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GamesBeat - Game developers must avoid the 'wage-slave' attitude - by Alex St. John. "Anybody good enough to get hired to write games can get paid more to work on something else. If working on a...

World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.4 Hotfixes- April 11. Thanks Ant.

Two Dark Souls III pre-purchase offers dominate this week's list of bestselling titles on Steam: DARK SOULS III Pre-Purchase (JP) DARK SOULS III Deluxe Edition Pre-Purchase Enter the Gungeon Counter-S...

House passes bill to limit FCC authority on net neutrality. Thanks HARDOCP.

Corsair Gaming M65 Pro RGB Optical Mouse on eTeknix. HTC Vive vs. Oculus Rift on Kotaku. HyperX Cloud Revolver Pro Gaming Headset on eTeknix. MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (LGA1151) Motherboard on eTeknix....

Epistory on PC Invasion. The Guest on Just Adventure.

Microsoft sues U.S. government over secret requests for user data. Thanks Ant.

NVIDIA's reveal of Pascal teases the next-gen GeForce video cards. Intel Unveils New Low-Cost PC Platform- Apollo Lake with 14nm Goldmont Cores. Thanks HARDOCP. Apple pulled 2,204 pounds of gold out...

Sony Shutting Down PlayStation MVP Program - Report. Report: This is what Activision's cancelled Guitar Hero MMO looked like.

Empyrion - Galactic Survival alpha version 1.0 released. Thanks Rigs.

Flump Studios announces Hyper Bounce Blast, an upcoming follow-up to Horizon Shift that they say uses the best aspects of that game to create what they predict will be "THE SHUMP experience of 2016."...

A NeoGAF thread shows a map allegedly from Red Dead Redemption 2, a sequel to Rockstar's western shooter. Development of RDR2 has not been confirmed, and this leak sparks speculation that it will be...

Have GameStop let slip about an 'imminent' PS4K announcement? Stylish-looking episodic Noir adventure Blues & Bullets releases on PS4 next week. Naughty Dog confirms Uncharted 4 is its first game...

Heroes of the Storm Brawl With The Blues: Cheers, Love! We're back!. Wednesday, April 20th.

Indie Games Pay What You Want Bundle! - wingamestore.com. Stardock Meets Paradox on GOG.com.

NBA 2K16 on Steam. Save 50%. Zombasite version 0.928. Change log.

Early access to Out of Ammo is now available on Steam, offering as first crack at this virtual reality strategy game from RocketWerkz, the studio formed by DayZ creator Dean Hall (thanks Eurogamer)....

Digital Extremes announces TennoCon, an upcoming convention of Warframe players, saying this is one of the largest free-to-play communities in the world. The gathering is scheduled for July 9, 2016...

Kotaku has a details on the outcome of the lawsuit filed by Trendy Entertainment against Studio Wildcard over the involvement of Trendy's former creative director Jeremy Stieglitz in development of...

A HOXAR Inc. website is live, offering what appears to be a typical online presence for a corporation. This is apparently one of those sneaky viral dealies, however, as a little bird told Shacknews...

Clint Hocking and the Evolution of Ubisoft's Open-World Design.

Play Overwatch @ PAX East 2016. Our finest hour- the Bill Kunkel Awards.

Perpetual Night by Studio Genkan Kickstarter. "Explore an unbelievable world, squeezed into the bizarre interior of a seemingly endless Castle. A 2D dark comedy puzzle-platformer."

Hearthstone Patch Notes - 4.3.0.12266. Rocket League Patch Notes v1.16.

GOG.com has details on the release of new free DLC for Thea: The Awakening, adding new content to this turn-based RPG. Here's a trailer showing off the pack, and here's the deal: This is exactly the...

Battlefront announces the release of Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg, a new installment in the World War II strategy series centered on the events surrounding the Battle of the Bulge. You can find...

Steam News announces the multiplayer DOOM Open Beta is now available to play for free. Here's word on this weekend-long sample of id's return to their second shooter franchise: In the DOOM...

Activision publishing announces plans for two Ghostbusters games in collaboration with Sony Pictures to celebrate the film franchise reboot coming to theaters this summer. Of course one of these is a...

Paradox Interactive is now accepting preorders of Stellaris, offering the chance to reserve your choice of three different versions of the space strategy game that will be released on May 9th and get...

Closed beta testing is now underway for Atlas Reactor, Trion's tactics game featuring simultaneous turns. Those interested can sign up for possible selection, or can guarantee access with the...

Early access to Starpoint Gemini Warlords is now underway on Steam, offering the first chance to check out the third installment in this space strategy sim series. A new cinematic trailer shows...

Those interested in the DOOM multiplayer open beta that gets underway tomorrow may also be interested in a new DOOM hotfix driver that's now available on the GeForce website. Word is: "If you're...

Bethesda.net has a new trailer online for DOOM, showing off player progression and customization in the upcoming shooter remake, celebrate tomorrow's launch of the open beta for the shooter reboot....

The Windows edition of Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is now available on Steam, offering an open-world adventure set on dry land, of all places. Here's their intriguing introduction to the game:...

EA announces that closed beta testing of Mirror's Edge Catalyst begins on April 22nd and will run through April 26th. This blog has all the details on what will go down and how to possibly...

Steam News announces a free weekend is underway for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege between now and Sunday afternoon. This announcement has more details: This weekend, PC players can play Rainbow Six...

Failed Kickstarter Wants Backers to Pay $97 for Faster Delivery On a Months-Delayed Project. Thanks nin.

IGN Video has a new clip with around 21 minutes of gameplay footage from No Man's Sky, the upcoming procedurally generated space game. The clip features Sean Murray of Hello Games taking us on a...

Firefly Studios proudly announces that Stronghold Kingdoms has registered more than five million players since the launch of this free-to-play MMOG based on their siege warfare series. "We launched...

Soda Drinker Pro is now available for Windows on Steam. Brace yourself for hardcore hype, as they have the nerve to claim this is "the premier in software in the first person soda drinking genre."...

Slitherine announces plans for Panzer Corps: US Corps '42, an expansion for Panzer Corps, the World War II strategy game. They say this is the first of a three-expansion series that will also include...

Frozenbyte announces a May release window for Shadwen, their upcoming stealth/action game. They celebrate the news with a release announcement trailer showing off some environments and gameplay, and...

Developers Hourences and Grip Games announce the release of episode three of The Solus Project, adding a few hours of additional content to their indie adventure game. This trailer shows off some of...

FINAL FANTASY IX is now available on Steam, offering a Windows edition of Square Enix's RPG sequel that was first released in 2000. This post has the news: All Aboard the Hilda Garde everyone! It's...

Age of Conan: Pit Masters Arena update released.

Avorion by Konstantin Kronfeldner Kickstarter. "Explore. Build. Fight. Trade. Mine. Free to do whatever you want, find your way to the core of the galaxy in this vast space sandbox." Here's a...

The Steam page for Nekro is no longer selling the early access version of this action/RPG. The explanation for what's going on seems to be in a user review apparently from one of the project's...

Polygon has word from Chucklefish Games that Stardew Valley has now sold over a million copies. The spies at SteamSpy note the game has sold well over 900K copies, but the publisher tells Polygon...

As was previously announced, today was the last day of operation for Fable Legends, Lionhead's action/RPG. Here's word on the closure of the game and refunds from the Fable Legends website:Fable...

EA's Star Wars website has details on content coming this spring to Star Wars Battlefront, including a new expansion as well as free content. Here's word: We are always listening to community...