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Blizzard Apologizes for BlizzCon's Homophobic Rant

By Nick Winter | PC News | Oct 29, 2011 4:34 AM | Comment

Blizzard's president Mike Morhaime has issued an official apology for the "shortsighted" and "insensitive" language used at this year's BlizzCon. In case you missed the story, some gamers took offense to a video that was shown at the annual Blizzard convention, in which World of Warcraft Alliance players were slandered with homophobic slurs and generally distasteful language. Read More »

Report: MW3 Disc Stolen, Available Online

By Nick Winter | PC News | Oct 29, 2011 3:40 AM | Comment

It happened with Modern Warfare 2. It happened with Black Ops. And now, it seems, it has happened with Modern Warfare 3. VentureBeat is reporting that some nefarious person has got their thieving hands on one of the PC discs for MW3, and the game is now circulating among pirate websites, a full 10 days before its official release. Read More »

Report: MW3 Disc Stolen, Available Online

New Darkness II Trailer is the Most Violent Yet

By Nick Winter | PC News | Oct 29, 2011 2:55 AM | Comment

If you're unlucky enough to be working this Saturday, and, trust me, I feel your pain, then you probably shouldn't watch this new trailer for The Darkness II, as it's NSFW. Also, please don't watch this video if you are squeamish, under the age of 18, or happen to be perusing this website with your lovely, innocent grandmother sitting right next to you. Actually, you know what? Don't watch this trailer at all, because it's absolutely, utterly, downright disgusting. Read More »

New Darkness II Trailer is the Most Violent Yet

EA Responds to BF3 Launch Issues, Says Won't Happen With SWTOR

By Nick Winter | PC News | Oct 29, 2011 2:24 AM | Comment

Battlefield 3 is here. It's awesome. And we all want to play it non-stop, day and night, until we are literally malnourished, starving and almost dead from lack of sunlight. At least, that's what we want to do. But some of us are finding it hard to throw our lives away so easily, because both EA's BF3 servers and Origin network have been experiencing some problems. EA says it's working on fixing the issues, and claims the bugs won't reappear when the company launches its next big ticket item: Star Wars: The Old Republic. Read More »

EA Responds to BF3 Launch Issues, Says Won't Happen With SWTOR

Lord of the Rings: War in the North Interview

By Mike Nelson | PC Previews | Oct 28, 2011 3:08 PM | Comment

Next week Lord of the Rings: War in the North will be arriving to kick off the month of November alongside a number of other high profile games. We had a chance to chat with Andre Maguire, lead game designer on War in the North about the competition of the holiday season, the game's mature rating, and ask if this game is the spiritual sequel to the Dark Alliance series. Read More »

Lord of the Rings: War in the North Interview

FileSpy: The Week's Best Demos, Mods, and More

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 28, 2011 12:10 PM | Comment

Welcome, PC gamers, to GameSpy's weekly rundown on the best content our sister site, FilePlanet, has to offer. We serve as the Knights of New, sorting through all of the demos, mods, patches and promos FilePlanet posts each week and pick out the best of the best for you to download right here every Friday. Looking to put a little horror in your favorite games for the Halloween weekend? Inquire within. Read More »

From Concept to Game World in Skyrim

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 28, 2011 11:40 AM | Comment

Before Bethesda rendered the 3D world of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the studio's artists created 2D concept images of the RPG's majestic fantasy world. And as we can see in the latest Skyrim trailer, the original visions for the game are still very much intact in the final product. See for yourself within. Read More »

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Concept Trailer

Third Annual Team Fortress 2 Scream Fortress Halloween Event Underway

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 28, 2011 9:59 AM | Comment

A new map, boss fight, achievements, secret loot, and nine hilarious class-specific costume packs are all up for grabs in Valve's third annual Scream Fortress Halloween event for Team Fortress 2. Trick or treat the jump for details. Read More »

Valve Launches Third Annual Scream Fortress

GameSpy is Hiring

By GameSpy Staff | PC News | Oct 28, 2011 9:00 AM | Comment

GameSpy is going back to its roots as a dedicated PC gaming website, and we're looking for a new Editor-in-Chief to help lead us there. Are you a rig-building, PC gaming enthusiast that doubles as a wordsmith? Can you lead a team and represent the GS brand with its community, game publishers, and PR? Do you have what it takes to be GameSpy's next EIC? Inquire within. Read More »

StarCraft Fan Cinematic Final Metamorphosis is a Lore-Filled Beauty

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 28, 2011 8:57 AM | Comment

The CGI cutscenes in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty are worth the price of admission. If you're yearning for even more cinematic StarCraft action in anticipation of Heart of the Swarm, the fans at StarCraft Legacy have done their best Blizzard impersonation to dazzle and delight. Get your Brood War on with StarCraft: Final Metamorphosis. Read More »

StarCraft Fan Cinematic Final Metamorphosis

Ubisoft Puts RTS in Assassin's Creed: Revelations

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 28, 2011 8:25 AM | Comment

Reach your secret society's den in Assassin's Creed: Revelations and Ezio can use his fellow assassins to defend territory in a very real-time-strategy addition to Ubisoft's action adventure franchise. See how you'll get a little RTS in your Assassin's Creed within. Read More »

Assassin's Creed: Revelations RTS Trailer

The Top 5 Horror Games You've Never Played

By Fake Drs. David Wolinsky and Eric Neigher | PC Special Features | Oct 28, 2011 7:19 AM | Comment

Halloween approacheth, and by now you're probably putting the final touches on your super-conceptual costume -- what're the odds two people will think to go as a Chinese fire drill? That means you've got plenty of time to kick back and be scared silly by some horror games. But not just any horror games. The genre has been largely subsumed by so-called "survival horror" standouts like Resident Evil and Dead Space, but as any scare-lover will tell you: there's far more to it than that. That's why we, Transylvania University-accredited doctors of Thrill-and-Chillology dispense to you this list of the five greatest -- and obscurest -- horror games we guarantee you've never played. Oh, and while we're at it: Boo! Read More »

The Top 5 Horror Games You've Never Played

DC Universe Online is Free to Play on November 1st

By Mike Nelson | PC News | Oct 27, 2011 5:06 PM | Comment

Starting on November 1st, DC Universe Online will launch their "free-to-play" model alongside its standard subscription service and a "Premium" service (see: budget) giving a lot of options for existing and prospective players who want to run around the, er, DC Universe. The entire subscription plan is detailed on the official DCUO website. The free version of the game will limited player's inventory, number of characters, and how much money they're allowed to have at any given time among other features. Read More »

DC Universe Online is Free to Play on November 1st

The "S" Word: Sex in Games

By Nathan Grayson | PC Articles | Oct 27, 2011 3:56 PM | Comment

Sex is weird. Without it, you wouldn't exist. You probably think about it multiple times each day -- if not multiple times each hour. Entire nations have risen and fallen because of it. It may have just made you giggle at the phrase "risen and fallen." It is -- without a doubt -- a universal human experience. And yet, it may also be the most personal thing in the world. Is it any wonder that we can't figure out what the hell to do with it? Read More »

Level Up Your Weapon in Call of Duty: MW3

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 27, 2011 2:25 PM | Comment

In an effort to give players even more ways to customize their Call of Duty experience, Infinty Ward and Sledgehammer Games won't just allow you to level up your character in Modern Warfare 3, they'll allow you to level up your favorite gun. Learn all about Weapon Proficiency within. Read More »

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Weapon Proficiency Trailer

File of the Day: Spooky Minecraft Mods

By GameSpy Staff | PC News | Oct 27, 2011 1:37 PM | Comment

If a videogame has enough of a following to hold a convention, it has definitely reached a certain level of popularity. If your mom has heard of it, then it's a certified pop culture phenom. We knew Minecraft had reached that status when GameSpy's dear, green-haired mother announced she was dressing as a Creeper for Halloween. That slightly disturbing costume choice led us on a quest to track down Minecraft's spookiest mods, and with an assist from our friends at FilePlanet, we've gathered them all in one place. Click on through to get creeped out. Read More »

Dungeon Defenders Review

By Mike Nelson | PC Reviews | Oct 27, 2011 12:05 PM | Comment

Don't be fooled by their cute and cuddly exterior. Underneath the brightly colored armor and soft velvet robes, these little Dungeon Defenders are members of the hardest game that I've played this year -- I beat the main campaign on easy by the skin of my teeth. Difficulty aside, there is a whole lot of game here between collectibles, upgrades, challenges, and an in-depth multiplayer component. All of which culminates into an exceptionally fun and challenging game to play online with friends or strangers -- just not so much by yourself. Read More »

Preview: Mass Effect 3's Co-Op Multiplayer

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 27, 2011 10:40 AM | Comment

Horde mode is all the rage these days, with titles as diverse as The Witcher 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and of course, Gears of War 3 offering their own unique twist on the surviving-waves-of-bad-guys romp. Now you can add Mass Effect 3 to the list. Sure, BioWare bills its co-op multiplayer as Galaxy at War, but after going hands-on with it at EA's Vegas Showcase, I can tell you that it is, in fact, horde mode. And that's not a bad thing, because that which we call horde mode, by any other name, is still a blast to play. Read More »

Preview: Mass Effect 3's Co-Op Multiplayer

Warners, THQ, Capcom Sign Up to Distribute Games on EA's Origin Platform

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 27, 2011 9:55 AM | Comment

At first, it appeared Electronic Arts planned to go the route of Blizzard's Battle.net with its new digital distribution platform, Origin, offering first-party titles only. The publisher revealed this morning that it actually plans to make Origin more like Steam. EA announced today that Warner Bros. Interactive, THQ, and Capcom games will be available on Origin beginning in November. Read More »

Cthulhu, Minecraft Spoofed in New Magicka Expansion, The Stars are Left

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 27, 2011 9:08 AM | Comment

Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Studios announced today that they plan to inject a little Lovecraft into their wizard multiplayer action adventure, Magicka. The Stars are Left, the new expansion for the game, will feature a campaign, enemies, and bosses all inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos. Read More »

Paradox Announces Magicka Expansion, The Stars are Left

Bethesda's Appeal to Stop Fallout MMO Denied

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 27, 2011 7:16 AM | Comment

After being denied an interim injunction against Mojang last week that would have prohibited the Minecraft maker from using the name Scrolls for its next game, Bethesda's legal team came up short once again, this time in its continued effort to stop Interplay from making its in-development Fallout MMO. Read More »

Bethesda's Appeal to Stop Fallout MMO Denied

GameSpy Exclusive: Otherland Trailer

By Bennett Ring | PC News | Oct 26, 2011 6:37 PM | Comment

Otherland is shaping up to be an MMO like no other; based on the immensely popular Otherland tetralogy of novels, even the virtual environment within is reason enough to sit back and stroke your chin beard in curiosity. We've just got our mitts on an exclusive behind-the-scenes video that shows why this isn't yet another WoW clone -- head over the break to watch the video in full. Read More »

GameSpy's Battlefield 3 Ranking Tips

By Mike Sharkey | PC Articles | Oct 26, 2011 1:47 PM | Comment

Got a solid kill/death ratio, but still end up on the bottom half of the scoreboard after a Battlefield 3 match? Allow GameSpy to offer an assist. Battlefield 3 is an objective-focused, team-based FPS, and DICE richly awards those who play it as such. We've compiled a list of the top BF3 ranking tips that apply to all classes and will have you raking in the XP, leveling up, and unlocking the game's many digital tools of destruction in no time. Up your Battlefield game within. Read More »

Robot Entertainment Launches First DLC Pack for Orcs Must Die!, Artifacts of Power

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 26, 2011 8:23 AM | Comment

We love taking out waves of green skins in Robot Entertainment's stellar tower defense/action mash-up, Orcs Must Die!, and we're happy to see that the studio has added to the War Mage spellbook with new weapons and traps in the game's first DLC pack, Artifacts of Power. Read More »

Robot Entertainment Launches First DLC Pack for Orcs Must Die!, Artifacts of Power

The Secret World Beta Draws 500,000 Gamers

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 26, 2011 7:39 AM | Comment

In late August, Funcom opened beta registrations for its upcoming MMORPG, The Secret World, and the studio has announced that more than half-a-million PC gamers have enlisted in one of the title's three secret societies: the Illuminati, the Dragon, and the Templars. Read More »

The Secret World Beta Draws 500,000 Gamers

Budget and the Beast: BF3 Edition

By Bennett Ring | PC Articles | Oct 25, 2011 8:47 PM | Comment

Budget and the Beast is our monthly column that shows you the bits and pieces to build two different types of gaming PCs; an affordable budget box that will still run today's games well, and a high end beast designed to slaughter any polygon that dares cross its path. Today we're bringing you a special version of this guide, showing you two PC builds that are designed to run Battlefield 3. The budget box will run with most settings at high, with a resolution of 1920 x 1080, while the Beast can handle Ultra, with high levels of anti-aliasing. If you're looking to build a new gaming PC just for BF3, then walk this way. Read More »

Up Your Game with Call of Duty: Elite Improve

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 25, 2011 11:57 AM | Comment

Activision wants to help make you a better Call of Duty player, and it plans to do so with your own personal CoD tutor. Call of Duty Elite includes an Improve feature that will breakdown every aspect of your game, and Activision has released a behind-the-scenes trailer detailing its many functions. Get schooled below. Read More »

Windows XP Support Will End in 2014

By Mike Nelson | PC News | Oct 25, 2011 10:35 AM | Comment

If you're a fan of Windows Updates don't expect them to last too much longer for Windows XP. Speaking to Information Week, Rich Reynolds, general manager for Windows Commercial marketing, said "There's absolutely no chance" that Windows XP's support will be extended beyond April 2014. Read More »

Bethesda Unsheathes Skyrim PC System Specs

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 25, 2011 10:09 AM | Comment

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is not a PC first game, and it shows in the minimum and recommended PC system specs. Bethesda marketing guru Pete Hines made the official announcement via Twitter today, and you can make sure your rig is up to speed within. Read More »

Bethesda Unsheathes Skyrim PC System Specs

Valve's Gabe Newell Describes the Transforming Economic Model of the Videogame Industry

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Oct 25, 2011 7:39 AM | Comment

Valve's Gabe Newell recently spoke at the Washington Technology Industry Association's TechNW conference in Seattle, going in-depth about the transforming economic model of the videogame industry. From piracy to free-to-play to secret pricing experiments on Steam, Newell was surprisingly open, admitting that there are numerous factors impacting how and why customers spend money on videogames that publishers and distriubtors, Valve included, simply don't understand yet. Read More »

Valve's Gabe Newell Describes the Transforming Economic Model of the Videogame Industry

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