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An Oath to the Stars -- Steam Greenlight. "Himeki Games, an independent game studio based in London, has submitted to Steam Greenlight An Oath to the Stars, a hardcore Danmaku SHMUP inspired by...

Just Cause 3 - PC Patch Now Live, Sky Fortress Release Date and Patch Notes. Team Fortress 2 Update Released.

Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 on Steam. Save 58%. Cradle on Steam. Save 15%. League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 03.08 - 03.11.

A Kickstarter update for OVERLOAD offers a playable teaser demo of this proposed 6DOF shooter from some of the folks who created the original Descent. This is for Windows, only, and they offer...

The GeForce website offers new version 364.47 WHQL-certified drivers for GeForce graphics cards, saying these are game-ready for Tom Clancy's The Division, Need For Speed, Hitman, and Ashes of the...

Rebecca Heineman interview on don't die. Thanks Ant.

A post on Xbox Wire has word that Microsoft Game Studios has cancelled development of Fable Legends and will "sunset" development of Jackass-free Xbox One game Project Knoxville (thanks keilun). They...

Steam now offers the official release of Kingdom Wars 2: Battles, following a run on early access for this strategy game from Reverie World Studios. This post follows up on the launch, offering their...

A post from Deadpoolthegreat on reddit features images of a pop up advertisement allegedly encountered on IGN revealing a release date for Overwatch, Blizzard's upcoming multiplayer shooter. This was...

Successful $100,000 Kickstarter Dev Calls It Quits Due To Drama. Crowdfunded Game Console Is Made Out of Tape, Cardboard, and Fake Circuits.

Far Cry Primal debuts at number four on the GFK Chart-Track PC Top 30 chart of the bestselling games in the U.K. The Sims 4 slips to number two, kicked out of the top spot by Football Manager 2016....

Valve announces plans to debut The Lab at next week's GDC, saying this will be a compilation of virtual reality "experiments" set in a "pocket universe" of Aperture Science, the hotbed of experiments...

Battle.net has a confirmation of the May 24th release date for Overwatch that was accidentally leaked today, confirming that preorder customers will get first access to the beta on May 3-4, and...

Thanks Ant. Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign. Thanks DSL Reports. Confirmed- IBM slurps up Bruce Schneier with Resilient purchase. PIN number analysis. Thanks Slashdot....

For A Few Dollars More Than The Raspberry Pi 3 You Can Have A Much Faster Board.

No, Turning On Your Phone Is Not Consenting to Being Tracked by Police. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

Today is International Open Data Day- Go Hack on Some Government Data. Paper Bank Statements May Surpass Digital for Some Customers. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Teardown. Thanks HARDOCP.

Should you upgrade Xbox One with an SSD?

MXGP2 on Veni Vidi Vici. Customization and track test mode details.

The Shanghai Major Champions - Dota 2.

Stellar Tactics -- Steam Greenlight. "Stellar Tactics combines a classic narrative driven, Party-Based RPG with turn based ground combat, space exploration and a deep character and ship...

Valve offers the following accounting of the 10 bestselling titles on Steam for last week: This week there are two fewer XCOM 2s than we're used to, but in compensation, we get two Far Cry Primals:...

The Culling is now available on Steam as an early access game, offering the chance to jump into the not-too-distant future when all entertainment will be some form of blood sport. This post has word...

Happy National Oreo Day! It's been a long time since I've had an Oreo, but that's not really intentional, and such a prestigious holiday certainly serves as an excuse to rectify this oversight. 15...

Game Giveaway of the Day Fruit Lockers Reborn… Apeiron's Star Wars- Knights Of The Old Republic GAMEPLAY REVEAL. Footage of an upcoming mod/remake. Thanks Acleacius… "Assassin's...

Toshiba EXCERIA M301-EA 128GB microSDXC Card on Mad Shrimps.

Japan Responds To U.N. Game Ban Request: Fictional Characters Aren't Real. 16-year-old who distributed his teachers nude pics faces felony charges.

AMD to fix slippery hypervisor-busting bug in its CPU microcode.

Na'Vis Throwdown Against Luminosity Was Some Of The Years Best Counter-Strike.

Deliver Us The Moon by KeokeN Interactive Kickstarter. Goal within reach with under two days remaining.

Amazon will restore Fire OS encryption support in the spring.

Vampyr PC Interview - GameWatcher.

Steam now offers Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front, a World War II strategy game developer Graviteam calls "a tactical battalion level combat simulation." This sequel to Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star...

A movie adaptation of Thief is back in the works, as Variety reports that Straight Up Films now has the rights to a film based on the stealthy series pioneered by Looking Glass Studios (thanks Dark...

The MAME website has word that this Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator is now an open-source project (thanks Slashdot via Ant). Here's the explanation of where the source code for the emulator can be...

PC Gamer has word that the new episodic Hitman series will launch with native DirectX 12 support, something they learned during a weekender event they're conducting. They show a super blurry slide...

Actiontec WCB6200Q MoCA Wireless Network Extender on TweakTown. ASUS Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1 Motherboard on PC Perspective. ASUS Z170-WS (Intel Z170) Motherboard on TweakTown. Fractal Design Define...

Soul Axiom on PC Invasion. The Walking Dead: Michonne, Episode One: In Too Deep on Just Adventure.

Central Bank of Venezuela doubles down in cyber-terrorism website lawsuit. What is a lying-dormant cyber pathogen? San Bernardino DA says its made up. If you can't dazzle them with brilliance,...

Nokia malware report shows smartphones now account for 60% of infections in the mobile network. Thanks DSLReports via Ant.

Thanks Ant. New DisplayPort 1.4 standard can drive 8K monitors over a USB Type-C cable. Because compression. Thanks HARDOCP. How artificial intelligence could transform your business. Thanks...

CRTC Enforced $25-mo Cable TV Is Now Available To Canadians, But With Caveats. Thanks Ant.

Auroch Digital - Peter Willington Interview. Discussing Dark Future: Blood Red States. Thanks Acleacius.

Special Hearthstone Announcement at the Winter Championship. E3 loses two more as Disney, Wargaming decide the show floor doesn't make sense. Why are some of gamings biggest publishers abandoning...

Hand of Fate on Steam. Save 66%. Square Enix Publisher Weekend 2016 Sale on Steam. The Talos Principle on Steam. Save 75%. Weekend Promo: Activision Therapy - GOG.com.

Emerge: Cities of the Apocalypse -- Steam Greenlight.

Digital Extremes announce the launch of a new Sands of Inaros update for the Windows edition of Warframe, saying this is the first of many major updates coming to the free-to-play action game this...

There's a new post-release update on CapCom Unity following up further on the launch of Street Fighter V. They recently promised to do something to punish those who rage quit during matches in the...

A reddit AMA with Mike O'Brien has word from the ArenaNet boss that Guild Wars 2 game director Colin Johanson is leaving the company, saying this is on good terms, and they remain good friends (thanks...