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Fellswell has launched a playtest for Loopquarium, a rogulite aquarium simulation for Windows PC. You can request access on Steam, where this post puts out the call for testers. This will give you...

Hope in the City on Steam (Windows). "Seventeen-year-old Hope Song comes home to a ransacked apartment and two missing parents. Use her artist's eye to catch what others miss and turn sketches into...

Day & Night Cycle of 1666: Amsterdam - Gameplay Feature 3 - EA Launches Aug 25. over the hill - Release Date Announcement. October 14th. Village in the Shade - Release Date Announcement Trailer....

Don't Lose Aggro - Playtest for the first major update starts August 22.

Strauss Zelnick: Netflix debut is merely "one of the hors d'oeuvres" for full GTA 6 launch - GamesIndustry.biz. Hope you're still hungry for the main course.

Save 75% on World War Z on Steam. Save 69% on Date Everything! on Steam. Save 50% on Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley on Steam. Save 50% on The Beginner's Guide on Steam.

Bandai Namco achieves record Q1 sales, but Digital segment operating profit drops 30.9% - GamesIndustry.biz. Sega reports 17.3% rise in Q3 net sales; games segment exceeds expectations -...

Former Ubisoft Barcelona workers launch Dark Ritual Studios, an indie developer focused on "craftsmanship over scale" - GamesIndustry.biz.

Knytt Classic is now free-to-play on GOG.com and Steam for Windows, macOS, and Linux, offering a remake of Knytt on the 20th anniversary of this freeware classic. The original was the brainchild of...

ZeroCastle Game Studio,Miwu Studio, and 2P Games have released Kungfu Card into Early Access, and this card-based tactical martial arts game for Windows is now kicking it on Steam with a 10%...

Gritty Piggy and Assemble Entertainment announce Sin or Suffer, a survival/horror JRPG expected to launch next year. Here's the Announcement Trailer with a first look, and a playable Windows demo is...

FloWHOA, a studio founded by Digital Extremes veterans), announces Scallywags, a strategy game that puts you in command of a sailing ship and crew of pirates to plunder the high seas as you see fit....

Horde of Distraction Demo on Steam (Windows). "An incremental game inspired by classic RPGs. Fight monsters, collect rare gear, progress through a vast skill tree, and defeat powerful bosses!" Oops!...

Take-Two Boss Says Borderlands 4 Performance 'Has Not Affected Our Plans at All' as Fans Await Year 2 Roadmap - IGN.

Square Enix Reportedly Halted a Nearly Finished Final Fantasy IX Remake and Has Now Pivoted Away from Mining Its Past - Wccftech.

This Indie Pride Bundle just made it easy to support queer indies in 2026! - Gayming Magazine.

Celebrating Moomin's Day, the birthday of Finnish author/illustrator Tove Jansson, Crossbridge Game Studios and Shochiku announce Moomin: Midsummer Madness, a point-and-click adventure game based on...

Wild Blue Skies on Steam (Windows). "Wild Blue Skies reimagines the classic on-rails adventures of the '90s. Join Bowie Stray and the Blue Bombers as they soar through breathtaking skies on a...

PEAK - THE FINAL BIOME UPDATE ARRIVES AUGUST 11.

THQ Nordic says it has 12 unannounced games in development - VGC.

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Blizzard is now the "top performing" Xbox studio, says internal emails - as the Overwatch-maker ends FY26 over-delivering on Microsoft's projections - Windows Central.

Red Dead Redemption 2 has now Sold 87 Million Units - Insider Gaming.

After 24 years, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is finally distributed uncut in Germany - game was censored due to strict laws regarding Nazi symbolism - Tom's Hardware.

A playtest is now underway on Steam for Dominus Automa, an multiplayer idle RPG in the works at Metashift Labs. A post from last week discusses what to expect, and a newer post updates this as it...

Neverness to Everness version 1.3 update Rising from the Moonlight Fog' launches August 19 - Gematsu.

Bethesda 40th Anniversary Sale on Steam - Up to 75% Off. WB Games' LEGO Sale on Steam. Save 80% on Renowned Explorers- International Society on Steam. Save 40% on Look Outside on Steam. Short Games...

Analyst: AI-focused M&A deals are -weakening- the games investment landscape - GamesIndustry.biz.

The gaming site sponsored by Walmart lays off its editorial staff - The Verge (may require registration or subscription).

Fortnite's Item Shop Has Become An Increasingly Annoying Labyrinth Of Frustration - GameSpot.

Atari ST Public Floppy Database now open for everyone - online archive originally designed for ST flash cart packed with classics and homebrew - Tom's Hardware. Demon's Souls Prototype Video Reveals...

God of War TV series sees further recasts as Amazon seeks older actors for Atreus and Thrud - PC Gamer.

Steam is now handing out free copies of Breathedge, a survival game for Windows set in space from RedRuins Softworks and HypeTrain Digital. The offer is good until midday Sunday, and as long as you...

The Prisoner is out, adding new DLC to REANIMAL, the co-op horror adventure from Tarsier Studios and THQ Nordic. It's out for PC and consoles, and the Windows edition is available on the Epic Games...

MAFATE on Steam (Windows). "Play as a legendary mail carrier in the region of Cirque de Mafate. Take photos, deliver letters, and discover adorable Bibiis while exploring this whimsical world based...

Rainbow Six Siege Community Checkpoint- New Anti-Cheat Measures, Balancing Updates, & More. A New Era of Gunplay: Meta Rotation - PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS.

Id Software Vet Claims Xbox Doesn't Understand Art Or Games - Kotaku.

Steam Publisher Sale: THQ Nordic Official.

What Rockstar Games' Netflix Pact for GTA 6' Reveal Signals About Hollywood's Growing Relationship With Gaming - Variety. Take-Two boss "not in the least" concerned bad press around Rockstar's...

HandyGames becomes THQ Nordic Mobile.

Expeditions: Samurai is now available in Early Access, bringing a new installment in the RPG series that takes your expedition to feudal Japan. It's on Steam, where Campfire Cabal and THQ Nordic are...

Steam now offers the launch of GRAIN ROT, a co-op extraction game for Windows from Beck & Branch Games and Neem Interactive. As noted here it comes with a 10% launch discount, but the playable demo...

Seahorse Games and HARRISONWORLD offer the launch of Re:Night, a roguelike deckbuilding RPG that's now available for Windows and macOS on Steam with a 10% launch discount. This trailer shows it in...

Tainted Pact and Assemble Entertainment have released The Skin Stapler, making this "grindhouse horror adventure" available for Windows on Steam with a 20% launch discount. This post discusses the "in...

If you're among the over 100,000 players with Chop Chop Inc. on your wishlist, you should head over to Steam chop chop, as this unusual furniture making game from NullRef Entertainment and rokaplay...

Barkbyte Interactive announces Static Hour, a narrative horror/adventure set in a newsroom in the 1980s. This layers the retro setting with modern themes, as you must report on a government-ordered...

Street Lamp Games and 1312 Interactive announce Souls of Bombarika, a narrative puzzle adventure coming to PC and consoles on October 29th. This is a spinoff of Bombarika, a mobile game released to...

TRAILMARK Games and the Coolabi Group announce Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest, an RPG coming to PC and consoles this fall. Based on Warrior Cats, a massive middle-grader book series, this has a...

id Software celebrates the 30th anniversary of Quake with the release of Quake: Dawn of the Machine, another of its now familiar QuakeCon surprise shadow drops. Developed by MachineGames in...

Beacon Pines and We Were Here Together are both now available for free on the Epic Games Store as its weekly giveaways. These are yours to keep if you snag them by next Thursday when Caravan...