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- February 28
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- MechWarrior Online's Launch Module to bring heavily improved matchmaking on April 29
- Steam Family Sharing now available for all users
- Diablo III Interview: Lead designers reflect on their mistakes, look ahead to Reaper of Souls
- Outlast Whistleblower DLC out in April
- Warhammer 40,000: Storm of Vengeance beta hits Steam
- Is Microsoft going Mantle?
- Ether One trailer prepares you for the psychological adventure that's releasing next month
- The Walking Dead: Season 2's Episode 2 trailer shows A House Divided
- Bioshock Infinite - Burial at Sea: Episode 2 to offer a non-lethal challenge through 1998 mode
- Payday 2 helps developer Starbreeze post record profits
- Watch Cory's Hearthstone Arena run at 5 p.m. PST (It's over!)
- February 27
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- World of Tanks set to upgrade graphics, physics this year
- Infinite Crisis open beta begins March 14, adds three new Champions
- Fan fixes Metal Gear Rising Revengeance 24hz at 1080p issue
- Cyberpunk Game Jam kicks off this weekend, promises neon dystopia for all
- Trials Fusion release date wheelies in on the back of a new trailer
- Giveaway: grab a Wildstar beta key for this weekend's test
- South Park: The Stick of Truth's PC version will only be censored in certain territories
- February 26
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- Tropico 5 beta registration now open
- Chill out with Batman: Arkham Origins' Cold, Cold Heart DLC April 22
- Nosgoth closed beta starts Thursday, features new Siege game mode
- New Steam tools allow developers to set their own discounts, plan sales
- Endless Legend trailer kicks off faction round-up with Vaulters reveal
- Now playing: watch Chris start his Thief Iron Man playthrough
- DayZ's latest dev blog teases lighting improvements, lootable containers and physics
- Gods Will Be Watching trailer shows brutal survival, reveals June release date
- Titanfall video explains the conception and development of its murderous mechs
- Renegade-X enters open beta, can be downloaded for free right now
- Battlefield 4 Platoons roll out on February 27
- February 25
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- WoW level 90 boost isn't at the "profit maximizing price" to avoid devaluing leveling
- Hands-on with Videoball: a local multiplayer electronic sport for the living room
- Titanfall is a 21GB download, 48 GB installed
- Indie shooter Tower of Guns launches March 4
- Risen 3: Titan Lords officially announced, is due out this August
- Wasteland 2 trailer provides an extended look at combat and menus
- Guild Wars 2's next update will begin the Battle for Lion's Arch
- Deus Ex: The Fall announced for PC release
- Diablo 3's massive 2.0.1 patch goes live later today, bringing the Loot 2.0 system
- Ace Combat: Assault Horizon calls an air strike on Games for Windows Live
- Cryptozoic is making a Portal board game
- February 24
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- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy browser-based text adventure relaunches March 8
- Dead State alpha review
- Grim Fandango finally a point-and-click adventure game, thanks to modder
- Diablo 3 2.0.1 patch will remove Paragon level cap, add point-based system
- If Double Fine won't make Bad Golf 2, fans will
- Sacred 3 announced for summer 2014
- Divinity: Original Sin trailer proclaims the coming of Spring, and also the game
- Gearbox suing 3D Realms and Interceptor over Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction development
- Planetside 2 update redesigns Amerish, new trailer rounds up the changes
- Dean Hall plans to step down as lead designer of DayZ
- Starbound creator outlines future player progression
- February 23
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- February 21
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- Men of War: Assault Squad 2 open beta available with pre-purchase
- Oculus VR files tradmark for RiftCon as the Rift sells more than 50,000 units
- Unreal Engine 4-powered horror game Daylight out on April 8
- The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 2: A House Divided out in early March
- X-COM creator Julian Gollop takes turn-based strategy Chaos Reborn to Kickstarter
- The Elder Scrolls Online video is all about crafting
- Wargame: Red Dragon details the tactics of its Asian invasion
- Sir, You Are Being Hunted update brings tweaked variables, creepy landowner
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive launches new Operation containing eight fan favourite maps
- February 20
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- Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate hits Steam April 2
- First-person bullet hell Drunken Robot Pornography hits Steam
- World of Warcraft level 90 boost briefly appears during server updates for $60
- Diablo 3 clans and communities explained, coming in patch 2.0.1
- BeamNG.drive, Path of Shadows and Aperture Tag among the latest Greenlight batch
- Thief launch trailer tries to capture your attention
- Battlefield 4 is giving away free weapon shortcut kits
- Team Fortress 2 fan-made Source Filmmaker short reveals the durability of robots
- Wasteland 2 is in "the final stretch" of production
- Dark Souls 2 trailer is an ode to the hollow
- February 19
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- Square Enix interested in bringing more Final Fantasy to PC
- Watch our Titanfall livestream at 4 p.m. PST
- Spelunky Metroid mod adds Samus, enemies, music to your randomized dungeons
- Square Enix, Amazon announce Thief: Gold modding competition
- Valve's Dota 2 documentary Free to Play releases March 19
- Total War: Rome II Beasts of War DLC's new units anger community
- Company of Heroes 2 adds new server system and map in Aftermath update
- Titanfall beta gameplay video: maxed settings at 2560x1440 on LPC
- Losing it: Why bad players keep trying with good games
- Star Citizen to collaborate with Kingdom Come: Deliverance, will share knowledge across teams
- Wolfenstein: The New Order release date announced, pre-orders come with DOOM beta access
- FTL: Advanced Edition's new subsystems revealed, include cloning and mind control
- Alpha Protocol is cheap on Steam if you like fun, branching spy stories
- Humble Indie Bundle 11 contains puzzling, combat and multi-dimensional confusion
- Starbound patch prepares for daily content updates, adds Smooth McGroove
- Source SDK mod Estranged: Act I now on Steam for free
- February 18
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- Titanfall may feature NPC monsters, according to official art book
- Gabe Newell: Valve Anti-Cheat does not look at your browsing history
- Thief video sees Garrett sneak and steal in a full mission playthrough
- Irrational Games "winding down," Ken Levine starting smaller team within Take-Two
- Don't Starve's Reign Of Giants DLC gets diminutive new teaser
- Arma 3 Zeus video shows 90 minutes of player-directed war
- Chroma is a free-to-play musical shooter from the creators of Rock Band and CS:GO
- Unreal Engine 4 video explores the art of high-tech explosions
- February 17
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- February 15
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- Counter-Strike eSports documentary dares you to "Play Bravely"
- Dungeon Keeper free on GOG.com
- The Flappy Best Free Candy Games of the Week
- South Park: Stick of Truth video shows opening minutes, could pass for episode of show
- Disrupt: hack for good or evil in an open cyberworld
- Saturday Crapshoot Live V - Hopkins FBI
- February 14
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- Happy Valentine's Day from the Large Pixel Collider
- Bring glory to Arstotzka in this Civ V Papers, Please mod
- Borderlands 3 isn't currently in development
- Battlefield 4 patch fixes more bugs, improves stability
- Just Cause 2 Multiplayer video: exploring the insanity of Build World
- The Blackwell Epiphany trailer heralds announcement of last game in the series
- The Evil Within release date set for late August
- Path of Shadows emerges on Greenlight, sneaks towards Kickstarter
- Double Fine's Amnesia Fortnight winners announced
- Titanfall screenshots: max settings at 7680x1440 on LPC
- Battlefield 4 DLC Naval Strike to include Carrier Assault, based on 2142's Titan mode
- February 13
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- Project CARS trailer reminds you that it's still gorgeous
- Final Borderlands 2 DLC announced, titled Sir Hammerlock Versus the Son of Crawmerax
- The Elder Scrolls Online video preview: a quick tour through a dungeon quest
- Ikaruga shoots its way onto Steam February 18
- StarCrawlers, an RPG with hackers and ninjas, hits Kickstarter
- Arma 3's free Zeus DLC promises a new form of multiplayer
- Steam lets the internet tag games, with predictable consequences
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update adds fully automatic pistol
- BeamNG.drive crashes onto Steam Greenlight
- 4,621 Rust players banned by new anti-cheat software
- BioShock Infinite - Burial At Sea: Episode 2 gets a spoilery behind-the-scenes video
- February 12
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- Source: Former Steam head Jason Holtman has left Microsoft
- State of Decay's upcoming Lifeline DLC adds new map, keeps hordes of undead
- Papers, Please among BAFTA's 'Best Game' nominations
- Silverstone's new mini-chassis could house a fine Steam machine
- Pillars of Eternity release date set for "winter 2014", lovely ruins and "druid cat form" teased
- Broforce beta hits Humble Store, heading to Steam Early Access next month
- Titanfall beta signups are now live
- SOE's John Smedley: content-driven MMORPGs are "unsustainable"
- February 11
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- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 demo now on Steam
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance video swings at realistic combat
- Planetside 2 announces plan to boost "fight intensity" after player feedback
- Congratulations internet, Goat Simulator is now a real game
- Path of Exile "mini-expansion" arriving March 5
- Guild Wars 2's Escape from Lion's Arch update will bring the central city under attack
- Evolve video report: hands-on with Turtle Rock's new shooter
- Kentucky Route Zero act three is "significantly more involved" than previous acts, has no firm release date
- World of Tanks' Confrontation mode launches this week
- Rust hits 1 million sales after two months
- February 10
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- New Kingdom Come: Deliverance Kickstarter stretch goals include video combat lessons, tournament mode
- Spelunky update brings level timers, new HUD to the deadly caverns
- Probably Archery is definitely out on Steam
- EverQuest Next Landmark timelapse video shows us failing at architecture
- Portal 2 mod swaps portals with paint in 26 new maps
- Total War: Rome 2 update adds new elephants, more Epirus units
- The Last Federation is procedurally-generated grand strategy by the creator of AI War
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's first map of the next operation revealed
- Batman: Arkham Origins developers have "no plans" for another patch, working on DLC instead
- Project Stealth screenshots tease upcoming asymmetrical indie multiplayer
- EverQuest Next Landmark trailer reveals desert environments
- February 9
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- February 7
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- Democracy 3: Social Engineering expansion pack now available
- Steam helps you keep track of new content with Recently Updated section
- Fract video shows a colorful world built on music
- Call of Duty switches to 3-year development cycle, next game from Sledgehammer
- Rust update throws out zombies, improves nature
- Arma 3 video teaches you how to helicopter better
- Jagex release new Transformers Universe trailer, claim it's now a "MOTA"
- The Elder Scrolls Online gameplay video: maxed settings at 2560x1440 on LPC
- Alien: Isolation screenshots show sci-fi gadgets, android innards
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance video is all about the horses
- February 6
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- Space Pirates and Zombies 2 announced, goes 3D with Unity
- Double Fine announces Amnesia Fortnight 2014 with Adventure Time creator
- RealMyst: Masterpiece Edition materializes on Steam with added features
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update adds weapon stickers, underhand grenade throws
- Indie horror adventure Nevermind launches Kickstarter, tracks stress with biofeedback
- Portal: Alive and Kicking is a free mod that plans to recreate Portal in Portal 2
- Elite: Dangerous alpha footage defends capital ships, rips off mining vessels
- February 5
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- EQN Landmark director: "Our alpha is better than most betas I've been associated with"
- MechWarrior Online update finally brings UI 2.0, but with bugs
- Hawken transitioning to Steam, dedicated launcher now defunct
- Oculus Rift's first exclusive launch title is Eve: Valkyrie
- Arma 3 2017 mod video shows broken-down Altis map, new creature prototype
- EVE Online to celebrate its players through monument listing all the game's "main characters"
- Waves: Arena Tactics is now on Kickstarter; £30,000 goal for the top-down shooter sequel
- Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 2 release date announced
- DayZ patch paves the way for more player and zombie numbers, adds new gestures
- Civilization V: Complete Edition released in the US, will capture the rest of the world on Friday
- Rain World trailer shows the further adventures of an invertebrate cat thing
- Starbound devs detail huge future additions to progression, PVP, and missions
- Indie action strategy game Matador hits Greenlight
- February 4
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- New Distance video looks harder, better, faster
- Titanfall minimum system requirements revealed
- Latest Humble Bundle discounts Sid Meier's greats like Civ 4 and Railroads
- Satya Nadella is Microsoft's new CEO, focused on cloud, mobile
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Bethesda say being an Imperial is "not an overall gameplay advantage"
- The Old Republic's Galactic Starfighter expansion is now free to play
- Thief trailer explains the game in exhaustive detail
- ReRoll is an open-world survival RPG that wants to map the entire world, and also wants your money
- Cobalt video explains the concept and execution of the 2D arcade shooter
- Gunpoint dev sneaks around space in Heat Signature prototype
- February 3
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- Coming soon to SteamOS, Steam Music integrates your music with in-game overlay
- Turtle Rock still likes Valve, could go back to Left 4 Dead
- New Duke Nukem game from Rise of the Triad dev to be revealed Feb. 25
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance video shows character customisation, Kickstarter raises double original goal
- Minecraft introduces spectator mode in latest snapshot, has sold over 14 million copies
- The Walking Dead's next chapter is "just around the corner", say Telltale
- Steam Hardware Survey shows small gains for Windows 8 and Nvidia through January
- Hyper Light Drifter closed beta scheduled for June, full game planned for end of the year
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