Sky won't face delay, despite flood's best efforts
- PC Gamer stream: watch us play DayZ
- Steam to add support for 12 new currencies in 2014
- January 15
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- Palmer Luckey interview: The new Oculus Rift prototype and the future of VR
- Valve updates Steam Controller with new buttons, drops touchscreen
- Steam grew 15 percent in three months to 75 million users
- Gabe Newell wants to "make Greenlight go away" as Steam evolves
- Welcome the end with The Rapture Is Here And You Will Be Forcibly Removed From Your Home
- Final Fantasy Tactics designer launches new tactical RPG on Kickstarter
- SimCity's upcoming offline mode the result of six and a half months of work, says Maxis
- Broken Age trailers introduce the main characters, Double Fine reveal release info
- Next Car Game launches on Steam Early Access
- The Wolf Among Us Episode 2 to be released early next month
- Dark Souls 2 trailer shows the things that will be killing you
- MLG CEO: MLG.TV earns broadcasters more money than Twitch
- Latest Road Redemption video shows promising progress
- January 14
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- Oxide's engine tech demo throws thousands of starships into strategy battles
- Rambo: The Video Game is a video game about Rambo
- Wasteland 2 combat improvements on the horizon
- Catlateral Damage is a free game about being a cat who is also a jerk
- The Banner Saga's launch trailer heralds the arrival of the tactical-RPG
- Guild Wars 2 to explore The Origins of Madness next week
- Starbound's next update to add permadeath mode and new weapons, but will wipe characters, ships and worlds
- Call of Duty: Ghosts trailer shows Onslaught's maps, weapons and unlikely cameo
- Valve launch Steam VR beta ahead of their Dev Days event
- The Forest developer reveals story, gameplay details
- January 13
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- Indie duel-fighter Nidhogg now available on Steam
- DayZ sold one million copies in four weeks
- Vlambeer's Rami Ismail speculates on Steam's future, Greenlight's death
- Chill out with an hour of zen-like Banished gameplay footage
- Brad McQuaid talks Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, Kickstarter campaign launches today
- The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth details emerge in new creator Q&A
- Europa Universalis IV video explains Conquest of Paradise's randomised maps
- SimCity offline mode announced, will be added in next update
- Barony trailer shows Ultima Underworld inspired multiplayer roguelike
- Battlefield 4 gets patched again, bringing more fixes and a rebalancing of jets
- Call of Duty: Ghosts' Onslaught DLC teased
- January 12
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- January 10
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- Telltale Games co-founder points to James Bond as an ideal project
- 2K consolidates Prague office, Mafia 3's future unclear
- Rust alpha review
- Hi-Rez announces $100K Smite Tournament Series
- Oculus Rift "Crystal Cove" prototype hands-on at CES 2014
- Maxis encourages SimCity modding, then sets restrictive ground rules
- Titanfall maps can contain nearly 50 combatants, between players and AI
- Torchlight 2 is having a free weekend trial
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance always-online bug fixed
- Jazzpunk release date announced, oddball espionage comedy launches in early February
- Xi3's Piston isn't a Steam Machine because Windows is dominant, says CMO
- Planetside 2 introduces weekly updates
- January 9
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- Oculus Rift's Crystal Cove shows off new low-latency screen and positional head tracking
- Ryan Dancey defends Elder Scrolls Online's subscription fee
- Pillow Castle's first person puzzler makes portals seem quaint
- Consortium opens a rift to an alternate future of peacekeeping jumbo jets
- Minecraft updates with first 1.8 snapshot, brings survival and adventure changes
- Battlefield 4 demoed with AMD's Mantle during CES conference, runs "up to 45% faster"
- Sir, You Are Being Hunted developer releases free procedural racing game Permutation Racer
- Oculus VR reveal 'Crystal Cove' prototype with positional tracking and OLED display
- GOG celebrates five years of existence with a retrospective video
- Continue?9876543210 is out, and as strange as its title suggests
- Valve: Streaming-only box would be "awesome," but native SteamOS support is priority
- January 8
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- Valve confirms third-party Steam Controllers in the "longer term" at CES 2014
- Indie horror show Faceless switches from free to paid release, devs explain
- Steam Family Options now available to all users
- The Farm 51's new photo-realistic shooter Get Even mixes single-player and multiplayer
- John Carmack developing software to showcase Oculus Rift
- Dreamfall Chapters footage gives you thirty minutes of hard time
- Zotac: "We were the first company" making Steam Machines
- Razer CEO hopes Project Christine will make upgrades easy for casual gamers
- Garry Newman interview: on Rust and player freedom "we give them the tools, they make the world"
- Rumoured Steam stats leak suggests the existence of Killing Floor 2, Arkham Origins Blackgate HD
- Nvidia's smooth G-sync tech impresses at CES 2014
- Titanfall draws fire over 6v6 max player count, Respawn respond
- Rust player tries to interview other people in-game, gets shot a lot
- Wargame: Red Dragon trailer makes war look good
- New batch of Steam Greenlight approvals contains Depression Quest, Tangiers and X-Plane 10
- IGF award nominees announced. Papers, Please and Stanley Parable lead the pack
- Rising Storm "Banzai" community map-making competition winners announced
- Razer reveals Project Christine, a modular gaming PC, at CES 2014
- January 7
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- Turtle Rock announces sci-fi multiplayer shooter Evolve
- Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition not in the works for PC "at this time"
- Humble Indie Bundle X includes Runner 2, Papo & Yo, Joe Danger 2, and more
- Hands-on with Steam Controller at CES 2014
- Alien: Isolation trailers reveal the gloomy terror of Creative Assembly's upcoming horror
- Guild Wars 2 trailer teases end of the Living Story's first season
- DayZ sells 875,000 copies in three weeks, new development post outlines priority features
- Awesome Games Done Quick 2014 is streaming speedruns for charity
- Valve announces Steam Machine manufacturers, open to making its own
- Starbound sells over one million copies
- CyberPowerPC reveals its $500 Steam Machine
- January 6
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- Square Enix Montreal's Hitman game seems to have been canceled [Updated]
- Digital Storm announces liquid cooled, 4K ready Bolt II Steam Machine
- The Elder Scrolls Online's game director explains how to become Emperor, and why you'd want to
- Daylight trailer shows only darkness in its procedural tunnels of horror
- Battlefield 4 players find success through the little known flying truck tactic
- Skywind mod's development diary shows the difficulty of remaking Morrowind in Skyrim
- Far Cry 2 creative director Clint Hocking leaves Valve
- January 5
- January 4
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- Sherlock Holmes game Crime and Punishments explains moral choices in latest trailer
- Criterion founders leave Burnout/Need for Speed studio to form new games company
- Saturday Crapshoot Live IV: Blade Runner
- Gabe Newell on modders: "Traditional" credentials don't always predict success
- Stardock CEO confirms Star Control reboot is a prequel, will include multiplayer
- January 3
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- Eldritch dev discusses going indie, taking on big publishers in post-mortem post
- Steam Controller isn't enough: why PC gamers need a couch-friendly keyboard and mouse
- Next Car Game blows past crowdfunding goal, 50,000 demo downloads reported
- BioWare still undecided on Dragon Age: Inquisition multiplayer
- Battlefield 4 double XP event starts today
- Bethesda working to get classic Fallout games back onto Steam, say they'll "look at other options"
- Steam's December Hardware Survey shows 20% of polled users now run Windows 8
- Analogue: A Hate Story creator announces Ladykiller in a Bind
- Carmageddon: Reincarnation video is full of suspension, if not suspense
- EVE: Valkyrie with Oculus Rift feels "very natural," says CCP Games CEO Pétursson
- Europa Universalis 4 expansion dev diary teaches new Colonial States gameplay
- January 2
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- PixelJunk Eden's Steam Winter Flash Sale doubled its income
- Titanfall set to drop without mod tools, Respawn to "evaluate" after launch
- Marvel pulls Deadpool and other games from Steam
- Path of Exile achieves 3.7 million sign-ups, details first patch of 2014
- To The Moon gets free holiday "minisode", will soon have Mac and Linux versions
- Fallout's classic catalogue removed from GOG due to rights issue [Update: Steam affected too]
- Nidhogg release date announced in new acrobatic trailer
- January 1
