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Origin Games now offers a free trial version of Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, allowing the chance to play the action sequel for 10 hours for free. Word is: "Spring into action with the...

A new patch is now available for Ashes of the Singularity, updating Stardock's recently released real-time strategy game to version 1.1. This adds a new unit, campaign challenge levels, new AI...

Ubisoft announces Trial by Fire, a standalone expansion for Might & Magic Heroes VII coming on June 2nd with a bunch of new content for the strategy sequel. This post has images, and there are more...

Sierra announces the release of Once Upon a Climb, the third chapter in the Odd Gentlemen's Kings Quest revival for Windows and consoles. This is included with Kings Quest: The Complete Collection...

The promised free update is now available for Rocket League that adds a basketball-inspired Hoops Mode to the automotive sports game. This is accompanied by a premium pack with the logos of all 30...

Blizzard announces the release of the Whispers of the Old Gods expansion for Hearthstone, adding 134 cards to the strategy game, and offering players free card packs for a limited time following the...

Project CARS eSports season begins on April 15th. Winners will split a $23,000 prize pool.

A Battle.net post from J. Allen Brack offers Blizzard's official response to the negative reaction to the news of the closure of the Nostalrius private "vanilla WoW" server, explaining the company's...

Publisher Iceberg Interactive announce closed beta testing of Dawn of Andromeda, saying those interesting in helping developer Grey Wolf Entertainment polish their upcoming 4X space strategy game....

Iceberg Interactive announces plans to publish Stars In Shadow, a new 4X space strategy game they expect to release in Q3 of this year. The Stars in Shadow website has details on the game, images...

XSEED Games announces the release of Corpse Party in the west, offering the chance to voluntarily attend a dead party. Hide the kids, this is apparently unrated. Here's word: XSEED Games, the...

Evoland developer Shiro Games announces Northgard, a Viking-themed strategy game steeped in Norse mythology coming to Windows, though it doesn't yet carry a release date. A preliminary Northgard...

AMD Support now offers new version 16.4.2 Crimson Edition non-WHQL drivers for AMD graphics cards (thanks Mashiki). These include updated or new crossfire profiles available for Elite Dangerous and...

The Paragon website announces Epic's will hold a free beta this weekend for Paragon, beginning on Thursday. They are inviting the first 500K beta registrants, and plan a second free weekend from May...

Gears of War 4 Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One.

Former Warner Bros. exec Jace Hall named CEO of Echo Fox.

Star Citizen: 10 for the Chairman - Roberts Space Industries.

Bundleopolis on GOG.com. New bundles every six hours. FEAR Franchise on Steam. Save 75%. PAX East Sale Ends Today! - Gearbox Software.

Dota 2 New Gameplay Update. Hearthstone Patch Notes - 5.0.0.12574 Whispers of the Old Gods. League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 04.26 - 04.29. Team Fortress 2 update released.

Patrice Desilets tweets that a settlement has been reached in his 2013 lawsuit against Ubisoft over his firing (thanks Gamasutra). At the time he sought $400K and the rights to 1666: Amsterdam, the...

Battle.net has a first look at Season 6 rewards for Diablo III, noting that the version 2.4.1 patch that will kick off the new season will go live soon. They outline various cosmetic rewards and also...

The Scott Games website has an image up apparently teasing a new installment in the Five Nights at Freddy's series. A new game would be no surprise from the prolific developer, but there's not much...

Yahoo's Firefox deal risks dropping into the red. Thanks DSLReports. Google Play Store and over a million apps could be headed to Chrome OS.

Cellular 911 and the death of Prince Rogers Nelson. Thanks Ant.

Online Multiplayer And An Expansion Are Coming To Rock Band 4. They'll finally get me if they finally do this.

The Sims 4 returns to the top spot on GFK Chart-Track's top 30 chart of the bestselling PC games in the U.K. for the week ending April 23rd. There's a new entry atop the all platforms top 40, as...

The Battleborn website now offers a three-part motion comic offering a prequel for Battleborn, Gearbox Software's upcoming multiplayer shooter. Here's there introduction to this introduction to the...

A new Kickstarter campaign from Night Work Games for BLACKROOM reveals the recently teased plans for a new first-person shooter from John Romero and Adrian Carmack (no relation to John Carmack), two...

A playable demo for Upwards, Lonely Robot is now available on Steam, offering a chance to sample this Windows platformer featuring the aspirations of a spherical robot who learns that it's not just...

This post has details on update 3 for Master of Orion, which has just gone live in the early access version of the 4X space strategy game. The new version adds espionage gameplay, the Darlok and...

Q&A- Python Creator Guido van Rossum on How He Got His Start in Programming. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. HP Unveils Third-Gen All-In-One Z1 Workstation- 4K Display, Intel Xeon, Professional Graphics.

ASRock E3V5 WS (Intel C232) Super Alloy Motherboard on eTeknix. EpicGear DeFiant Mechanical Gaming Keyboard on TweakTown. Gladiator Computers BATTALION 800 Gaming PC on eTeknix. JBL Pulse 2 LED...

AMD Radeon Pro Duo Preview - Final Details Leak.

Thanks Ant. Four Things to Know Before Choosing a Streaming Setup. Consumer Complaints About Broadband Caps Are Soaring. Thanks Slashdot.

iPhone 8 reportedly using a 7nm processor, includes wireless charging. The collapse of Microsoft and Nokia's mobile business. Thanks HARDOCP.

The Drop- New PlayStation Games for 4/26/2016.

'Rainbow Six Siege' eSports Scandal Shows That Cheaters Might Be Winners. Esports league bans YouPorn's pro gamer squad.

The following are the 10 bestselling titles on Steam for last week: DARK SOULS III Rocket League Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Counter-Strike: Global Offensive DARK SOULS III Deluxe Edition Grand Theft...

The Pyre reveal last month only mentioned a PlayStation 4 version of Supergiant's upcoming action/RPG, but they are discussing a Windows edition of the game at PAX East, and sure enough this post...

Six years on, development of Tekken X Street Fighter is 'on hold'. Far Cry 4 + Far Cry Primal Bundle Is Now Available For Xbox One. Rugby Challenge 3 Is Now Available For Xbox One. This Week On Xbox...

Mirror's Edge Catalyst on PC Invasion. Zombasite on PC Invasion.

OpenStack Summit is about to Descend on Austin.

Steam News announces the release of the promised arcade classics from BANDAI NAMCO, GALAGA, MS. PAC-MAN, PAC-MAN, and (a personal favorite) DIG DUG. They also offer a 3-in-1 Pack with a Ms. Pac-Man-fr...

Those interested in attending BlizzCon 2016 should head over to this page before 1:00 pm EDT today, which is when the second batch of $199 tickets will go on sale for the show, which takes place in...

UbiBlog features some details on Operation Dust Line, the major update for Rainbow Six Siege coming next month to the first-person shooter sequel. This will add two new Navy SEAL operators to the...

H1Z1: King of the Kill on Steam. Save 35%. Night Dive Sale on Steam. The Park on Steam. Save 40%.

Rockstar Games announces that High Life Week is now underway in Grand Theft Auto Online, the multiplayer component of Grand Theft Auto V. This includes the addition of two new "Inch By Inch" maps,...

Bangladesh Bank exposed to hackers by cheap switches, no firewall: police. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Guess what's 'easily hacked'? Yes, that's right- Smart city transport infrastructure. Ad-blocker...

Computer Nightmares, China USB hub kills PC by design.

The web is Doom. Thanks Ant.