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Dodo Duckie has taken flight for PC and Xbox, offering a single-player adventure that puts you in the role of a "clumsy yet courageous" duck named Dodo. The Windows and Linux edition is on Steam with...

Huntin' Buddies is now available for Windows PC on Steam, taking a shot at blending horror and comedy in an eponymous co-op hunting game from Huntin' Buddies Wildlife Management. This is set in "a...

Steam now features the release of Lost in Tandem for Windows, a co-op puzzle/adventure game from Tempete Studio and Juicebox Studios featuring a young girl and her defective robot. The launch carries...

Beatrate SRL announces Weather the Storm, a roguelike platformer coming to Windows PC via Steam, which shows a "coming soon" release date which we're told actually means 2027. This supports four-playe...

Flow of War Launches on August 3.

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Paramount-WBD Merger Foes Cheer Legal Delay, Stocks Slide - Deadline.

A complicated game - Game File. "Who gets credit for Order of the Sinking Star? Where should the names appear for the creators of its source material? And would you notice if a great game designer...

Curse of the Allflame is now available, adding the latest expansion to Path of Exile 1, the action/RPG from Grinding Gear Games for PC and consoles. The Path of Exile Website is where to find the...

Codename CURE II is now free-to-play for Windows on Steam, offering a co-op first person shooter for Windows PC from Raptor Byte and indie.io. Those eager to support the game can opt to pick up the...

Steam now features the full release of City States: Medieval, capping off Early Access to this city-building game from Reverie World Studios and indie.io. The launch is the topic of this post on...

Amazon Game Studios has revealed a delay to Tomb Raider Catalyst, saying this Lara Croft adventure is now expected in 2028. It was announced late last year with a 2027 release date. It was revealed...

Low-Budget Repairs Demo on Steam (Windows). "Try the demo of a renovation game set in a 1990s Polish apartment block. Take on jobs, cut costs, improvise, and see if you have a talent for...

A Game About Penguins - Release Trailer. August 10th. Sponge Break - Dive Into Sponge Break JULY 30 .

The Vaelwardens of the Orrian Golden Age - Guild Wars 3.

Quote of the day by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen: 'Software is eating the world' - a pithy assessment of the modern tech landscape - TechRadar.

An open beta test is now underway for Hell Let Loose: Vietnam to put cross-platform multiplayer support for this military shooter through its paces. The test spans PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series...

Open beta testing for MARVEL Tkon: Fighting Souls is now underway, giving players the chance to check out this upcoming fighting game populated by Marvel Comics characters. This is for PC and...

A post on Steam from OtherSide Entertainment on the future of Thick As Thieves explains that it basically has none. This heist game was announced at the end of 2024 by OtherSide's all star crew of...

Disgaea Mayhem is now available for PC, PlayStation 5, and Switch, bringing an action/RPG with a "brand new take on the venerated Disgaea franchise." The Windows Edition is on Steam, and the madcap...

Steam now features the launch of Boba Cafe Simulator, a co-op tycoon game for Windows and macOS from Caikemi and Erabit. This allows you to run your own cafe in the hopes that the Boba craze isn't...

Helix: Descent N Ascent is out for PC and Switch, and the Windows edition of this violence-free puzzle game is available on Steam with a 10% launch discount. The launch is the topic of this post on...

The Age of Empires Website has the latest change of direction from Microsoft, which has fully embraced chaos in its latest flood of announcements. It reveals The Baltic Powers, a new DLC coming to...

As part of its renewed effort to make Luna happen, Amazon Game Studios announces Batman: Caped Crusader - Chronicles, a new Batman game coming exclusively to Luna, hoping to add a killer app to the...

Celebrating the launch of Season 4: Operation Shadow Hunter and the first anniversary of the game, Tripwire Interactive is running a free weekend for Killing Floor 3, providing access to the full...

Besides the above, Steam has three more free weekends running between now and midday Monday (thanks GG.Deals via Ant. This gives the chance to check out the full versions of METAL GEAR SOLID - Master...

Grim Dawn - Fangs of Asterkarn is now available for PC and Xbox, adding new DLC to sink your teeth into for Grim Dawn, the action/RPG from Crate Entertainment (thanks Seivardian). This has three...

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game has struck out on Steam, offering Windows gamers the chance to throw hands in this spinoff of Avatar: The Last Airbender. This is for consoles as well, but as this X...

Advanced Access to Halo: Campaign Evolved is now underway on PC and consoles for those who sprung for the pricier Premium or Collector's Editions of this first-person shooter remake. The Standard...

EA SPORTS announces EA SPORTS FC 27, saying the next installment in its futbol/soccer/association football series will come to PC and consoles on September 24th. Preorders are underway for three...

Akatori is going live on August 5th.

Aliens- Fireteam Elite 2 releases August 25th. RUNT - Release Date Trailer. August 6th.

Foretales is now available for free on the Epic Games Store, as this narrative card game for Windows is this week's regular giveaway. It's yours to keep if you snag it by next Thursday. After that...

Amazon Game Studios announces Amazon Luna is now available through Amazon Prime. As of today Prime members in the US and UK can now play games online via a Fire TV. Word is this solves the problem...

A post on Steam outlines changes to how gifting works on Steam, smoothing out a little of the friction that might stand between you and your desire to buy someone a game. Changes include cross-region...

A post from Call of Duty on X details changes to matchmaking based on lessons learned "over the past year" of Call of Duty multiplayer, despite two-plus decades of multiplayer history before that to...

Pass the Fear is now available for Windows PC on Steam, offering a one-way ticket to bullet hell in this roguelike shooter from PlayMud and Paras Games. The Official Launch Trailer takes a look and...

HexNest Games has let slip the Birds of War, as this team-based PvP game of aerial combat is now available for Windows on Steam. Not to be confused with WarBirds, this eschews planes for flying au...

Steam now features Early Access to OFFBEAT, a music tycoon game from Whetstone Games and Pantaloon. This is described as a "real audio tool" allowing you to produce your own music. The twist is your...

Slitherine announces two upcoming games in the Radio Commander series, following on the success of Radio Commander: Vietnam '64. The premise is you'll command your troops over the radio, testing your...

iRacing Studios and NASCAR announce NASCAR 26, saying the new entry in the videogame racing series will peel out on September 18th on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. A first Video Dev Diary...

A new GeForce Hotfix Display Driver version 610.82 is now available, adding fixes to the 610.74 driver released two weeks ago. In an increasingly familiar pattern, the last driver release had bugs in...

Shift At Midnight, is now available for PC and consoles, launching a co-op investigation game where up to three players make good use of their third-shift jobs at a convenience shop by sussing out...

Nightmare Frontier has completed Early Access, and version 1.0 of this tactical extraction shooter from Ice Code and Slitherine is now officially available on Steam. The launch is discussed in this...

Slitherine announces Memoir '44, an upcoming videogame adaptation of the World War II tabletop game of the same name. If this rings a bell, that's because Memoir '44 Online debuted as a free-to-play...

SoftWarWare and Slitherine announce ICBM: Escalation - Assassin's Mace, new DLC coming in September to Steam as DLC for ICBM: Escalation, the ballistic RTS game for Windows. This is set in China in...

NC, the artist formerly known as NCSOFT, announces AION 2 Founder's Packs are now available on Steam. The MMORPG sequel will be free-to-play, but these packs provide five days of Advance Access...

Steam is now running a playtest for Loco: Rails & Tails, a co-op railroad action/adventure for Windows from Hot Potato Games. This tasks you and your crew with building rails, riding trains, and...

XBOX Wire announces XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC, making four previous XBOX titles playable on Windows 11 PC and handhelds. If you're thinking that porting a handful of games to a different...

2K Games announces NBA 2K27, the next installment in its annual professional basketball simulation, saying Early Access will begin on August 28th. This reveals this year's cover athletes for its...