Blue's News

Clockwork Empires April Update: THE STARS ARE QUITE NEARLY ALMOST RIGHT. Oculus Rift 1.3.2 Update. Thanks Devicer.

A new trailer from Call of Duty: Black Ops III shows off multiplayer action from the Eclipse expansion coming to the PlayStation 4 edition of the shooter sequel tomorrow, and to Windows and Xbox One...

Blizzard announces an August 30th launch date for Legion, the new expansion for World of Warcraft. They offer preorder details on the various versions, along with some details on what this will add...

Blizzard announces the closed beta for Overwatch will draw to a close on April 25th, offering their thanks to all the participants. On a related note, Battle.net offers details on the open beta for...

GameTrust is a new game publishing division launched by GameStop, who say this will break from the traditional model by allowing developers to retain creative control. They launch with a roster of...

Steam News announces the release of Battlezone 98 Redux, the return to this action/strategy hybrid. The game is on sale for 20% off for the coming week, and here's word on the release: One of the...

Heroes of Skyrealm Mobile Action RPG Prerelease Gameplay Trailer.

The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 4/19/2016.

rFactor 2 Build 1080 Now Available. Including an updated demo. Thanks Veni Vidi Vici.

Dark Souls III lands at number one on the GFK Chart-Track PC sales chart of the bestselling games in the U.K. for the week ending April 16th. FromSoftware's action/RPG sequel is also number one on...

Mogila Games announces Clinically Dead, a game set during the dying moments of a critically injured protagonist. This does not yet carry a release date, but this trailer offers a look this unusual...

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America says the recently launch of Dark Souls III was the most successful first day for a new game in company history. They do not state how many copies of the action/RPG...

The Ubisoft forums have word that the developer is aware that some Tom Clancy's The Division players are exploiting a way to receive Falcon Lost rewards repeatedly, in spite of how they are only...

The Roberts Space Industries website has word that another free-fly week is underway for Star Citizen, Cloud Imperium's upcoming open world space game (thanks Rock, Paper, Shotgun). Here's the deal:...

Thanks Ant. Scientists could use DNA to shrink a data center into a sugar cube. Thanks Acleacius. Microsoft builds new AI bot to ignore Hitler. Big Chamberlain. Thanks Slashdot. That Man Who 'Deleted...

Google Is Working on a Wireless Home Internet Service So You Can Dump Comcast. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

Why the iPhone sometimes feels stuck in the past. Thanks OS news via Ant.

A Steam Community Group Announcement has word that the DOOM Open Beta on Steam has been extended, and everyone has an additional 24 hours to check out id's new installment in their shooter series....

Roblox VR Could Come To Nintendo NX, PlayStation VR.

GamesBeat - Game developers must avoid the 'wage-slave' attitude - by Alex St. John. "Anybody good enough to get hired to write games can get paid more to work on something else. If working on a...

World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.4 Hotfixes- April 11. Thanks Ant.

Two Dark Souls III pre-purchase offers dominate this week's list of bestselling titles on Steam: DARK SOULS III Pre-Purchase (JP) DARK SOULS III Deluxe Edition Pre-Purchase Enter the Gungeon Counter-S...

House passes bill to limit FCC authority on net neutrality. Thanks HARDOCP.

Corsair Gaming M65 Pro RGB Optical Mouse on eTeknix. HTC Vive vs. Oculus Rift on Kotaku. HyperX Cloud Revolver Pro Gaming Headset on eTeknix. MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (LGA1151) Motherboard on eTeknix....

Epistory on PC Invasion. The Guest on Just Adventure.

Microsoft sues U.S. government over secret requests for user data. Thanks Ant.

NVIDIA's reveal of Pascal teases the next-gen GeForce video cards. Intel Unveils New Low-Cost PC Platform- Apollo Lake with 14nm Goldmont Cores. Thanks HARDOCP. Apple pulled 2,204 pounds of gold out...

Sony Shutting Down PlayStation MVP Program - Report. Report: This is what Activision's cancelled Guitar Hero MMO looked like.

Empyrion - Galactic Survival alpha version 1.0 released. Thanks Rigs.

Flump Studios announces Hyper Bounce Blast, an upcoming follow-up to Horizon Shift that they say uses the best aspects of that game to create what they predict will be "THE SHUMP experience of 2016."...

A NeoGAF thread shows a map allegedly from Red Dead Redemption 2, a sequel to Rockstar's western shooter. Development of RDR2 has not been confirmed, and this leak sparks speculation that it will be...

Have GameStop let slip about an 'imminent' PS4K announcement? Stylish-looking episodic Noir adventure Blues & Bullets releases on PS4 next week. Naughty Dog confirms Uncharted 4 is its first game...

Heroes of the Storm Brawl With The Blues: Cheers, Love! We're back!. Wednesday, April 20th.

Indie Games Pay What You Want Bundle! - wingamestore.com. Stardock Meets Paradox on GOG.com.

NBA 2K16 on Steam. Save 50%. Zombasite version 0.928. Change log.

Early access to Out of Ammo is now available on Steam, offering as first crack at this virtual reality strategy game from RocketWerkz, the studio formed by DayZ creator Dean Hall (thanks Eurogamer)....

Digital Extremes announces TennoCon, an upcoming convention of Warframe players, saying this is one of the largest free-to-play communities in the world. The gathering is scheduled for July 9, 2016...

Kotaku has a details on the outcome of the lawsuit filed by Trendy Entertainment against Studio Wildcard over the involvement of Trendy's former creative director Jeremy Stieglitz in development of...

A HOXAR Inc. website is live, offering what appears to be a typical online presence for a corporation. This is apparently one of those sneaky viral dealies, however, as a little bird told Shacknews...

Clint Hocking and the Evolution of Ubisoft's Open-World Design.

Play Overwatch @ PAX East 2016. Our finest hour- the Bill Kunkel Awards.

Perpetual Night by Studio Genkan Kickstarter. "Explore an unbelievable world, squeezed into the bizarre interior of a seemingly endless Castle. A 2D dark comedy puzzle-platformer."

Hearthstone Patch Notes - 4.3.0.12266. Rocket League Patch Notes v1.16.

GOG.com has details on the release of new free DLC for Thea: The Awakening, adding new content to this turn-based RPG. Here's a trailer showing off the pack, and here's the deal: This is exactly the...

Battlefront announces the release of Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg, a new installment in the World War II strategy series centered on the events surrounding the Battle of the Bulge. You can find...

Steam News announces the multiplayer DOOM Open Beta is now available to play for free. Here's word on this weekend-long sample of id's return to their second shooter franchise: In the DOOM...

Activision publishing announces plans for two Ghostbusters games in collaboration with Sony Pictures to celebrate the film franchise reboot coming to theaters this summer. Of course one of these is a...

Paradox Interactive is now accepting preorders of Stellaris, offering the chance to reserve your choice of three different versions of the space strategy game that will be released on May 9th and get...

Closed beta testing is now underway for Atlas Reactor, Trion's tactics game featuring simultaneous turns. Those interested can sign up for possible selection, or can guarantee access with the...

Early access to Starpoint Gemini Warlords is now underway on Steam, offering the first chance to check out the third installment in this space strategy sim series. A new cinematic trailer shows...