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BleepingComputer Defends Freedom of Speech. 20mn Chinese eBay users hacked through dupe passwords. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Google to deep six dodgy download buttons.

Batman: Arkham Knight on Steam. Save 40%.

Mike Wilson explains Gambitious' plans for equity crowdfunding -- Gamasutra. The Offworld Collection by Leigh Alexander and Laura Hudson Kickstarter. Thanks GamePolitics.

Steam News announces the release of the Windows edition of Fortified, a third-person strategy shooter set during a 1950s invasion from Mars. Here's word on the game, which carries a 20% launch...

Battle.net has a reminder for anyone who started a Season 5 character in Diablo III using the new Season Rebirth feature introduced in the latest patch for the action/RPG sequel. They warn that only...

The PlayStation.Blog has details on two more of the "badasses" in Battleborn, Gearbox Software's upcoming multiplayer shooter. These are Attikus and Galilea, described as "hulking monsters," and...

Take-Two Interactive Software announces their fiscal third quarter 2016 results, giving us deja vu by calling them "stronger-than-expected," and once again raising their full year outlook. Here's...

Battle.net announces the Overwatch closed beta test will return on February 9th, with a bunch of changes and new features for testers of the multiplayer shooter to evaluate. Here's the deal :Get...

Chris England tweets a confirmation of plans for Xenonauts 2, saying this his "*hopefully*" coming next year. He points to the Xenonauts 2 website with some early details, and adding that more...

Homefront: The Revolution PC Interview - GameWatcher.

Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro Confirmed as D.I.C.E. Summit Keynote Speakers.

Godus Wars for Windows, OS X, and Linux is now available in early access on Steam, replacing the original version of Godus, the casual strategy game from Peter Molyneux and 22cans, their game that...

World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.3 Hotfixes: February 2.

Genesis - Open world, Survival, Fps, Sandbox game - Indiegogo. "The main Goal is to stay alive and for that purpose the players will need to hunt and gather resources such as food and construction...

Hero Defense - Haunted Island is now available on The Humble Store and Steam as an early access release, as developer Happy Tuesday hopes user feedback will help them achieve their ambition of...

AMD support now offers new version 16.1.1 hotfixes for their Crimson reference drivers for AMD graphics cards. These offer performance and quality improvements and an AMD Crossfire profile for Rise...

A Facebook post from Harebrained Schemes has word to expect an extended edition of Shadowrun: Hong Kong with additional gameplay for the turn-based RPG sequel (thanks Rock, Paper, Shotgun via nin)....

Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes -- February 2, 2016. Adds Li-Ming, rebellious wizard. Left 4 Dead 2 - Update. StarCraft II Legacy of the Void 3.1.2 Patch Notes. Steam Client Update Released. Team...

UbiBlog announces the release of Operation Black Ice, a free update for Rainbow Six Siege, adding new content and improvements to the first-person shooter. This trailer shows this off, and the...

Origin's On the House program now offers Need for Speed Most Wanted as the latest free game offered to anyone with an Origin account (thanks Game Bundle News via Ant. As usual, word is: "There's no...

Time to get your enclave to the conclave, as Paradox now offers the Conclave expansion for Crusader Kings II, adding new gameplay and features to the grand strategy sequel, and they are also offering...

Early access to GRIP is now underway on Steam, offering the chance to get behind the wheel with this Windows combat racing game. A new trailer celebrate the news with a look at gameplay, and here's a...

inkle announces the release of the first two installments in their remakes of Steve Jackson's Sorcery! series are now available for Windows and OS X. You can find them on The Humble Store and Steam...

The Hearthstone website outlines all sorts of changes coming to Blizzard's card strategy game, adding a new "standard" game, while calling Hearthstone as it's currently played "Wild" mode. Ben Brode...

Big Ben, this here's Rubber Duck, and I'm about to put the hammer down. Steam News announces the Windows, OS X, and Linux editions of American Truck Simulator are now rolling out, offering the chance...

Mojang announces Cobalt is available, with the Windows version now on Steam. The side-scroller was developed by Oxeye Game Studio, and Mojang offers this trailer to show off what to expect. Here's...

Link of the Day: 40,000 sign petition to make Danny DeVito the voice of Pikachu. Thanks nin.

Witness $40 experiment worked, creator reports $5 million first-week revenue… Dreii on Steam is a Windows, OS X, and Linux puzzler that's already won awards as a mobile release…...

Thanks j.c.f. FBI's war on encryption is unnecessary because the Internet of Things will spy on us just fine. Using IPv6 with Linux? Youve likely been visited by Shodan and other scanners. Firefox...

Microsoft is now aggressively pushing Windows 10 upgrades. Thanks HARDOCP.

Safe Harbor ripped and replaced with Privacy Shield in last-minute US-Europe deal. Seagate Hard Drives class action lawsuit. Thanks HARDOCP.

Yahoo to cut 15 percent of workforce, will consider a sale. Mall CEO claims Amazon Books will open up to 400 physical storefronts. Gmail joins the billions users club. Thanks HARDOCP.

Report: Apple to reveal smaller iPhone and new iPad Air at March 15 event. T-Mobile ties Verizon in US-wide speed test but lags in total coverage.

The fight for a third-best smartphone OS has been lost. By everyone. UP17- Baseball Hitting and Pitching Coaching by former Major League ballplayers on the App Store.

Capcom To Feature Street Fighter V At Wizard World Gaming Throughout 2016 Event Tour, Beginning In Portland, February 19-21.

Ant Simulator Business Partners Respond, Dev's Claims '100 Percent Bull****.' Double Fine still waiting on Psychonauts 2 crowdfunding cash. Axes and Acres -- Steam Greenlight. "Axes and Acres is a...

Nordic Games announces they've picked up another batch of gaming intellectual properties, highlighting Imperium Galactica as one of the high points of their shopping spree. They say they will support...

Grinding Gear Games announces March 4th is the release date for Path of Exile: Ascendancy, the latest expansion for Path of Exile, their free-to-play action/RPG. They accompany the news with a full...

WBIE and TT Games announce LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the inevitable LEGO-styled platformer prequel to the new Star Wars movie. This currently carries a June 28th release date, and will come...

Bulkhead Interactive announces Battalion 1944, an Unreal Engine 4 World War II shooter they call "a spiritual successor to classic multiplayer shooters of the past," though we won't roll the DICE and...

Fallout 4 1.3 Update. Adds NVIDIA HBAO+ and FleX-Powered Weapon Debris. Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak Update 1.01. Left 4 Dead update.

GALAK-Z on Steam. Save 50%. League of Legends Champion and skin sale: 02.02 - 02.05. Masters of the Arcane Sale on GOG.com.

Ant Simulator cancelled after devs spend Kickstarter money on 'booze and strippers.' Deliver Us The Moon by KeokeN Interactive Kickstarter.

Bandai Namco announces a June release date for the Windows edition of One Piece: Burning Blood, the upcoming game based on the Japanese manga series. All the details on the game are on the One Piece -...

Techland says Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition is gold, and pins down February 9th as the release date for the Windows edition of the enhanced zombie game, except for in Japan, where it's...

Petroglyph is offering Descent of the Shroud, a new free DLC campaign for Grey Goo adding a new faction to the RTS game. They have also relaunched the Grey Goo Definitive Edition with the new content...

Dream Reactor announces the release of Spellweaver, their free-to-play digital card game. Here's word: Dream Reactor, the developers of Spellweaver, have put together an elegant card game that blends...

Sébastien Loeb Rally EVO is now available for Windows on Steam, with Square Enix and Milestone saying this is the first outgrowth of their publishing partnership for North American and Latin America....

VAIO to Start Selling Laptops in the U.S. This Spring. Production of new 4K iPad Air to begin in 2Q16, say Taiwan makers. Thanks HARDOCP. Stick Robo Hero on the App Store.

Ark: Survival Evolved patch looks to improve frame-rate on Xbox One. Forza 6 Porsche Expansion dated, priced in Amazon slip up.