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The Star Trek Online Temporal Front Trailer shows off the version 11.5 update coming next month to the Trekkie MMORPG… Zombies on a Plane is due for release in two days on Steam, offering the...

Virtual Reality: The True Cost of Admission (and Why It Doesn't Matter). Philips are releasing a 43-inch, 4K IPS monitor.

Record companies made $2.4B last year from streaming, but its not enough.

Israeli firm helping FBI to open encrypted iPhone: report. Thanks HARDOCP. Apple 'privacy czars' grapple with internal conflicts over user data. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Wonder if MS has oversharing...

The Hyper Light Drifter website now offers a release date for this throwback-styled action/RPG, saying it will come to Windows and OS X on March 31st, and that it is "coming soon 2016" to consoles,...

Gearbox Software announces the release of the promised Soban Fleet Pack for Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, saying this coincides with a Steam sale on the Homeworld franchise. Here's word: They're a...

Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet is now available for Windows, OS X, and Linux on Steam and other online stores, offering a new point-and-click adventure with a comedic bent. This launch trailer...

Inkle announces that The Seven Serpents, part three of their Sorcery revival, will be released for Windows and OS X on April 5th on Steam and the Humble Store. Here's word: Spun off from the popular...

GamesIndustry.biz has word that Sony has closed down Evolution Studios, the developer on several racing franchises, including World Rally Championship, MotorStorm, and most recently DriveClub, which...

GamesBeat has word that Chinese publisher Youzu Interactive has acquired German developer Bigpoint for "up to" 80 million euros, or approximately $90 million. The article points out this is the next...

It's all downhill from here, as Frontier Developments announces the commencement of the early bird alpha version of Planet Coaster, their new theme park simulation. The game is not due for full...

BethesdaGameStudios tweets that they should be ready to offer a beta version of the survival mode overhaul for Fallout 4 next week, saying "#Fallout4 Survival mode overhaul should be in Steam beta...

Hope you have appetite for more cake, as CapCom announces today is another anniversary, as the original Resident Evil was released 20 years ago today. Word is: "Since the birth of the series on March...

Happy 15th anniversary to Serious Sam, though the official birthday of the release of Croteam's first-person shooter was actually yesterday. The Croteam website has a celebration of the news,...

Steam News announces the release of Day of the Tentacle Remastered, an updated version of this beloved adventure originally from LucasArts. Here's the deal: Dr. Freds mutated purple tentacle is...

A post on Wine Reviews includes this video showing Steam running on Android Remix using a version of CodeWeavers Software's CrossOver software for Android. This is running on a laptop rather than a...

Here's a new release trailer for TrackMania Turbo, celebrating the worldwide availability of Nadeo's racing sequel on consoles today and for Windows on Thursday. You can learn all about the game on...

Play ball! Today is opening day for Out of the Park Baseball 17, the latest installment in OOTP Developments' sports simulation. The new edition boasts many improvements, expanding on last year's...

The Star Wars Battlefront website announces the release of the Outer Rim expansion for the Star Wars action game, available as an individual purchase, or as part of a season pass. Among other things,...

The Binding of Isaac website announces The Legend of Bum-bo, a "randomly generated," turn-based "puzzle RPG type thingy" (thanks GameSpot). It's not 100% clear how this connects to The Binding of...

HITMAN adds two new Escalation Contracts. STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT patch notes. World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.4. Thanks Ant.

A lunar eclipse is coinciding with a super-bright Jupiter tomorrow. That sounds pretty cool, and will actually take place during a time when some of us are potentially awake. Speaking of potential,...

The History of the Elder Scrolls Series… Good Game Series 12 Episode 06. Thanks Ant… Don Daglow's 8 keys to a long career in the game industry…

A4Tech Bloody ML160 Commander Laser Gaming Mouse on Benchmark Reviews. ACTIVEON CX GOLD Cooler on TechwareLabs. Aerocool Aero-500 Windowed Mid-Tower Chassis on eTeknix. Acer Predator XB271HK 27- 4K...

Blood Alloy: Reborn on Chalgyr's Game Room. The Division on PC Invasion. StarDrive 2: Sector Zero on SpaceSector.com.

FBI Files Motion To Vacate Case Against Apple.

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Join Forces to Create New Email Encryption Protocol. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

GOG.com announces the return of their "infamous" Insomnia Sale, which offers limited quantities of games and rewards sleep depravation (thanks Acleacius). Here's a bit on how this works:You lucky...

Easter Sale on Bundle Stars.

Steam Greenlight -- BARRIER X. "Youre going for a supersonic flight in the world of endless barriers! One of the most dynamic mobile games is now available for free! Feel the beat! Push the limits!"...

There are new Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes for a new patch that's now being tested for Blizzard's MOBA. This will include the new warrior Dehaka, complete reworks of several heroes, and other...

UbiBlog has details on a new patch coming tomorrow to Tom Clancy's The Division that will update the multiplayer action/RPG to version 1.0.2 with better loot drops, exploit fixes, and more. Here's...

A new animated short from Overwatch called "Recall" offers the back story on the Winston character from Blizzard's upcoming multiplayer shooter. There are some details on what we see in an update on...

A Steam Community Group Announcement has details on how to apply to beta test Crazy Machines 3, the upcoming Rube Goldberg machine game. Here's the deal: Hi there and welcome to our closed beta...

Activision announces the release of the NUK3TOWN map and the NUK3TOWN Personalization Pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops III, which are free for the shooter sequel on all platforms. The Activision blog...

Football Manager 2016 returns to the number one spot on the GfK Chart-Track chart of the bestselling PC games in the U.K. for the week ending March 19th. Mortal Kombat X enters the chart at number V,...

How much is your pre-order worth? For Far Cry Primal the answer is apparently $6.99, because that's how much they will charge for the Wenja Pack when they release it tomorrow, offering the chance to...

Show Us Your Junk - BBPCGC VidCast (Full Episode). NSFW.

At GDC, a show floor littered with VR and PR gimmicks [Updated].

Ars Technica - How the demonization of emulation devalues gamings heritage. "To highlight the extent of the problem, Cifaldi contrasted Duck Talesa 1989 NES games that still attracts considerable...

Tank Universal 2 by Phil Jones Kickstarter. "The sequel to the 2008 Tron/Battlezone inspired, first-person tank action game!" There's a playable demo on the Tank Universal website, and they are...

Bethesda.net has a post revealing the multiplayer modes in DOOM, id's upcoming shooter. The modes are Soul Harvest, Freeze Tag, Warpath, Domination, Team Deathmatch, Clan Arena. They offer complete...

A tweet from BioWare's Alistair McNally teases that he walked around GDC with a shirt teasing BioWare's new IP and no one noticed. This seems to be a theme, since he posted this tweet three days ago...

Planet Coaster on GameWatcher.

Thanks Frans. How Netflix Streams Daredevil: An Inside Look. Thanks nin. Firefox Extended Support Release version 45.0.1esr. Firefox Extended Support Release version 38.7.1. Facebooks ad platform...

PlayStation VR becomes #1 best seller on Amazon. Quantum Break Runs at 720p on the Xbox One: Report. Thanks nin. Superman's Cancelled Open World Game - Unseen64. Thanks nin.

Im Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak, Ask Me Anything. Thanks Ant. Steve Wozniak Gets $350,000 Wax Figure At Madame Tussauds.

Valve says the following 10 games were the bestselling titles on Steam for last week: Tom Clancys The Division Stardew Valley ARK: Survival Evolved Tom Clancys The Division The Culling Counter-Strik...

USgamer's RPG Podcast Welcomes Obsidian's Josh Sawyer.

Ars Technica - Take it from a pro, Street Fighter 5s changes are for the greater good. "The fact is Street Fighter V is a good thing for players and for the fighting community. The problems that...