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Almost 19,000 new games were released on Steam in 2024, more than any year before - VG247.

Meta is working on a fix for a software update that bricked Quest headsets - Engadget. Scientists Built Tiny VR Goggles for Mice - Gizmodo. Thanks Reddit.

Official trailers. Operation: Black Mesa Winter Fest 2024 Gameplay Teaser. Thanks DSOGaming.

Best video games of 2024, from Astro Bot to Prince of Persia - SMH. Here Are the Worst Optimized PC Games of 2024 - DSOGaming. Eurogamer readers' top 50 games of 2024 - Eurogamer.net.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's PS5 Pro upgrades are more substantial than you may think - Eurogamer.net.

The Steam Deck has finally been surpassed - by a fork of Valve's own experience - The Verge. LG unveils a monster 5K bendable' OLED gaming monitor - Digital Trends.

Orcs Must Die! 3 is now available for free on the Epic Games Store as today's holiday gift. Robot Entertainment's tower defense sequel for Windows was a giveaway earlier this year, so here's a second...

A new GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 566.45 is now available from NVIDIA as an update to the 566.36 WHQL-certified Windows driver released earlier this month (thanks DSOGaming). The hotfix addresses...

Sniper Elite- Resistance will be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech - DSOGaming.

Square Enix Opens New Store - GameRant. The Ultimate History of Sonic the Hedgehog - ScreenCrush. Thanks Ant.

Official trailers. The Secret of Dark Light Catacombs - Elden Ring #93 - Carbot. Thanks Ant.

The video games you may have missed in 2024 - Games - The Guardian. Thanks Neutronbeam. Game Rant's Top 10 Games of 2024. Today in Tech History on X: "On this day in 1987, Mega Man was released in...

Asus leaks its ROG NUC 2025 on social media ahead of CES debut - compact gamer-focused RTX 50 and Core Ultra 200 mini PC on the way - Tom's Hardware. Electric Vehicle Charging Is Going to Get...

Thanks Neutronbeam. TSMC's first new overseas fab in years begins to make chips - JASM coming online - Tom's Hardware. How TSMC's Arizona Chip Plant Seeded a Tiny Taipei in the Desert - The New York...

KILL KNIGHT is now available on the Epic Games Store, broadening the reach of this top-down shooter from PlaySide that launched earlier this year. To further increase that reach, it is 100% free as...

This year John Romero declared that 'gib' is pronounced like 'giblet' and it's the gif debate all over again - PC Gamer. So "this year" is um, 2011? This was actually "settled" in the 1990s.

Don't stress, Epic Games says you can still unlock Fortnite's Xbox-exclusive Master Chief skin - PC Gamer.

Disney Pulled the Plug on This Game in 2013. A Group of Teens Kept It Alive - WIRED (may require registration or subscription).

Unofficial games, patches, and mods. Marvel Rivals Just Got the Best Dragon Ball Vegeta Mods - DSOGaming.

Xbox Cloud Streaming Down For 24 Hours, Microsoft Confirms - Kotaku.

New Meta Quest Update is Bricking Some VR Headsets - GameRant. VR Had A Great Year, But It Feels Like A Swansong - GameSpot. Apple Vision Pro gets extraordinary $30,000 dual-lens camera that can...

Infinity Nikki Version 1.1 [Shooting Star Season] Trailer. Official trailers. Content creator videos. Terrible audio mods in games - Viva La Dirt League (NSFW). Thanks Ant.

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED is literally unleashed right now on the Epic Games Store, where the Windows edition of Milestone's toy-themed racing game is free-to-keep as the store's latest daily holiday...

The Winter Sale on GOG.com* rolls along, with almost a week remaining to get in on the over 6500 deals it offers. There's also a new 100% discount, as The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav is currently...

"Underage gambling is rampant on Counter-Strike," declares Coffeezilla, in Deception, Lies, and Valve, a new video from this crusading investigator of the internet. Coffeezilla has been digging into...

Sony acquired Naughty Dog amidst ballooning budgets,' says founder - Polygon.

Lonely Planet - uTalk Travel and Learn - New Year, New Language, New Destination (pay what you want and help charity).* *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

Minecraft Reveals Impressive Stats for 2024 - GameRant.

Turns out that Balatro, like Tetris before it, can only be 'finished' by scoring so high it crashes the game - PC Gamer.

Massive Halo Leak Uncovers 90GB of Data Covering Dev Builds, Tools, Docs, and Unreleased Content From Original Trilogy - MP1s.

Ghostrunner 2 is now available for free on the Epic Games Store as its latest daily holiday gift. This cyberpunk first-person slasher is for keeps if you make your move before 11:00 am EST tomorrow,...

An Expansion Teaser is here for EVERSPACE 2, offering its promised tease of a new expansion coming in 2025 to EVERSPACE 2, the action/RPG set in space, where no one can hear you loot. But it is just...

Video Games Can't Afford to Look This Good on The New York Times (free account required) is a look at the increasing cost of creating state-of-the-art graphics for video games (thanks Neutronbeam)....

Call of Duty x Squid Game 2 Trailer - Call of Duty: Warzone & Black Ops 6.

Unofficial games, patches, and mods. This Mod Turns Starfield Into One of the Goriest Games - DSOGaming. Ubisoft's Watch Dogs Gets a Next-Gen Treatment Thanks to Mods - DSOGaming.

GFN Thursday: GeForce NOW 2024 Highlights - NVIDIA Blog.

Official trailer. Holidaze week in The Crew Motorfest.

Thanks Ant. Arcade Legend Explains Mortal Kombat's Digitized Graphics - Warren Davis - Human Interact (video). Cofounder of Westwood Reveals Crunch Stories on The Lion King - TITANS OF THE INDUSTRY -...

Merry Christmas from the Epic Games Store, where Control is now available as the latest giveaway in its daily gift spree. This is another chance to take Control, as Remedy Entertainment's KAOS-free...

Team Fortress 2 Update Released. Official patches. Unofficial games, patches, and mods. Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite & Beyond Is Available for Download - DSOGaming.

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Weekly Bans Notice (12/16~12/22).

Game Pass - Choose the Right Plan for Your Gaming Needs - Xbox Wire.

Official trailers. The Crew Motorfest: Elite Bundle 4 - Mercedes-AMG One & Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Convertible. Everything you need to know about Assetto Corsa EVO. My Time at Sandrock - Sandrock...

StarTrek: Legends - Official Story Trailer.

Company behind Orlando drone show incident cancels shows - WESH. Thanks The Flying Penguin. AT&T can substitute wireless home phone for copper, FCC says - The Seattle Times. Thanks DSLReports via...

Leaked Nvidia RTX 5090 PCB design reveals massive GPU package and high-performance features - Tom's Hardware. Blur Busters releases authentic CRT simulator shader for high refresh OLED and LCD...

DREDGE is now available for free as the Christmas Eve gift on the Epic Games Store. As before, this latest entry in this daily holiday giveaway spree will be a permanent addition to your Epic Games...

The Trackmania Website announces the addition of Weekly Shorts to Trackmania, Nadeo's high-octane racing game (thanks Frans). This is a new feature that celebrates both the driving skills of the game'...

Dicey Tales is now available for Windows on Steam, offering a dicey strategy/RPG from Superlazy. This post has a message from the developers and this trailer from last month takes a look. If you're...

J-Room on Steam (Windows). "J-Room is a casual turn-based strategy horror game that can be played using only a mouse. Katana beats the Matchlock Gun. The Matchlock Gun beats Kabuto. Kabuto beats...