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March 31
- Nevermind, the biofeedback-enhanced horror game, is now on Steam
- The Humble Indie Bundle 14 is now on sale
- Dying Light devs warn "tainted Antizin" may cause skull-splosions tomorrow
- Survarium open beta and North American servers arrive this week
- Raptr launches Plays.tv, a place for gamers to "share their pro moments"
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles Trilogy announced
- Turn Google Maps into a game of Pacman
- Minecraft player builds walking death robot
- Evolve DLC brings new Hunters and a monster
- Pillars of Eternity clothing bug strips passive bonuses
- Cities: Skylines mod adds first-person multiplayer
- The Ultimate Computer Hardware Guide
- Sims players share their darkest confessions
March 30
- Rainbow Six Siege video reveals the "operator system"
- Halo Online gameplay video leaks
- Star Citizen's Vanguard "concept" fighter costs a cool $250
- The SteelSeries pro gaming onesie is an actual thing
- Project Cars will get new free cars every month
- See the final Hearthstone Blackrock Mountain cards revealed live
- Dead or Alive 5 Last Round is missing features on PC
- This Team Fortress 2 fan film is a 20-minute spy epic
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare DLC trailer shows yet more zombies
March 29
- Typing of the Dead: Overkill now lets you add your own words
- You can turn off chromatic aberration in The Witcher 3
March 28
- Valve to offer Vive Developer Edition free to qualifying devs
- Pillars of Eternity patch likely coming next week
March 27
- Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin gets confusing multi-tier upgrade pricing
- Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove clears $500,000 on Kickstarter
- Valve says the Steam "Discovery Update" is working
- Humble Store launches a 2K Games weekend sale
- Sword Coast Legends video introduces the Dungeon Master
- VoYD is a free, minimalist slash-'em-up
- Resident Evil 5 'Gold Edition' released on Steam
- All Stars Bundle offers 8 Steam games for under £2
- Sega Steam Sale includes Alien: Isolation for $12.49
- Hearthstone’s Blackrock Mountain will be available next week
March 26
- Tickets to The 2015 Dota 2 International go on sale tomorrow
- GOG expands refund policy, zings Steam
- Crowfall Kickstarter finishes with nearly $1.8 million
- Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim and Akiba's Trip are coming to the PC
- Make Arma Not War contest winners announced
- Renegade X trailer asks you to just do it up
- Half-Life 2: Update is a community-made enhancement mod
- Battlefield Hardline doesn't have an activation limit
March 25
- EA Sports defends FIFA Ultimate Team "Price Ranges"
- Fallout 3 speedrunner sets a ridiculous new record
- Hi-Rez marks Smite's one year anniversary with a sale
- Halo returns to PC! (...as F2P game available exclusively in Russia)
- Sci-fi RTS Etherium is out today
- Broken Age Act 2 release date announced
- Mark Ellis: Train Bridge Inspector is a free game about dubious construction
- The longest ever Hearthstone turn finally ends after 45 hours
- Microsoft won't be interfering with Minecon 2015
March 24
- Seven Dragon Saga Kickstarter canceled, but studio vows to try again
- YouTube will relaunch its livestreaming service to focus on games, says report
- Kingston unveils HyperX Predator PCIe SSD
- Renegade X SDK launches alongside new beta version
- WoW Tokens are "coming soon"
- Second Evil Within DLC, The Consequence, coming in April
- The Talos Principle is getting an expansion
- Do Not Cross mixes investigation and crime scene cleanup
- Mass Effect: Reborn mod announced for Homeworld: Remastered
- Payday 2 devs promise two more years of support
- The Adventures of Square trailer shows old-school geometric shooting
- H1Z1 sells over a million copies
March 23
- Rust update assigns skin color and face to players
- Twitch suffers security breach, resets all passwords
- Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition is coming to PC
- This absurd Hearthstone turn is taking 40 hours, and you can watch it live
- Project Cars trailer shows off racetracks from around the world
- Pillars of Eternity video reveals the pressures of Kickstarter success
- Skywind mod trailer shows more from Morrowind
- Batman: Arkham Knight delayed, new video impresses
- Get bonus XP and gold in Diablo 3 this week
- Star Citizen celebrates major update with $275 ship
- Arma 3 update promises "major" weapon changes
- Rainbow Six Siege gameplay shows new closed alpha plane map
March 22
- Game of Thrones Episode 3 out this month
- Life is Strange Episode 2 gets a launch trailer
March 21
- Warframe's Sanctuary update adds new Chroma warframe and more
- Diablo 3's third season starts next month
March 20
- Atari addresses Rollercoaster Tycoon World concerns
- Codemasters teases Overlord 3 on Twitter
- Unity of Command creator starts a development diary for the sequel
- Kojima and Konami release joint statement on the future of Metal Gear
- Sword Coast Legends gameplay shown off in new video
- Dying Light offers closed beta for dev tools
- Eve Valkyrie is "exclusive on the Oculus on PC at the moment"
- Conker making his debut on PC
- Elite: Dangerous bug becomes community event
- Killing Floor and Tropico 5 free to try this weekend
- Dying Light played by 3.2 million
- Vive will launch at a "higher price point" according to HTC rep
March 19
- Kojima name vanishes from Metal Gear Solid 5 materials [Updated]
- Dirty Bomb beta goes live for good next week
- Steam rolls out the 2K Games 10th Anniversary Sale
- EVE Online to get hi-res textures
- Blizzard fans win more than $10k for watching Twitch streams
- GOG adds six more Lucasfilm classics
- EVE Online trailer promises emergent threats
- Star Wars: Battlefront to be revealed in April
- New Evolve hunters and the Behemoth coming at the end of the month
- Nvidia's Pascal is 10x as powerful as the Titan X
- Space Hulk: Ascension will be Full Control's final game
- EVE Valkyrie footage shows an explosive escort mission
- Gabe Newell: "If something's useful, we’ll give it away"
- Blood Bowl 2 video plays pigskin with the greenskins
- Endless Legend free update lets you build a spaceship
March 18
- Terry Pratchett tribute added to Elite: Dangerous
- Carmageddon: Reincarnation to get full release in April
- Jeff Minter accuses Atari of "bullying" over blocked TxK release
- StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void beta begins this month
- ESL bringing esports to cinemas from July
- Windows 10 is coming this summer
- Interstellar movie gets a game worth playing
- Geometry Wars free update to add 40 levels
March 17
- Verona is a Shakespearean sci-fi treasure hunt from the makers of Sine Mora
- Dead or Alive 5 Last Round drops Soft Engine and extra levels on the PC
- The Steam Cyberpunk Sale is now underway
- All Steam users must now disclose paid recommendations
- The Nvidia GTX Titan X costs $999
- Cadence is a musical puzzle playground
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited goes live
- VHS Story is a management game about punching
- Dead Rising 2 switches to Steamworks today
- Civilization III now has Steamworks multiplayer support
- The goat from Goat Simulator could appear in Dota 2, with your help
March 16
- Terraria player builds in-game binary-to-decimal calculator
- Overkill's Walking Dead game will be "Payday-esque"
- Day9 says esports will be a "predominant" hobby worldwide
- Hotline Miami 2 gets Windows XP support via unofficial patch
- Nvidia launches GTX 960M and 950M laptops GPUs
- Steam sets new record with 9 million concurrent users
- GOG is giving away 30,000 free copies of Rise of the Triad
- Lego Jurassic World trailer features dinosaurs, Lego Jeff Goldblum
- Former SimCity artist is modding buildings into Cities: Skylines
- Valve on customer service support: "we have to do better"
- Star Citizen SXSW trailer shows montage of modules
- Cities: Skylines is being pirated, but Paradox isn't worried
March 15
- Hawken updates forthcoming after nearly a year of silence
- Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns video shows Desert Borderlands area
- Life is Strange episode two out in just over a week
March 14
- Neverwinter's Elemental Evil expansion delayed until early April
- World of Warships is now in closed beta
March 13
- Chime 2 announced, out later this year
- D&D veterans Kickstarting old school cRPG Seven Dragon Saga
- Cities: Skylines mod completely recreates GTAV's Los Santos
- Soma beta test expected to start in four weeks
- X Rebirth gets another big patch, goes free for the weekend on Steam
- Battlefield Hardline has a sofa you can drive
- Team Fortress 2 adds taunts to the Steam Workshop
- See 20 more minutes of Wolfenstein: The Old Blood footage
- Cities: Skylines first-person mod lets you explore the streets
- Evolve is getting two new maps in April
March 12
- Smite Oceania esports season announced
- More regional restrictions on Steam gifts come to light
- Act of Aggression gameplay revealed in pre-alpha trailer
- Rainbow Six Siege closed alpha on the way and exclusive to PC
- BlizzCon 2015 is coming in November
- Respawn boss confirms that Titanfall 2 is in development
- Homefront: The Revolution pushed back to 2016
- Mod turns StarCraft 2 into a third-person shooter
- Cities: Skylines breaks Paradox' day-one sales records
- Rain World video shows more of gorgeous stealth platformer
- Bitesize Wars promises lightning quick RTS action
- Watch a clip of Valve's Source 2 Portal VR demo
March 11
- Star Citizen client expected to be around 100GB
- Age of Wonders 3: Eternal Lords expansion is coming in April, has Necromancers
- Evolve 1.1 patch adds FOV slider, balance changes and bug fixes
- Project Cars hits the brakes (again)
- All Titanfall map packs are now free on Origin
- Pillars of Eternity documentary reveals tough times at Obsidian
- Bohemia shows horde AI for DayZ zombies
- Dying Light 'Hard Mode' patch rolls out today
- State of Decay contractor filled game with hidden dongs
- Terraria: Otherworld is Terraria with 'purpose'
- D4, an adventure game by the maker of Deadly Premonition, may hit PC
March 10
- Mojang responds to demands for Minecraft ban in Turkey
- Dying Light is getting dune buggies, apparently
- AMD Radeon R9 300-series likely debuting at Computex
- Peripheral vision in games goes ultrawide with new Quake mod
- Elite: Dangerous 1.2 "Wings" update goes live today
- "15 Years of Total War" video teases Warhammer (probably)
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue is out now with day-one patch
- This War of Mine DLC helps War Child charity
- Creative Assembly hiring for "multi-platform AAA blockbuster"
- Here's what Ebonheart will look like in Morrowind Rebirth 3.0
March 9
- Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward video tours the new frontier
- Ubisoft unveils Far Cry 4: Valley of the Yetis walkthrough video
- Gamer's Edition offers collector's editions of indie games
- Tales From the Borderlands episode 2 trailer features Handsome Jack
- Details revealed about Hearthstone’s first Blackrock Mountain boss
- RSI trashes helpless ships to show off new Star Citizen damage model
- Battlefield Hardline launch gameplay trailer wrecks everything for justice
- Street Fighter 5 gets tentative release window
- Two Battlefield 4 night maps hit test server
- Why Batman: Arkham Knight is rated M
March 8
- Maxis Emeryville dev talks closure, always online and working with EA
- Gabe Newell: PC gaming communities are keeping games alive
- Star Citizen's FPS module nearing release
- Tales from the Borderlands Episode 2 launches mid-March
- Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel's new DLC arrives March 24
- Serpent in the Staglands not innuendo: it's an old-fashioned party-based RPG
March 7
- Final Fantasy 14: Heavensward expansion lands June 23
- Cliff Bleszinski shows first footage of Project Bluestreak
- Just Cause 3 director: waiting for gameplay footage will be "worth it"
- See 20 minutes of Wolfenstein: The Old Blood footage
- Guild Wars 2 is super cheap for the next couple of days
March 6
- The Elder Scrolls Online Update Six is now live
- Underworld Ascendant Kickstarter ends with more than $850,000
- Xbox Live Gold won't be required for Windows 10 multiplayer
- New GTA 5 radio station will debut with the PC version
- Europa Universalis IV gets free Women in History DLC on March 8
- Heroes of the Storm tourney will pay winners' college tuition
- Heroes of the Storm next hero is Sylvanas Windrunner
- Take down Ragnaros in the next Hearthstone adventure this April
- David Braben explains the problem with Elite: Dangerous cross-play
- The Banner Saga's creative director announces Killers and Thieves
March 5
- Steam Machine listings appear on the Steam storefront
- GDC 2015: Shadow of Mordor wins Game of the Year
- RollerCoaster Tycoon World gameplay goes on display in new trailer
- Bethesda discusses horse armor and the power of mods
- Source 2 will be free; won't ask for royalties
- Outer Wilds wins IGF grand prize
- 12,000 DPI Logitech G303 mouse coming March
- Steam sale discounts over 50 games coming to SteamOS
- Alien: Isolation "got it so perfect" says new Alien director
March 4
- Magicka 2 will arrive in May, so here's a new trailer
- Evolve's "Observer Mode" revealed in new gameplay video
- Unity, Unreal, Crytek engine videos face off at GDC
- Electronic Arts closes SimCity studio Maxis Emeryville
- Valve has not announced Portal 3 with a VR demo
- Microsoft releasing Xbox wireless dongle for PC this year
- #IDARB coming to Windows 10 with console crossplay
- The (probably) final Steam controller appears at GDC
- Servo is a loot-based RTS from the makers of Age of Empires
- Nvidia announces Titan X: 12 GB VRAM, 8 billion transistors
- Metal Gear Online trailer commentary is full of detail
- Double Fine makes Broken Age documentary free
- Wolfenstein: The Old Blood announced
- New footage of The Witcher 3 journeys out of GDC
- Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide trailer exterminates rats
- Nvidia's next Shield device is a $200 Android console
- Source 2 coming, will be "free to content developers"
- Valve announces streaming box and SteamVR for November
March 3
- Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider moves on to something new
- The original Syndicate is Origin's new On the House freebie
- Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is getting split screen co-op after all
- Notch opens up about the Microsoft "sellout"
- Mad Max stands on it in September
- Unity 5 out now, Personal Version free with no royalties
- Shadowrun Online renamed, release date announced
- Firewatch footage offers 17 minutes of canyons and conversation
- Dragon Age: Inquisition's fifth patch will add party storage
- Unreal Tournament update adds first high-res textured map
- Shovel Knight free expansion 'Plague of Shadows' announced
- The Long Dark director: "don't put players in the driver seat"
- How game devs avoid Twitter drama, according to Daybreak
March 2
- Divinity dev will announce two new RPGs "whenever they're ready"
- Interplay announces remastered ClayFighter, coming in 2016
- The Talos Principle started as Serious Sam 4
- Bombshell gameplay revealed in new trailer
- The Stealth Bastard returns to PC in Stealth Inc. 2
- Skyrim Steam Workshop mods can now be bigger, better
- World of Warcraft Tokens will let players exchange gold for game time
- DayZ creator Dean Hall working on "wild mass multiplayer ideas"
- Unreal Engine 4 is now free
- Battlefield Hardline Premium details accompany pointless trailer
- GOG holds yet another weird and unhealthy sale
- Job Simulator is the first SteamVR game to be announced
- Superhot alpha footage shows endless mode
March 1
- Valve's VR headset is named Vive, and HTC are making it
- Elite: Dangerous to honour Leonard Nimoy with new Vulcan station