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December 2014 Archive

Dec. 30, 2014
1. Games of 2014: World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
2. Games of 2014: This War of Mine
Dec. 29, 2014
1. Games of 2014: The Sailor's Dream
2. Games of 2014: Far Cry 4
3. Games of 2014: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Dec. 28, 2014
1. Games of 2014: The Wolf Among Us
Dec. 27, 2014
1. Games of 2014: Spintires
2. Games of 2014: Alien: Isolation
Dec. 26, 2014
1. Games of 2014: The Last of Us: Left Behind
2. Games of 2014: Destiny
Dec. 25, 2014
1. Games of 2014: Threes
Dec. 24, 2014
1. Games of 2014: Lego The Hobbit
2. Games of 2014: TxK
Dec. 23, 2014
1. Editor's blog: Merry Christmas!
2. PS4 vs Xbox One: which is the better media player?
3. David Goldfarb on: Three seasons in game development
4. Bandai Namco blocks access to Durante's Dark Souls PC mod
5. 3.5 years and $7K later, Halo's Pillar of Autumn built using Lego
6. Destiny has had just shy of 13 million players
7. Spintires features trucks with soul
8. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic launches on Android
9. Halo: The Master Chief Collection gets Halo 4's Spartan Ops
10. Latest Assassin's Creed Unity patch boosts performance
11. It's Steam Holiday Sale time
12. Final Fantasy 15 reveals first female version of mechanic Cid
13. Latest Lands of Dream entry, A Postcard From Afthonia, is out now
Dec. 22, 2014
1. Thimbleweed Park ends its Kickstarter campaign at over $626K
2. Outcast releases enhanced 1.1 edition on Steam
3. Majora's Mask 3D GAME pre-order bonus is a commemorative paperweight
4. Games with Gold January offerings include The Witcher 2 and D4
5. Shovel Knight joins the cast of Road Redemption
6. Student-made Ukip parody game upsets Nigel Farage
7. Halo 3: ODST campaign coming to Halo: The Master Chief Collection as DLC
8. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 sets sail for the West
9. Japanese crossover fighting game J-STARS Victory VS + heads to Europe
10. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is 2014's Christmas number one
11. Star Citizen progress continues with Arena Commander 1.0 launch
12. Back from the Brink: the new Splash Damage
Dec. 21, 2014
1. Castlevania's Vampire Killer beats
2. Origin System's unmade games and rejected ideas
3. Xbox One vs PlayStation 4: Year One
Dec. 20, 2014
1. Which is the better media player? PlayStation 4 and Xbox One revisited
2. Last-gen revisited: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
3. Face-Off: Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes on PC
4. Video: Horrible gifts in videogames you can't even regift
Dec. 19, 2014
1. Surgeon Simulator dev reveals physics-based multiplayer game Worlds Adrift
2. Simogo releases free interactive short story The Sensational December Machine
3. Patrice Désilets is making a "third-person historical-action-survival game"
4. Video: Everything you need to know about Evolve's Evacuation mode
5. Don't call it DRM: what's Denuvo Anti-Tamper?
6. CVG to close
7. Star Citizen's Chris Roberts doffs hat to Elite: Dangerous
8. Elegy for a Dead World review
9. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker goes on sale two weeks before official release date
10. Watch a Destiny player beat the Crota's End raid - on his own
11. Atari isn't out of ideas, it's got Atari Fit
12. Capcom warns of Marvel vs. Capcom Origins delisting on PSN and XBL
13. January's Far Cry 4 DLC adds permadeath
14. Minecraft creator Notch bought the most expensive house ever in Beverly Hills
15. GTA5 PC in "final stages" and how about a new Red Dead?
16. Chaos Reborn is a case study in how to revive a classic
Dec. 18, 2014
1. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number out early 2015
2. Sony beefs up PS4 20th Anniversary Edition sales system after thousands use exploit to gain unfair advantage
3. Minecraft: Story Mode is an episodic series from Telltale
4. Splash Damage unveils new "reflex-driven" mobile game Tempo
5. Assassin's Creed Unity season pass owners can now claim their free game
6. Eurogamer Readers' Top 50 Games of 2013
7. Last-gen revisited: Far Cry 4
8. Judge allows lawsuit over Killzone Shadow Fall's 1080p graphics to proceed
9. Video: Why you really should be playing as a monster in Evolve
10. Larian making two new RPGs using Divinity: Original Sin engine
11. Video: Eurogamer's Christmas live stream spectacular
12. Minecraft: Xbox Edition gets horses
13. Bloodborne's grisly Chalice Dungeon grotesquerie
14. Dedicated Halo: CE multiplayer playlist added to Halo: The Master Chief Collection
15. Satellite Reign promises a return to the mean streets of Syndicate
16. Sportsfriends is coming to Steam this Friday
17. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven revealed for PS4 and PS3
18. Pac-Man themed restaurant is coming to Chicago
Dec. 17, 2014
1. Children of Morta: still the prettiest pixel art in the room
2. Media-streaming app Plex now available on PS4 and PS3 in Europe
3. New Steam controller design leaked
4. Finally, official Farming Simulator peripherals
5. Video: Watch us play Chaos Reborn with Julian Gollop from 3pm
6. Video: Magicka 2's wizarding is just as good on a PS4 pad
7. Life is Strange Episode 1 release date
8. EGX Rezzed 2015 announces Valve developer session
9. Don Bradman Cricket bowling for PS4 and Xbox One
10. Disgaea 5 confirmed for Europe and North America autumn 2015
11. Author Neal Stephenson becomes Chief Futurist at AR company Magic Leap
12. Video: The Tekken characters more ridiculous than Lucky Chloe
13. The first Elite: Dangerous player to reach Triple Elite status gets ?10K
14. Work on Lords of the Fallen 2 has begun
15. Video game producer Tak Fujii leaves Konami
16. Controversial mass murdering game Hatred appears on Steam Greenlight
17. Ubisoft delays Assassin's Creed: Unity's next major patch
18. Dragon Age: Inquisition now has free multiplayer DLC
19. Payday 2 DLC adds new heist and first playable female character
20. New Shadowrun project teased for Kickstarter in January
21. Natural Selection 2 dev's Subnautica is out now on Steam Early Access
22. Visual novel Steins;Gate is getting an English PS3 and Vita release
Dec. 16, 2014
1. The Smithsonian welcomes excavated E.T. cartridge
2. Hasbro and Jagex's Transformers Universe to close down next month
3. Shadow of Mordor Lord of the Hunt DLC released
4. Microsoft's game streaming tech codenamed Arcadia, new report claims
5. Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 announced for PC, PS4 and Xbox One
6. Grand Theft Auto Online Heists in early 2015
7. Video: Can Dying Light make up for Dead Island?
8. Forza Horizon 2's first expansion introduces new cars, new area
9. Last-gen revisited: Dragon Age Inquisition
10. iOS space combat and trading game Rogue Star out early 2015
11. Kerbal Space Program finally in beta
12. And here's another Halo: The Master Chief Collection patch
13. Riptor hits Killer Instinct tomorrow
14. The Witcher 3 will have a second playable character
15. Hearthstone for Android tablets begins global rollout
16. Elite: Dangerous and the art of the galactic grind
17. Dementium series is getting remade on 3DS
Dec. 15, 2014
1. You can move Dark Souls from Games for Windows Live to Steam next month
2. Trine: Enchanted Edition is due this week on PS4
3. Final Fantasy 15's brotastic TGS trailer gets an English dub
4. Ninja Theory's Devil May Cry hits PS4 and Xbox One next year in 60fps and 1080p
5. Just Cause dev's theHunter: Primal launches on Steam Early Access
6. Warhammer Quest coming to PC, Mac and Linux via Steam
7. Total War: Arena resurfaces, enters closed alpha
8. Last-gen revisited: Call of Duty Advanced Warfare
9. Ghost cars may soon become a reality
10. PES 2015 data pack two adds four new teams and 73 new player faces
11. Half-Life 2 RTS Lambda Wars releases on Steam
12. Destiny jumps seven places in UK chart following price cut
13. How to buy a PS4 20th Anniversary Edition console online this week
14. Windows 10 leak reveals new Xbox app for PC
15. First Street Fighter 5 match reveals new mechanics
16. Dead State review
Dec. 14, 2014
1. Sprites at the museum: Game Masters profiles gaming's greatest creators
2. Building Better Worlds - an MMO Tale
3. The serene, interconnected world of the brilliant The Settlers 2
Dec. 13, 2014
1. Video: The Crew and the chequered history of the carPG
2. Digital Foundry vs Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
3. Editor's blog: Introducing the columnists
4. Advanced Warfare sales 27 per cent below Ghosts in the US
Dec. 12, 2014
1. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare's multiplayer is free this weekend on Steam
2. Apple required Papers, Please to censor its nudity
3. Valve closes Steam Holiday Auction amid gem exploit concern
4. Bloodborne reveals Collector's Edition goodies
5. Killzone Shadow Fall adds in-game currency alternative to microtransactions
6. Get every Batman: Arkham game on Steam for $10
7. Syndicate spiritual successor Satellite Reign launches on Steam Early Access
8. Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition Android release date
9. New Just Cause 3 screenshots show parachute, grapple, explosions
10. EA Sports UFC joins EA Access next week
11. Video: Why you might not want to pre-order The Order
12. PS4 20th Anniversary Edition consoles are already on eBay - for thousands of pounds
13. Final Fantasy Type-0 is your only way of getting the Final Fantasy 15 demo
14. Dodgy crowdfunding project Areal returns as Stalker Apocalypse
15. Sony making Super Mario Bros. movie, leak suggests
16. Interplay breaks months of silence with Kickstarter for Freespace board game
17. Lumino City review
18. Borderlands: Remastered Edition spotted on Australian Classification Board
19. Don't Starve Together enters Steam Early Access next week
20. Xbox One overtakes PS4 sales for November in UK and US
Dec. 11, 2014
1. PS4 and Vita will launch in China this January
2. Xbox One-exclusive multiplayer esports darling #IDARB will launch in February
3. Steam Holiday Sale starts 18th December, 6pm GMT
4. Romero reveals unseen Doom art on game's 21st birthday
5. Nintendo's January and February Amiibo waves are already selling out
6. Papers, Please headed to iPad on 12th December
7. Stick It to The Man dev announces 2D co-op brawler Zombie Vikings
8. Richard Garriott's Shroud of the Avatar is Ultima Online 2 in so many ways
9. Sony video suggests PS4 friend notifications coming soon
10. Final Fantasy 10 / 10-2 HD Remaster coming to PS4
11. Microsoft now allows you to buy Xbox games with Bitcoin
12. DriveClub revisited: is dynamic weather a game-changer?
13. Minecraft: Pocket Edition launches on Windows Phone
Dec. 10, 2014
1. Tomb Raider mini-series is in the works
2. Another World-inspired adventure The Way sets January release date
3. Elegy for a Dead World is out now on Steam
4. Behold Ashen Rift, a survival horror FPS about a man and his dog
5. Square Enix confirms Microsoft will publish Rise of the Tomb Raider
6. Heroes of Might & Magic 3 HD Edition announced for PC, tablets
7. Tripwire defends Killing Floor 2 PS4 port
8. Today, Sony is selling PS4 20th Anniversary Edition consoles for just ?19.94 each
9. Video: Enjoy a slice of rage on toast with I am Bread
10. Witcher 3 dev: "Market is afraid of badly polished games on next-gen"
11. Nintendo kills NINJHAX 3DS homebrew exploit
12. DICE vows: Final Stand is not the end for Battlefield 4
13. The race to defeat Destiny's (new) toughest challenge begins
14. The Dark Below makes Destiny's mistakes all over again
15. Wasteland developer inXile trademarks Van Buren and Meantime
16. That Dragon, Cancer succeeds its Kickstarter goal
17. Microsoft Flight Simulator X is coming to Steam next week
Dec. 9, 2014
1. The Last of Us' new multiplayer DLC executions are PS4-exclusive
2. Alien: Isolation's latest update adds new difficulty modes
3. SimCity 2000: Special Edition is free on Origin
4. Xbox One Twitch app receives major update, adds new filtering options
5. Take-Two president criticises Target and Kmart over removing GTA5 in Australia
6. Destiny alert: this week's Nightfall and Heroic strikes are locked behind The Dark Below DLC
7. Sunset Overdrive announces first DLC expansion, adds new moves
8. David Jaffe reveals arena shooter Drawn to Death
9. Video: Watch us play Destiny's exclusive new PS4 Strike from 5pm GMT
10. DayZ creator Dean Hall's new studio is called RocketWerkz
11. Tekken 7's chief developer doesn't take kindly to mixed Lucky Chloe reaction
12. Video: Uncharted 4's demo dissected
13. New Team Fortress 2 movie shows what can be done with Source Filmmaker
14. Sony's H1Z1 enters Steam Early Access in January
15. Paul McCartney is a hologram in the music video for Destiny's Hope for the Future
16. BioWare outlines big Dragon Age: Inquisition patch due out today
17. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris review
Dec. 8, 2014
1. Is Uncharted 4 the generational leap we were hoping for?
2. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt delayed again, now due May 2015
3. Ubisoft racer The Crew enters UK chart in sixth
4. Video: Watch us play The Talos Principle from 4pm GMT
5. The Banner Saga 2 headed to PC, PS4 and Xbox One in 2015
6. Xbox boss points to Killer Instinct in response to Sony's Street Fighter 5 deal
7. Borderlands Online announced for China next year
8. Tekken 7's latest new character is a breakdancing catgirl
9. Ralph Baer, inventor of the first home console, dies aged 92
10. Suikoden and Suikoden 2 re-release on PS3 January 2015
11. 1.4GB DriveClub update adds dynamic weather
12. History Legends of War: Patton in the firing line
13. Video: Here are all of Limbo's most brutal bits
14. Why are Game of Thrones and Tales from the Borderlands more expensive on PS4 than on Xbox One?
15. Sony cuts price of Game of Thrones and Tales from the Borderlands on PS4
16. Here's your latest look at Hello Games' ambitious No Man's Sky
17. Katamari Damacy dev reveals new project Wattam for PS4
18. Sony announces free-to-play team shooter Kill Strain for PlayStation 4
19. Street Fighter 4 is so good maybe we don't need a sequel just yet
20. What today's space sims can learn from Colony Wars
21. 20 years of PlayStation: Japan's war on cliché
22. Yes, Sony Santa Monica is working on a new God of War
23. Halo spin-off Spartan Strike delayed as 343 battles The Master Chief Collection matchmaking problems
24. Troy Baker joins Uncharted 4 as Nathan Drake's brother
25. Metal Gear Solid 5 includes Metal Gear Online
26. Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon review
27. Game Of Thrones: Iron from Ice review
Dec. 7, 2014
1. Digital Foundry vs Super Smash Bros. on Wii U and 3DS
Dec. 6, 2014
1. PlayStation Experience conference live report
2. Here's over four minutes of No Man's Sky gameplay
3. Final Fantasy 7 announced for PlayStation 4
4. Yakuza 5 heads to Europe and North America in 2015
5. Day of the Tentacle: Special Edition announced for PlayStation and PC
6. Street Fighter 5 exclusive to PC and PS4
7. EA announces free game giveaway for all PlayStation owners
8. Ultra Street Fighter 4 confirmed for PS4
9. Devolver announces top-down action roguelike Enter the Gungeon
10. Uncharted 4 gameplay revealed in 15-minute video
11. There's a new Godzilla game for PS4 and PS3
12. Here's a fresh look at PS4-exclusive horror thriller Until Dawn
13. Dungeon Defenders 2 is a PS4 console exclusive
14. EA partners with studio founded by Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons devs
15. Video: 6 military baddies in need of a career change
16. Face-Off: The Crew
17. Zelda Wii U detailed with new developer walkthrough video
18. New Bloodborne footage arises, still looks glorious
19. King's Quest reboot debuts first footage
20. Gone Home developer reveals first-person sci-fi game Tacoma
21. Rust developer announces stone age survival sim Before
22. The Game Awards 2014 live report
23. Nintendo reveals Code Name: STEAM multiplayer mode
24. Metal Gear Online revealed
25. First-person space survival sim Adr1ft debuts gameplay footage
Dec. 5, 2014
1. F2P shooter Loadout release date set for PS4
2. Super Stardust Ultra announced for PS4
3. Resogun is coming to Vita and PS3 this month
4. Dragon's Dogma Online trademark spotted
5. Destiny's PVP mode now breaks up teams if they're too good
6. Video: Touch control rage with Tomb Raider 2 for iOS
7. Halo 5: Guardians beta will weigh in at 10.27GB - report
8. Minecraft dev's Scrolls will cap your spending so you don't break the game
9. Bethesda shows glimpse of The Elder Scrolls Online's console version
10. Video: Is Alien: Isolation's Trauma DLC worth sticking around Sevastopol for?
11. Legless Princess Peach Amiibo on eBay for $3500
12. inXile teases development on a "passionately demanded" RPG
13. Shovel Knight has sold over 300K copies
14. Final Fantasy 13 PC will get 1080p support next week
Dec. 4, 2014
1. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare just received its "biggest title update yet"
2. The next Deus Ex game will look a little something like this
3. SteamWorld Heist is coming to all non-mobile platforms
4. 2K launches new studio Hangar 13
5. Dragon Quest 3 is now on iOS and Android
6. Target pulls Grand Theft Auto 5 from sale in Australia
7. Crytek is shutting down Warface on Xbox 360
8. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel's The Holodome Onslaught DLC dated for December
9. Inside Sniper Elite 3's Rebellion, Britain's best guilty pleasure developer
10. EA Sports UFC review
11. Resident Evil HD release date announced
12. Watch us play new Lara Croft live from 5pm GMT
13. Grappling is one of the oldest sports in the world - so why can't video games do it properly?
14. Angry Birds developer lays off 110 staff, closes studio
15. Dead or Alive 5 Last Round confirmed for PC
16. BBC iPlayer finally arrives on Xbox One today
17. Kingdom Hearts 3 dev discusses switch from Luminous to Unreal Engine 4
18. New 3DS has a Mario Easter egg in its web browser
19. Blood Bowl 2 set for PS4, Xbox One and PC
20. Super Smash Bros. creator says Wii U version is likely his last
21. Performance Analysis: The Crew
22. Rune Factory 4 to release in Europe after all
23. Next-Gen Face-Off: Thief
24. Destiny will upgrade your exotics - but there's a heavy price to pay
25. PS4 gets TV from Sky app
26. New Halo: The Master Chief Collection update targets faster matchmaking
Dec. 3, 2014
1. Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell goes all Disney in new musical trailer
2. Tomb Raider 2 is out now on iOS
3. Dying Light illuminates details on its Season Pass
4. Actor in Donkey Kong costume suffers heart injury, sues Nintendo
5. Ex-Nintendo indie game guru Dan Adelman now working on Chasm
6. The Crew is broken - but packed with potential
7. Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars is getting a PS4 sequel
8. Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses 2015 concert tour dates announced
9. Total War Battles: Kingdom is a F2P online spin-off
10. Video: Five brilliant games about bread
11. 2D skate-'em-up OlliOlli headed to 3DS, Wii U, Xbox One
12. Sony releases free PS1 theme for PS4, PS3 and Vita
13. For the first time, Metal Gear Solid 4 will be available as a download
14. Sir Clive Sinclair crowdfunding new ZX Spectrum computer
15. 20 years of PlayStation: the Ridge Racer revolution
16. Sony announces PS1-themed PlayStation 4
17. Samus Amiibo misprint sells for $2500 on eBay
18. Limbo launches for everyone on Xbox One this Friday
19. Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition goes live
20. Hearthstone's Goblins vs Gnomes expansion release date confirmed
21. The next major Assassin's Creed is set in Victorian London
22. Behold Dragon Dating Simulator, the most literal title ever
Dec. 2, 2014
1. Steam now lets you livestream your game playing
2. Video: Watch us play The Crew live from 5pm GMT
3. Survival racer Distance boosts to PS4 in 2015
4. Here's the PlayStation-exclusive content in Destiny expansion The Dark Below
5. The bonkers ads of PlayStation
6. Alien: Isolation's Trauma DLC pack out today
7. Nintendo and Philips sort out their Wii U patent dispute
8. Get 11.5 teraflops of PC graphics power for under ?500
9. AMD Radeon R9 295X2 review
10. Resident Evil Revelations 2 trailer confirms Barry Burton's return
11. The case for 30fps PC gaming
12. Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions review
13. Fortnite's closed alpha begins today, runs until the 19th
14. Play the original Game Boy in 1080p on an HDTV with hdmyboy
15. Cards Against Humanity developer trolls Black Friday with bulls***
Dec. 1, 2014
1. It Came From the Desert is getting an Extended Cut... on Sega Mega Drive
2. Destiny update makes sweeping changes to its most powerful weapons
3. Threes dev unveils speedy local multiplayer RTS Close Castles
4. Setting the stage: the actor who made an arcade classic
5. I am Bread rises on Steam Early Access this week
6. Editor's blog: Aoife Wilson joins Eurogamer
7. Minecraft gets official Dennis the Menace mod
8. Sony won't renew FIFA sponsorship contract
9. Infinity Blade coming to Xbox One in China - report
10. Broken Age Act 2 release set for early 2015
11. Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire UK's biggest Pokémon launch ever
12. Chaos Reborn launches on Steam Early Access next week
13. Valkyria Chronicles 2 was the right sequel on the wrong platform
14. Atari: Game Over review