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January 2014 Archive

Jan. 31, 2014
1. Ouya gets a new black model with double the storage
2. Suda 51 and Tokyo Jungle dev collaborate on sidescrolling madness
3. A fireside chat on Hearthstone's past, present and future
4. Dead Island is tomorrow's free Games With Gold offering
5. Kerbal Space Program Early Access review
6. God of War dev Sony Santa Monica moving, expanding
7. Next-Gen Face-Off: Tomb Raider Definitive Edition
8. Remember Me developer files for bankruptcy - reports
9. Rambo game out 21st February
10. No exciting story DLC for Wii U Batman owners
11. Zynga buys CSR, Clumsy Ninja dev NaturalMotion
12. Funcom under investigation, offices closed
13. Long Live the Queen review
14. North Americans get Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary free this weekend
Jan. 30, 2014
1. Own one Wii U indie and get another for 60 per cent off
2. Microsoft ad asks you to "ditch your PS3"
3. Vita Indie Game Mega Pack bundles 10 games for €24.99
4. State of Decay dev hires ArenaNet co-founder Pat Wyatt
5. QuakeCon 2014 moves to July
6. How War of the Vikings respects historical fidelity, brutality and women warriors
7. EA launches free-to-play Dungeon Keeper for iOS, Android
8. Octodad has four-player local co-op
9. "We still believe the Vita has a role"
10. Kingdom Come: Deliverance successfully funded on Kickstarter
11. Vita Slim UK release date, price announced
12. Tropico 5 announced for PlayStation 4
13. OFT finalises 'principles' to stop exploitative micro-transactions
14. Sony: UK PS4 to Xbox One sales ratio is 1.5:1
15. PS1/PS2 games heading to PlayStation 4
16. Xbox One firmware update due in March - report
17. Video: Why you should be playing Rymdkapsel
18. Iwata: Nintendo must harness smart devices, no restrictions for dev team
19. Update on first Hearthstone Adventure and expansion
20. DS games will be coming to the Wii U Virtual Console
21. Mario Kart 8 now pegged for a May release
Jan. 29, 2014
1. See the first Google Glass game prototypes
2. Toukiden: The Age of Demons demo is out today
3. Microsoft rebrands SkyDrive to OneDrive after copyright dispute
4. This new Elder Scrolls Online cinematic is outstanding
5. Donkey Kong Country ignores the GamePad screen during regular play
6. Nintendo boss Iwata halves pay, Miyamoto's wage cut too
7. Assassin's Creed series ending existence "not exactly true"
8. Call of Duty: Ghosts - Onslaught review
9. Will Titanfall have problems like Battlefield 4 did?
10. Sony sending out PlayStation Now beta invites
11. The story of Rust
12. Blood Dragon director pitched a game about a Jewish kleptomaniac
13. Hotline Miami 2 will bring the pain in Q3
Jan. 28, 2014
1. Battlefield 4 launches Player Appreciation Month in February
2. Three scrumptious new Witcher 3 screenshots
3. In Dark Souls 2 undead players can still be invaded
4. The Elder Scrolls Online PS4 won't require PS Plus
5. iOS puzzler The Room 2 unlocks for iPhone this week
6. First shots of the Sly Cooper film due 2016
7. BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Episode 2 trailer revealed
8. 7 Days to Die alpha review
9. What happened to Black Tusk's "highly ambitious" new IP?
10. Impressive off-screen inFamous PS4 gameplay
11. Alien: Isolation playable at EGX Rezzed in March
12. Fable opening recreated with Project Spark
13. Starbound beta review
14. Thief achievement asks you not to rush through the game
15. Source 2 images show next-gen Left 4 Dead 2 prototype - report
16. Apple earns record amounts, defends its innovation
17. Brilliant Oculus game lets you defuse a bomb nobody else can see
18. LOL: 27 million people play it every day!
19. Titanfall PC, Xbox One beta confirmed, rumoured for Valentine's Day
20. Starbound beta patch will wipe characters, ships and worlds
21. Successfully Kickstarted Dreamcast shmup Redux: Dark Matters is out now
Jan. 27, 2014
1. Epic sells Gears of War to Microsoft
2. Kerbal Space Program lands on various schools' curriculum
3. Ultra rare NES cartridge going for over $30K on eBay
4. Performance analysis: Tomb Raider Definitive Edition
5. "We should never have published Pac-Avoid," King admits
6. Square Enix does crowdfunding with Ruffian's new game
7. Ubisoft investigating BT Infinity Uplay problems
8. Sega petitioned to release more games on PC
9. The latest Lovecraft
10. Video: How does the PS4 Tomb Raider compare to the original?
11. Sony Online Entertainment closing MMOs, teasing new ones
12. Final Fantasy 14 out on PS4 on 14th April
13. UK chart: FIFA 14 nets another win
14. The case of the disappearing video games
Jan. 26, 2014
1. Can a ?100 PC graphics card match next-gen console?
2. Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles retrospective
Jan. 25, 2014
1. Radeon R9 270X review
2. Letter from America: Saving Nintendo's bacon
3. Shadow of Mordor will give you a unique orc nemesis
Jan. 24, 2014
1. IGF declares these the best student-made games
2. How Super 3D Noah's Ark came to be reprinted on SNES in 2014
3. Spin the Bottle: Bumpie's Party DLC will use the Wii U GamePad's camera
4. Does the 13GB Dead Rising 3 patch boost performance?
5. Microsoft launches viral Titanfall promotion
6. Assassin's Creed dev questions Shadows of Mordor similarities
7. Microsoft: competitive pricing for digital downloads "on the agenda"
8. Microsoft reports bumper profit after healthy Xbox One launch
9. Thunder claps in as Killer Instinct's free character
10. Tiny Barbarian DX review
11. I do care for a next-gen medieval RPG with no fantasy
12. Several Steam Machines' specs and prices revealed
Jan. 23, 2014
1. Rain World gameplay video shows off stealth
2. Ex-CoD and Titanfall devs announce shmup/brawler hybrid To the Death
3. The Dead Rising Collection beheading to Xbox 360 in March
4. Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is 60fps on PS4 - report
5. It's Middle-earth: Shadows of Mordor in action
6. Should BioWare give up romances?
7. Bethesda reveals starry Elder Scrolls Online cast
8. Earth Defense Force 2025 lands in Europe next month
9. What's next for Housemarque?
10. Yoshi's New Island gets 3DS release date
11. Might & Magic 10: Legacy review
12. Microsoft and BBC quiet on continued Xbox One iPlayer absence
13. Tomb Raider emerges on Mac later today
14. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft beta review
15. Alienware won't "prevent" users from modding Steam Machine
16. Video shows hope for Elder Scrolls Online's group battles
17. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft enters open beta
18. Watch Oculus Rift let people virtually swap bodies, genders
19. The Castle Doctrine promo lets you win real money, weaponry
20. Shovel Knight unearths at the end of Q1
Jan. 22, 2014
1. Indie devs troll King's "Candy" trademark as Banner Saga targeted
2. Catlateral Damage and Rain World are greenlit on Steam
3. Watch the opening of The Last of Us' Left Behind DLC
4. BioShock Infinite and Metro: Last Light coming free to PS Plus
5. Watch us play Dead Rising 3's new DLC from 5pm GMT
6. Blizzard sues its first Hearthstone copycat
7. Looking for Porkface - A Just Cause 2 Multiplayer adventure
8. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney trilogy getting 3DS launch in Japan
9. Deus Ex: The Fall arrives on Android today
10. Microsoft paid YouTubers to say nice things about Xbox One - report
11. XCOM creator Julian Gollop announces Chaos Reborn
12. Rymdkapsel set for Steam this month
Jan. 21, 2014
1. Dogfighting multiplayer epic Strike Vector launches next week on Steam
2. Square Enix details Tomb Raider Definitive Edition's fancy new effects
3. La-Mulana 2 explores the secret depths of Kickstarter
4. Spelunky mod lets you replay exact levels, share with friends
5. Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition announced for PC
6. Alienware: our Steam Machines can't be upgraded
7. The Eurogamer.net Podcast: Championship Edition
8. Candy Crush dev King has trademarked the word Candy
9. Argos cuts Wii U Premium pack price to ?179.99
10. The evolution of Simogo
11. Sony "investigating" PlayStation 4 error CE-34878-0 that corrupts save files
12. ISP porn filters interfering League of Legends patching?
13. Definitely not on rails
14. Yes, Lionhead is working on something that isn't "Fable-esque"
Jan. 20, 2014
1. 13GB Dead Rising 3 update released ahead of Operation Broken Eagle DLC
2. Video: a first ride on the free-to-play Trials Frontier
3. Zavvi selling Xbox One for ?20 less than RRP
4. Digital Foundry vs. Gran Turismo 6
5. Rust dev reveals spectacular sales success
6. Project Zomboid multiplayer unveiled
7. 3DS RPG Rune Factory 4's European release cancelled
8. This piracy-enabling 3DS flashcard tried to prevent itself from being pirated
9. Iwata: Nintendo losses won't mean "Mario on smartphones"
10. Dr Luigi review
11. Titanfall test gameplay footage hits the internet
12. The making of RoboCop
13. Thief PC minimum and recommended specs revealed
14. Garriott's Shroud of the Avatar raises even more money
15. This is Spinal, Killer Instinct's next new character
16. Dark Souls 2 Achievements list leaks
17. Star Wars 1313 trademark abandoned
18. Teslagrad review
Jan. 19, 2014
1. Silent Hill retrospective
Jan. 18, 2014
1. Letter from America: Our fave PS1 and PS2 games
2. In Theory: Valve and OpenGL: is PC gaming coming to mobile?
3. What Outside Xbox is excited about in 2014
4. Fable Trilogy confirmed for February
Jan. 17, 2014
1. Catlateral Damage developer explains upcoming additions
2. Telltale's Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures are no longer for sale
3. Don't Starve to receive Reign of Giants DLC this autumn
4. Video: Let's Play DayZ: Bromance turns to tragedy
5. Tomb Raider finally achieved profitability "by the end of last year"
6. Video: Let's Play Rust: Making friends and bludgeoning wildlife
7. PC Tech Comparison: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
8. Video: Let's Play stabbing each other in Nidhogg
9. Klei's Incognita is now called Invisible, Inc.
10. Sony creates custom PS3 hardware for PlayStation Now
11. Players make how much money in Team Fortress 2?
12. Buy Warlords of Draenor and boost to level 90 now
13. Google developing smart contact lens to help diabetics
14. NES Remix review
15. Nintendo slashes Wii U sales forecast from 9m to 2.8m
16. Hollywood's doomed BioShock movie was going to be beautiful
17. Saints Row 4 PC and Company of Heroes 2 are free to play this weekend
18. It looks like there's going to be a pre-release Titanfall test
19. 3DS was the top-selling US games device last year
20. Valve has no VR headset, it's backing Oculus Rift
21. How to score big in Resogun
22. Blizzard nerfs Pyroblast and tweaks nine other Hearthstone cards
23. Call of Cthulhu game announced by Sherlock developer Frogwares
24. Magnetized makes it to mobile after its clones were removed
Jan. 16, 2014
1. Broken Age's fuzzy, pixelated Retro Mode discovered
2. Gone Home gets amazing fake DLC trailer Gun Home
3. Shin Seikimatsu Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken retrospective
4. Ubisoft is developing Tetris for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
5. Video: Why you should be paying attention to Starbound
6. Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition for iPad hits App Store
7. Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes achievements leak
8. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare delayed by a week
9. This is what a 10,000 unit space battle looks like
10. What Ian Livingstone did next
11. Surgeon Simulator dev prepping dentist mode for iPad
12. Rockstar threatens to ban "game-breaking" GTA Online money cheats
13. Octodad: Dadliest Catch PC, Mac and Linux release date announced
14. First next-gen Hitman details revealed
15. DICE continues to patch Battlefield 4
16. Apple and Google pull plastic surgery game aimed at kids
17. Xbox One's limited edition Titanfall controller looks like this
18. Broken Age: Act 1 review
19. Bizarre PS4 and Vita horror Kodoku gets first teaser trailer
20. Ubisoft explains Ghost Recon Online's launch on Steam Early Access
21. Chess 2: The Sequel checks in next week on Ouya
22. For this developer, Steam sales "screw your fans"
23. Probably the best RPG character sheet in the world
24. The Last of Us: Left Behind release date spotted
25. From The Getaway to underwater exploration
26. Assetto Corsa beta review
27. Hello Games says its office flooding won't delay No Man's Sky
28. Apple to refund $32.5m to those whose kids bought in-app purchases
Jan. 15, 2014
1. Steam currently has 75 million active users
2. Concursion combines fives retro genres in an all new way
3. About that Camelot Unchained alpha in August
4. Eurogamer readers' most anticipated games of 2014
5. Someone is building Spirited Away's entire world in Minecraft
6. GAME's back on track and eyeing the stock market
7. Scammers sell trojan-filled version of Minecraft: Pocket Edition
8. Bugbear's Next Car Game pops up on Steam Early Access
9. Shops say Diablo 3 is coming to Xbox One
10. Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street swaps WOW for LOL
11. The people behind Machinarium don't just make crazy video games
12. Dark Souls 2: Think you can defeat this lot?
13. You thought that was it for Guild Wars 2?
14. Rust alpha review
15. Catlateral Damage is a first-person cat simulator
Jan. 14, 2014
1. Maxis explains why SimCity offline is taking so long
2. The Wolf Among Us will be among us in February
3. Airtight Games' Ouya-exclusive Soul Fjord due this month
4. Broken Age to receive its finished public release in a fortnight
5. Can an AI win a game jam?
6. How to get the Assassin's Creed Liberation HD discount
7. Watch us play early access hit Rust
8. Wasteland 2 dev promises to improve game's combat
9. PS4 survival horror Outlast coming free to PlayStation Plus
10. Microsoft: no plans for a Halo movie
11. Lord of the Rings Online licence renewed to 2017
12. Nintendo sorry Wii U still lacks TVii feature in Europe
13. Valve launches SteamVR beta for Oculus Rift
14. Watch a blacksmith forge a real life version of Sephiroth's sword
15. Dean Hall: "So much for the death of PC gaming"
16. Magic: The Gathering movie in the works
17. FIFA Team of the Year players in Ultimate Team packs now
18. Total War: Rome 2 - Caesar in Gaul review
19. Imagine Tokyo Jungle and Sword & Sworcery mated and had a slugcat baby
Jan. 13, 2014
1. Road Redemption gets new gameplay footage
2. Call of Duty: Ghosts Onslaught DLC out end of January
3. Mew-Genics' first gameplay footage teased in gif
4. Six Japanese import PS1 titles dated for PlayStation Store
5. HMV's flagship Oxford Street store shuts down today
6. Xbox 360 was the UK's best-selling home console in 2013
7. Finally! SimCity offline mode confirmed
8. SimCity mods are go - but follow the five rules
9. Project Zomboid alpha review
10. Ambitious open-world horror game The Forest detailed
11. As console ban lifts, China reveals "hostile" games block
12. Speedrun event raises $1m for cancer charity
13. There's a new Tekken movie
14. Introducing the most anticipated games of 2014
15. Codemasters has its own endless runner - with cars of course
16. Max: The Curse of Brotherhood review
Jan. 12, 2014
1. Next-Gen Face-Off: Lego Marvel Super Heroes
2. Contra 3 retrospective
Jan. 11, 2014
1. Letter from America: PS Now or never?
2. Why Alien: Isolation is the Alien game you've been waiting for
3. The Secret Developers: Wii U - the inside story
4. Valve plays the long game again
5. Yakuza: Ishin lets you visit brothels and haunted houses
6. Sir, You Are Being Hunted dev releases free racing game
7. Broken Age Episode One releases for backers on Tuesday
8. First-person bullet-hell Drunken Robot Pornography adds weekly challenges
9. State of Decay dev signs multi-year agreement with Microsoft
10. Chibi-Robo! Photo Finder's North American release censors an ass
Jan. 10, 2014
1. Beyond: Two Souls sold over a million copies worldwide
2. IGF finalist Jazzpunk is dated for February on Steam
3. Quake Live gets its own standalone client
4. Why Divinity: Original Sin might be the RPG you've been waiting for
5. Marvel's Agents of Shield spotted using Mass Effect 3 concept art
6. Rambo The Video Game's new trailer looks slightly less terrible
7. Rayman Legends leaps to next gen in late February
8. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance PC doesn't work offline
9. Energy Hook a timed PS4 and Vita exclusive
10. Rhythm Thief & the Paris Caper launches on iOS
11. Eye-catching city-building strategy game Banished out next month
12. Most Anticipated: Halo for Xbox One
13. Project Spark beta begins on Xbox One next month
14. Shake-up at Halo developer 343 Industries
15. 2K Czech restructuring, Mafia 3 moving to US?
16. Homeland star to replace Paul Walker in new Hitman film - report
17. Most Anticipated: Super Smash Bros.
18. Kirby villain King Dedede confirmed for Smash Bros. return
Jan. 9, 2014
1. Shaquille O'Neal teases Shaq Fu sequel
2. Outrise pits 15 players against one giant playable boss monster
3. This is Get Even, the next-gen FPS from Painkiller dev The Farm 51
4. Side-scrolling skater OlliOlli gets PlayStation Vita release date
5. "The God of War comparisons really p*ssed us off"
6. How much better does Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD look?
7. Watch us play DayZ - for five hours straight
8. $1m up for grabs in the next Call of Duty Championship
9. Bethesda lists Skyrim for PS4 and Xbox One
10. Luigi's Mansion 2 dev will now work exclusively with Nintendo
11. Most Anticipated: Dragon Age: Inquisition
12. Video: What exactly is Eldritch: Mountains of Madness?
13. This student-made first-person puzzler has a brain-meltingly clever mechanic
14. A 30-minute demonstration of Dreamfall Chapters
15. Watch @fourzerotwo chase two burglars out of the Robotoki office
16. Xbox One update will fix "hidden, harder to use" social features
17. Most Anticipated: X
18. Steam Family Options now live
19. PlayStation Now requires a 5Mb/s connection for a "good experience"
20. Wintry survival sim Midwinter is getting a remake in 2015
Jan. 8, 2014
1. Steam Greenlights another 50 games, including Depression Quest
2. Humble Bundle 10 contains Papo & Yo and Joe Danger 2
3. Killing Floor 2 and Half-Minute Hero Two leaked - rumour
4. The Witcher gets a board game spin-off
5. Slender: The Arrival is coming to PS3 and Xbox 360
6. Kids' Battle.net accounts changed to default "no buy" state
7. Watch us play Halo: Spartan Assault from 5pm
8. IGF finalist Don't Starve free on PS4 with Plus
9. Razer's module-tastic PC is mad, or genius
10. No plans for Alien: Isolation on Wii U, dev says
11. Mirror's Edge writer Rhianna Pratchett isn't working on Mirror's Edge 2
12. With SOCOM servers KIA, first footage of H-Hour emerges
13. Turtle Beach signs PS4 official headset deal
14. Independent Games Festival 2014 finalists announced
15. Most Anticipated: Titanfall
16. Nintendo's 3DS region-locking can be circumvented
17. Yes, there's a new Robocop game!
18. "You'll see more and more game developers" at Oculus
19. Titanfall maximum player count is 6v6
20. Ubisoft quiet on The Division delay report
21. Telltale's president wants to make a James Bond game
22. VVVVVV is heading to iOS, Android, Ouya and Vita
Jan. 7, 2014
1. Dark Souls gets its own themed cafe in Tokyo
2. Sony announces game streaming service PlayStation Now
3. Over 4.2 million PS4s have been sold worldwide
4. Left 4 Dead dev reveals next-gen IP Evolve
5. How Alien: Isolation recreates the horror of the 1979 original
6. South Park RPG release date tweaked to 7th March
7. GTA: San Andreas out now on Android, Kindle
8. The Eurogamer.net Podcast: Cluedo survivors
9. Alien: Isolation details appear on Xbox Games Store
10. Do not expect DayZ beta before end of 2014
11. Most Anticipated: The Last Guardian
12. Dean Hall planning "really special" DayZ presentation for EGX Rezzed
13. So, what's going on with Hitman?
14. Sony mulls single subscription for all SOE PC users
15. China lifts ban on foreign console sales
16. Most Anticipated: The Witness
17. Starbound's beta sold over one million copies in a month
18. The next Halo game is still on track for this year
19. Over 3 million Xbox Ones were sold in 2013
20. First Steam Machine to debut this month for $1899
21. Nintendo must pay royalties for every 3DS following court ruling
Jan. 6, 2014
1. Fan-made Morrowind remake is shaping up nicely
2. No Man's Sky dev Hello Games announces Joe Danger Infinity
3. Clint Hocking leaves Valve
4. Sonic box artist Greg Martin passes away
5. Watch Nvidia's new mobile chip run Unreal Engine 4
6. DayZ sells 800,000 copies in under a month
7. Army of Two producer claims "underwhelming" end result was "predictable"
8. Sony turning off Gran Turismo 5, Resistance servers
9. Most Anticipated: Mario Kart 8
10. Third EA-owned company loses its leaders this month
11. Most Anticipated: Quadrilateral Cowboy
12. EverQuest, Vanguard leader Kickstarting new MMO
13. UK chart: FIFA 14 kicks off new year top 40
14. Codemasters teases multiple racing games due this year
15. Oceanhorn: Monster of the Uncharted Seas review
Jan. 5, 2014
1. Letter from America: The highs and lows of 2013
2. Is 2014 the year of virtual reality?
3. If trailers told the truth
4. The life of a porting house
Jan. 4, 2014
1. Gaming's most intriguing deleted scenes with Outside Xbox
2. Eye-tracking hardware Tobii EyeX will launch in "mid-2014"
Jan. 3, 2014
1. Bravely Default censors its clothing upon its western release
2. Blizzard warns WoW players to watch out for a Trojan
3. Killer Instinct update swaps Sabrewulf as the free starter character
4. Founders leave Burnout and NFS: Hot Pursuit studio Criterion
5. Bethesda working to reinstate old Fallout games on Steam
6. Redshirt review
7. The Novelist review
8. Activision's Marvel titles disappearing from PSN, Steam, Xbox Live
9. It's the last day of the Steam Sale
10. What to make of flOw and Flower on PS4?
11. Analogue: A Hate Story dev announces the longest game title ever
12. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed morphs onto mobile
13. Titanfall won't launch with mod support
Jan. 2, 2014
1. Valkyria Chronicles 3 gets English translation via fan-made patch
2. Microsoft considered removing the Xbox One's disc drive after E3
3. The Devil's Third is still on track for a 2014 release
4. ToeJam & Earl 3's unreleased Dreamcast rough cut is now available
5. LOL dev Riot retaliates to "greedy" taunts
6. Minimalist fencing brawler Nidhogg due this month
7. Sleeping Dogs free with Xbox Live Gold now
8. Code Britannia: Tim Follin
9. DayZ week-one sales rocket past 400,000
10. Nintendo sorry for Christmas eShop hiccups
11. Descent: Journeys Into the Dark review
12. Code Britannia: The Pickford Brothers
13. Code Britannia: Sandy White
14. Code Britannia: Mel Croucher
15. Christmas storms flood No Man's Sky dev Hello Games
16. UK chart: FIFA 14 finishes the year on top
17. Developers' Games of 2013
18. Developers' Most Anticipated Games of 2014