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A pretender to Total War's throne.

KoA: Reckoning Review

An awesome, action-packed RPG!

Preview: Smite

Can third-person action set this MOBA apart?

101 Free PC Games of 2012

Day 3: Sidescrollers & Platformers galore!

Awesome Skyrim Swag

Five real gifts to sweep Skyrim fans off their feet.

Interview: Game of Thrones

RPG makers on George R. R. Martin and Skyrim.

Awesome StarCraft 2 Fan Art Detected

By Dan Stapleton | PC News | Feb 16, 2012 2:24 AM | Comment

Reddit upvoted this impressive bit of StarCraft fan art: a Zerg Hydralisk crafted from copper. Something about the hand-made look of it makes it seem all the more authentic, like a petrified exoskeleton dug up and reassembled for display in a museum. I want one -- which means I should probably make sure my tetanus shot is up to date. Click for a bigger, scarier image. Read More »

New Game from Original Counter-Strike Co-Creator to Enter Closed Beta Next Month

By Dan Stapleton | PC News | Feb 15, 2012 11:35 PM | Comment

According to Steam's stats, more people played Counter-Strike (1.6 and Source) today than Skyrim, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2 combined. So when Min "Gooseman" Le, one of the co-creators of the original Counter-Strike mod that launched the phenomenon, gets ready to kick off his new game, it's kind of a big deal. That game is Tactical Intervention, a free-to-play shooter that looks very much like an expanded Counter-Strike, complete with driveable vehicles, rappelling, attack dogs, and presumably all manner of new tactical toys, and it will enter closed beta in America in March. See the trailer -- and how to sign up for the beta -- after the jump. Read More »

New Game from Original Counter-Strike Co-Creator to Enter Closed Beta Next Month

Double Fine Adventure Putting Extra Money Toward Voice Acting, Alternate Language Versions

By Nathan Grayson | PC News | Feb 15, 2012 9:20 PM | Comment

I apologize, everyone. My sudden, uncharacteristic spurt of optimism may have killed Psychonauts 2. In the future, I will endeavor to be the cynical cloud that rains on every parade, picnic, and outdoor smiling convention in my path. So yeah, Double Fine Adventure's getting all sorts of cool new features thanks to the multifarious hydra saint that is the Internet, but I bet it'll... I don't know, implausibly require GFWL or something. Read More »

Double Fine Adventure Putting Extra Money Toward Voice Acting, Alternate Language Versions

EA: If Origin's Not up to Par in "18 Months to Two Years," Then You Should Complain

By Nathan Grayson | PC News | Feb 15, 2012 8:00 PM | Comment

Rome wasn't built in a day. And neither was EA's Origin download service, but apparently, it needs even more days. A lot more days. Up to 730, by my elementary school math-based calculations. Which raises the question: Why wasn't it done when it was, you know, done? Take it away, EA COO Peter Moore. Read More »

AMD Shows Its Low End: Radeon HD 7770 and 7750

By Dan Stapleton | PC News | Feb 15, 2012 5:21 PM | Comment

The Radeon HD 7000 family tree continues to sprout new branches -- and this latest set is much easier to reach. We've seen the all-powerful, $550 HD 7970, the really quite powerful $450 HD 7950, and today brings the more modest $160 HD 7770 and $110 HD 7750. What do those budget prices get you? They're actually fairly capable cards if you're scraping together pennies to build a machine for light gaming, but it's unlikely to be a significant upgrade from last year's low-end cards -- or the year before. Read More »

AMD Shows Its Low End: Radeon HD 7770 and 7750

Notch Blogs About Psychonauts 2, Drops Lots of "Ifs"

By Dan Stapleton | PC News | Feb 15, 2012 4:05 PM | Comment

Ever wonder why most discussions about potentially investing millions of dollars in making a new game don't happen out in the open over Twitter? Here's why: Minecraft-creator-turned-angel-investor Markus "Notch" Persson is starting to freak out a little over the hype surrounding his friendly chatter with Double Fine's Tim Schafer about funding a potential Psychonauts 2, and respectfully asks that everybody chill out a little. Read More »

Notch Blogs About Psychonauts 2, Drops Lots of

Preview: Hi-Rez COO Todd Harris Talks Smite

By Mike Sharkey | PC Previews | Feb 15, 2012 12:30 PM | Comment

Anubis shoots frickin' laser beams from his eyes. Well, technically, they're not laser beams. It's the Egyptian god's Death Gaze, his ultimate ability in Hi-Rez Studios' upcoming third-person MOBA, Smite. And in explaining how it works, COO Todd Harris provides a good example of what makes Smite different from the DotAs and LoLs of the gaming world: you not only have to aim Death Gaze at your enemies because there is no auto-locking, you have to maintain your aim to land hits because opponents actively evade your attacks. Smite is as much about action as strategy, and Hi-Rez thinks it's a blend that will attract a whole new audience to the rapidly growing multiplayer online battle arena genre. Read More »

Preview: Hi-Rez COO Todd Harris Talks Smite

Assassin's Creed 3 Confirmed, Coming in October (or Perhaps Several Months Later)

By Dan Stapleton | PC News | Feb 15, 2012 10:45 AM | Comment

It's strange to give a release date for a game without first explaining what that game will be about, but Ubisoft's never demonstrated any fear of afraid of being strange. Today it announced that Assassin's Creed 3 will come out on October 30th of this year -- but I'll believe that when I'm stabbing people on Halloween. I expect we'll hear about the PC version being delayed by a couple of months right around August. Read More »

Assassin's Creed 3 Confirmed, Coming in October (or Perhaps Several Months Later)

Far Cry 3 Cinematic Trailer Makes You Think Twice About that Tropical Vacation Plan

By Dan Stapleton | PC News | Feb 15, 2012 10:35 AM | Comment

There's not a hint of actual gameplay in this cinematic trailer, but it does pin Far Cry 3's release date at September 7th (subject to Ubisoft's notorious habit of delaying the PC release, of course) and set up the story of a group of three vacationers on an uncharted tropical island getting captured by a real charmer of a sociopathic thug. Watch it after the jump. Read More »

Far Cry 3 Cinematic Trailer Makes You Think Twice About that Tropical Vacation Plan

Mechner Making Karateka Remake... For Consoles

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Feb 15, 2012 6:12 AM | Comment

Jordan Mechner is returning to his indie game roots, and he's bringing Karateka with him. If that doesn't get your old-school-gamer juices flowing, you might need a whack in the face with a Commodore 64. Just one problem, and I hate to be the bearer of bad news: Mechner's Karateka remake is, for now, console-only. Read More »

Jordan Mechner Making Karateka Remake -- For Consoles

Mass Effect 3 Gets CGIed in New Trailer

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Feb 15, 2012 5:35 AM | Comment

Remember that impressive CGI Mass Effect 2 TV commercial a few years back that had all your non-gaming friends asking, "What is that?" Me too. Good times. Well, there's another on the way this weekend, and today BioWare provided a tease of Mass Effect 3: Take Earth Back. Step inside for a look-see. Read More »

Remedy Types Up an Alan Wake PC Trailer

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Feb 15, 2012 5:05 AM | Comment

The best game Stephen King never wrote finally arrives on PC tomorrow, and developer Remedy Entertainment figured now would be a good time to show us a little Alan Wake in action. Yes, the launch trailer for the PC version of Alan Wake is here, reminding me that, even after all these years, I actually still want to play this game. See the trailer within. Read More »

Notch Willing to Price Match Budget of Psychonauts 1

By Nathan Grayson | PC News | Feb 14, 2012 8:50 PM | Comment

I told myself I wouldn't get my hopes up. I told myself it was too good to be true. I told myself to stop telling myself things. But my ice-carved frown can't hold out much longer in the face of all this good news. Life is tempting me to put a skip in my step and song in my heart. Optimism. Yuck. And yet, $13 million makes a rather persuasive argument. Read More »

Notch Willing to Price Match Budget of Psychonauts 1

Mass Effect 3 Demo: Our First Impressions of Both Single-Player and Multiplayer

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Feb 14, 2012 4:11 PM | Comment

Your sweetheart BioWare delivered a dozen roses and a box of chocolates today in the form of Commander Shepard and crew, giving Mass Effect fans what they really wanted on Valentine's day: the ME3 demo. I traveled to Earth circa 2187, experienced the Reaper invasion, and lived to tell about it (well, if you don't count my many, many in-game deaths). Read More »

Mass Effect 3 Demo: Our First Impressions of Both Single-Player and Multiplayer

Indie Adventure Cradle Gets Intriguing First Trailer

By Nathan Grayson | PC News | Feb 14, 2012 3:35 PM | Comment

Cradle -- a sci-fi first-person adventure "built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl" -- looks to be quite the thing. What kind of thing, you ask? Well, that's tough. In a nutshell, though, it focuses on your wanderings through a hauntingly open STALKER-esque landscape in search of your robo lady friend's missing pieces. Ultimately, however, the story looks to be just as much about a "neglected entertainment park" environment as it is about picking through scraps or attempting to build your mechanical gal pal into a bumper car. The whole thing looks vaguely unsettling in all the right ways, though, and the rugged, flannel-wearing mountain man explorer in me wants to comb its every corner right this very second. For now, however, there's only a promise of "Spring 2012" release and a trailer -- which you'll find after the break. Read More »

Indie Adventure Cradle Gets Intriguing First Trailer

Darksiders II Sets Its Scythes on a Release Date

By Nathan Grayson | PC News | Feb 14, 2012 2:46 PM | Comment

As a PC gamer, I am proud to be in a blissful, monogamous relationship with my magical innard-shifting platform of choice. Well, most of the time. However, I must confess to a few... moments of weakness. What am I supposed to do, though? Legend of Zelda and God of War generally keep their hacking, slashing, and, er, unmentionable acts (Link steals from other people's jars! Sickening) confined to Inferior Living Room Boxes. What's that you say? Darksiders is basically the love child of those series and Death incarnate? Setting aside the implied imagery for future therapy sessions, that sounds positively delightful! And hey, THQ just pegged Darksiders II with a June 26 release date, so it's right around the chronological corner -- leaving me just enough time to finish Skyward Swor.. er, I mean, stare at a TV. That's not even on. And hasn't been removed from its box. Read More »

Darksiders II Sets Its Scythes on a Release Date

New MechWarrior Game! Countdown begins to a MechWarrior Tactics Announcement

By Dan Stapleton | PC News | Feb 14, 2012 2:43 PM | Comment

MechWarrior Online isn't the only giant stompy mech game in town anymore. When the timer at www.mwtactics.com expires on Monday, the veil will be lifted on MechWarrior Tactics. Something along the lines of MechCommander, perhaps? Read More »

New MechWarrior Game! Countdown begins to a MechWarrior Tactics Announcement

Skyrim Swag for Your Sweetheart

By Justin Ramos | PC Articles | Feb 14, 2012 11:45 AM | Comment

It's Valentine's Day, but the typical candy and flowers approach is no way to treat beloved Dovahkiin. To help grant Mara's blessing and avoid a bloody Daedra heart in the face (blood stains are hard to get out), here are several fan-crafted (real-world!) items that would make any Skyrim lover proud to add to his or her hoard. A home-cooked meal and some Lover's Comfort are sure to follow -- just make room for their future business selling magical cheese wheels from your living room. Read More »

Interview: Cyanide Talks Game of Thrones RPG

By Nathan Grayson | PC Articles | Feb 14, 2012 11:30 AM | Comment

At first glance, Game of Thrones seems to be the best seating-based fit for gaming since musical chairs. It's got swords, sorcery, dragons, and Sean Bean. Also, the word "game" is sort of in its title. And yet, Cyanide's previous attempt to bring A Song of Ice and Fire into our hobby's humble realm left many players very, very cold. Myself included. So, how will Cyanide avoid taking a similarly ugly tumble when making the leap from RTS to RPG? I spoke with Lead Game Designer Sylvain Sechi and Project Manager Thomas Veauclin to find out. Read More »

Interview: Cyanide Talks Game of Thrones RPG, Working with George R. R. Martin, and Following Skyrim

Mass Effect 3 PC Demo Available Now

By Mike Nelson | PC News | Feb 14, 2012 10:41 AM | Comment

If you can't wait a few more weeks before Commander Shepard embarks on his or hers final mission, then have we got news for you. Looks like PC gamers are getting their hands on the Mass Effect 3 demo afterall (we thought this was only available to console gamers). All you have to do is log into Origin, look in the "Free Games" section, and download the demo. Read More »

One to Watch: Post-Apocalyptic FPS Ravaged

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Feb 14, 2012 8:16 AM | Comment

The Mayans were right, according to in-development indie shooter, Ravaged. Civilization as we know it will come to an end in 2012, and the result will be a world gone awesome. Designed by devs that chipped in on games like Battlefield 2, Desert Combat, and Frontlines, Ravaged is a vehicle-infused online multiplayer FPS that has us looking forward to the 2012 apocalypse. Read More »

One to Watch: Post-Apocalyptic FPS Ravaged

Bethesda: 2 Million Skyrim Mods Downloaded

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Feb 14, 2012 7:54 AM | Comment

It's a match made in PC gaming heaven: The Creation Kit for Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Valve's Steam Workshop. And the dream couple has wasted no time sealing their nuptials. In just one week, the pair has already spawned 2,500 Skyrim mods, and PC gamers have pounced on them to the tune of 2 million downloads. Read More »

Bethesda: 2 Million Skyrim Mods Downloaded

Choose Your Near-Future Weapon: Blacklight Retribution Open Beta Coming Soon

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Feb 14, 2012 7:34 AM | Comment

For three months, gamers have been blasting each other to Digital Kingdom Come with near-future weaponry in the closed beta for Zombie Studios' upcoming free-to-play shooter sequel, Blacklight Retribution. Everyone else will get to discover what's been happening behind closed doors when the open beta kicks off on February 27. Read More »

Blacklight Retribution Open Beta Launching Feb. 27

Valve: Dota 2 Beta Servers Full

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Feb 14, 2012 7:07 AM | Comment

There are thousands in on the ongoing Dota 2 closed beta and many thousands more checking their inboxes in anticipation of an invite every day. Unfortunately, for those of you without beta keys, your wait will be even longer than anticipated. "S*****'s full!" Valve has announced, and by "s*****'s" we of course mean server's. Read More »

Massivity: Will a Group-Finder Tool Help or Hurt the Community of Star Wars: The Old Republic?

By Leif Johnson | PC Articles | Feb 13, 2012 4:25 PM | Comment

Filled with sprawling worlds ripe for discovery, teeming with thousands of new people to meet, and capable of sucking up entire months' worth of playtime, massively multiplayer online roleplaying games offer one of the modern world's most extreme forms of escapism. Join GameSpy columnist Leif Johnson as he turns a critical eye on the biggest and best of today's MMORPGs and quests for the virtual worlds most worthy of your time. Read More »

Grand Theft Auto IV Graphic Enhancer Mod Version 2.0 Releases, Makes Cars Really, Really Shiny

By Nathan Grayson | PC News | Feb 13, 2012 2:50 PM | Comment

Back in its day, Grand Theft Auto IV was graphically competent. When compared to, say, Pong or a text adventure, it generally came out on top. But then modders got ahold of it. And now, with this latest coat of fresh paint, Rockstar's crime caper looks as good as new. Actually -- come to think of it -- better than new. iCEnhancer 2.0 dresses up GTA IV's graphics so snazzily that it makes GTA V look like GTA III. I can't wait to go bowling with Roman -- and occasionally commit some crimes -- with this mod gently caressing my eyeballs. Check out a trailer after the break. Read More »

Grand Theft Auto IV Graphic Enhancer Mod Version 2.0 Releases, Makes Cars Really, Really Shiny

GameSpy's 101 Free PC Games of 2012

By Scott Sharkey | PC Articles | Feb 13, 2012 2:00 PM | Comment

2011 is behind us and we're already well into the last year before the Mayan odometer rolls over. It's probably a good time to celebrate another year of economic recession and the rapidly approaching End of All Things with an absolute orgy of free videogames. Don't worry if you're among the growing ranks of the poor and jobless, you'll always have games to play without giving in to the unforgivable sin of internet piracy. Read More »

What Double Fine's Kickstarter Win Means for Gamers

By Nathan Grayson | PC Articles | Feb 13, 2012 12:45 PM | Comment

The PC gaming community on the Internet is a strange beast. One second, it's a sea of remorselessly casual piracy, and the next, Double Fine's Tim Schafer's in danger of suffocating, buried alive under an avalanche of generosity. And also $1.7 million (so far). How'd that happen? Why'd everyone suddenly start giving like they'd been visited by an incredibly forward-thinking Christmas ghost? And, more importantly, what does it mean for us, the gamers? Read More »

What Double Fine's Kickstarter Win Means for Gamers

See the Rebellion Begin in Sins of a Solar Empire

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Feb 13, 2012 11:47 AM | Comment

Ironclad Games is adding new ships, sub-factions, gameplay modes, and a graphical upgrade in its Sins of a Solar Empire stand-alone expansion, Rebellion, and today we get our first look at the enhanced galactic fleets in action. See the debut Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion trailer within. Read More »

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Trailer

Internet Names Best Videogame Ending EVAR!

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Feb 13, 2012 9:02 AM | Comment

And the winner of the Guinness World Records Greatest Videogame Ending Award goes to... (drum roll building the anticipation as climactic scenes in titles like Fallout, Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Warcraft 3, and BioShock flash through your mind) Call of Duty: Black Ops! Wait, BLOPS is deemed to have the greatest videogame ending ever? As in the entire rich history of videogaming? Sigh. Yes, the Internets have spoken, and once again we wish they didn't. Read More »