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Blizzard’s Story and Franchise Development Team Unionizes
The Communications Workers of America announce that Microsoft has recognized the unionization of workers on Blizzard's Story and Franchise Development (SFD) team, who voted in favor of union...
KRAFTON Responds to Unknown Worlds Lawsuit
A Legal filing by Krafton responds to the lawsuit filed against it by Charlie Cleveland, Ted Gill, and Max McGuire after they were fired from Unknown Worlds (thanks IGN). In the suit, Krafton is...
Abyssus Released
Abyssus is now available on Steam, offering a roguelite first-person shooter for Windows from DoubleMoose Games and The Arcade Crew. This carries a "brinepunk" designation as it's set amid an ancient...
Echoes of the End Begins
Echoes of the End is now available for Windows on Steam with a 15% discount, kicking off this action/adventure from Myrkur Games and Deep Silver. The Launch Trailer illustrates the news, and a post...
Shields of Loyalty Officially Launches
Shields of Loyalty is now officially available on Steam following years of Early Access for this turn-based strategy game from Mosaic Mask Studio and indie.io. The Launch Trailer shows off hex-based...
Dino Topia Early Access
Steam now features Early Access to Dino Topia, a sandbox action/adventure from XA Studio and Celestial Studio. As the title suggests, this is infested with dinosaurs and is completely scientifically...
Release Dates
Seafarer: The Ship Sim - EA Release Date Reveal Trailer. October 7th. ZOE Begone! Release Date Trailer. September 17th.
On Sale
Save 67% on Devil May Cry HD Collection on Steam. Save 25% on OUTBRK on Steam. Save 50% on Sea of Thieves: 2025 Edition on Steam. Save 30% on Nomad Idle on Steam. Urban Life Collection from...
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Enhanced Released
The promised Enhanced Update is now live for Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, adding new features and enhancements to this action/adventure from Ninja Theory and Xbox Game Studios. The Windows update is...
New NVIDIA GeForce Driver
NVIDIA now offers a new version 580.97 GeForce Windows driver with the latest enhancements for GeForce graphics cards. This adds support for the enhanced version of Senua's Saga: Hellblade II...
Age of Wonders 4: Archon Prophecy Begins
The Archon Prophecy expansion is now available for Age of Wonders 4, bringing prophesized new content to Triumph Studios' fantasy strategy sequel. The Windows edition is available on the Epic Games...
D&D: Dragonshard and Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone Re-released
Liquid Entertainment and SNEG now offer the promised rereleases of Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard on Steam and Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone on Steam, giving players the chance to return to these...
Deadzone: Rogue Released
Deadzone: Rogue has gone fully rogue, as this sci-fi first-person shooter is now officially available for Windows on Steam following a successful Early Access run. The PC edition comes with a 20%...
Prologue: Go Wayback! Playtest
PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions announces playtesting for Prologue: Go Wayback! is now underway for Windows on the Epic Games Store and Steam giving the chance to check out this open-world survival game...
Heptic Arena Announced
Prism Studio announces Heptic Arena, a PvPvE third-person shooter coming "soon" to PC Early Access via Steam. This is another game set within a dystopian game show, featuring bright cel shaded...
House Fighters: Total Mess Announced
Revulo Games announces House Fighters: Total Mess, an arcade aerial combat game that's played inside a house using miniature airplanes that fly well beyond the limits of ordinary toys. This is "coming...
BAFTA Honors Include Video Games
Variety reports on plans for the BAFTA Honors, a new set of awards to be presented on November 2nd by BAFTA North America. Word is: "The event will see three honorees, selected across film, TV and...
Steam 4X Fest
The Steam 4X Strategy Fest is underway, celebrating the spelling-challenged strategy genre that calls on your abilities to Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate, Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, and Dodge....
Yield! Fall of Rome Rises
Yield! Fall of Rome is out of Early Access, as this 4X strategy game for Windows and macOS has crossed the Rubicon into version 1.0 on Steam. This launches with a 50% discount, and there's a...
Firefly Village Released
Firefly Village has floated out onto Steam for Windows and Linux like a leaf on the wind, bringing a farming sim from solo developer Josh Koenig, indie.io, and LevelUp Games with a 20% launch...
On Sale
Isometric Games Sale on GOG.com.* Isometric RPG Sale 2025 on Steam. Humble VTT Bundle: Call of Cthulhu Keeper's Collection for Alchemy VTT (pay what you want and help charity).* Urban Life...
Business and Finance
Sega Q1 net sales decline 22.7% to $548m - GamesIndustry.biz. IGN Boss Leaving After Six Years Following Latest Mass Layoff - Kotaku.
Engagement Ring
Take-Two boss reckons Civilization 7 will still hit its lifetime target despite -slow start- following troubled launch - Eurogamer.net.
Evening Tech Bits
COLLAPSE: Intel is Falling Apart - Gamers Nexus (video). Former Intel CEO lays out radical plan to rescue the company - Suggests outing Lip-Bu Tan and asks for $40 billion investment - Tom's...
John Romero Was Nearly Part of Looking Glass?
A video interview between John Romero and Nightdive's Larry Kuperman published a few weeks ago contains an interesting game history anecdote. As highlighted by PC Gamer, This outlines a scenario that...
Orbyss Announced
Misty Whale announces Orbyss, a puzzle game exploring gravity, momentum and time coming to Windows via Steam on September 3rd. This involves controlling rolling balls, and as seen in the Official...
ENDLESS Legend 2 Time-Limited Demo
The promised playable demo for ENDLESS Legend 2 is now available, paving the way for the Early Access launch of the turn-based strategy sequel next month. The demo is far from endless, however, as it...
More Game Releases
Save 10% on Out and About on Steam (Windows). "A cozy foraging adventure about the magic of real-life plants! Identify and gather wild plants and fungi, cook tasty recipes, master herbal remedies,...
Release Dates
Stellar Reach - Release Date Announcement Trailer. October 8th.
Quoteworthy
Hideo Kojima's Metal-Gear-like Physint is still so early in development, he's currently working on it "all by myself" - Eurogamer.net.
On Sale
-80% Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space on GOG.com. Infinite Space III- Sea of Stars on GOG.com.
Business and Finance
New study shows that Gen Z is spending way less money on videogames than older gamers - PC Gamer.
August Prime Gaming Content
The Prime Gaming Blog has details on the games available for free this month though the Prime Gaming program that's part of Amazon Prime subscriptions. These are for keeps as long as they are snagged...
Winter Resort Simulator 3 Announced
Aerosoft and Simuverse announce Winter Resort Simulator 3, saying the next installment in this ski resort management series will slalom onto PC and consoles this winter, and it will be all downhill...
On Sale
Save 30% on The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure on Steam. Save 70% on Return to Monkey Island on Steam.
Engagement Ring
Battlefield 6 surpasses record half a million concurrent players on Steam, an all-time high for the franchise - 520K+ open beta surpasses every Call of Duty ever in player count - PC Gamer. Valve's...
Game Crossovers
A Far Cry TV show that -doesn't shy away from the darkest, most absurd parts of humanity- is reportedly in development at FX - Eurogamer.net. 'Space Invaders' Movie From New Line, Ben Zazove & Evan...
Saturday Metaverse
AOL discontinues its dial-up internet, and we're just surprised they even offered it in 2025 - PC Gamer.
Saturday Tech Bits
Thanks Neutronbeam. Nvidia is reportedly slashing RTX 5000 series GPU prices - but I'm expecting scalpers to ruin our fun - TechRadar. New, Implanted Device Could Offer a Long-Elusive, Drug-Free...
AI Yi-Yi!
OpenAI brings GPT-4o back online after users melt down over the new model - Engadget. NASA and Google Unveil Cutting-Edge AI to Safeguard Astronauts' Health on Mars - Daily Galaxy.
Battlefield 6 Beta Opens to All
With the conclusion of an Early Access prelude, open beta testing of Battlefield 6 is now truly open to all on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Players can get the Windows client and join in...
Well Dweller Announced
Well, well, well! Top Hat Studios announces Well Dweller, a "dark fairy-tale metroidvania" coming to PC and Switch next year. This is an avian-centric affair, as you play as a bird on a mission to "sa...
On Sale
Need for Speed Franchise Sale on Steam. Save 50% on ContractVille on Steam. Save 80% on Espire 1- VR Operative on Steam.
Saturday Multiplex
Content creator video. So I Tried StormGate - Carbot.
Saturday Interviews
'House of the Dragon' Actor's New Horror Game Skewers Hollywood - WIRED (may require registration or subscription).
Saturday Postmortems/Retrospectives
The iconic look of BioShock's Big Daddy has its roots in System Shock 2's low polygon counts- 'If you embraced your designing limitations on that stuff, you'd end up with a better model' - PC Gamer.
Saturday Mobilization
Apple's Lawsuit Against YouTuber Jon Prosser Likely Did Not Faze The Content Creator As He Pushes Out An iPhone 17 Pro Video - Wccftech.
Saturday Tech Bits
Thanks Console General. Detained by a Government & Probably Blacklisted by NVIDIA for Our Next Investigation - Gamers Nexus (video). 3D-printed PCB made with PVA and liquid metal is fully recyclable -...
Diablo Boss Rod Ferguson Leaving Blizzard
A post by Rod Ferguson puts the ex in X, as he announces he's stepping away from Blizzard/Microsoft after five years in charge of the Diablo series of action/RPGs. He says he's looking forward to...
Disciples: Domination Announced
Kalypso Media and Artefacts Studio announce Disciples: Domination is coming to Windows, macOS, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 next year. This will be the second installment in an RPG trilogy that...
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