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Game Tycoon 2 for OS X and Linux
A patch is now available for Game Tycoon 2 on Steam adding Linux support to the game as detailed in this post (which isn't actually very detailed). This follows shortly after this announcement of the...
Evening Crowdfunding Roundup
InSomnia (PC, Mac, Linux) by Studio MONO Kickstarter. Another campaign for a game that was funded in July 2014. "InSomnia is a dystopia with a dismal dieselpunk setting that takes place in a semi-d...
The Orion Project Free Week
Steam News announces a free week is underway for The Orion Project, coinciding with a 90% off sale on the game: The ultimate Space Adventure and Combat Video Game for PC. The Orion Project is a...
Fallout 4 Mods Open Beta
Bethesda.net announces open beta testing of modification tools for Fallout 4, explaining they have built a new system to make mods easier and more accessible than before. They offer a Mods and the...
Morning Interviews
Ashes of the Singularity Interview - Gaming Nexus. Cliff Bleszinski's return to video games - Eurogamer.net.
Gatherings & Competitions
Dota 2 Manila Major Invites. The Week in StarCraft II Esports (April 26 - May 2). World of Warcraft Arena Skirmishes Bonus Event. BlizzCon Benefit Dinner Tickets On Sale Wednesday. Charity tix on...
Morning Crowdfunding Roundup
Lantern Studio, The Team Behind LUNA: The Shadow Dust profile on Cliqist. Membrain -- Steam Greenlight. Re-launched. "In Membrain, you can build your own solutions to the puzzles. Need to cross a...
Special Tactics Released
Special Tactics is now available on Steam, offering a top-down action game offering the chance to practice some of those titular tactics. This post mentions a couple of changes since the last...
Order of Battle: Winter War Beta Signups
Slitherine has opened beta applications for Order of Battle: Winter War, a new expansion for Order of War that covers the Soviet incursion into Finland at the outset of World War II. You can sign up...
Big Pharma Expands
Cliffski's Blog announces that Big Pharma "just got BIGGER and more PHARMIER," with the release of Marketing & Malpractice, an expansion that takes a closer look at the seamier side of being a legal...
More BioWare Teasing
Following word that BioWare's Alistair McNally walked around GDC and no one noticed his shirt teasing BioWare's new IP comes a tweet once again teasing a new project, once again, quite vaguely. This...
New CoD Title Revealed?
A post on reddit claims this is an image of the PlayStation Store showing a previously unannounced Call of Duty game titled Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. This has inspired speculation that it may...
The Walking Dead: Michonne - Episode Three
Telltale Games now offers What We Deserve, the third and final episode in The Walking Dead: Michonne, their zombified adventure series. This trailer offers a look at the finale, and this video offers...
Dreadnought Preorders; Closed Beta This Week
Grey Box announces closed beta testing for Dreadnought will begin on April 29th, and they are offering presales of two founder's packs of the multiplayer aerial armada action game that will include...
Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 Free Trial
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...
Ashes of the Singularity Content Patch
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...
Might & Magic Heroes VII Trial by Fire Announced
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...
Kings Quest Chapter Three Released
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...
Rocket League Hoops Mode Released
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...
Hearthstone Whispers of the Old Gods Released
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...
Gatherings & Competitions
Project CARS eSports season begins on April 15th. Winners will split a $23,000 prize pool.
Blizzard on Vanilla WoW Shutdown
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...
Dawn of Andromeda Closed Beta Dawns
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....
Stars In Shadow This Year
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...
Corpse Party Begins
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...
Northgard Announced
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...
New AMD Drivers
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...
Paragon Beta Weekend
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...
Evening Consolidation
Gears of War 4 Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One.
Gatherings & Competitions
Former Warner Bros. exec Jace Hall named CEO of Echo Fox.
Evening Interviews
Star Citizen: 10 for the Chairman - Roberts Space Industries.
On Sale
Bundleopolis on GOG.com. New bundles every six hours. FEAR Franchise on Steam. Save 75%. PAX East Sale Ends Today! - Gearbox Software.
Evening Patches
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.
Desilets vs Ubisoft Lawsuit Dropped
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...
Diablo III Season 6 Rewards
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...
Five Nights at Freddy's Sister Location Teaser
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...
Morning Metaverse
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.
Morning Mobilization
Cellular 911 and the death of Prince Rogers Nelson. Thanks Ant.
Morning Consolidation
Online Multiplayer And An Expansion Are Coming To Rock Band 4. They'll finally get me if they finally do this.
U.K. Sales Charts
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...
Battleborn Motion Comic
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...
John Romero's BLACKROOM Kickstarter
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...
Upwards, Lonely Robot Demo
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...
Master of Orion Adds Linux Support
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...
Morning Tech Bits
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.
Hardware Reviews
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...
Sunday Safety Dance
AMD Radeon Pro Duo Preview - Final Details Leak.
Sunday Metaverse
Thanks Ant. Four Things to Know Before Choosing a Streaming Setup. Consumer Complaints About Broadband Caps Are Soaring. Thanks Slashdot.
Sunday Mobilization
iPhone 8 reportedly using a 7nm processor, includes wireless charging. The collapse of Microsoft and Nokia's mobile business. Thanks HARDOCP.
Sunday Consolidation
The Drop- New PlayStation Games for 4/26/2016.
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