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February 2017 Archive

Feb. 28, 2017
1. Conan Exiles releases Q3 2017 on Xbox One
2. Rebellion's remastering Rogue Trooper
3. Ubisoft just made For Honor a lot less annoying
4. Microsoft announces EA Access-style Xbox Game Pass subscription
5. Cities: Skylines next expansion to add ferries, blimps and cable cars
6. Kolin is one of the most unique characters in Street Fighter 5
7. Out come the scissors and oil for Conan Exiles' first mods
8. Nintendo Switch has its first portable-only game you can't play on TV
9. Torment: Tides of Numenera review
10. Monkey Island developer's Thimbleweed Park out next month
11. Watch: Ian murders robot dinosaurs in 90 minutes of Horizon Zero Dawn
12. Hey, listen! Zelda: Breath of the Wild streams are spoiling the game's ending
13. Hearthstone's next expansion Journey to Un'Goro detailed
Feb. 27, 2017
1. Peter Moore leaving EA to take up CEO position at Liverpool FC
2. Sparc is CCP's first non-Eve game
3. Twitch will sell games this spring, streamers can earn a cut
4. Minecraft has smashed 120m copies milestone
5. Shadow of Mordor sequel details leaked by shop
6. Watch: Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition returns us to a f**ked up world we'd forgotten about
7. Escaping Skyrim's shadow
8. Here's how UK cities would look in Horizon: Zero Dawn
9. Rare auctioning official Sea of Thieves-branded Xbox One S for charity Special Effect
10. Halo Wars 2 in at two in UK chart
11. PlayStation VR nears 1m sold
12. New performance mode boosts Switch mobile clocks by 25 per cent
13. Here's what Stardew Valley looked like five years ago
14. Horizon is a technical masterpiece on PS4 and Pro
15. Snipperclips now a Nintendo Switch launch title
16. Pillars of Eternity 2 has now raised more than Pillars of Eternity 1
17. Battle Princess Madelyn is a lovely tribute to Ghouls N' Ghosts
Feb. 26, 2017
1. Video: Resident Evil 7's Bedroom DLC is Misery but with centipedes
Feb. 25, 2017
1. Jelly Deals roundup: Hitman, Battlefield 1, Mass Effect Trilogy and more
2. Ellie Gibson on mortality and Mario Odyssey
3. Watch: Ian celebrates the best gingers in video games
Feb. 24, 2017
1. BioShock creator Ken Levine reveals new studio Ghost Story
2. Watch: Johnny plays Crusader Kings 2 for the first time, sleeps with daughter-in-law
3. Watch: Breath of the Wild is the bravest Zelda ever
4. Nintendo sues company that let you race Mario Karts in real life
5. Meet the man camping for a month to get the Nintendo Switch
6. The unspoken rules of For Honor
7. Four hours with Mass Effect Andromeda
8. What works and what doesn't in Horizon Zero Dawn
9. Twitch donates to Banner Saga 3 when you play free Banner Saga 1 & 2
10. Nintendo Switch Joy-Con connection issue sparks concern ahead of launch
11. Every Halo FPS from now on will have split-screen
12. A complete history of Nintendo console launches
Feb. 23, 2017
1. Nintendo's Switch media kit includes heartfelt messages from Reggie and Zelda's director
2. World in Motion: Horizon Zero Dawn 4K time-lapse
3. $10k SNES game package lost in the post has been found
4. Assassin's Creed Rogue and Gyromancer now have Xbox One backwards compatibility
5. Lego City Undercover gets Nintendo Switch release date
6. The Dead Space 3 the developers wanted to make
7. Nintendo Switch's updated Mii creator lets you turn your hair blue
8. In Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire you have a mobile base of operations - a ship!
9. Why BioWare ditched the power wheel from Mass Effect Andromeda
10. Watch: 15 things you didn't know about Mass Effect Andromeda
11. Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer voices Mass Effect Andromeda's doctor
12. We finally unbox the Nintendo Switch
13. Nintendo Switch won't have Virtual Console at launch
14. Eve Online community to help real-life search for exoplanets
15. Jelly Deals: Steam Link and Steam Controller discounted by up to 60%
16. Elite Dangerous players now know why the galaxy turned beige
17. Double Fine-published Ooblets looks like a cute Nintendo franchise mash-up
18. Jelly Deals: Xbox Live sale on now, with discounts for Gold members
19. Towerfall dev's upcoming platformer Celeste confirmed for Switch
Feb. 22, 2017
1. Overwatch game director talks diversity, inclusivity and Tracer's sexuality
2. Cards Against Humanity gets official Mass Effect expansion
3. Watch: Johnny cooks stuffed grape leaves from The Elder Scrolls Online
4. Halo Wars 2 review
5. Nier: Automata's Japanese launch tomorrow has English subtitles
6. Xbox Games with Gold March lineup includes Evolve
7. Dead Rising 4 shuffles onto Steam in March
8. How The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind transforms Vvardenfell
9. In Theory: How AMD's Ryzen will disrupt the gaming CPU market
10. New Overwatch lore character Efi Oladele sparks an interesting theory
11. Check out the super cool trailer for Narita Boy
12. Here's what Zelda: Breath of the Wild's new amiibo do
13. Horizon Zero Dawn review
14. The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ will no longer be a Switch launch title
15. Jim Sterling comes out on top as lawsuit with Digital Homicide dismissed
16. Quote is a brawler for the post-truth era
17. Rogue Legacy dev announces co-op brawler-RPG Full Metal Furies
18. PSVR launch title Here They Lie now has non-VR support
Feb. 21, 2017
1. Humble Freedom Bundle raises $6.73m for pro-immigrant charities
2. Nioh speedrunner plows through game in under 97 minutes
3. Nier: Automata's PC release date same as PS4 in Europe
4. Rocket League 4K PlayStation Pro support arrives
5. Total War: Warhammer's getting a new playable race, for free, next week
6. For Honor, online disconnects and the problem with peer-to-peer
7. For the first time ever, Australia is in Civilization
8. Watch: Ian plays 90 minutes of new Watch Dogs 2 Human Conditions DLC
9. Table Top Racing: World Tour comes out on Xbox One in March
10. Resident Evil 7 demo endings, secrets and more explored
11. Resident Evil 7 Bedroom DLC guide - Painting locations, door password, Medusa and the Serpent shadow puzzle
12. Street Fighter 5 mod makes loading a match much quicker
13. New Square Enix role-playing IP Project Prelude Rune announced
14. Watch: 60 minutes of Thimbleweed Park
15. Halo Wars 2 launches without competitive multiplayer ranking
16. The rise of the coming-of-age video game
Feb. 20, 2017
1. Man appears to play Doom in Porsche 911 using driving controls
2. For Honor outmuscles Sniper Elite 4 to top UK chart
3. Final Fantasy 15 updated with 60fps PS4 Pro patch
4. Can Final Fantasy 15's new PS4 Pro patch hit 60fps?
5. Blizzard stuns with big hint Doomfist is not the next Overwatch hero
6. Dele Alli and other celebs stream for Comic Relief on Twitch this week
7. Sniper Elite 4 review
Feb. 19, 2017
1. For Honor review
2. DF Retro: Revisiting the original Need for Speed
Feb. 18, 2017
1. Face-Off: For Honor
2. Digital Foundry: Let's build a 1080p60 gaming PC
3. Watch: Seven strange things to attempt in Prey
4. Jelly Deals roundup: Resident Evil 7, Bayonetta 2, Destiny: The Collection and more
5. All work and no play
6. Terraria has sold over 20m copies
Feb. 17, 2017
1. Portal writer Erik Wolpaw has left Valve
2. Nier: Automata director releases absurd pre-order video
3. Watch: We almost unbox a Nintendo Switch
4. How the Yakuza helped sell Nintendo's first game
5. Dirt Rally's VR support is now live, costs ?9.99
6. Nintendo Switch eShop will finally link purchases to accounts, not consoles
7. Procedurally-generated RPG Songbringer slated for PC and consoles this summer
8. Mystery Steam Resident Evil 5 problem stops game being played
9. New Dawn of War 3 trailer shows off Space Marines, Eldar and Orks
10. Cool Nintendo DS game Lock's Quest coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One
11. A new Vampire: The Masquerade game has been released
12. To understand 1-2 Switch, look back at Nintendo's crazy pre-history
13. Art allegedly from Sony Santa Monica's cancelled sci-fi PS4 IP emerges
14. This week, Pokémon Go gets its biggest update since launch
15. Xbox One's upcoming copilot feature will let two players share one controller
16. Origin Access adds Furi, The Saboteur, and Aragami
17. Family of Doom creator John Romero releases new game
Feb. 16, 2017
1. Nintendo Switch system features shown off in video
2. Inversus is coming to Xbox One with a bunch of new features
3. Hearthstone will add three 130-card expansions next year, no adventures
4. Yet more bad news for SNES preservation project which lost $10k of games in the post
5. Warning: Nioh glitch can delete save data upon starting a new character
6. Disney ditches Pewdiepie after anti-semitic stunt
7. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy release date set for June
8. Ghost Recon Wildlands open beta begins next week
9. Nintendo Switch is getting one of 2016's best multiplayer games
10. Cities: Skylines building to Xbox One, Windows 10 release
11. Microsoft brings forward E3 2017 Xbox press conference
12. DayZ creator Dean Hall to show new game at EGX Rezzed
13. Nintendo Switch Street Fighter 2 first-person mode looks janky
14. Valve is using AI to detect Counter-Strike cheaters
15. Rocket League, NBA 2K17 free to play on Xbox One this weekend
16. Resident Evil 7's latest DLC is lightweight, but varied
17. Here's what creating a Commander in Elite Dangerous looks like
18. You can now buy Rage digitally on Xbox for the first time
19. Performance Analysis: Sniper Elite 4
20. Former Planetside and H1Z1 boss John Smedley joins Amazon Game Studios
21. Snake Pass release date set for March on all platforms, including Switch
Feb. 15, 2017
1. PlayStation Now is discontinuing service on PS3, Vita and PlayStation TV
2. Watch: Johnny cooks the Shroom Cake from Paper Mario
3. Watch: Here's the first hour of Prey
4. Homefront: The Revolution resurfaces, set for big March update
5. Here's our first look at FIFA on Switch
6. Ubisoft just updated the ending of Watch Dogs 2
7. For Honor's bastard bots will taunt you
8. Nioh players are working out how to make it easier
9. The new Konami is doing very well indeed
10. Why Halo's biggest problem may be Halo itself
11. The copyright row that poleaxed the Elite Dangerous pen-and-paper RPG
Feb. 14, 2017
1. Apocalypse Now game starts its own crowdfunding platform after withering Kickstarter
2. Grand Theft Auto 4 runs faster on Xbox One
3. Battlefield 1's winter update introduces ribbons, raises class level cap
4. SNES preservation project "dead" after $10k of games lost in the post
5. PS4 Pro boost mode: a game-changer for unpatched titles?
6. After years of rejections, U-turns, and player requests, League of Legends is about to get a sandbox mode
7. Watch: Ian chops his way through the first 90 minutes of For Honor
8. The best action game no one's ever heard of just got a sequel - and it's phenomenal
9. "We might not tackle a game like this again"
10. Zelda: Breath of the Wild hard mode, Cave of Trials part of ?17.99 season pass
11. For Honor is the best fighting game I've played in ages
12. Frontier pulls standalone Elite Dangerous: Arena from sale
Feb. 13, 2017
1. Humble Freedom Bundle offers its most generous collection yet
2. 29 minutes of new Nier: Automata gameplay reveals moose-riding, exploration and more
3. How Resident Evil 7 is censored in Japan
4. Skate 3 rolls onto the EA Access Vault
5. Watch: The video team plays co-op Sniper Elite 4, fails to cooperate
6. Costume Quest TV series to launch on Amazon in 2018
7. ITV Hub catchup service finally available on Xbox One
8. Resident Evil's Leon and Chris reunite for CGI movie prequel to Resi 7
9. Before Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian nearly met its end
10. Nintendo just detailed Switch's smartphone app a little more
11. More than three years after launch, GTA5 is back top of the charts
12. Splatoon 2 getting Switch demo in March
13. Double Dragon 4 review
14. Fans really want to have sex with Mass Effect's new alien
15. Jelly Deals: Get an Xbox One Elite controller with a free game for ?99.99 today
16. Are Warhammer's Skaven misunderstood?
17. The magical mysteries of great matchmaking
Feb. 12, 2017
1. Fallout 4 on PS4 Pro: the upgrade we've been waiting for?
2. BioShock's fascinating but inescapable failure
3. The Wild Eight is survivalism served extra-cold
4. Broken dragons: In praise of Morrowind, a game about game design
5. Why the future of Deus Ex lies with its past
6. Nine years later, one feature in GTA4 has never been bettered - here's its story
7. Watch: Dirt 4 gameplay reveals what's new in Dirt 4
Feb. 11, 2017
1. Jelly Deals roundup: Star Wars Humble Bundle, Deus Ex, Titanfall 2 and more
2. Watch: Five things to try in For Honor's open beta
3. Steam Greenlight had to go, but its replacement might just work
4. Star Trek: Bridge Crew has been delayed until May
Feb. 10, 2017
1. Where's Wally-esque observation game Hidden Folks is coming to Steam and iOS next week
2. Nidhogg dev's devious arcade game Flywrench is coming to PS4 next week
3. FTL dev reveals turn-based strategy game Into the Breach
4. Valve is removing Steam Greenlight this spring
5. Why Valve has no interest in making console games
6. Conan Exiles recoups development costs in a week on Steam Early Access
7. Watch: Chris plays GoldenEye 007 for the first time
8. Watch Dogs 2 had "soft" launch sales but Ubisoft happy with franchise
9. Zelda: Breath of the Wild image confirms fan-favourite character
10. Pokémon Go Valentine's Day event begins today
11. Survive Conan Exiles' bad introduction and there's real promise there
12. Jelly Deals roundup: Humble's Best of 2016 sale, The Last Guardian, Abzu, and more
13. Destiny 2 launches autumn, will be "more accessible to casual players"
14. Skylanders franchise kept alive, but no new game this year
15. Valve is making three "full" VR games
Feb. 9, 2017
1. Call of Duty will "return to its roots" after Infinite Warfare sales disappoint
2. Nioh's co-op has changed since the beta, much to fans' chagrin
3. Grand Theft Auto 4 and Episodes from Liberty City get Xbox One backwards compatibility
4. The next Street Fighter 5 DLC character is Kolin
5. Stranger Things-inspired Stories Untold announced
6. Minecraft adds textured terracotta blocks
7. Jelly Deals: There's a Deep Silver publisher sale on Xbox Live
8. The Secret of Monkey Island's swordfighting
9. Watch: Ian and Martin team up to take on Sniper Elite 4's second level
10. Netflix Castlevania series launching this year
11. Our first look at Insurgency: Sandstorm
12. Metabomb is hiring a Staff Writer!
13. GreedFall is a fantasy RPG inspired by Baroque art from 17th Century Europe
14. Nintendo Switch Puyo Puyo Tetris release date served up
15. London concert to celebrate work of Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu
16. Nintendo confirms Switch launch lineup of games
17. Nintendo's latest mobile gamble doesn't quite pay off
18. Red Dead Redemption will finally be playable on PC, via PlayStation Now
19. Watch: Let's play Red Dead Redemption
20. Red Dead Redemption runs best on Xbox One
21. Watch: The questions Red Dead Redemption 2 needs to answer
22. Syberia 3 comes out in April - 13 years after Syberia 2
23. Project Cars 2 officially breaks cover, will support 12K and VR
24. The Warlock of Firetop Mountain video game hits the App Store later this month
Feb. 8, 2017
1. Watch: Johnny cooks the Baker family dinner from Resident Evil 7
2. Resident Evil 7's first DLC is more of what you love, but not much more than that
3. E3 2017 will open its doors to public for first time
4. The English sailor who inspired Nioh's samurai star
5. FIFA YouTuber who ran illegal gambling site addresses controversy
6. YouTuber pleads guilty to FIFA gambling charges
7. Here's our first look at combat in The Bard's Tale 4
8. Notes from the end of a world
9. Watch: Johnny and Ian get doubly disappointed by Double Dragon 4
Feb. 7, 2017
1. This Portal-themed HoloLens mod is a triumph
2. Konami tries to explain the R in Super Bomberman R
3. Steam users warned after profile exploit discovered
4. Watch: Ian tries to stay alive in the PS4 port of How to Survive 2
5. We've got 10,000 Gwent: The Witcher Card Game closed beta keys to give away
6. Playground Games opening new studio for non-racing title
7. WoW Tokens can now be traded for Battle.net Balance, spendable in other Blizzard games
Feb. 6, 2017
1. Drawn to Death pencils in April release date
2. Let's take a look inside Nintendo's Zelda: Breath of the Wild wrap party
3. Hearthstone fans unearth dinosaur-themed expansion
4. Jelly Deals: Nintendo Switch pre-orders back 'in stock' from Nintendo itself
5. Nintendo Classic Mini NES review
6. Jelly Deals roundup: Bloodborne GOTY, Madden 17, Rocket League and more
7. Latest footage of crowd-funded Psychonauts 2, as it picks up publisher
8. Being Player Two is rubbish
Feb. 5, 2017
1. Pirates quick to plunder Conan Exiles Denuvo blunder
2. An entire 60-80 hour Pokémon game on one Minecraft map
3. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare review
4. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's campaign is slick, morbid and a bit dull
5. The rebellious rise of road trip games
Feb. 4, 2017
1. Johnny and Ian had a fight about Switch - in video form
2. Video games don't love or hate you - they're just built that way
3. Ready at Dawn's Deformers has been delayed just ahead of launch
Feb. 3, 2017
1. PS4 Pro 'boost mode' runs unpatched PS4 games more smoothly
2. Co-op survival game The Wild Eight to launch on Early Access next week
3. Fallout Shelter is coming to Xbox One next week
4. Rainbow Six: Siege is free to play this weekend
5. Don't expect a Skyblivion beta or release until 2018
6. Watch: Ian plays Super Mario Sunshine for the first time
7. Nintendo Switch hands-on tour heads to the UK
8. Geralt calendar man stars in five-minute Witcher fan film
9. Watch someone complete Resident Evil 7 using only a knife
10. PlayStation 4 is finally getting external hard drive support
11. Resident Evil 7 at 4K: does resolution really matter?
12. Mafia 3's three story DLCs get a release schedule
13. Jelly Deals: Uncharted 4 available for ?20.95 today
14. Controversial PC game key reseller G2A.com fights fires in Reddit AMA
15. Lego Dimensions gets Goonies, Lego City and Hermione in May
16. Halo Wars 2 has some pretty cool posters
17. Oculus owner Facebook ordered to pay Zenimax $500m in virtual reality lawsuit
18. Who's who in Mass Effect Andromeda
19. Nioh review
Feb. 2, 2017
1. For Honor's Season Pass is taking the Rainbow Six: Siege approach to DLC
2. Rocket League is getting toy car adaptations
3. Titanfall 2 is getting a new pilot-only multiplayer mode
4. Devolver Digital offers GDC demo space to those affected by immigration ban
5. Nintendo's final Wii U game, Project Giant Robot, has been cancelled
6. Face-Off: Nioh on PS4 and PS4 Pro
7. How Valve found Portal
8. Stellaris: Utopia expansion lets you build Dyson spheres, ringworlds
9. Total War: Warhammer's map editor is called Terry
10. Jelly Deals: The Last Guardian is discounted. Again.
11. PS4 just had its best three months ever
12. European Commission to investigate Valve and five publishers over suspected geo-blocking
13. The safest pair of hands in video games
14. Watch: Johnny cooks Yeto's Superb Soup from Twilight Princess
15. Have a gander at these cool Fallout 4 fine art prints
16. Watch: Nioh lets you dress up like a Beefeater
17. GTR 3 confirmed, coming to consoles and PC next year
18. Zelda: Breath of the Wild fans in a flap as bird race appears to confirm timeline theory
19. Failbetter's Sunless Skies Kickstarter takes flight
20. Resident Evil 7 proves that PSVR can be more than just a novelty
Feb. 1, 2017
1. Sumo Digital's Snake Pass is coming to Switch
2. LittleBigPlanet 3 on PS4 headlines PlayStation Plus February lineup
3. Overwatch has become my favourite tawdry soap opera
4. Layoffs at Crytek
5. Nintendo Portugal's new Switch commercial accidentally reveals developer-only menu
6. Digital Foundry's guide to PS4 Pro game upgrades
7. The many faces of DOOM's afterlife
8. Jelly Deals: Final Fantasy 15 is down to ?28 at the moment
9. Denuvo responds to lightning quick Resident Evil 7 PC crack
10. DICE leaves Star Wars Battlefront behind for multi-era Battlefront 2
11. At least we have art for the Final Fantasy 7 Remake
12. Blowing the lid off the Ubiverse conspiracy
13. Here's everything that's new and noteworthy in the leaked Project Cars 2 trailer
14. For Honor open beta starts next week
15. FIFA 18 brings back The Journey with Season 2
16. Super Mario Run now has an Easy Mode
17. Mega Man 2.5D is a fan-made game eight years in the making
18. CD Projekt Red confirms old forum hack
19. EA community chief tweets #Skate4, internet loses its mind
20. BioWare's new IP will arrive by the end of March 2018