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- April 30
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- Ragnarok Online 2 makes it to Steam
- Steam's newest bundle is an Unreal deal
- Company of Heroes 2 reveals Theatre of War - featuring additional solo and co-op challenges
- PC Gamer ShootMania Launch Cup: week three. Watch the livestream from 7pm GMT tonight
- Duke Nukem Forever 2013 edition: modders return the king to his throne
- Leviathan: Warships prepares for launch, deploys second pun-filled trailer
- Receiver now on Steam - realistic gun sim in a cyberpunk world
- Star Citizen raises $9 million through crowdfunding
- Anomaly 2 awakens trailer, release date and two-for-one offer
- Half-Life 2 mod Minerva getting Director's Cut, Steam release
- Call of Duty: Ghosts website teaser goes live; looks ghostly
- Ex-Ubisoft level design director joins Molyneux's studio 22 Cans
- Maxis working to address SimCity processing issues
- Australian readers: Win a copy of Might & Magic: Heroes VI Complete Edition
- Watch Dogs trailer shows new gameplay footage, urban chaos
- Kevin Conroy won't voice Batman in Arkham Origins
- April 29
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- BioShock Infinite's first DLC might feature a companion other than Elizabeth
- Hellraid announced: a game about raiding the armies of hell
- Metro: Last Light "Redemption" trailer ponders the hope of humanity, the stabbing of mutants
- Black Ops 2: Uprising DLC erupts on PC next month
- Indie Royale's Lunar Bundle contains Back to the Future, Cargo Commander
- Super Mario Crossover 3.0 trailer celebrates third anniversary of the majestic Mario mashup
- Planetside 2 test server unveils the Harasser buggy, previews MAX tweaks
- Indie development sim Game Dev Tycoon gives pirates a taste of their own torrenting
- Star Wars: The Old Republic to add playable cat people in update 2.1
- Minecraft creator Notch unveils 'Drop', a psychedelic type 'em up
- Julian Gollop interview: on X-Coms old and new, the Ghost Recon strategy game that never was, AI, auteurs and "Fork My Fruit"
- April 28
- April 27
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- EVE Online TV series and Dark Horse comic to be based on players' true stories
- Steam codes snafu gives some Dead Island: Riptide customers Dark Souls instead
- Eve Fanfest 2013: World of Darkness video shows hunting, parties and parkour - "you can't make your vampire sparkle"
- The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing shows off Katarina, your ghostly companion
- Poker Night 2 brings a new set of wisecrackers to the table
- Thief's return allegedly hampered by setbacks at Eidos Montreal
- Divinity: Original Sin successfully Kickstarted, all stretch goals met
- Against All Authority disqualified from League of Legends playoffs for roster shortage
- April 26
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- CCP's vision for EVE Online includes mass space colonization, buildable stargates
- Eve Fanfest 2013: Hands-on with CCP's experimental Eve Oculus Rift dogfighting game
- DreamHack Stockholm is underway: StarCraft 2 eSports live from Sweden
- Julian Gollop on Chaos Reborn, its card game origins and its new metagame
- Defense Grid 2's future secured by unnamed investor
- Fragment: first-person techno stealth is a smashing idea
- The Free Webgame Round-Up
- PC Gamer ShootMania Launch Cup match report - week two
- Total War: Rome II reveals ninth faction as free day-one DLC
- DayZ Standalone: Rocket's hour and a half PAX East Q&A, team float shipwreck screenshots
- Death Inc creators Ambient Studios have closed
- Bureau de change: XCOM shooter breaks cover as The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
- Counter-Strike GO 'Operation Payback' supports top-voted community maps
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition is coming this June
- The Witcher 3 will abandon QTEs; DRM still off the cards
- Water just got a thousand times more awesome
- Cutesy platformer A.N.N.E. seeks your generous donations
- Spicy Horse's Next Game is Hell Invaders
- Don't Starve makes it to Steam, and it's 10% off
- April 25
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- Dota 2: The International 3 announced
- Defense Grid 2 funded by secret investor after Kickstarter fell short
- Zeno Clash 2 gameplay walkthrough makes you question your own sanity
- EA facing more layoffs, rumored termination of Partners program
- Steam client now supports MMO subscription plans
- X-Com creator Julian Gollop on how he would have designed Enemy Unknown differently, and why it would have failed
- Prison Architect's Alpha9 update opens the doors to visitors, sets prisoners to work
- Arma 3 community guide explains teamwork tactics
- Forge "re-launches" with new features, free weekend and 75% off sale
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon walkthrough shows lasers, lizards and luminescence
- Battlefield 4 retail poster reveals release date, enhanced Battlelog, first DLC expansion
- And the next Call of Duty will be...
- Crusader Kings 2: The Old Gods release date and new details from Monday's livestream
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm's Deep announced
- Paradox studio lead: "I don't agree... that a game is either mass-market or complex"
- April 24
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- Total War: Rome II walkthrough talks you through the tactics of Teutoburg
- Memory of a Broken Dimension: hack into an alienating world of platforming and confusion
- Yogscast's main YouTube account temporarily terminated over age mix-up
- Heroes of a Broken Land might be the last turn-based RPG you ever need
- World of Tanks 8.5 update brings new tanks, more options for non-paying players
- Guild Wars 2: Retribution update brings Flame and Frost to an end, adds custom PvP arenas
- Metro: Last Light video explores the tools of survival
- Batman: Arkham Origins reported to have multiplayer
- Watch EVE Online's Fanfest 2013 livestream free Wednesday through Saturday
- SimCity patch 2.0 introduces new round of annoying (but hilarious) bugs
- April 23
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- Jagged Alliance: Flashback seeks to kickstart a revival of the turn-based strategy classic
- New Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs screens shamble out of the darkness
- PC Gamer ShootMania Launch Cup: week two. Watch the livestream from 7pm GMT tonight
- Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes releasing May 22nd
- Company of Heroes migrating to Steamworks, old servers closing May 7th
- Splinter Cell's popularity is held back by its complexity, says Blacklist studio head
- Frozen Endzone development update teases narrative elements, alternate modes
- Nowhere is a procedural open world sandbox - just not the kind you were expecting
- Starcraft 2: WCS Europe Season 1 group play kicks off tonight
- Saints Row 4 hails "Commander in Chief" patriotic pre-order pack
- Gunpoint trailer inspects gadgets, announces Steam release
- Watch the debut in-game video for The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot
- Nordic Games snaps up Darksiders and Red Faction IPs at THQ auction
- Cry of Fear, a full conversion horror mod for Half-Life, releases on Steam Wednesday
- April 22
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- Battlefield 3 server emulator accepting beta signups, enables spectator mode, modding
- Gearbox now owns the Homeworld franchise
- Relic says a new Dawn of War is a "strong possibility"
- CS:GO sleight of hand: watch this incredible flashbang fake-out
- X-COM creator Julian Gollop on "brute force" blockbuster game development and the lost promise of intelligent AI
- Terraria update teased with pictures of a new biome - and a penguin
- GOG survey results show customers' reaction to DLC, DRM and pre-release alphas
- Defeat pirates as an old man in free yacht-based adventure game Barely Floating
- Guild Wars 2 goes retro with free browser game Rytlock's Critter Rampage
- Legend of Grimrock 2: first screenshot shows pleasant outdoor environs
- April 21
- April 20
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- TBT: The Black Tower is a 90s-style RPG inspired by Final Fantasy, giant swords
- Here's Team Fortress 2 being played with an omnidirectional treadmill and Oculus Rift
- SimCity Update 2.0 to kill residential-only cities and fix numerous bugs on Monday
- Blizzcon 2013 tickets go on sale next Wednesday
- Planetary Annihilation gameplay video shows unannihilated planet, alpha planned for May
- April 19
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- MOBA Madness: Five new games on the horizon, and how they measure up
- The Kingsport Cases procedurally generates horror mysteries, demo on the way
- Minecraft update adds horses, horse armor at no additional charge
- World of Tanks "security incident" exposes emails and hashed passwords, financial info safe
- Elder Kings mod brings The Elder Scrolls to Crusader Kings 2
- The Free Webgame Round-Up
- The Evil Within announced - here's what Bethesda have been teasing all week
- Tank à la game - Wargame: AirLand Battle screenshots parade French hardware
- Saints Row 4's producer: "I don't think that SR's tone gets in the way of bigger sales"
- Homeworld license auctioned off - just not to the Save Homeworld campaign
- April 18
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- Age of Empires 2 HD patch fixes framerates on higher-end systems
- Among the Sleep launches Kickstarter to aid final stages of development
- Bethesda's final Vine teaser gets hairy, reveal coming tomorrow [Update: it's Zwei]
- StarCraft turns 15, wants you to just leave it alone and stop ruining its life
- DICE seeking thesis student to implement Oculus Rift support in Frostbite
- PC Gamer ShootMania Cup match report: week one
- UnderCurrent bringing deep sea exploration to the Oculus Rift
- Eyes is the latest Slender-esque horror game I'm too terrified to play
- IndieGala bundle defies its own name - includes Mass Effect 2
- Just Cause 2 Multiplayer mod unleashes more chaos with public test this weekend
- Monaco trailer introduces you to the infiltration experts
- Path of Exile's Season Two race schedule revealed, kicks off tomorrow
- Metro: Last Light system specs reveal the price of post-apocalyptic survival
- Firefall enters open beta in July
- April 17
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- Crusader Kings 2: The Old Gods — Dev Diary 3 breakdown
- Deathfire: A new first-person RPG in development by Planescape's Guido Henkel
- Sixth batch of Steam Greenlight games approved — Frozen Endzone, Death Inc, and more
- Bethesda teases with another cryptic Vine video, commits floricide
- 25 Greenlight games you should vote for right now
- Metro: Last Light survival video advises taking the offensive route
- Hawken update to add support class, dramatically rebalance weapons
- FIFA 14 announced, surprising no-one
- Tactical turn-based battle RPG Bonfire is available to alpha-buy now
- Leviathan: Warships trailer sets sail with boat puns and smooth jazz
- Battlefield 4's campaign contains features "pulled directly" from multiplayer
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon's live-action trailer is as silly as you might expect
- Victoria II: Heart of Darkness expansion released
- Dustforce sales figures shed light on the financial costs and returns of indie development
- Sir, You Are Being Hunted pre-orders earn early access this summer
- April 16
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- Bethesda tweets cryptic Vine video, says "guess again" to Fallout 4 rumors
- Dude, this Rise of the Triad multiplayer trailer is totally wicked
- StarCraft II WCS point system and prize pools detailed
- PC Gamer ShootMania Launch Cup: watch the livestream here from 7pm GMT tonight
- Ron Gilbert reveals how he'd make a new Monkey Island - stresses that he isn't
- Grid 2 trailer promises "redefined" multiplayer, including race rivals and YouTube integration
- Mok Force: the procedurally generated shmup that just won't quit
- Dota 2 eSports league suspended after players hit by DDoS attacks
- Climax Studios tease unannounced titles, one of which looks a lot like Prince of Persia [Update]
- Company of Heroes 2 trading beta keys for Facebook Likes
- Star Wars: The Old Republic releases first expansion, Rise of the Hutt Cartel
- Playable console with "Super Mareo Bruhs" modded into CS:GO server
- April 15
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- Giveaway — Guild Wars 2 free weekend preview keys
- The Witcher 3 will have 36 different ending variations
- Buy toothpaste, get the SimCity Attractions Set with five new buildings
- MechWarrior Online patch to expand team structure, add new mech variants
- Skyrim team to move on to Bethesda's next major project
- Mortal Kombat PC rumors bolstered by Steam players graph spike
- Battlefield 4 promo flyer reveals return of Commander Mode, three playable factions
- Splinter Cell: Blacklist trailer reveals Fisher's abilities - mostly sneaking and shooting
- DayZ Standalone gets a mountainous dev update, reveals in-game radios
- Krautscape: an indie racer that doesn't need roads, but randomly generates them anyway
- Black Annex is the Syndicate-style indie game you're looking for
- Road Redemption takes a swipe at Road Rash with its combat-heavy Kickstarter
- Neptune's Pride II: Triton released, promises more strategic scheming in space
- Mirror's Edge now running in Oculus Rift, thanks to third-party drivers
- April 14
- April 13
- April 12
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- Blizzard and MLG: StarCraft 2 WCS America Season 1 overview
- What we want from Batman: Arkham Origins
- Operation Black Mesa bringing Opposing Force to Source
- Gas Powered's Chris Taylor would love to revisit Total Annihilation - sees problems in doing so
- The Free Webgame Round-Up
- World of Tanks celebrates second birthday, provides presents for players
- Civilization V designer Jon Shafer's criticisms were "a little harsh," says current designer
- AI War developer announces Skyward Collapse, a turn-based 4X god game
- Dark Souls II director promises "more care" for the PC version, after original's "half-assed" port
- Death Inc not dead yet - release set for November, pre-purchasers get alpha build now
- Stardock to announce two new games this year, create investment fund to help new studios
- Black Ops 2 'Mob of the Dead' trailer shows zombies in Alcatraz
- New Jagged Alliance game coming from Space Hulk developer
- Rockstar releases Grand Theft Auto radio station playlists on Spotify and iTunes
- EA's Hilleman states "gaming isn't mass market yet," offers opinions on fragmented marketplace
- April 11
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- Dark Souls II will focus on "freedom" and "accessibility," looks gorgeous
- EA undergoes layoffs
- WildStar enters closed testing, new beta sign-ups still being taken
- Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall trailer shows Daud having a whale of a time
- Max Payne meets Watership Down in free action-platformer Mayhem Triple
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon reveal trailer is the most 80s thing you will see today
- Dota 2 "most played" report challenged by Riot - we investigate
- Kerbal Space Program makes expansions free for existing game owners
- BRAIN THEATRE EP: a gamejam bundle designed to entertain your grey matter
- Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall DLC achievements revealed
- April 10
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- Shadowrun Returns announces June release date, details for backers
- Dark Souls II screenshots leaked
- Star Citizen interview with Chris Roberts - new concept art and in-engine screenshots
- BioWare co-founder claims he had "a lot of influence at high levels within EA"
- Total War: Rome II takes screenshots to the extreme with the Battle of Teutoburg Forest
- Oberon's Court: top Skyrim modder starts work on slick new RTS, puts it on Greenlight
- PC Gamer ShootMania Launch Cup: team up, shoot maniacally, win money! Sign up now!
- ShootMania Storm launch trailer: swooshing cameras, trick-jumps and laser-knight fights
- Transform into a werewolf to satisfy your sweetheart in the fantastic Full Moon Rising
- Humble Bundle's latest weekly sale is a Blendo Games love-in
- Dota 2 overtakes League of Legends as most played PC game of 2013, claims report [Updated]
- Humans Must Answer: ex-STALKER devs invade Kickstarter with indie shmup bundle
- Star Wars: The Old Republic 2.0 trailer promises scum and villainy
- First in-game Project Eternity footage shows 2D dynamic elements
- Bethesda will be "announcing new stuff" later in 2013
- Divinity: Original Sin Kickstarter campaign successful, over $410,000 raised so far
- Strike Vector first trailer released, shows off transforming jets fighting to distorted guitars
- Kerbal Space Program getting paid expansions on top of "all future content" buy-in model
- 4A Games releases first survival training video for Metro: Last Light
- April 9
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- Watch last night's NATL Tribes: Ascend finals
- BioShock Infinite's Columbia re-created in Minecraft
- TimeGate Studios announces Minimum, creates unholy union between Minecraft, Quake and Halo
- Dungeon Defenders 2 preview
- God Mode releases April 19th, shoot waves of absurd hellbeasts with friends
- Batman: Arkham Origins announced, with a new developer in the Batcave
- Hackers target uPlay exploit, can download Ubisoft's games for free
- Mumble Indie Bungle features free word-warped indies - including World of Glue and Carp Life
- Be a tree, transform into a griffin in multiplayer exploration game Wander
- Starseed Pilgrim plants onto Steam on April 16
- Thief dev assures that "PC version isn't just a copy of the console version"
- Bioshock Infinite alternate covers go live - if you can work out how to use them
- Red and black: play Planetside 2 with PC Gamer this Thursday
- Starcraft 2 World Championship Series 2013 dates announced
- Signal Ops is a multi-perspective stealth FPS, out now
- The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing trailer shows the monster slayer's secret: get mad
- Age of Empires II: HD is playable now on Steam
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon gameplay video emerges - 15 minutes of retro sci-fi murder
- April 8
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- Clockwork Empires video interview: "Things going spectacularly wrong makes a great story."
- IGN Pro League "technology and assets" purchased by Blizzard
- Star Wars: The Old Republic to rework PVP bolster system in update 2.0
- Distance GDC trailer flies into rear-view
- Crusader Kings 2's Game of Thrones mod update lets you feast on new scenarios
- Everybody's Gone to the Rapture creator Dan Pinchbeck on designing an appealing post-apocalypse
- Crysis 2 dazzles with BlackFire lighting mod
- Evoland evolves to the point of being released on GOG and Steam
- No One Lives Forever lives in licensing limbo
- Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues nearly doubles Kickstarter target - closes at $1.9 million
- Make Something Unreal Live winner announced
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is standalone; features Michael Biehn
- Robotoki's The Adventures of Dash fails to meet Kickstarter funding goal
- Capcom announces minimum PC requirements for Remember Me
- April 6
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- NASA describe how Holodecks and spider robots will make us all Space Invaders
- Victoria II: Heart of Darkness interview
- Notch's "weird creative block," and why 0x10c won't be as moddable as Minecraft
- Total War: Arena devs explain free-to-play format
- Greetings from Columbia: BioShock Infinite concept art
- April 5
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- Gone Home interview with Steve Gaynor: BioShock, the '90s, and what makes a "game"
- Why Water Arrows are a Thief's best tool
- Torment: Tides of Numenera is the most funded Kickstarter game ever, watch the wrap party live
- EA provides candid response to its nomination as "The Worst Company in America"
- Tripwire on making games moddable: "It's a lot of work. But I think that it's worth it."
- Company of Heroes 2 announces pre-order bonuses, including post-launch mini-campaign
- Guild Wars 2: ArenaNet explain the origin of Super Adventure Box
- Valve on Virtual Reality: "it will take years, if not decades, to fully refine"
- Survarium opens alpha registrations for hardened survivalists
- Red Orchestra 2 reinforces with new maps and free Steam weekend
- PUNKSNOTDEAD: free low-fi brawler that doubles as a rude wake-up call
- Ride To Hell: Retribution trailer wheelies in for violence and cliches
- Minecraft hits 10 million sales milestone; will probably get horses soon
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon screenshots hope you really like blue and purple
- Funding sought for Infinite Space 3: Sea of Stars
- Avalanche Studios: There's going to be fewer big-budget games
- April 4
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- BioShock Infinite's ending explained, and what we think about it
- The Witcher 3 may or may not have multiplayer, definitely won't have always-online DRM
- MechWarrior Online video interview
- Torment: Tides of Numenera interview with Colin McComb and Patrick Rothfuss
- Remember Me trailer assaults you with its bad guys
- Blizzard's StarCraft 2 WCS 2013 explained by company CEO Mike Morhaime
- Neverwinter releases its open beta on April 30
- Torment: Tides of Numenera secures Chris Avellone, releases second screenshot
- Thief behind-the-scenes video uncovers Eidos Montreal's plans
- Analogue: A Hate Story sequel "formally" announced
- Dark Age of Camelot's lead designer takes to Kickstarter with Camelot Unchained
- Telltale no longer planning King's Quest revival
- Raven salutes LucasArts with release of Jedi Knight II source code
- Dark Souls mod lets you summon a friend, hassle free
- Epic exec equates PS4 to "a really perfect gaming PC"
- Violence is "a part of the storyteller's toolkit," says Ken Levine
- Id starts fresh on Doom 4 development
- April 3
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- See what Team Fortress 2 looks like using the Oculus Rift
- Ghost of a Tale is a mousy adventure in a medieval fantasy world
- Crusader Kings 2: The Old Gods dev diary explains pillage and plunder mechanics
- Monaco executing its release plan on April 24
- Disney closes LucasArts, holds onto affected licenses
- Cities in Motion 2 launch trailer definitely knows who to blame for traffic problems
- Exclusive giveaway — Company of Heroes 2 beta keys
- EVE's Odyssey expansion will bring much requested Starbase improvements
- Make Something Unreal Live: a look at the contestants as the final heat begins
- Thief's developers explain why Garrett has a different voice actor
- Aliens: Colonial Marines trailers get disclaimer after objections they don't reflect the quality of the final game
- Diablo 3's patch 1.0.8 wants you to bring some friends
- Square Enix's new president plans fundamental review, as more lay-offs hit LA office
- Starcraft II: Blizzard announce unified WCS eSports league
- Resident Evil: Revelations screenshots much prettier than the 3DS version, obviously
- Brian Fargo interview: Torment, the RPG renaissance, and the ongoing clown war
- Torment: Tides of Numenera in-game footage unveiled; release date delayed
- April 2
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- SimCity's first free DLC is a logo-plastered Nissan Leaf charging station
- Ubisoft underscores the importance of user-generated content, but not really
- Defiance launches, shoot lots of space bugs in a ruined San Francisco
- Rising Storm gameplay demo and video interview
- Telltale sets up Poker Night 2, invites Claptrap, Brock Samson, and others
- Crusader Kings 2: The Old Gods get highlights videos to prepare you for the Norse invasion
- Moebius clip: first trailer for Jane Jensen's latest adventure
- The War Z taken offline after hackers gain access to player data
- Battlefield 4: DICE general manager "very interested" in supporting eSports
- GDC 2013: Valve's Michael Abrash on the challenges of VR - "a new world is emerging"
- Zeno Clash 2 comes out swinging on April 30
- Torchlight II gets mod editor, Steam Workshop support, pet headcrab
- Thief reveal trailer: Garrett explores what makes a perfect plunderer
- Blizzard explains its approach to creating effective cinematics
- April 1
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- Ubisoft: players "will tell us" when they're tired of annual Assassin's Creed releases
- Path of Exile devs plan yearly expansions, full release in six months
- Gas Powered Games working on a "free-to-play triple-A MMO," may be renamed
- Transistor will have multiplayer elements - players will feel connected in a "subtle" way
- Torment: Tides of Numenera releases first screenshot
- Games vs. Fools: your April Fools' Day round-up
- GDC 2013: Hawken "destruction demo level" brings down the house
- Quadrilateral Cowboy: watch Brendon Chung walk through a hacking heist
- Oculus Rift development kits are now shipping
- Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box update turns Tyria 8-bit, trashes child's bedroom
