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7 ways to prevent mobile break-in. Thanks Ant. Facebook is using smartphones to listen to what people say, professor suggests. Thanks Acleacius.

Tech CEOs Declare This the Era of Artificial Intelligence. The Age of Ultron. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 On Linux- OpenGL, OpenCL, Vulkan Performance - Phoronix. GIGABYTE Hosts...

The International 2016 Collectors Cache - Dota 2. Street Fighter Player Banned From Pro Tour, Evo for Sexual Harrassment. League of Legends Esports team icons return.

A new patch should now or soon be live in Path of Exile, updating Grinding Gears' action/RPG to version 2.3.0, as they sent a note saying the patch would be out yesterday, while the website...

Zombicide for Tabletop Simulator is now available on Steam, offering a collaborative zombie experience for the virtual board game for Windows, OS X and Linux. This requires Tabletop Simulator, but...

Aaron Linde tweets about his departure from Gearbox, where he served as writer on Battleborn, Gearbox's new multiplayer shooter. He says: "Got some news, fellas! Tomorrow's my last day at Gearbox....

Watch the Hearthstone Spring Championships. GTA Online: Criminal Expansion Weekend (June 3rd - 6th).

A Look Back on The Crew's Road to 5 Million Players - UbiBlog.

Dota 2 Update - June 3rd 2016. Left 4 Dead 2 update. The Repopulation 16.6.1 Build is Now Live.

The Bridge on IndieGameStand. Pay what you want. SKYHILL on Steam. Save 40%. SMITE Skin Sale- June 3rd 5th. TopWare & Anuman Combo on GOG.com. Save 80%.

The Star Wars: The Old Republic website announces the release of Mandalores Revenge, the latest content update for the Star Wars MMORPG. This adds new gameplay experiences as well as new content, as...

Trion Worlds is conducting another free weekend for Atlas Reactor, their upcoming multiplayer, simultaneous, turn-based tactics game. Since this involves joining the ongoing closed beta, they offer...

The Battleborn Battleplan #4 has details on the release of Alani, the game's new character, along with a bunch of other changes for Gearbox's multiplayer first-person shooter. Here's word: Our 26th...

UbiBlog announces the limited-time release of a new Rainbow Six Siege Starter Edition, offering a way to get started with the tactical shooter sequel for a mere $15.00 USD. This actually includes...

Rock Band 4 Dev Teases New Peripheral, Announces Deal With Fender Through 2027. Harmonix And Mad Catz Dispute Rock Band 4 Hardware Demand. APB Reloaded Is Now Available For Xbox One. The Witness is...

Thanks Ant. Windows 10 nagware- You can't click X. Make a date OR ELSE. WTF? Thanks nin. Again, I recommend looking into GRC's Never10. OpenGL Performance & Perf-Per-Watt From The Radeon HD 3850...

Adblock Plus and (a little) more- Adblock Plus 1.12 for Chrome, Opera and Safari released. Thanks DSLReports via Ant.

NBA 2K17 Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One. Dex Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One. Anima: Gate of Memories Is Now Available For...

Overclockers Bring Speed, Power and Heat to Computex. Thanks HARDOCP.

Avalanche Studios now offers the MECH LAND ASSAULT expansion for Just Cause 3 to those who own the Air, Land and Sea expansion pass for the open world action sequel. This advance access will last a...

A new trailer from Grand Theft Auto V shows off the Further Adventures in Finance and Felony update coming next week to Grand Theft Auto Online. Here's word: Ever since you first stepped off that...

Flying Wild Hog now offers Hard Reset Redux in North America, saying this updated edition of their hardcore first-person shooter will come out in Europe on June 8th. They also announce that this...

ACE Team announces Rock of Ages II: Bigger and Boulder, saying this rocking sequel will roll out this autumn for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The announcement trailer includes gameplay,...

The Sims website announces The Sims 4 has added new gender customization options to better reflect the real world, offering this trailer to show off how this works (thanks The Verge). Here's word on...

The Activision Games blog announces the release of The Giant as a standalone map for Call of Duty: Black Ops III. This was previously only available in special editions or a season pass, but now can...

This forum post announces the launch of new Builder's Kit DLC for Galactic Civilizations III, offering more than 100 new parts to allow players to explore their creativity in creating new starships...

Meridian: Squad 22 is now available on Steam, offering early access to this science-fiction, real-time strategy sequel to Meridian: New World. The trailer accompanying the news is from a couple of...

Dejobaan Games announces a release date for Tick Tock Bang Bang, specifying June 9th as the time they will release this first-person shooter (see what we did there?). The Dejobaan Games website has...

Boss Key Productions announces they will conduct some closed alpha testing of Lawbreakers this month, which will offer a first chance to check out the upcoming first-person shooter from Cliff...

Blizzard announces seven million players are currently enjoying Overwatch, their new first-person shooter, saying players have racked up 119 million hours of play in the game's first week. This is...

Prepare to have your mind blown, as Mojang announces that Minecraft has sold more than 100 million copies. In an analogy we're prone to invoking here, they point out that if all Minecraft players...

The iPhones Biggest Threat Isnt AndroidIts Amazons Echo.

The Manila Major Group Stage - Dota 2. Immortals acquire Tempo Storm CS-GO team.

Membrain gets Steam Greenlight approval. "In Membrain, you can build your own solutions to the puzzles. Need to cross a gap? Place down a Block or Launch node. Cant quite reach that higher platform?...

Kasedo Games now offers a teaser trailer from Project Highrise, their upcoming skyscraper management simulation. The Steam page for the project is also now online, as the plan is for this to break...

This announcement celebrates the first anniversary of the release of ARK: Survival Evolved, saying patch 242 is now live, adding a bunch of new content to the dinosaur survival game, and launching a...

Hourences and Grip Games announce a June 7th release date for the full version of The Solus Project, following the mystery/adventure game's episodic early access release. This release trailer...

Cyan announces a release date for Obduction, as the Myst developer says their crowdfunded VR game will be released for all platforms on July 26th. They will also be showing off the game in a couple...

EA CFO Blake Jorgensen narrowed the release window for Titanfall 2 to the six weeks surrounding the release of Battlefield 1, reports Videogamer, saying the revelation came during yesterday's 2016...

Syberia Bundle on Steam. Save 80%.

Dota 2 Update - June 1st 2016. Hearthstone Update 5.0.1.13030. League of Legends Patch 6.11 notes. ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED version 1.2 Bloodspike Unchained released. Zombasite version 0.935.

Valve now offers a June update on their Steam Controller, discussing how developers are better supporting it in new releases, and discussing recent improvements to how the controllers work. They say...

PaperSeven announces Blackwood Crossing, a story-driven adventure game coming later this year to Windows and consoles that will be the debut release from this indie British developer formed by...

Rocket League continues to kill it, with Psyonix telling Forbes that the motorized sports game has sold more than five million units and five million DLC packs across all platforms, and has earned...

With Hearts of Iron IV set to invade on June 6th, the anniversary of D-Day, Paradox Interactive offers third and final video developer diary 3 from the World War II strategy sequel. Along with the...

2K Games reveals a collector's edition for Mafia III, a special version of the upcoming open-world crime sequel, a special treat for collectors who collect collector's editions (the game will also...

Blizzard announces they are adding an unranked draft mode to Heroes of the Storm, which is probably the feature most frequently requested for their MOBA. The new draft is coming with some changes to...

PaperSeven announces Blackwood Crossing, a story-driven adventure game coming later this year to Windows and consoles that will be the debut release from this indie British developer formed by...

Nearly 1 in 4 people abandon mobile apps after only one use. Suddenly $0.99 seems overpriced. ASUS Readies ROG Laptops with Optional 120 Hz AHVA Display Panels.

Gamasutra reports that Felipe Falanghe has stepped down as lead developer for Kerbal Space Program, though the forum post where they say this was announced is unavailable (the forums seem to be...