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December 2013 Archive

Dec. 30, 2013
1. Eurogamer's Game of the Year 2013
Dec. 29, 2013
1. Eurogamer's 2013 alternative awards
Dec. 28, 2013
1. Games of 2013: Saints Row 4
2. Games of 2013: Super Mario 3D World
Dec. 27, 2013
1. Games of 2013: Gran Turismo 6
2. Games of 2013: Dota 2
Dec. 26, 2013
1. Games of 2013: The Stanley Parable
Dec. 25, 2013
1. Games of 2013: Rocksmith 2014
2. Games of 2013: Diablo 3 console
Dec. 24, 2013
1. Games of 2013: Candy Crush Saga
2. Games of 2013: Papers, Please
Dec. 23, 2013
1. DayZ alpha review
2. Bullets and Toothpicks: Inside Hong Kong's gaming scene
3. Games of 2013: Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
4. Lara Croft: Reflections is a collectible card game
5. Star Citizen raises an astronomical $35m
6. FIFA 14 is UK Christmas 2013 number one
7. Games of 2013: Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Dec. 22, 2013
1. Games of 2013: Euro Truck Simulator 2
2. Eugene Peyton Jarvis - Pioneer
3. Christmas NiGHTS Into Dreams retrospective
Dec. 21, 2013
1. Letter from America: Saving the best 'til last
2. Games of 2013: The Last of Us
3. Outside Xbox's Best Worst Games of 2013
4. Games of 2013: Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves
Dec. 20, 2013
1. Letter from America: Yo Doom! You's old
2. Editor's blog: Festive greetings from the Eurogamer team
3. This is how you play pop-up book video game Tengami
4. The write stuff: Elegy for a Dead World preview
5. Warhammer Online is gone forever - or is it?
6. Christmas live streams and free games all day!
7. Zoo Tycoon community challenge to help endangered animals
8. Call of Duty: Ghosts season pass innards confirmed
9. 2013 Steam Holiday Sale offers wicked bargains
10. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance PC release date confirmed
11. New Dragon Age: Inquisition screenshots show off fancy environments
12. The Division on PC is a "full-fledged, optimised version", dev vows
13. Hearthstone open beta delayed
14. Back from the dead: MX vs. ATV
15. Republique: Episode 1 review
Dec. 19, 2013
1. Namco Bandai insists Ridge Racer Slipstream in-app purchases aren't evil
2. Ryan Payton's Republique
3. Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls release date announced
4. Care for a next-gen medieval RPG with no fantasy?
5. In the eye: in-engine footage of Sniper Elite 3
6. Xbox One platformer Max: The Curse of Brotherhood out tomorrow
7. How Max made his way to Xbox One
8. Forza 5 update goes live, tweaks economy
9. The Banner Saga: Much more than you're expecting
10. Documentary about burial of E.T. game to debut exclusively on Xbox
11. Hands-on with SteamOS
12. Dynasty Warriors 8 coming to PS4 and Vita in Europe spring 2014
13. Remember Evil Genius? There's an online version on Facebook and it's in open beta
14. Ninja Theory's first mobile game Fightback launches on App Store
15. New Gran Turismo 6 patch introduces more seasonals, increased payout
16. Here's another look at Nosgoth, the F2P multiplayer Legacy of Kain spin-off
17. Joe Danger 1 and 2 out on PlayStation Vita Q2 2014
18. Blizzard nerfs Mage in latest Hearthstone patch
19. Shooting cars: The art of Gran Turismo 6's photography
20. Eurogamer Readers' Top 50 Games of 2012
Dec. 18, 2013
1. Give a little: buy the Christmas single by charity GamesAid
2. Free Ryse update adds two new level events
3. Watch us play Just Cause 2's multiplayer mod from 5pm GMT
4. Broken Sword, Minecraft, Walking Dead, Eufloria
5. Zelda spin-off Hyrule Warriors announced
6. Rosalina and Luma make their Smash Bros. debut
7. No date for Mario Kart 8, but a new trailer
8. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze out 21st February
9. Wii Sports Club Golf released today
10. NES Remix, a new Wii U game, is available now
11. The Year of Luigi continues with Dr. Luigi!
12. Yoshi's New Island for 2DS and 3DS in spring 2014
13. Motorola Moto G review
14. Myth-busting the murky world of video game trade-ins
15. Tomb Raider Definitive Edition is more than a facelift, dev insists
16. Skullgirls to re-emerge on PSN and XBLA as Skullgirls Encore
Dec. 17, 2013
1. DayZ stampeded by 88,000 people in 12 hours
2. Dementium 2 HD checks in on Steam
3. The Walking Dead: All That Remains review
4. Star Wars goes F2P with space combat game Attack Squadrons
5. Iranian political adventure 1979 Revolution argoes to Kickstarter
6. Dying Light video shows why night is bad news
7. Eurogamer.net Podcast Christmas Quiz 2013!
8. These Vanishing of Ethan Carter screenshots move
9. Tasty RPG Divinity: Original Sin now playable
10. Yet another Nintendo Direct tomorrow
11. What will Obsidian's second Kickstarter project be?
12. Watch us play the DayZ standalone from 12pm GMT
13. Digital Foundry vs. Trine 2 on PlayStation 4
14. Access to Valve's Dota 2 now completely open
15. First episode of Republique out 19th December
16. State of Decay: Breakdown review
Dec. 16, 2013
1. DayZ sneaks up on Steam Early Access
2. We've got another 2500 Hearthstone keys to give away
3. What the Lego Hobbit game looks like in action
4. What Middle-earth: Shadows of Mordor looks like
5. Minecraft out on PS3 this week
6. Shadow of Mordor sounds like Arkham Batman games
7. Wasteland 2 beta review
8. Vita version of Final Fantasy 10/10-2 HD Remaster has a release date
9. Natural Selection 2 dev announces Subnautica
10. No one bought Kingdoms of Amalur
11. Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti review
12. UK chart: COD, it's Ghosts town
13. Xbox One and Xbox 360 to get original TV shows early 2014
14. This is an unboxing of Valve's Steam Machine prototype
15. Marvel vs. Capcom games to be delisted from PSN, XBLA
16. Overachiever For a Day
17. Poof vs the Cursed Kitty review
Dec. 15, 2013
1. Radeon R9 290/290X review
2. Remembering Sega's classics the right way
3. SWIV retrospective
4. Beyonce's onto something, you know
Dec. 14, 2013
1. Ultra Street Fighter 4 has online training and 3v3 matches
2. Hardware Test: PlayStation Vita TV
3. Outside Xbox's five most disappointing games of 2013
4. Cards Against Humanity dev makes a game about shagging your friends
Dec. 13, 2013
1. Cut the Rope 2 lands on iOS next week
2. Pokémon Bank app launches this month
3. Dead Rising 3's Operation Broken Eagle DLC detailed
4. Runner2 sprints to Vita next week
5. Video: Let's Play Doki Doki Universe
6. Rocksmith 2014 Edition review
7. The wonderful problems of Maia
8. Is this the patch to fix Battlefield 4 on PS4?
9. Video: Let's Play the Wasteland 2 beta
10. Another look at SOMA, Frictional's new PC and PS4 horror game
11. Fancy Street Fighter art prints celebrate 25 years of fighting
12. Now Alien Isolation screenshots leak
13. PlayStation Plus gets Don't Starve, DmC, Borderlands 2
14. Don Bradman Cricket 14 delayed
15. Icycle: On Thin Ice review
16. Mega Man board game funded on Kickstarter
17. CCP re-evaluates World of Darkness, sheds more staff
18. Long-lost level restored in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 remaster
19. PlayStation 4 outsells the Xbox One in US retail
Dec. 12, 2013
1. The Walking Dead: Season Two gets its first full trailer
2. This Lego The Last of Us mock-up video is incredible
3. Secrets of R?tikon lands on Steam Early Access next month
4. Fixing Forza 5: How Turn 10 wants to win fans back
5. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga launches on iOS
6. We need to talk about Yaiba
7. Tales of Zestiria announced, will celebrate series' 20th anniversary
8. Elite: Dangerous combat now playable if you're a ?200 alpha backer
9. Unauthorised Ghosts 'n Goblins Kickstarter shut down
10. Fable Anniversary release date and bonuses announced
11. GOG Winter Sale gives Fallout 1, 2 & Tactics free
12. Bayonetta 2 producer moans of "pedantic port-begging" from fans
13. Blockbuster to close all remaining UK stores
14. This Steam Machine "doesn't make any compromises for performance"
15. Risk of Rain review
16. BloodRayne, Walking Dead dev Terminal Reality appears to have shut down
17. The Room 2 review
18. PlayStation Store opens on Amazon.co.uk
19. Another Legend of Zelda concert announced for London
20. Fallout 4 is in development, set in Boston - report
21. The Wasteland 2 beta is here
Dec. 11, 2013
1. Cliff Bleszinski wants to make a PC arena-based FPS
2. GTA: San Andreas is coming to iOS tonight
3. PS4 & Vita roguelike puzzler Road Not Taken details gameplay
4. Steam Machine and Controller prototypes ship on Friday
5. GT6 glitch gives you 20 million credits in three minutes
6. Footage of Crytek's first mobile CryEngine game
7. Terraria digs Vita early December
8. See GTA's online creation mode in action live from 5pm GMT
9. Donate to Philippines relief campaign and EVE devs will do ridiculous things
10. Angry Birds Go! micro-transaction prices reduced for UK launch
11. The Elder Scrolls Online release dates announced
12. Xbox One sells 2 million in 18 days
13. Halfbrick's Colossatron: Massive World Threat invades earth next week
14. Microsoft hikes price of Xbox One exclusives by ?5
15. Zavvi threatens customers with legal action after accidentally sending free Vitas
16. Bedlam is a first-person shooter and a book
17. Stick It to the Man review
18. Refunds available for Xbox One Battlefield 4 Premium customers
19. Microsoft releases new Xbox One firmware update
20. Hearthstone patch tweaks cards, ranked play, adds gold cap
21. Eurogamer Readers' Top 50 Games of 2013 voting
22. Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition review
23. Settle the score with Samurai Gunn, out now on PC
Dec. 10, 2013
1. Nippon Ichi's The Witch and the Hundred Knight due in March
2. Obsidian renames Project Eternity, releases a proper video
3. Double Fine announces puzzle adventure Hack 'N' Slash
4. EA among the Human Rights Campaign's "best places to work"
5. Free-to-play Family Guy game announced for iOS, Android
6. Peggle 2 to receive Duel mode for free
7. Company of Heroes 2 gets both paid and free DLC today
8. Rome 2 expansion Caesar in Gaul announced
9. And God said, 'Let there be Post Master'
10. Warhammer Quest The Undead Horde expansion adds a new hero
11. PlayStation 4 now counts for 10% of all Twitch streaming
12. Doom retrospective
13. Happy birthday to Doom, happy birthday to Doom
14. The Walking Dead: Season Two finally gets a release date
15. Hustle Kings dev announces Pure Pool for PS4
16. Sony patent hints at new PS Move controller
17. NSA, GCHQ can listen to Xbox Live chat communications
18. 3DS Miiverse, cross-platform eShop accounts now live
19. Broforce beta review
20. Now there's another space MMO: Entropy
21. Xbox One mod unlocks mouse and keyboard support
22. Xbox Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes has exclusive Raiden mission
23. Twitch "illustrates the compassion of gamers"
24. APB Retribution is a top-down tactical shooter spin-off for iOS
25. TV review: How Videogames Changed the World
26. The Chinese Room on its PS4-exclusive Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
27. Borderlands 2 is free tomorrow for North American PS Plus members
Dec. 9, 2013
1. Halfbrick announces Colossatron: Massive World Threat
2. Fez has sold one million copies
3. GTA Online's deathmatch & race creator enters beta tomorrow
4. Microsoft buffs up security following privacy concerns
5. Halo: Spartan Assault heads to Xbox One on Christmas Eve
6. Assassin's Creed 4 DLC will let you play as Blackbeard
7. A Link to the Past awakens on the Wii U eShop
8. "A future that has a history": Introducing No Man's Sky
9. This is what building is like in EverQuest Next Landmark
10. Microsoft's ID@Xbox policy means this indie twin-stick shooter can't launch on Xbox One
11. Peggle 2 review
12. Microsoft warns Xbox One owners about backwards compatibility prank
13. Fancy new The Division video shows off Snowdrop engine
14. GOG launches money-back guarantee for technical issues
15. Fallout 4 hoaxer: website designed to troll, force Bethesda's hand
16. Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition confirmed for PS4, Xbox One
17. Alien Isolation artwork leaks ahead of official reveal
18. The Witcher 3 continues to look incredible
19. Riot lets League of Legends pros stream rival games
20. Sony continues 12 Deals of Christmas offers
21. It's decided: Torment Numenera will be turn-based
22. Gran Turismo 6 launch sales were just a fifth of GT5's
23. Konami requests Skullgirls be removed from Xbox Live and PSN
24. Sony ups portable PlayStation device limit
25. Hello Games debuts first-person action adventure No Man's Sky
26. Gambling with pandas might be better than gambling with money
Dec. 8, 2013
1. Gameplay footage of Xbox One exclusive Quantum Break
2. Tech Analysis: Next-generation game broadcasting
3. The Super Mario Bros. Story
4. DoDonPachi retrospective
5. Bungie releases new Destiny trailer
6. Titanfall dev shows off new Ogre and Stryder titan classes
7. Techland shows Dying Light PS4 gameplay footage
8. Telltale Games confirms episodic Game of Thrones series
9. Telltale and Gearbox team up for Tales from the Borderlands
10. Nintendo confirms Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze character
11. Broken Age to star Elijah Wood
Dec. 7, 2013
1. Ubisoft polls interest in a non-Assassin's Creed pirate game
2. Letter from America: I love Gran Turismo 6
3. Outside Xbox investigates The Division
4. Digital Foundry vs. Super Mario 3D World
5. In praise of early adopters
6. Destiny now destined to launch in September
Dec. 6, 2013
1. Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed is free this weekend on Steam
2. Eldritch to receive free Christmas DLC Mountains of Madness
3. Duke Nukem creator is developing a PS4 and PC title
4. Letter from America: I love Forza 5
5. Majora's Mask revival teased in New Smash Bros. Assist Trophy
6. Dark Souls 2 covenants detailed
7. Pachter: Criterion making military shooter, possibly 2014 Battlefield spin-off
8. Heroes of Dragon Age out on iOS, Android
9. Gran Turismo 6 review
10. Knytt Underground explores Wii U this month
11. Fallout 4 won't be at VGX this weekend
12. Arma 3 dev offers €500,000 to modders in Make Arma Not War contest
13. Final Fantasy 14 update 2.1 release date announced
14. Japanese dev caps micro-transaction spending by children, teens
15. The fixing begins: DICE issues Battlefield 4 updates
16. Avalanche gives Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod its blessing
17. It's Morrowind in the Skyrim engine
18. Microsoft reinforcing security to combat "government snooping"
19. Ultra Street Fighter 4 out June 2014 on PS3 and Xbox 360
20. From the ashes of WipEout dev Studio Liverpool rises Firesprite
Dec. 5, 2013
1. Ouya now accepts Bitcoin transactions
2. Super Time Force is heading to Xbox One
3. Final Fantasy 8 is now on Steam
4. Stick it to the Man is Steam bound next week
5. How the Amnesia sequel's sausage was made
6. Dyscourse is a survival sim featuring various indie devs
7. Next-Gen Face-Off: Need for Speed: Rivals
8. Valve man invents tongue and bum controllers
9. Surgeon Simulator dev announces arena deathmatch Time to Live
10. Gran Turismo 6 microtransaction pricing revealed
11. Nintendo: fan campaigns "don't affect what we do"
12. Dean Hall issues warning about DayZ Early Access
13. Double Dragon Trilogy launches on iOS and Android
14. Another 62 Blockbuster stores to shut, remainder at risk
15. Who's in the Warcraft film?
16. PS3 platformer Ratchet & Clank: Nexus rated for Vita
17. Microsoft reveals loads of indies developing for Xbox One
18. Assassin's Creed: Pirates review
19. Riot blocks League of Legends pros from streaming rival games
Dec. 4, 2013
1. Football Manager spreads to Typing of the Dead: Overkill
2. Hey Ash, whatcha doin' in Saints Row 4?
3. DICE has halted "future projects" while it fixes Battlefield 4
4. Starbound beta lands on PC, Mac and Linux today
5. Teslagrad dated for PC, Mac and Linux next week
6. The Wolf Among Us launches on iOS today
7. flOw now available on PlayStation 4 and Vita
8. Watch us play Cannon Fodder from 5pm GMT
9. Bravely Default sequel announced for 3DS in Japan
10. Arma 3's campaign continues on 21st January
11. Two-button fighting game Divekick coming to Xbox One
12. Zen Pinball 2 gets PlayStation 4 release date
13. O2 will offer Xbox One with a ?52 per month phone contract
14. IMPORTANT: Gran Turismo creator Kaz Yamauchi becomes a street
15. World of Warplanes review
16. This is Energy Hook, one of the first Xbox One indie games
17. Zeboyd's RPG Cosmic Star Heroine coming to Xbox One
18. Vlambeer "considering" Nuclear Throne for Xbox One
19. Never Been So Much Fun: The making of Cannon Fodder
20. Valve invests in Linux Foundation ahead of SteamOS launch
21. Editor's blog: Battlefield 4 Face-off Preview Q&A
22. Handsome Elder Scrolls Online video shows character progression
23. Some Euro PSN features switched off for PS4 launch
24. Blacklight: Retribution launches on PS4 in Europe today after short delay
25. Take-Two boss has high hopes for PS4 and Xbox One
26. Rainbow Moon Review
27. Battlefield 4 China Rising launch adds fresh problems
28. Retina iPad mini review
Dec. 3, 2013
1. Battlefield 4: China Rising review
2. Final Fantasy 14 out on PS4 April 2014
3. Survarium shooting for UK release in second half of 2014
4. The Eurogamer.net Podcast: Undercover Bertie
5. Microsoft game sandbox Project Spark beta sign-ups live
6. A new Ridge Racer announced!
7. Now there's a Warhammer 40K tower defence game
8. Velocity Ultra shoots to PC next week
9. Isometric point-and-click horror adventure Stasis awakens on Kickstarter
10. Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod coming to Steam
11. Xbox One owners unite to spur Microsoft to improve system
12. Bravely Default review
13. Vita TV to take a "different road to market" in the west
14. The Eurogamer.net Podcast: Xbox One Special
15. PS4 sells over 2.1 million worldwide
16. Ex-Civ 5 designer delays At the Gates to 2015
17. Jonathan Blow hints at The Witness supporting VR
18. Video: A quick tour through Gran Turismo 6's features
19. Watch us play Super Mario 3D World from 5pm GMT
20. Every Xbox One really CAN be a dev kit
21. Microsoft plots Windows updates codenamed "Threshold"
Dec. 2, 2013
1. Super Hexagon ported to Commodore 64 with Micro Hexagon
2. FranknJohn, the brawler that requires skulls as well as skills
3. This is what Frozen Endzone actually looks like
4. PlayStation 4 UK launch sales hit 250k
5. The Walking Dead Game Jam chooses a winner
6. Batman: Arkham Origins story DLC focuses on "key relationship" in comics canon
7. Warframe review
8. Video: Remixing Diablo 3 in Reaper of Souls' Adventure mode
9. Get your indie game shown at EGX Rezzed 2014!
10. Grand Theft Auto Online's content creator shown in new video
11. Well, there's always Don?Bradman?Cricket?14
12. Amazon announces drone delivery service
13. PS4 fastest-selling console in UK history
14. The Walking Dead: Season Two includes another returning character
Dec. 1, 2013
1. iPhone 5S review
2. Taking games seriously
3. TimeSplitters 2 retrospective