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This forum post announces the promised release of The Political Machine 2016, the new installment in this simulation of how the sausage gets made during a U.S. presidential election. The Windows game...

2K Games announces the release of XCOM 2 for Windows, OS X, and Linux, the highly anticipated sequel to the UFO infested strategy reboot. A launch trailer comes with the announcement, which offers...

R.I.P.: Lux Interior dies at 60; founder, front man of punk band the Cramps. I almost made a Cramps reference just the other day. :(

Bike Mayhem 2 Is Now Available For Xbox One .

Google expands self-driving car testing to Washington State. Thanks HARDOCP. Apple Pay is now accepted in 2 million locations, with more retailers coming soon. So like 0% of everywhere? Thanks Ant....

Team Fortress 2 - TF2Maps Winter Jam Exhibition Game.

Sony further extends PS4s console sales lead over the 2015 holidays. Ninja Senki DX Launches February 23rd on PS4, PS Vita. Runner2 Launching February 23rd on PS4.

Dota 2 Update - February 4th, 2016. Update Released for Counter-Strike- Source, Day of Defeat- Source, Half-Life Deathmatch- Source, Half-Life 2- Deathmatch, and Source SDK 2013 Dedicated Server.

League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 02.05 - 02.08. Make Your Move Strategy Bundle on Humble Weekly Bundle.

EA announces plans for closed beta testing of Mirror's Edge Catalyst between now and the May 24th release of the upcoming parkour action sequel, offering a new story trailer to celebrate the news....

Publisher Microïds announces the release of Agatha Christie - ABC Murders, a new mystery adventure game based on the Agatha Christie novel of the same name, starring detective Hercule Poirot. This is...

Steam News announces that NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 4 is now available on Steam: The latest opus in the acclaimed STORM series is taking you on a colourful and breathtaking ride. Take...

Ubisoft announces the launch of Tom Clancy's EndWar Online, saying their free-to-play online strategy RPG is now available on Steam, Facebook, and Kongregate. Here's word on how this has changed...

Android Wear gets wide Marshmallow rollout, adds speaker and LTE support.

Asus launches new eSports gaming house in Sydney. Mortal Kombat X Series Video - Round 1 - Watch Free On CWSeed.com. Thanks Ant.

This video captures about six minutes of Dark Souls 3 gameplay from a FROMSOFTWARE livestream. They say this is "Uploaded just incase the footage is removed forever," so, in spite of the assumption...

Teotl Studios and GRIP Digital announce early access to the Windows edition of The Solus Project will begin on February 26th, which will be the first chance to explore this sci-fi exploration game....

Obsidian Entertainment and Paradox Interactive announces plans for improvements for Pillars of Eternity that will come to the RPG in a new version 3.0 update that will accompany the release of The...

Bethesda Softworks announces a May 13th release date for DOOM, the latest installment in id Software's first-person shooter franchise that launched back in 1993 with the release of, well, DOOM. The...

Yesterday's relaunch Godus as Godus Wars in an attempt to regain favor with PC gamers hit a quick snag, as there was a rapid negative reaction to the realization that the game's second continent was...

A post to Battle.net has word on the latest changes to Heroes of the Storm matchmaking, as Blizzard continues to refine this process. This new change is focused on a narrow range of top players who...

The rough PC release of Batman: Arkham Knight has taken another turn for the worse, as WBIE announces via Steam that they are no longer planning on releasing the promised Linux and OS X editions of...

Shardlight on GameWatcher.

INTERVIEW: What's next for Mike Bithell? -- MCV.

Happy Ground... nah, I'm done (for now). Thanks to all for playing along with (or even falling for) our annual gag, and here's hoping you finally remembered old Needlenose Ned. Memorable Links:...

237 games were approved for tax relief in 2015… Conan O'Brien Will Play New Doom With Super Bowl 50 Players Tonight…

Antec Kuhler H20 H1200 Pro & H600 Pro AIO Water Cooler on eTeknix. Corsair Carbide Quiet 400Q Mid-Tower Case on Benchmark Reviews. GIGABYTE GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming on Hardware Canucks. Micron M600...

Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders on Just Adventure. Bloxitivity on Chalgyr's Game Room. The Division Beta on Vince Verdict. Rogue State on Chalgyr's Game Room. Super Intergalactic Gang on Chalgyr's...

Jury: Apple must pay $626 million to patent troll VirnetX. Julian Assange is being arbitrarily held, UN panel to say. Thanks HARDOCP.

BleepingComputer Defends Freedom of Speech. 20mn Chinese eBay users hacked through dupe passwords. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Google to deep six dodgy download buttons.

Batman: Arkham Knight on Steam. Save 40%.

Mike Wilson explains Gambitious' plans for equity crowdfunding -- Gamasutra. The Offworld Collection by Leigh Alexander and Laura Hudson Kickstarter. Thanks GamePolitics.

Steam News announces the release of the Windows edition of Fortified, a third-person strategy shooter set during a 1950s invasion from Mars. Here's word on the game, which carries a 20% launch...

Battle.net has a reminder for anyone who started a Season 5 character in Diablo III using the new Season Rebirth feature introduced in the latest patch for the action/RPG sequel. They warn that only...

The PlayStation.Blog has details on two more of the "badasses" in Battleborn, Gearbox Software's upcoming multiplayer shooter. These are Attikus and Galilea, described as "hulking monsters," and...

Take-Two Interactive Software announces their fiscal third quarter 2016 results, giving us deja vu by calling them "stronger-than-expected," and once again raising their full year outlook. Here's...

Battle.net announces the Overwatch closed beta test will return on February 9th, with a bunch of changes and new features for testers of the multiplayer shooter to evaluate. Here's the deal :Get...

Chris England tweets a confirmation of plans for Xenonauts 2, saying this his "*hopefully*" coming next year. He points to the Xenonauts 2 website with some early details, and adding that more...

Homefront: The Revolution PC Interview - GameWatcher.

Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro Confirmed as D.I.C.E. Summit Keynote Speakers.

Godus Wars for Windows, OS X, and Linux is now available in early access on Steam, replacing the original version of Godus, the casual strategy game from Peter Molyneux and 22cans, their game that...

World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.3 Hotfixes: February 2.

Genesis - Open world, Survival, Fps, Sandbox game - Indiegogo. "The main Goal is to stay alive and for that purpose the players will need to hunt and gather resources such as food and construction...

Hero Defense - Haunted Island is now available on The Humble Store and Steam as an early access release, as developer Happy Tuesday hopes user feedback will help them achieve their ambition of...

AMD support now offers new version 16.1.1 hotfixes for their Crimson reference drivers for AMD graphics cards. These offer performance and quality improvements and an AMD Crossfire profile for Rise...

A Facebook post from Harebrained Schemes has word to expect an extended edition of Shadowrun: Hong Kong with additional gameplay for the turn-based RPG sequel (thanks Rock, Paper, Shotgun via nin)....

Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes -- February 2, 2016. Adds Li-Ming, rebellious wizard. Left 4 Dead 2 - Update. StarCraft II Legacy of the Void 3.1.2 Patch Notes. Steam Client Update Released. Team...

UbiBlog announces the release of Operation Black Ice, a free update for Rainbow Six Siege, adding new content and improvements to the first-person shooter. This trailer shows this off, and the...

Origin's On the House program now offers Need for Speed Most Wanted as the latest free game offered to anyone with an Origin account (thanks Game Bundle News via Ant. As usual, word is: "There's no...

Time to get your enclave to the conclave, as Paradox now offers the Conclave expansion for Crusader Kings II, adding new gameplay and features to the grand strategy sequel, and they are also offering...