Guild Wars 2 beta weekend: join the PC Gamer European community!
The first Guild Wars 2 beta weekend event for pre-purchase players begins tonight at 8pm GMT (12pm PDT). European players are cordially invited to join the PC Gamer community in exploring the game for the first time.
The leader of our Guild Wars community, Archernick, has rallied the troops on the Desolation EU server. He’s started a thread on the PC Gamer forum where you can find out more and share your contact details. There’s also a thread on downloading the GW2 client if you’ve already got access.
Get your clicking finger primed with our Diablo III Beta Code GIVEAWAY! [Update]
All of the keys have been given out! Thanks again to everyone who participated!
Greetings, PCG visitors! Stay awhile, and listen! We’ve got a heap of Diablo III beta codes, and we want to give them to you. Whether you’re amped to play the crafty Wizard, cold-blooded Demon Hunter, combo-centric Monk, shamanistic Witch Doctor, or the classic Barbarian, this will be your chance to get ahead of the pack.
We’ll be giving away the codes en masse on the PC Gamer Facebook and Twitter pages; simply find the post, hit the “Like” button, then click “Reshare.” Once we’ve hit our (super-secret) tallies, we’ll throw out another batch of codes like money onto a crowded street. No longer do you need to consider sacrificing a goat to Rakanishu to get Diablo III beta access—this is your chance!
We’re attending The Old Republic’s Guild Summit, what do you want to tell the devs?
A month ago, BioWare announced they’d be holding a summit of The Old Republic guild leaders near their Austin, TX offices to gather feedback from the community and share their vision for the game’s future. Well, my Jedi and Sith friends, the time is almost here.
The Summit takes place on Monday, and we’re going to be there representing our official guild and PC Gamer as a whole. In addition to livestreaming some of the panels here on the site next week, we also want to pass along your feedback to the developers. So let us know what you like and don’t like about TOR, and what you think BioWare should do about it.
Spend Valentine’s Day with PC Gamer in Rift
I’m starting to suspect that Valentine’s Day is more about seasonal MMO events than it is about intimacy or affection or spending time with a loved one. At least that’s what I keep telling myself.
As we reported last week, Rift are celebrating the gift card industry’s happiest day of the year with an attempt to break the Guiness world record for most in-game marriages in a day. We’ll be taking part: at 7.00pm GMT tonight on the European Icewatch server, Tom Senior and I will be tying the virtual knot. This is what we are actually doing with our Valentine’s evening. We’d like you to join us. Please?
We’ve upgraded our Minecraft US server. Come build with us!
You all have built some amazing things on our Minecraft server over the past year, and we’re excited to keep things going! We recently upgraded our server’s hardware and software to boost performance and allow for more simultaneous users, and we added some new plugins to keep things interesting.
Check out the video that Jpang (one of the server’s volunteer moderators) made to showcase the awesome things the community has built, and then come join us!
Server IP address: 207.210.252.12:25566
Steam group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/PCGMCUS
Contact mdoerators: pcgmcusmods@gmail.com
How one WoW fan is memorializing the big bad bosses of yesteryear
Cataclysm might’ve saved Azeroth, but Andrew Kuhar believes that the old world deserved a proper send off. We talked with the longtime World of Warcraft player and PCG reader about the vintage posters themed after old school bosses he’s making, and what the heck that really abstract one is all about. Best of all, you can download these gorgeous posters with the click of your mouse—just click which ones you want (we recommend all of them) and you’ll be downloading the 50MB original file in no time. We wouldn’t be offended if you took ‘em to the printers to be made into actual posters; there’s no doubt that your end-game experience will be enhanced as you reflect on bosses past, staring at your from your wall, while you raid the newest content.
Watch PC Gamer’s epic Supreme Commander game
On Thursday we mentioned a massive game of Supreme Commander between six PC Gamer writers and two overpowered AIs. There’s a write up of it in the new issue of PC Gamer UK, and we finally found time to record it as a video for anyone who wants to see it for themselves.
Graham and I do our best to commentate what’s going on – please forgive my erratic observing, our patchy memories, and the bits where our voices go too quiet. We know how to fix the latter in future. There is no known fix for my numerical skills – I manage to kick this off by claiming we’re playing against six AIs, when the whole point is that we outnumber them.
If the embed above doesn’t work for you, check it out on our YouTube channel.
PC Gamer’s epic Supreme Commander co-op match
In the new issue of PC Gamer UK, you can read about a vast game of Supreme Commander we played against two of the most powerful AI opponents possible. It was six PC Gamer writers versus two AIs, and the robocarnage was pretty spectacular. If you have Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, you can grab the replay of our match here and watch it for yourself. If not, here’s a gallery of shots from the game.
We’re also turning it into a video anyone can watch, with commentary from us, so stay tuned for that. You can bookmark or subscribe to our Supreme Commander tag (RSS) and it’ll pop up there.
If you’re watching the replay in-game, here are a few things you may need:
DreamHack Summer 2011 recap: The Promised LAN
DreamHack Summer 2011 has come and gone, leaving a rush of exciting replays and up-and-coming teams in its wake. But what if you weren’t fortunate enough to make it out to Sweden and see LAN-party Mecca for yourself? We’ve got an in-depth recap of the electrifying event from Borderland Gaming’s own Kast, who commentated at the event and lived to tell about it.
Community Guide: League of Legends’ Tristana
For the past week, the PC Gamer community focused their attention on playing League of Legends’ Tristana. We found camaraderie in the PC Gamer chatroom in LoL, with over fifty players at any given time meeting together and arranging teams for epic clashes. The only rule: someone on each team had to play Tristana. Readers and writers laid their best skills on the field of battle, and walked away with bitter shame or glorious honor. The conflicts ended in everything from narrow victories to complete crushings, but GG, they were fun!
Call to Arms: League of Legends’ Tristana [come play with us!]
We periodically host Call to Arms events that rally the entire PC Gamer community behind a single MOBA character for a full week of sweet, sweet gaming bliss. Our goal is to have fun and put our collective heads together to develop a community strategy guide for that particular character. This week, we’re making it super accessible by choosing League of Legends’ Tristana, who’s free to play this week. Join us, and share in the glory by downloading League of Legend’s client for free here.
Tristana – The Megling Gunner
Rocket-jumping is a time-honored, well-loved PC gaming tradition. For years, we’ve launched ourselves to the heavens with a fiery explosion and fired rockets mid-air at unsuspecting enemies during its sacred ritual. Enemies stand in awe as we rain death upon them from on high. Whether you mastered the skill in Quake or struggled with the timing as a Soldier in Team Fortress 2, now is your time to shine! Rocket-jumping isn’t just for FPSes anymore–you can find that same addictive joy in League of Legends.
PC Gamer Terraria servers now live!
We have a brand new PC Gamer Terraria server! After lengthy debate, we decided to call it the “PCGamerraria” Join us at 85.236.100.22. Port:8477 and help us find all the floating islands and underground jungles. Help us dig a hole to the bottom of the world, and build towers to the very top. Help us raid the dungeon at the end of the word and, most importantly of all help us finally kill that goddamn Guide NPC once and for all.
UPDATE: Thanks to extreme demand and a goblin invasion, we have created two bonus servers. Click through for all the details you need.
Join Heroes of Newerth’s [PCGC], the official PC Gamer clan!
![HoNBattle by [S2] Ari](https://web.archive.org/web/20120528093336im_/http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2011/05/HoNBattle-by-S2-Ari1-627x416.jpg "HoNBattle by [S2] Ari")
MOBAs are always better when you’re playing with friends. Whether you win or lose, it’s guaranteed to feel that much better if you’re praising your buddy’s clutch Javelin of Light, or laughing off a whiffed Guttling Hook. Whether or not you’re familiar with these abilities, we’d love to fight by your side or teach you the ropes in Heroes of Newerth. Read on to find out how you can get involved in what is sure to be the HoN (casual) clan of the century.
PC Gamer wants YOU for the Coconut Monkey army! [HoN, BLC]
All your life, you’ve known that you were born to be a leader. But you never yet got the chance to rise up and guide your fellow gamers, forming alliances with bonds stronger than blood. That is, until today. PC Gamer wants you to enlist in the Coconut Monkey army, becoming the leader you were destined to be. If you consider yourself a dedicated, amicable general in Heroes of Newerth or Bloodline Champions, it’s time to answer the call.
Join the PC Gamer clan in Bloodline Champions!
One of the greatest free-to-play games out there just isn’t getting enough attention. Bloodline Champions boils the MOBA down to its core element, team combat, and strips out the frivolous things, like items, creeps, levels, and mana—it’s just you, your cooldowns, and your teammates, taking on all comers. Despite a bit of a learning curve, we thoroughly enjoyed BLC’s fast-paced, deathmatch-style gameplay. As of this morning, the long awaited Clan functionality has finally been implemented—and the newly-formed Coconut Monkeys Clan (tag: PCG) is accepting any and all.
