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September 2011
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- September 30
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- Buy Episode 1 of PC Gamer Digital, get The Killer Exclusive hat in Team Fortress 2!
- Frozen Synapse bundle receives some Trauma
- MechWarrior news coming soon?
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Dead Island DLC delayed while devs fix bugs
- The Sims 3 demo launched, runs in a browser
- Serious Sam 3: BFE release date strafes into November
- Fate of the World: Tipping Point makes saving the world easier, is out now
- SpecialEffect - making gaming more accessible for everyone
- Psychonauts gets Steam achievements, is still great
- September 29
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- Dead on arrival: "No plans" for PC version of Ubisoft's I Am Alive
- Guild Wars continues Winds of Change trilogy, doesn't ask for a dime
- Dragon Nest beta ends with commercial launch
- 23 minutes of 64-player Battlefield 3 footage
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Battlefield 3 beta is live! Tell us your thoughts
- Assassin's Creed Revelations release date pushed back on PC
- Battlefield 3 beta impressions
- GOG.com give away Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars gratuit!
- Bioware: "There will always be a place for premium content at a premium price"
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 promotion offers free XP with snacks
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution DLC packs patch in pre-order missions and weapons
- CSGO on PC to be "different beast" than console versions
- Signal Ops trailer shows multi-viewpoint FPS espionage, looks incredible
- Supreme Commander and SC: Forged Alliance released on Steam
- September 28
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- New Humble Bundle offers Frozen Synapse, other Frozenbyte games
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Team Fortress 2 Mann-iversary: one year on from the launch of the Mann Co store
- LA Noire PC release date announced, system specifications revealed
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 pre-orders come with free copy of CoD 4
- Jonathan Blow talks Portal 2 and player freedom
- Syndicate release date set for February 2012
- Lord of the Rings Online: Rise of Isengard out now
- Witcher 2 version 2.0 overhauls combat, adds dark mode and battle arena, out tomorrow
- Football Manager 2012 Steam DRM enrages fans
- Duke Nukem 3D Unreal Engine 3 remake "on hold" due to Gearbox conflict
- Dead Island's trailer getting its own movie. The game? Not so much
- Future Witcher 2 DLC to remain free in spite of Xbox version, says CD Projekt
- September 27
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- PC Gamer Digital is live on Steam!
- City of Heroes goes free to play with new update
- Third try is the charm for Kane and Lynch?
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Simpsons intro gets recreated in Minecraft. Satisfyingly accurate
- Editorial: Call of Duty fans deserve better than Rezurrection
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim voice cast includes Academy Award nominees and Wonder Woman
- Battlefield 3 beta goes live! What you need to know
- ITV documentary can't tell the difference between gaming and reality; mistakes Arma 2 for secret IRA film
- Mojang vs. Bethesda: Scrolls battle heading to court
- Guild Wars 2 beta to arrive "this year for sure," new footage shows public quests and PvP
- Total War: Shogun 2 patch to add free maps and castles alongside Rise of the Samurai, out today
- Activision: Services like Call of Duty Elite to soon be a "necessity" for games
- DXHR Missing Link DLC to feature non-outsourced, option-packed boss fight
- CD Projekt "assures" that 2.0 isn't last Witcher 2 update, teases Witcher 3
- WoW patch 4.3 Dragon Soul interview, part three: Void storage and Darkmoon Faire revamp
- September 26
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- Dead Space 3 details possibly leaked
- Darkness II director talks narrative and design
- Need for Speed: The Run trailer reveals avalanches and resisting arrest
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Gordon Freeman returns in Renegade Ops, out next month
- League of Legends: Dominion now live
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim perks and racial skills revealed. Be a Dark Elf, set yourself on fire
- September 24
- September 23
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- WoW patch 4.3 Dragon Soul interview, part two: It's transmogrif' time
- Hard Reset revised and simplified
- NFS: Shift developers making new racing game, this time using crowd-sourced funding
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Company of Heroes 80% off on Steam this weekend
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta coming early October
- Diablo 3 release date set for early 2012
- Battlefield 3 will need monster rig to run on ultra settings
- Minecraft hardcore mode teased. When you die, the world dies with you
- Dota 2 beta originally planned to last for a year. "Our original plan was dumb," say Valve
- September 22
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- Rockstar talks about Max Payne's evolution
- Good Old Games turns three, offers users discount dungeons, dragons
- Global download speed study reveals significant disparities between countries
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Flash 11 out in two weeks, claims to be "a thousand times faster" than previous versions
- League of Legends: Dominion First Impressions
- Blockade Runner: Minecraft in SPACE! With SPACESHIPS
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution ENB mod augments visuals. Lighting improved. Fist-chisels shinier
- Minecraft 1.9 pre-release now available. Features big-nosed NPCs
- Renegade Ops might be out on PC tomorrow. It might not. Who knows. It's still great
- Fret not, Zinio subscribers to PC Gamer UK. You're getting a hat too. And everyone's getting an Onlive trial
- Star Wars: The Old Republic guilds can now choose allies and enemies
- Dead Island "Director's Cut" mod makes headshots vital. Leg and body shots: less so
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Arsenal modes make Gun Game official, new screenshots out
- An unusual insight into World of Warcraft's armour art
- OnLive launches in the UK, pricing and games line-up revealed
- League of Legends: Dominion beta windows opening soon
- September 21
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- Lifeless Planet aims to put "adventure" back in "action-adventure"
- LAST CALL for the open beta of PC Gamer Digital! [US only - see below]
- Games and reality collide (harmlessly)
- Take cover! Beefy Battlefield 3 beta requirements posted
- WoW patch 4.3 Dragon Soul interview, part one: Downing Deathwing
- Warco: a game of war zone journalism
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Diablo 3 first impressions
- Intel Extreme Masters New York: world's best CS 1.6, LoL and StarCraft 2 players to fight for $93k
- Blizzard's Diablo 3 experiments: “Oh, this feels even better with direct control”
- Battlefield 3 game modes detailed, hardcore mode will return
- Corsair launching $10,000 Call of Duty 4 tournament, sign ups now open
- Steam's midweek madness sale goes awesomely indie
- September 20
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- id Software CEO: Consoles give more depth than they take away
- Drop whatever you're doing: Diablo III beta officially live
- SOE's Smedley: subscription MMOs a vanishing breed
- Major PC manufacturers equally satisfying
- Check out Core Blaze, an action MMO complete with blue ice panthers
- And in other PC gaming news...
- OnLive to run modded games and support more indie games
- Fallout New Vegas Lonesome Road release delayed
- Firefall will let you kill your enemy's pets, you monster
- Orcs Must Die! release date announced. Orcpocalypse nigh!
- Battlefield 3 beta release date confirmed. Pre-order for early access
- Bata-clang: Batman: Arkham City PC version delayed until November
- Talk like a pirate language pack for Steam missed talk like a pirate day. Now available for download.
- Crytek to develop Homefront 2. Also, Homefront 2 is a thing now
- 2.6GB Battlefield Bad Company 2 patch removes DRM, adds screenshot key. Woo!
- Gearbox want to know what you thought of Duke Nukem Forever. What did you think of Duke Nukem Forever?
- Dota 2 client leaked. Modes, matchmaking, spells and Half-Life 2: Episode 3 info spills over internet
- World of Warcraft 4.3 patch is a loregasm. Plus: why 4.3 can’t be the end for Cataclysm
- F1 2011 released, launch trailer races in slow motion
- September 19
- September 16
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- Attention all PC gamers: the open beta of PC Gamer Digital is LIVE! [US only for now]
- And in other PC gaming news...
- League of Legends gets new hero, Riven
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution patch fixes stuttering, adds windowed mode
- Portal is free if you grab it before September 20
- Dragon Age 2: Mark of the Assassin DLC announced, out next month
- September 15
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- And in other PC gaming news...
- Runescape Classic opens today for the last time
- Guild Wars 2 trailer and screenshots show off the Asura
- Civilization V Game of the Year edition incoming
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution Missing Link DLC designed to encourage aug experimentation
- Lucasarts hiring for new "aerial combat title"
- And in other PC gaming news...
- September 14
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- Trackmania 2: Canyon released
- PES 2012 demo released, with new teams, improved keepers and smarter defenders
- Batman: Arkham City Catwoman DLC revealed in official strategy guide
- Tribes Ascend screenshots arrive, closed beta incoming
- Fifa 12 demo out now
- Operation Flashpoint studio to close, Codemasters to focus on racing titles
- DICE on Battlefield 3 PC as lead platform: "people don't understand that the PC is more powerful"
- Diablo 3 skill calculator details every class skill and runestone, is amazing
- Xbox Live is coming to Windows 8
- Red Orchestra 2 launches, releases new trailer
- September 13
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- Our exclusive look at Bloodline Champions Patch 2.0: Dawn of Relics
- City of Heroes subscribers get early access to Freedom update
- Blizzard music store now open, World of Warcraft, StarCraft 2 and Diablo 3 music for sale
- World of Battleships classes revealed, aircraft carriers confirmed
- Football Manager 2012 release date announced, scouting detailed
- Arma 3 website goes live with Gamescom presentation videos
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Rezurrection will put zombies on the moon on PC next week
- September 12
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- Xenonauts Dev Diary #2
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Blizzard: "We don't see ourselves as a PC developer. We're a games developer"
- Borderlands updated to include stat tracking service
- Sengoku demo released, full game available tomorrow
- Minecraft adventure update leaked early
- Origin has been installed over 4 million times. Will support third-party content soon
- Syndicate remake revealed on Origin. Will be a co-op FPS
- September 9
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- Exclusive first details and trailer for the next Age of Conan expansion
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution ships two million copies
- Dead Island DLC to add co-op survival mode
- League of Legends Dominion items revealed
- Space Marine is out in the UK, but not on Steam
- Heroes of Newerth latest fighter revealed: King Midas
- From Dust DRM removed
- Blizzard three year schedule reveals plans for two World of Warcraft expansions
- September 8
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- And in other PC gaming news...
- Battlefield 3 hits 1.25 million pre-orders
- Planetside 2 will be free to play, can handle 2,000 soldiers on one battlefield
- Techland responds to "Feminist Whore" skill in early Dead Island code
- Wargaming.net CEO: "It would take EA two and a half years to replicate World of Tanks"
- Max Payne 3 release date set for March, will have multiplayer
- September 7
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- And in other PC gaming news...
- Solium Infernum free mini-expansion to add curses, demonic rituals and lava fields
- EA won't charge for Battlelog with Battlefield 3
- Star Wars: The Old Republic European beta testing delayed
- Star Trek Online free to play features detailed
- Diablo 3 closed beta "very close," say Blizzard
- A Game of Thrones: Genesis release date announced with new screenshots
- Rage system requirements revealed
- Steam trading is out of beta, Portal 2 and Spiral Knights items can now be traded
- Dead Island gets a second chance at life
- September 6
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- And in other PC gaming news...
- Golden Joysticks 2011: the shortlisting
- MLG Raleigh event draws record viewing figures
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will have LAN support, improved theatre mode, no zombies
- Battlefield 3 beta coming "soon," to feature "hundreds" of changes from alpha
- Dead Island patch to fix nearly 40 launch issues
- September 5
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- Eve Online stellar council head hits out at CCP
- And in other PC gaming news...
- Runescape Citadel update hands-on: floating castles, player-made PvP and The Abomination
- Richard Garriot had 'high level' discussions about new Ultima games
- Battlefield 3 will need 100 hours to unlock an entire kit
- Golden Joysticks 2011: vote now for your chance to win an Alienware laptop
- Call of Duty Elite price revealed at Call of Duty XP event
- Deus Ex DLC official, The Missing Link will land later this year
- Call of Duty XP: Live dispatch from our embedded reporter
- September 2
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- Watch the Call of Duty: XP keynote right now
- And in other PC gaming news...
- MLG Raleigh 2011 tournament matches now free to watch on demand
- Battlefield 3 vehicles detailed: more unlocks, regenerating health, flaming tanks
- Black Ops map pack sales hit 18 million
- Rock of Ages trailer splats Da Vinci
- Space Marine co-op mode coming early October, new trailer shows Thunder Hammer
- Dota 2 will get Team Fortress 2 style "Meet The Team" videos and comic
- September 1
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- And in other PC gaming news...
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution DLC rumours surface
- Doom no longer banned in Germany, determined to be "Mainly of historical interest"
- The Old Republic release date to be determined by beta. Bioware "still optimising the servers"
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution takes second in monthly chart after just two days on sale
- World of Warcraft subscription decline "makes sense" says lead dev. PC is "re-emerging"
- LA Noire developers Team Bondi go into administration
- Star Trek Online to go free to play this year
