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Ant Queen -- Steam Greenlight. "Begin a journey like no other, become the ant queen and establish your empire. Ant Queen is a RTS/Simulation game where you breed different types of ants to...

Thanks Ant. Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 46 - Mozilla Add-ons Blog. Google, Yahoo clash with 'blunt' ad-blocking firm. Thanks Slashdot. Twitch will now save the entire chat with stream archives....

Watch out, Apple and Samsung- Xiaomis Mi 5 phone is coming for you. Fire Emblem Fates Boasts the Best-Ever Launch for the Series in the United States.

Uncharted 4 Story Trailer Revealed. Hitman on PS4: PS Plus Exclusive Beta Starts March 4th. Cel Damage HD Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One. The Flame In The Flood...

Longest February in Years Sale on GamesRepublic.com. Bridge Constructor Stunts on Steam. Save 40%. Heroes of the Storm Weekly Sale: February 23 March 1, 2016. Humble Indie Bundle...

The Ship: Remasted is now available in early access on Steam, offering a remake of this mystery game with a 15% launch discount. The game's release was delayed by a week to implement limited online...

Hitman GO: Definitive Edition is now available on Steam for Windows and Linux, offering a turn-based strategy game set in a stylized variation on the murder-for-hire Hitman setting. The announcement...

A new campaign on Fig looks to raise $400,000 to create Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch, a brawler based on the cult-favorite Kevin Smith characters. Here's a trailer introducing the campaign,...

Kasedo announces Project Highrise, a skyscraper simulator from SomaSim Games launching for Windows and OS X this summer. There are some images and details on the new Project Highrise website, and...

EA announces Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 is now available for Windows and consoles, renewing the battle between the undead and their vegetative enemies. The official website for the shooter...

The Telltale Blog announces the release of The Walking Dead: Michonne: Episode 1 - In Too Deep. Here's the launch trailer to kick off the new episodic zombie series, and here's part of the...

The Shadwen website is now has a timer counting down the seconds to, well, something. Shadwen is a stealthy action/adventure announced in December by Frozenbyte for release at some point this year....

Activision Blizzard Completes King Acquisition Becomes the Largest Game Network in the World with over 500 Million Users.

A message top the Darkspore Forums Index reveals the game will be shutting down for good on March 1st in a note we missed when it was posted in December (thanks One Angry Gamer). It was previously...

Well-timed with yesterday's release of a new Fallout 4 version 1.4.124 Beta with preliminary modification support, an interview on GameInformer.com quotes Bethesda's Todd Howard saying mod support...

Call of Duty World League - 2/16 - 2/18 CWL esports Report. Riot introduce official LCS penalty indexes, standardised punishments for those at LoL's highest level. Halo World Championship will have...

Grim Dawn Beta Build 31 is now available. Likely the final beta before the game's official release besides hotfixes for any issues that arise. Pillars of Eternity Update Notes: version 3.01.

Focus Home Interactive now offers a new trailer from The Technomancer called "Life and Death on Mars," showing off the ups and downs of the setting of the upcoming first-person shooter. Here's the...

The Star Wars Battlefront Forums have details on the new February update for Start Wars Battlefront, which is now available for Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The new version incorporates the...

New World Interactive and Focus Home Interactive announce Insurgency: Sandstorm, an upcoming PC and console remake of Insurgency, a tactical first-person shooter released a couple of years ago after...

More Support for Justice Department Than for Apple in Dispute Over Unlocking iPhone. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Chelsea Manning denied EFF articles because US Army cares about copyright. Bill Gates...

Hackers aren't so interested in your credit card data these days. That's bad news. Airport Experiment Shows That People Recklessly Connect to Any Open WiFi Hotspot. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Hacker...

PlayStation VR can 'dominate' if it's priced lower than $500, says Pachter. A Small Number Of Rift Pre-Orders Were Just Canceled By Oculus. Thanks Devicer.

Thanks Ant. Amazon's free shipping minimum cost is now $49. Here's What Is Coming to (and Leaving) Netflix in March. Here's What Is Coming to Hulu in March. Introducing Ghostery 6.0. Thanks Rhialto.

Battle.net outlines planned changes to the recently launched co-op feature in StarCraft II, as Blizzard discusses changes to enemy AI and balance changes intended to improve the experience. They...

Talisman: The Horus Heresy is now available on Steam for Windows and OS X, offering the latest in the growing catalogue of games based on the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Here's a gameplay trailer and...

Starship Mechanic -- Steam Greenlight. "Fight fires, reroute power to your shields and fix hull breaches - all while receiving orders from your captain to take out that pesky enemy frigate. In...

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment unveils a preorder program for Dark Souls III, including pre-purchases on Steam for the Windows edition of FromSoftware's action/RPG sequel. Here's what they've got:...

The website for Tom Clancy's The Division thanks the 6.4 million agents who participated in the open beta for the upcoming third-person shooter. UbiBlog claims this is a record, though they don't say...

Valve now offers a new SteamVR Performance Test on Steam to see if your system is up for the rigors of the upcoming virtual reality invasion. Word on the free utility is: "Check whether your system...

Konami announces an April 21st release date for a standalone UEFA EURO 2016 tournament game for consoles, saying owners of PES 2016 for Windows and consoles will receive the dedicated UEFA EURO 2016...

Wargaming's WG Labs announces that early access to Master of Orion will begin on February 26th, offering a first chance to check it out before all the Xs have been crossed in this 4X space strategy...

Report: VW told it must make electric cars in US. Punishment for lying to consumers is more sales opportunities.

U.S. Cellular Kicks off Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Presale on Feb. 23 with Free Samsung Gear VR; In Store Sales Begin on March 11. Epic Games Unveils ProtoStar at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked....

The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 2-23-2016. The Legend Of Zelda Was Born 30 Years Ago Today On An Ugly Little Floppy Disk. Thanks nin, who adds a link to the Zelda Randomizer. Carmageddon- Max...

The Comeback- Why Warren Spector is making games again -- Gamasutra. Special Guest- Ben Lesnick from Star Citizen - BBPCGC VidCast. Matt Chat 328- Rob Irving Strikes Back. Thanks Ant. 13 years ago I...

Heroes of the Storm North American Spring Regionals in Los Angeles.

Dota 2 Update - February 21st, 2016.

Street Fighter V kicked Football Manager 2016 out of the number two spot on the GFK Chart-Track PC top 30 chart for the week ending February 20th, while The Sims 4 retain their customary spot atop...

Focus Home Interactive announces Farming Simulator 17, a new installment in their agriculture series coming to Windows and consoles by the end of this year. Information on this should be added soon...

Valve lists the following nine games as the 10 bestselling titles on Steam for last week: Fallout 4 Season Pass Tom Clancys The Division XCOM 2 DARK SOULS III Deluxe Edition Counter-Strike: Global...

Joshua Browder saves motorists £2 million with parking appeal website. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

LG jumps on the VR bandwagon with the LG 360 VR. LG G5 hands-onLG may have made the most innovative phone of MWC.

Female Gamers Speak Out Against BBC Unethically Misconstruing Interviews - One Angry Gamer. Models from Hell- How practical maquettes defined the original Doom - Develop. Thanks Doomworld via Ant.

Underrail Dev Log #46: Version 1.0.1.4 Release - Quality of Life Improvements. Thanks Acleacius. World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.3 Hotfixes- February 2-19. Thanks Ant.

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP on Steam. Save 80%.

HTC Vive blog announces details on the consumer version of the TC Vive Steam VR headset, saying this will ship in early April with two full VR controllers for a price of $799. They celebrate the...

The Make War Not Love 3 promotion has concluded, and Dawn of War II has triumphed over the competition. This means anyone who submits their email address will receive a Steam code with free content...

I'm gearing up to make at least one more batch of chili before the conclusion of winter, but we're in another spring-like lull at the moment that reduces my inspiration. There is cold in the forecast,...

Game Giveaway of the Day Wedding Salon. Thanks Ant…