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February 2012
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- February 29
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- 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 Roccat Savu is probably not the saviour of PC gaming
- 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
- End of Nations preview
- Minecraft mod API to be developed by new team at Mojang
- Mysterious Baldur's Gate teaser website appears
- February 28
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- Slip into a beautiful nightmare with the Alan Wake Collector's Edition [Giveaway]
- Guild Wars 2 graphics settings walkthrough
- City of Heroes Dev Diary: Balancing story and combat in Bloody Bay
- X-Plane review
- Would you like free satellite broadband for a year?
- Diablo 3 beta footage shows 20 minutes of barbarism, looting and levelling
- Otherland trailer surfs realities, fights lizards
- 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
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- The Secret World’s skill system is even better than I thought
- 20 things you don't know about Guild Wars 2
- 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
- Total War: Shogun 2 Fall of the Samurai trailer shows gatling guns and exploding ironclads
- 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
- Mass Effect 3 trailer murders innocent bridge
- Graphics card sales down 3.5%
- February 25
- February 24
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- Score some swag for F2P shooter Repulse [Giveaway]
- Get a free Tribes: Ascend Soldier Utility Pack
- Guild Wars 2 Beta: Guild mechanics overview
- 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?
- Surviving Egypt and investigation missions in The Secret World
- World of Warplanes wants testers, sign up, fly planes, shoot men
- Sniper Elite V2 shoots a man in the eye through his own scope from quite far away
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Missing Link DLC cheap on Steam this weekend
- Max Payne 3 PC screenshots have even hotter Hawaiian shirt
- Team Fortress 2 action figures and life-sized Portal Gun hitting shops this summer
- The Secret World - an MMO without compromise
- The Secret World made me scream
- 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
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- 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
- The anatomy of a PlanetSide 2 battle in 2,000 words
- 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
- Filosofighters takes the phrase "battle of ideas" rather literally
- Call of Duty: Devil's Brigade was in development by a secret team. Got secretly cancelled
- February 22
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- Counter-Strike: GO beta keys can be yours if you complete Valve's survey
- City of Heroes Dev Diary: Designing Dilemma Diabolique
- 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
- Borderlands 2 release date set for September, trailer fuses joy and pain into new emotion
- 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
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- President Obama and Mitt Romney fight demons, each other in free Dungeon Defenders DLC
- Guild Wars 2 beta: All your questions answered
- Champion Roundtable: Nautilus, the Titan of the Depths
- Alan Wake devs "delighted" with PC sales
- Sins of a Solar Empire devs announce new "hybrid RTS" Sins of a Dark Age, coming 2012
- Roccat ask whether PC gaming is dead
- 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
- Mass Effect 3 extended trailer has longer lasers, huskier Husks, slightly larger explosions
- SimCity devs to announce new game at GDC
- The Banner Saga: turn-based Viking RPG from indie ex-Bioware team
- Forget SSDs, here comes ReRAM
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta expands with new maps and weapons
- Skyrim beta patch removes 50 mod limit, free official iphone map app released
- Getting to grips with ShootMania Storm
- February 20
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- 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
- Orion: Dino Beatdown, 5-player open world co-op survival shooter with dinosaurs and jetpacks
- 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
- The PC Gamer Rig: Upgrading the keyboard
- February 19
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- February 17
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- 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
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- New Max Payne 3 trailer reveals story details
- Download Air Buccaneers HD pre-alpha now. Float around for free
- Skyrim Creation Kit video tutorial - part 7
- Have some nice but incredibly stagey Far Cry 3 screenshots
- Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand review
- 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
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- PC Gamer US April issue: PlanetSide 2 hands-on, with beta key!
- PC Gamer UK March issue: Far Cry 3
- Skyrim Creation Kit video tutorial - part 6
- Dear Esther turns a profit in five and a half hours, sells 16,000 in a day
- Far Cry 3 trailer flees madmen, drops beats
- 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
- Resident Evil 6 screenshots show new enemies and tentacle arms
- 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?
- Radeon HD7700 series review round-up
- 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
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- MechWarrior Tactics announced, accepting callsign reservations
- Earth Defence Force: Insect Armageddon review
- Skyrim Creation Kit video tutorial - part 5
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Spend Valentine's Day with PC Gamer in Rift
- Public alpha imminent for intriguing action-RPG, Krater
- 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
- Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai trailer talks torpedo boats and off-field artillery
- Total War: Shogun 2 Fall of the Samurai preview
- Grand Theft Auto IV video shows iCEnhancer 2.0 visual mod in action
- February 13
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- Tim Schafer talks Double Fine’s uphill battle to publish games on PC
- Guild Wars' Winds of Change concludes on a high note
- Skyrim Creation Kit video tutorial - part 4
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Dear Esther review
- Anno 2070 update adds new buildings, increases "probability of tornado disaster"
- Gratuitous Tank Battles preview
- Football Manager 2012 unofficial winter transfer updates keep your rosters current
- Graphing Double Fine's Kickstarter adventure at $1.6 million
- Team Fortress 2's Boston Boom-Bringer shake-shake-shakes the room
- Make a drive caddy out of cardboard
- Max Payne 3 screenshots cause collateral damage
- Eve Online's mad time dilation tech beats lag
- Mass Effect 3 demo footage shows opening hour
- February 12
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- February 10
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- Spec Ops: The Line preview
- Dustforce review
- Skyrim Creation Kit video tutorial - part 1
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Mass Effect 3 trailer shows female Shepard in full flow
- World of Warcraft Annual Pass has more than one million subscribers
- Ghost Recon Online closed beta sign-ups available, new trailer talks classes
- Science speeds up hard drives with heat
- Firefall trailer reveals launch plans with magic hologram
- Diablo 3 release date set for Spring
- Mass Effect 3 trailers show weapon and armour customisation, epic space battles
- Blizzard clash with Valve over DOTA trademark
- Double Fine donations pass $1.2 million, breaking Kickstarter records. 32 days to go
- February 9
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- Windows 8: the wait is almost over
- 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
- Skyrim video shows fantastic unused features: colossal crabs, spear fighting, house building
- Tim Schafer to fund new adventure game with Kickstarter
- February 8
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- 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
- Eve Online trailer makes our brains happy
- Ubisoft DRM server downtime locks players out of Anno 2070, Driver: San Francisco and more
- The best Steam Workshop Skyrim mods
- Skyrim gets high resolution texture pack
- Skyrim Creation Kit released, Skyrim goes mad
- February 7
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- And in other PC gaming news...
- Prison Architect "paid alpha" planned for later this year
- The Darkness 2 review
- 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
- Hands on with the Alienware X51
- PC Gamer UK Podcast 64 – The Steam charts, Batman: Arkham City, The Old Republic
- Blizzard's Battle.Net balance is live
- Minecraft video shows lovely 3D-printed Minecraft village
- Hawken will be free to play, out in December, sign up for the closed beta now
- February 6
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- PC Gamer US Podcast #303: 52 Hours
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Dirt: Showdown footage shows demolition derby and night races
- Total War: Shogun 2 average user plays "for about a hundred hours"
- Age of Empires Online getting Celts, snowstorms and stealth missions
- The first moments of Minecraft
- Indie Gala 2 is live, includes Greed Corp, InMomentum, Roboblitz and more
- Skyrim Creation Kit to be released tomorrow with "special surprise"
- February 5
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- February 3
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- 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
- BT to deliver new 300Mbps 'on demand' fibre broadband
- 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
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- PC Gamer Presents: Dino D-Day revisited
- And in other PC gaming news...
- What do you think of the Steam mobile app?
- Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City has no raccoons. No raccoons at all
- 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
- A Game of Thrones trailer and screenshots explore Riverspring
- Tribes: Ascend adding loadout customization, stealth Spinfusor
- Origin is doing quite well: 9.3 million registered users, $100 million revenue since launch
- Which broadband provider is best for gaming?
- The Sims 3: Showtime preview
- Skyrim patch 1.4 optimises performance, fixes Wabbajacks
- February 1
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- 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
- Journey to the Center of the CPU: 15 Gorgeous Closeups of Microprocessors
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Channel 4 launch Sims 3 web TV series
- Skyrim Creation Kit trailer shows mod tools in action
- Total War: Shogun 2 Fall of the Samurai screenshots show gatling gun carnage
- 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
- Prototype 2 preview
- Steam mobile app now free to all
- DCUO offers a creative solution to the age-old "Where's the healer?" problem
