06 Feb 2012
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Skyrim Creation Kit to be released tomorrow with “special surprise”
A tweet from Bethesda's VP of PR, Pete Hines, on Friday announced that the long-awaited Skyrim [..]![]()
06 Feb 2012 10:32am GMT
05 Feb 2012
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The Elder Strolls, Part 9: Groom and Gloom
We’ve upgraded our Minecraft US server. Come build with us!
You all have built some amazing things on our Minecraft server over the past year, and [..]![]()
05 Feb 2012 1:55am GMT
04 Feb 2012
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Champion Roundtable: Ziggs, the Hexplosives Expert
Every two weeks, we give you our verdict on whether or not the latest League of [..]![]()
04 Feb 2012 7:53pm GMT
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First Look: Family Guy Online
This is almost like the time they made a Facebook game out of a popular TV show. Except it isn't. Family Guy Online isn't your standard social grind. It's not even a Facebook game. It's a graphically convincing free-to-play browser-based RPG with plenty of character, TV-showness and gameplay challenges...
04 Feb 2012 4:52pm GMT
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The PC Gamer Rig revisited
After a couple of weeks off in which we looked at alternatives to the traditional gaming [..]![]()
04 Feb 2012 4:00pm GMT
This week’s best free PC games
Last week played host to the annual Global Game Jam, in which developers around the world [..]![]()
04 Feb 2012 1:45pm GMT
Saturday Crapshoot: It Came From The Desert
Every week, Richard Cobbett rolls the dice to bring you an obscure slice of gaming history, [..]![]()
04 Feb 2012 10:28am GMT
Trion reflects on a year of Rift
I'll admit it. The first time a rift's tentacles came out of the sky at me, [..]![]()
04 Feb 2012 2:21am GMT
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Seven Ways to Expand Skyrim
Many are still busy plowing through the insane amount of content included in Skyrim. Maybe you're not one of them. Maybe you've unlocked and spent every perk point, cleared every dungeon and punched every NPC in the nose. Maybe you've tried out every mod and are looking for more. Bethesda will relea...
04 Feb 2012 1:54am GMT
03 Feb 2012
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'Special Surprise' Incoming for Skyrim PC Players
Bethesda's Creation Kit for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be made available on February 7, according to a Twitter update by VP of PR and Marketing Pete Hines...
03 Feb 2012 11:07pm GMT
Guild Wars 2 Beta Coverage on the Way
Good news, we just received an invite to play in an upcoming round of beta testing in ArenaNet's highly anticipated Guild Wars 2. Unfortunately we can't share, but you can expect plenty of coverage to hit on Monday, February 20 at 6 AM Pacific...
03 Feb 2012 7:58pm GMT
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The Old Republic chart shows you the path to 50, every planet and Flashpoint included
Today is a day of maps, apparently. OldRepublic.net just released an awesome galaxy guide that maps [..]![]()
03 Feb 2012 7:40pm GMT
Never get lost in DCUO’s Watchtower again with this detailed fan-made map
DC Universe does a lot of things really well, but building easily-navigable hangout spots is not [..]![]()
03 Feb 2012 7:10pm GMT
And in other PC gaming news…
Today's title image is once again courtesy of Dead End Thrills, the games photography website. See [..]![]()
03 Feb 2012 5:48pm GMT
The Sims 3 Showtime interview: the expansions they won’t be making
It's no small understatement to say that The Sims have had a lot of expansions. A [..]![]()
03 Feb 2012 5:32pm GMT
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Valve Working on Team Fortress 2 Secret Project
An update posted to the Team Fortress 2 blog teases "something brand new" for Valve's free-to-play online shooter. No word yet on what it is, but Valve did say it wasn't a hat, and it wasn't a new map. Could it be a new class? A new layer to its microtransaction system? Gordon Freeman? Err, sorry about that last guess, I just really miss Half-Life...
03 Feb 2012 5:10pm GMT
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Fall of the Samurai’s new toys won’t split Shogun 2′s online playerbase
Shogun 2: Total War's standalone expansion will let you play online with existing Shogun 2 [..]![]()
03 Feb 2012 4:42pm GMT
Star Wars: The Old Republic data-mined updates hint at future features
The tireless chaps at TORhead have been pulling clues out of the Star Wars: The Old [..]![]()
03 Feb 2012 3:58pm GMT
BT to deliver new 300Mbps ‘on demand’ fibre broadband
More broadband news today: BT's wholesale arm Openreach, which provides the majority of broadband connections in [..]![]()
03 Feb 2012 2:50pm GMT
GAME strikes deal with lenders to secure future
The GAME retail chain has been having a serious wobble this week. Yesterday we mentioned concerns [..]![]()
03 Feb 2012 2:48pm GMT
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The First 90 Minutes of Mass Effect 3
When I first started playing Mass Effect, I set out to behave like a stony-hearted space-bitch. I was going to take the universe for everything it had: credits, loot, fame, blue ladies, the lot. It didn't last long. By the beginning of Mass Effect 2, my red-headed Shepard whom I'd designed to loo...
03 Feb 2012 1:53am GMT
The Evolution of Counter-Strike's de_dust
Valve's ever-popular competitive shooter Counter-Strike has been around for over a decade. The latest iteration of the franchise, Global Offensive, is currently in closed beta testing on PC. Though not all features are currently built into the beta, the classic de_dust and de_dust2 maps are...
03 Feb 2012 1:44am GMT
02 Feb 2012
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Game of Thrones RPG Launches in May
Publisher Atlus announced that Game of Thrones, a new role-playing game from Cyanide Studios based on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy fiction, will launch on May 15 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC...
02 Feb 2012 11:39pm GMT
Spec Ops: The Line's Breakdown of a Soldier
"Walker, at the beginning of the game, is specifically meant to invoke other military shooters," says Walt Williams, the lead writer on 2K Games' Spec Ops: The Line. "We want the player to feel that they're walking into a situation that they know what it's going to be. Like, 'I know this guy, I know...
02 Feb 2012 11:21pm GMT
EA's Syndicate Will Not Use Online Pass
It is now common practice for Electronic Arts (EA) to include an online pass in new copies of its games that must be activated in order to access online features. However, Syndicate, which EA will publish later this month, will arrive free of any online pass. A producer at EA tells Eurogamer that the online co-op in Syndicate is equal in substance to the single-player campaign and everyone should have access to the entire game...
02 Feb 2012 6:46pm GMT
Wakfu Premium Pricing Plan Revealed
Ankama's Wakfu, a turn-based tactical MMO set to launch in North America on February 29, will be free to download but also include premium options. Publisher Square Enix has revealed the pricing plan for Wakfu, which includes a subscription alternative...
02 Feb 2012 6:22pm GMT
Prototype 2: The Grunts
In just a few months, Prototype 2 will be upon us and we'll all be running through New York City tearing bad guys apart with arm blades and disgusting tendril moves. When that happens, you're not going to have time to sit down and ponder how the cast of this title let their world get into this sicke...
02 Feb 2012 6:00pm GMT
Tribes: Ascend Beta Gets a Makeover
Hi-Rez Studios has outlined major changes to the ongoing beta test for Tribes: Ascend, a fast-paced free-to-play shooter expected to launch later this year. The changes include a reworking of the class system. The 12 classes previously available have been condensed to nine, and if you're a new player, you get three for free. The perk and unlock systems have also been changed significantly...
02 Feb 2012 5:25pm GMT
Alan Wake to Hit Steam in February
Update: Alan Wake will be released through Steam on February 16 for $29.99, which will include the base game and downloadable content packs. A boxed version of the game will also be made available after the Steam version is released...
02 Feb 2012 4:40pm GMT
What's New in the Diablo III Beta?
Many of the changes that recently stirred doubts that Blizzard's Diablo III may not make its early 2012 release date window have already been added to the closed beta test. The game is still very much about beating things with weapons until they die and spill treasure all over the ground, but the changes are significant enough to warrant another look...
02 Feb 2012 1:13am GMT
01 Feb 2012
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Has 1.7 Million Subscribers
BioWare's big budget MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, which reportedly cost almost $200 million to make, appears to be doing well so far. Publisher Electronic Arts reports that since launch in December 2011, over 1.7 million players have subscribed. In addition, over two million copies of The Old Republic have been sold...
01 Feb 2012 9:34pm GMT



















