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XBOX Wire announces XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC, making four previous XBOX titles playable on Windows 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...

Battlefield Comms on X warns of a known issue where NVIDIA GPUs can crash when playing Battlefield 6 on maps featuring large bodies of water. Until a more permanent fix arrives, this recommends...

Steam now features Early Access to Drone Sector, an action/strategy game where you provide close air support on futuristic battlefields as a drone operator. In a post from last week Icosphere and...

Fading Echo is now available for Windows on the Epic Games Store and Steam with a 10% launch discount, offering an action/RPG from Emeteria and New Tales. For a look at this in action we have the...

Steam now offers the launch of Reap and Rush, a roguelike action game for Windows from soothing developer Beijing Pacifier Technology. Gameplay is said to be inspired by Chinese mythology, which the...

Klang Games has begun Early Access to SEED, an MMO life simulation set on a new planet colonized by Earth near the end of this century. This has sprouted for Windows and macOS on the SEED Website,...

As the wisdom of Smash Mouth once taught, "we could all use a little change." And the just-concluded 2026 Games for Change Festival is here for us, announcing the winners of its 2026 Games for Change...

DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain is now available for Windows PC on the Epic Games Store and Steam, giving rise to a waterlogged Lovecraftian roguelite from Drop Rate Studio and Dear Villagers. This...

astragon Entertainment and weltenbauer have released the Motor Vehicle Accident Expansion for Firefighting Simulator: Ignite, adding new challenges to the first responder simulation for PC and...

This post on Steam announces that X Games San Vansterdam event is now available in skate. Season 4. It's available for PC and consoles, and the Windows edition is Steam, and there are more details on...

Photomaly is now available on Steam, offering Windows gamers a horror game where you manage a photo studio, back when those were still a thing. That's not the only throwback here, as the Release...

When Tides Turn announces Wreckreation 2, an open-world arcade racing game "coming soon" to Windows PC via Steam. The first Wreckreation was released just nine months ago, and did not click, leading...

Polylithic - 1.0 Release Date Announcement Trailer - indie.io.

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Union slams Microsoft for "unfair labor practice", alleging Xbox "unlawfully" laid off staff - GamesIndustry.biz. Disney lays off 100s of employees, with Pixar hit hard - Polygon.

Steam now features Early Access to G-Rebels, an arcade combat flight simulator for Windows from Reakktor Studios and Senatis. This comes with a playable demo, and both the game and the demo support...

The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian is now available on Steam, bringing a narrative RPG for Windows from Schisma Games and 101XP. It bears noting that The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is...

Incremental Infinity is now available for Windows on Steam, kicking off a casual strategy game from Rablo Games where you do defend against waves of numbers, which are notorious for incrementing...

FakeFish and Shiro Unlimited announce another closed beta for Frostrail, saying it will get underway in the survival first-person shooter on August 31st. In a twist, signups to test this train-based...

Steam is also now accepting registration for beta testing of QUIET, which begins on August 3rd in this co-op horror game from LINE Games. This sounds like Howard the Duck meets A Quiet Place, as it...

Headup Games and Goon Squad announce Tinker Islands, a multiplayer sandbox game set in a vast ocean, featuring exploration, crafting, and combat. Details are on Steam, which shows this has a "to be...

Steam now offers Early Access to Soulbound: Online, an MMORPG for Windows from SpiderWare. There's an accompanying post on Early Access Monetisation saying a cosmetics store will open "in the coming...

Drag'N Dungeon on Steam (Windows). "Drag'N Dungeon is a grid-free tactical auto-battler where every drop counts. Trapped in a mysterious dungeon, escape by unlocking fierce allies and picking the...

The Call of Duty Blog has a bunch of details about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, the upcoming military shooter sequel. This recaps the game's appearance at Fanatics Fest, has intel on Call of Duty:...

The Steam Train Fest is now underway, kicking off a week-long celebration of railroading. This includes playable demos to sample the genre, and there are new items in the Points Shop to put a fine...

Also now underway is SimFest Workers and Resources on Steam, a third-party event presented by Mythwright, Stray Fawn Studio, and Future Friends Games. This invokes a week-long sale of its own,...

Chronocracy on Steam (Windows). "Build a unique civilization in a flat world! Explore, extract resources, expand, and battle enemies. Use your time management skills to fend off attacks and face a...

Skatesterre - Release Date Announcement Trailer. August 13th.

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Judge Pauses Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger - Variety.

After Doom director Hugo Martin denied reports that id Software had been gutted, -current and former employees- are disagreeing with his optimism - Eurogamer.net.

NACON and Artefacts Studio announce MXGP 26, a new installment in the motocross racing sim coming to PC and consoles this October. Its switch to Unreal Engine 5 is called a "new beginning" for the...

With the Steam Train Fest 2026 getting underway today, Folklore Games announces Manifest Unknown, a manifestly mysterious narrative train simulation coming to Windows PC with a "to be announced"...

RA Tabletop announces The Dungeon Club, a multiplayer social bluffing game "coming soon" to Early Access via Steam. This gives you a seat in a medieval tavern and offers the chance to "bluff, accuse,...

German developer ROTxBLAU announces MyGrandma(88), a narrative adventure coming this year to Windows PC. This has a listing on Steam that shows its title as Meine Oma(88), which is German for my...

Cralon on Steam (Windows). "The shaft is your only escape. Explore a vast underground world and unravel the mysteries hidden in the darkness below. Inspired by classic dungeon crawlers and RPGs,...

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Official patches. Cralon Update 4.0 and a new Publisher.

Official trailers. Cralon - Release Trailer. Call of Duty: The Movie - Official Modern Warfare Teaser (2028). 30 seconds you'll never get back. The Division 2: Dust Storm Event Trailer.

Cliff Bleszinski Knows What Went Wrong on Level 80 is a conversation with Cliff Bleszinski touching on his past and future in game development. Cliff rose to fame based on his work on Unreal and...

Forge of the Fae on Steam (Windows). "Forge of the Fae is a story-rich pixel RPG inspired by Celtic folklore. Journey through a mysterious world, master the ARC Crystal System to unleash powerful...

The Future of Force Projection with FC Okami - EVE Online. Thanks David. Team Fortress 2 - An Update on the Update on the MvM Update. Just a proof of life.

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Valve Reportedly Sells 12-15K Steam Machine Units Per Week - TechPowerUp. Thanks Max.

Jennifer English Leaves Tides of Annihilation Role After Health Concerns - IGN.

Palworld is once again dominating Steam this weekend, clocking up almost 1m concurrent players - Eurogamer.net.

Call of Duty Movie Will Be Based on Modern Warfare Games - Variety. Forget 'Fallout,' FX's Upcoming Video Game Adaptation Has a Perfect Cast - Movieweb.

Trainz Simulator World Tour is now available for Windows and macOS on Steam, offering PC gamers a chance to play this Trainz Railroad Simulator spinoff that debuted on Xbox. This revels in a bygone...

Bippinbits is now signing up players interested in playtesting Bandwagon, an open-world "survivors-lite" adventure about getting the band together. You can sign up on Steam, where word is more...