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Xbox One With Free Extra Game Offer Starts Today. A Closer Look At The New Xbox One Experiences Avatars And OneGuide. Sony PlayStation 4 Hits 500 Games Milestone. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Air...

StarCraft II Global Finals Poll: Quarterfinal #4 - Rogue vs. Hydra.

Thanks Ant. Official YouTube Blog- YouTube presses play on virtual reality. Thanks HARDOCP. Apple TV App Store adds Categories for better app discovery. BBC Store opens to Brits, but no 'extras'....

Google apparently wants to design its own smartphone chips.

Activision announces that Call of Duty: Black Ops III is now available as planned, offering the chance to go forward in time for the next chapter in the shooter series and back in time for the next...

Madness? This is Sparta! Creative Assembly now offers Total War: ROME II Spartan Edition, a bundle of the historical strategy sequel along with all the additional content that has come out since it...

PCGamesN has more on yesterday's revelation of a retail listing for Overwatch, Blizzard's upcoming first-person shooter. They offer details from a since-deleted listing on GAME on the retail "Origins...

AMD is now offering new AMD Catalyst 15.11 beta drivers for Windows, saying these include quality and performance optimizations for Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Treyarch's shooter sequel that's...

New Road to Iron Forest DLC is now available on Steam for Legends of Eisenwald, Aterdux Entertainment's strategic RPG. They have also begun offering a Legends of Eisenwald Season Pass which includes...

Frozenbyte is offering a new update for Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power that adds a new map as well as Linux/SteamOS support, which has been in beta testing for a month. This video shows the new...

Star Wars Battlefront website now offers a video tour of four planets from the Star Wars universe that will be part of Battlefront, the upcoming action game. You can check out Endor, Hoth, Sullust,...

While it is generally assumed that Overwatch will be a free-to-play game, Blizzard has never committed to a business model for their upcoming first-person shooter. Now an unconfirmed report on Kotaku...

UbiBlog now offers PC specifications for Assassin's Creed Syndicate, the new installment in the action/adventure series expected on November 19th. The post also includes a list of "NVIDIA exclusive"...

Battle.net offers a schedule of when servers will come online next week to support the release of StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void, covering start time across various territories. In the Americas the...

Take-Two Interactive Software announces fiscal second quarter 2016 results, calling them "stronger-than-expected" and raising their outlook for the full year. One of the revelation in the...

The Rainbow Six website outlines post-release support for Rainbow Six: Siege, saying the upcoming shooter sequel is "designed for the long term." The lengthy post includes this video where the team...

Dota 2 Update - November 4th 2015. Team Fortress 2 Update Released. Wartune version 5.1 released.

A 64-bit Client Beta FAQ on the Guild Wars 2 Forums has details on testing that's now underway on a 64-bit client for ArenaNet's MMORPG sequel (thanks PCGamesN). This covers a lot of basics, as well...

EA announces a February 23, 2016 release date for Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, which is actually earlier than the Spring 2016 release window originally announced for the game. They celebrate...

Bethesda.net now offers the launch trailer for Fallout 4, paving the way for next week's release of the new installment in the post-apocalyptic RPG series. The clip runs over two-and-a-half minutes,...

There is an unofficial Fallout 4 Build Planner on RPG Gaming, offering a way for eager Fallout fans to while away the hours until the next installment in the RPG series emerges from the vault. They...

The Steam Hardware & Software Survey Page now reflects the October results of this poll of hardware used to play games on Valve's Steam service. Yahoo! Finance (by way of WinBeta) notes that Windows...

Battle.net has details on Unite Against Mechazod, the new Hearthstone Tavern Brawl, saying this will temporarily offer the way to play the game cooperatively (thanks Blend Games). On a semi-related...

A new Dev Update on the Elite: Dangerous community website recaps revelations from a livestream yesterday on plans for Elite Dangerous: Horizons. The session, which can be viewed here, includes a...

Mordheim: City of the Damned PC Interview - GameWatcher.

The Hearthstone World Championship Finale Begins. StarCraft II Global Finals Poll: Quarterfinal #3 - Rain vs. sOs. Popular Gamer Personalities Stream Call of Duty: Black Ops III at in #TheRace to...

This trailer offers a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Bedlam, the recently launched first-person shooter. The walkthrough is presented by Scottish author Christopher Brookmyre, who wrote...

GOG.com is now running their Big Fall Sale, offering over 350 deals with discounts up to 90% along with the opportunity to earn free games over the next 11 days. This blog post outlines how this...

Topware Interactive announces November 20th is when to expect the Windows, Linux, and OS X release of Vendetta: Curse of Raven's Cry, the recently revealed rerelease of Reality Pump's seafaring RPG...

Ubisoft has released their latest financial reporting, covering the first half of their fiscal 2015-2016 year. They report an "above target" 207.3 million in sales, a growing proportion of revenue...

A new article on Bethesda.net discusses the graphics technology of Fallout 4, the imminent RPG sequel. They explain how they implemented a physically based deferred renderer to the Creation Engine...

The GeForce website now offers new version 358.87 WHQL-certified, game-ready drivers, saying these are the drivers they recommend to play Call of Duty: Black Ops III. Word is: "With Game Ready...

BANDAI NAMCO announces plans for a second closed beta test of Supernova, and they encourage anyone interested in checking out the upcoming MOBA to head over to the Supernova website and register as a...

A new Rust Item Store on Steam offers the chance to buy cosmetic items for real cash for use in Rust, the early access zombie game, apparently the first of many such game-specific item stores. These...

Yacht Club Games announces the release of a retail version of Shovel Knight, though the PC edition of the package is only offered in Europe. Here's word on what it includes: Its all at retail now in...

Nordic Games announces the PC edition of Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition will be released tomorrow, offering an update to the hack-and-slash RPG sequel. Those who already own the original version...

We're Psyonix, Developers of Rocket League! Ask us anything! - IAmA. Thanks nin.

A Princess To Save Me- Play As a Damsel In Distress by Drunk Dragon Games Kickstarter. "A story-driven tactical RPG that puts you in a damsel in distress' shoes." Thanks One Angry Gamer.

Thanks Ant. MechWarrior Online Patch Notes - 1.4.32 - 03-Nov-2015. Thanks Rhialto. Team Fortress 2 update released. World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.2a Hotfixes: Oct 6 - Nov 2. World of Warcraft 6.2.3 PTR...

Blizzard announces they are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help modernize StarCraft, Warcraft III, and Diablo II, as they are "restoring them to glory" (thanks Verno). Here's word on the plan:...

Konami has confirmed the rumor reported yesterday that they have shut down Kojima Productions Los Angeles, their U.S. studio. They have made an official statement on the situation to Polygon: Konami...

Activision Blizzard says they will no longer announce subscriber counts for World of Warcraft, their subscription MMORPG. In yesterday's financial reporting they revealed the game is down to 5.5...

Star Wars Battlefront's Xbox One Early Release Includes 10 Hours of Gameplay. Nissan GT-R LM Nismo available as free download for Forza Motorsport 6. Fallout 4 Owners Get Fallout 3 Via Xbox One...

How BattleTech Hopes To Do Giant Mechs Justice - Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Thanks nin. War of Rights PC Interview - GameWatcher.

BATTLETECH by Harebrained Schemes LLC Kickstarter. "Final Total $2,865,422! All Hail Our BATTLETECH Backers!" Thanks nin. Hex Phase -- Steam Greenlight. "Exploding with colors in a visual...

Open beta testing is now underway for World of Fishing for those angling to try their hand at this MMO based on the outdoor pastime. Here's word: World of Fishing is a full-fledged MMO featuring...

A new teaser trailer from Star Wars Battlefront shows off the Battle of Jakku, a scenario based on the upcoming Episode VII. Word is: "Be among the first players to experience the Battle of Jakku*,...

Dota 2 Update - November 3rd 2015. Minecraft snapshot 15w44b.

A new Paragon website is online, revealing details on Paragon, a new game coming to PCs in 2016 from Epic Games. They are holding back on most details for now, but they are already accepting signups...

The Battle Battalions website announces the promised launch of Battle Battalions, their free-to-play real-time tactical game. This involves five-versus-five battles with each -player teams each...