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XCOM 2 on GameWatcher.

Smite World Championships begin in Atlanta with $500K first prize.

World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.3 Hotfixes- January 6.

The GeForce website has word on how future NVIDIA customers can qualify for free copies of Rise of the Tomb Raider:Lara Croft is back on PC in the definitive edition of Rise of the Tomb Raider. And...

An image on XboxAchievements.com shows cards being sold at Target stores to reserve copies of Homefront: The Revolution on the Xbox One. Though no release date has been announced, the card packaging...

Amazon France's listings for DOOM now show December 31, 2016 as the release date for id's upcoming shooter reboot. This is no doubt simply a placeholder, but a tweet notes this originally showed a...

Paradox Interactive announces Conclave, a new expansion coming to Crusader Kings II coming to the medieval strategy game relatively soon, as they say to expect it in "early 2016." A new product...

Windows 10 phones are not dead yet. Acer, Alcatel OneTouch just made some new ones. Minecraft: Pocket Edition 2 is as shameless as App Store games get.

The 18th Annual Independent Games Festival debuts finalists

SpellForce Complete on Steam. Save 90%.

Dota 2 Update.

CCP Games announces alpha testing of EVE: Valkyrie will commence on January 18th, offering Oculus Rift DK2 owners the chance to sign up to participate in testing of the virtual reality game that will...

Steam News has a follow up on news from last week on plans for a PC edition of FINAL FANTASY IX, confirming this will be released in the west via Steam. Here's word: Final Fantasy IX is coming soon...

The Fig page for Psychonauts 2 shows Double Fine's platformer sequel has reached its $3.3 million crowdfunding goal. This post offers a thank you video and the following message from the team: Holy...

Battle.net asks "are you prepared for 2.4.0?" to see who has their ducks in a row for the upcoming patch for Diablo III. If, to your eternal shame, your answer is not yes, they provide all the...

Ubiblog now offers a new trailer from Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India showing off this 2.5D platformer based on the stealth/action series. The accompanying update says to expect this to be...

Microsoft is pulling the plug on Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10 next Tuesday. Thanks HARDOCP. Razer Announces the World's Most Advanced Webcam. Netflix now everywhere except North Korea, China,...

Not a Smartwatch but a Watch That's Smart- Razer Announces Feature-Packed Digital Watch With Smart Functions. T-Mobile added another 8.3 million customers in 2015.

Hyper Void Is Now Available For Xbox One. G Prime Into The Rain Is Now Available For Xbox One.

Adrift on Polygon. Deal with it. Thanks nin. Black Desert on Gaming Nexus.

The Razer Core looks like the graphics card enclosure we've been waiting for. Twitter 140-Character Limit About to Change. Revolutionary! Thanks Ant via Slashdot. Samsung Announces The Ultra-Light...

Nintendo Store in Rockefeller Plaza Gets a Massive Makeover.

MCV AWARDS 2016- Have you made the list...? The Oscars of spin.

Oculus Rift preorders are now underway on the Oculus website, finally revealing pricing for consumer versions of the VR headsets, which will be $599.00, though as previously announced, credit cards...

Kalypso Media announces Agatha Christie The ABC Murders, saying they will publish the boxed edition of the new mystery game for Windows and consoles. Here's word on the adaptation featuring the...

With Oculus Rift preorders set to begin in less than two hours on the Oculus website, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey offers reassurances that there is no danger they will sell out, and that they are...

A Steam community announcement unveils details on Sky Fortress DLC for Just Cause 3, the "air" portion of the Air, Land and Sea expansion pass announced a few months ago (thanks Videogamer). The post...

GameInformer has word that Square Enix is closing down Shinra Technologies, the cloud gaming service they announced in September 2014.They quote a press release translated by Gematsu saying a lack...

Wi-Fi HaLow: Long-Range, Low-Power Wi-Fi for Internet-of-Things Devices. uBlock Chrome extension. Adblock alternative. Thanks Phusion.

The Counter-Strike blog has word that some indefinite bans from last year for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive match fixing have been made permanent. Here's part of the update:Back in January and...

HTC unveiled an updated version of their VIVE Pre headsets at CES, saying the enhancements in the developer units will eventually find their way into the consumer edition of the VR headsets. Fortune...

A Kickstarter update for Oculus Rift backers announces Oculus is saying "thank you" for their support by giving them free retail versions of Rift headsets to go along with the developer units they've...

Samsung Announces New Gear S2 Models And iOS Support. Samsung Unveils The Galaxy TabPro S. Apple Watch- Get ready for cheating in the classroom. Thanks HARDOCP.

Finish the Fight With EA SPORTS UFC 2 Starting March 15. PlayStation Store Update. 40+ PS3 Exclusives Added to PS Now Subscription Today. This Weeks Xbox Deals With Gold And Spotlight Sale.

Dota 2 Update - January 5th, 2016.

Dungeons 2 on Steam. Save 75%. The Fruit of Grisaia on Steam. Save 50%. Rise of Nations: Extended Edition on Steam. Save 75%. Heroes of the Storm Weekly Sale- Jan 5 12, 2016.

Brian Fargo and inXile Entertainment announce that a beta version of Torment: Tides of Numenera will be released on January 17th for Kickstarter backers of the RPG and that the game will appear on {st...

PS4 sales hit 35.9 million units. The coveted 35.9 million mark. Sony promises to extend PS Plus and PS Now subs after last nights outage. Celebrate The New Year With New Xbox One Bundles. PayPal...

Endless Legend PC Interview - GameWatcher. 10 for the Chairman - Roberts Space Industries.

SMITE World Championship 2016 starts this week. Here's a cinematic trailer celebrating the news. Team Fortress 2 72 hour winter jam.

PayPal backers frozen out over Shenmue 3 Kickstarter rewards. Legends of Callasia by Boomzap Entertainment Kickstarter. "An epic strategy game of world conquest with simultaneous turn-based...

A new teaser trailer from 3D Realms titled "old friends" shows off some cinematic action from Bombshell, the upcoming action game from undead publisher/developer 3D Realms. The title refers to the...

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences announces they will induct Hideo Kojima as the 21st member to its Hall of Fame during the 19th D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony on Thursday, February 18, 2016 in...

Following news that the PC edition of Rise of the Tomb Raider is coming this month, Square Enix announces January 28th is the official release date for the Windows version of Lara Croft's latest...

Paradox Interactive announces a February 16th release date for Pillars of Eternity: The White March Part 2, the conclusion of the first expansion for Obsidian Entertainment's RPG. They offer a new...

Yahoo yanks Yahoo Screen hub, scatters original content across sites.

Changing the Game: Tobii Eye Tracking in MSI notebook, Assassins Creed® Syndicate, Tom Clancys The Division. Apple Watch is $100 off, but here's why you shouldn't buy one. T-Mobile throttles all...

Unepic Xbox One Version Arrives This Week, Trailer Revealed. G Prime Dated on Xbox One, Video and Screens. PSA- Sony Confirms Ongoing PSN Outage. Gears of War 4 beta coming spring 2016, ReCore...

League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 01.05 - 01.08. True Detectives Sale on GOG.com.

The super-flashy Minecraft statistics page shows a new milestone for Mojang's sandbox game that got everybody digging voxels again. This reveals the PC edition of Minecraft has now sold more than 22...