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August 2012

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August 31
- Battlefield 3 trailer takes a scenic tour of Armoured Kill's Alborz Mountain map
- DayZ dogs detailed in new video
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer teases Content Collection 4
- Patent wars come to PC
August 30
- Incredipede trailer pulls limbs out of an eyeball and makes it walk in a creepy but awesome way
- Introducing the PC Gamer Ultimate PC Hardware Guide, out now
- Assassin's Creed 3 trailer shows new crunchy, choppy combat moves
August 29
- AMD stokes up its engines for Steamroller
August 28
- Natural Selection 2 trailer reveals giant mech suit, makes it fight alien rhino
- Star Wars 1313 developer diary delves into the criminal underworld, sets it on fire
- Lost Planet 3 trailer shows epic 15 minute ice scorpion battle
August 27
- Clockwork Empires: a preview of Gaslamp Games' Lovecraft-laden steampunk city-builder
August 25
- Guild Wars 2 review as it happens
August 24
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown trailer has whopping lasers and creepy vomiting businessmen
- GeForce GTX 660 specs released
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive video goes behind the scenes on the cinematic short
- Thursday Hardware Deals - August 23, 2012
August 23
- Dishonored trailer plays the harp of distraction, opens the doors of sudden explosion
- An Illusionist in Skyrim, part 3: Run and bear it
- QPad launches two high end headsets
August 22
- Civilization V: The Swedish Saga, part 6: The Epic Conclusion
- Guild Wars 2 lore designers on rebuilding the world, and why they keep blowing up cities
- GTA 5 screenshots show lovely lifestyle activities, anyone for a spot of tennis?
- Far Cry 3 hands-on: battling bandits with friendly bears and Komodo dragons
- World of Tanks 8.0 screenshots show updated graphics and Soviet tank destroyers
- War of the Roses beta impressions
August 21
- Guild Wars 2 PvP guide: getting started on the road to victory
- Guild Wars 2 PvP designer talks e-sports, spectator mode and streaming
- Dishonored video shows Lady Boyle masquerade mission
- Why It's Fun: Counter-Strike
August 20
- Guild Wars 2 video exclusive: 12 minutes of the level 50 Twilight Arbor dungeon
- Guild Wars 2 writer on MMO storytelling and "sneakily getting the player to tell us what kind of game they want"
- GTA 5 screenshots: car, bike, FIGHTER JET
- XCom: Enemy Unknown multiplayer hands-on
August 17
- Introducing Thursday Hardware Deals
August 16
- An Illusionist in Skyrim, part 2: Seeking Solitude
- Nvidia launches GTX 660Ti, EVGA Superclocked Edition tested
- World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria opening cinematic has dazzling panda kung fu
- Star Trek preview: "When you're playing on or as the Enterprise, it's all there"
- Razer releases Deathstalker Ultimate keyboard with new LCD screens and mod tools
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown multiplayer preview
August 15
- Civilization V: The Swedish Saga, part 5 (1951 A.D. to 1975 A.D.)
- Planetary Annihilation preview—when strategy worlds collide (with moons)
- Defiance PvP hands-on preview
- World of Tanks Generals preview: Summoner Wars meets Magic, with loads of tanks
- Hitman: Absolution Contracts mode will let you create hits and challenge friends
- Arma 3 screenshots show massive artillery and soldier training
- Heroes of Might and Magic Online preview: why it could be the last HOMM they ever make
- Anno Online preview: first look at the free-to-play city-builder
- Silent Hunter Online preview: there's more than friendly crustaceans under the free-to-play sea
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 screenshots show tight multiplayer scraps on futuristic maps
- Corsair snaps up peripheral developer, Raptor
- Total War: Rome 2 screenshots show close combat on the streets of Carthage
August 14
- The origin of Call of Duty's most-heard sound
- Star Wars: The Old Republic world event teased with botched Imperial broadcast
- Borderlands 2 trailer features Handsome Jack's massive chin, robotic armoury, robot army
August 13
- Assassin's Creed 3 Animus trailer teases new multiplayer modes and unlock system
August 12
- Dishonored preview
- Victory: Age of Racing preview
August 11
- Dragon Commander preview
August 10
- Dishonored hands-on: a masquerade becomes a bloodbath
August 9
- An Illusionist in Skyrim: Part 1
- Fight terrifying physics robots in the best action-platformer you've probably never played
- Far Cry 3 hands-on E3 preview
- Impire preview--hands-on with Dawn of War II meets Dungeon Keeper
August 8
- Civilization V: The Swedish Saga, part 4 (1868 A.D. to 1951 A.D.)
- Mechwarrior Online trailer provides pilot lesson, delivers hot lasers to robot faces
- Divinity: Original Sin preview
August 7
- Sir, You Are Being Hunted trailer has robo-hunters in top hats, cyber-dogs, violins
- Black Mesa: Source video shows renovated On A Rail mission in action
- Blizzard launch Diablo 3 Battle.net profiles
- Khronos releases OpenGL 4.3
August 6
- Dishonored screenshots show scary parties, scary hats, Dunwall diorama drama
- GeForce GTX 660Ti early review spotted
- Battlefield 3 Armored Kill screenshots show tanks tanking it up, plus enthusiastic jeep
- Now Playing: Reaching for the stars in Kerbal Space Program
August 3
- Behind the music of Lord of the Rings Online's Riders of Rohan expansion
August 2
- War of the Roses hands-on preview
- End of Nations beta key giveaway
- Left4Dead4Linux now 50 times faster
August 1
- Civilization V: The Swedish Saga, part 3 (1702 A.D. to 1868 A.D.)
- Leap Motion developers are mostly about the games
- Sleeping Dogs preview