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Link of the Day: Tony the Tiger shoots dentist while on holiday in Minnesota.

Heroes of the Storm Hotfix Patch Notes -- July 28, 2015. The Repopulation version 15.7.1 Patch.

Six of the Coolest Things the Xbox App on Windows 10 Can Do for You. Top six list with four entries. Wii U lifetime sales crack 10 million. Microsoft is working on enabling Windows 10 game streaming...

Zeratul Banned From Heroes Tournament After Exploit Emerges. Exploit already hotfixed.

Activision's Sierra division announces the North American release of King's Quest: A Knight to Remember, the first chapter in their reimagining of the beloved King's Quest series, saying the second...

Battlefield Hardline version 2.0 changelog. Thanks MP1st. Colonies Online version 0.11.5 update.

Dungeon Defenders II on Steam. Save 40%. Galacide on Steam. Save 15%. Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) on Steam. Save 66%. Never Alone: Foxtales DLC on Steam. Save 10%. New. Watch_Dogs on Steam. Save...

Kyn is now available on GOG.com and Steam, offering a Viking-themed action/RPG from two-person developer Tangrin Entertainment. The funnier announcement comes from GOG: Kyn an unforgiving Viking...

The Swindle is now available for Windows and OS X on Steam, carrying a 15% launch discount on the latest game from Dan Marshall's Size Five Games. The game is also available on PS3, PS4, and PS Vita,...

The Diablo III website previews Kanai's Cube, one of the new features in the upcoming version 2.3.0 patch for the action/RPG sequel which they say is "set to change the foundation of Diablo III as we...

With Windows 10 due tomorrow, Mojang announces how to get a free beta copy of the Minecraft Windows 10 Edition if you are one of the millions who own the Java Windows/OS X version of the game. Yes,...

Blizzard announces that all new players who log in to Heroes of the Storm over the next week will receive a free Stimpack to double the XP and gold they get during their introduction to the game....

World of Warcraft Patch 6.2 Hotfixes- July 27.

WBIE announces plans to sunset some servers for The Lord of the Rings Online, their Tolkien-inspired MMORPG. They offer a timeline for the closures, which begin on August 3rd and will conclude at the...

Fallout 4 is "basically done," Bethesda's Pete Hines tells GameSpot, saying the game is in the bug fixing and polishing phase to prepare for its release on November 10th. They offer an excerpt from...

Square Enix announces the PC edition of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD will be released on Steam on August 18th, and they are offering a preorder bonus of a couple of wards in Dota 2, and "an exclusive...

A couple of new sports game are now available on Steam, where they have a demo for Rugby Challenge 3 FanHub which allows you to create custom players and teams for the sports sim, but not actually...

Steam News announces the release of episode 4 of Life Is Strange, the five-part adventure series. Word is: "Life Is Strange Episode 4 is now available on Steam! Life Is Strange is a beautifully...

A new Steam page reveals plans for OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood, a sequel to the skateboarding action of OlliOlli, saying this is coming later this summer, and according to VG247 a PR...

2K Games officially confirms plans for Mafia 3, following hints early this year and the discovery of last month's discovery of domain registrations for the crime sequel (thanks PC Gamer). They tweet...

ASSEMBLY Summer 2015 Game Development entries. Thanks Morris. StarCraft II: 5th Anniversary Giveaway.

Jotun on PC Invasion.

August 4th is a day of reckoning for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, as that's when to expect the Reckoning DLC for the military shooter on Xbox LIVE, though Windows and PlayStation won't get the...

ESL Arena to bring esports across more than 15 games to gamescom 2015. eSports in Cinema Continues with ESL One Cologne Counter-Strike- Global Offensive Finals Live Sunday, August 23. Fnatic...

League Of Legends Designer Explains Why It Takes So Long To Fix Stuff.

Belladonna on Steam. Save 33%. New. Craft The World on Steam. Save 70%. Fallout Franchise on Steam. Save up to 66%. Naninights on Steam. Save 33%. New. Rise of the Triad on Steam. Save 80%. RPG...

This trailer will be on display at Gamescom next week to show off Lost Horizon 2, the upcoming point-and-click adventure sequel which will be playable at the show. Deep Silver also notes the game's...

Battle.net notes that today is the fifth anniversary of the release of the first part of StarCraft II, Blizzard's multi-part RTS sequel. Here's word on the celebration, which pulls out a few of the...

TaleWorlds Entertainment announces the various games in their Mount & Blade series of action/RPG/strategy games have now surpassed over six million copies sold. They also announce plans to show off...

The Witcher Facebook page announces that the final piece of free DLC for The Witcher III: Wild Hunt will be a new Game+ mode (thanks Eurogamer), confirming a rumor based text strings discovered in...

PS4 gains a streamlined keyboard and mouse. WWE 2K16 - The Terminator is a playable character if you pre-order.

Matt Chat 301: Chris Avellone on Siege of Dragonspear.

QuakeCon 2015 BYOC case mod gallery. Why coaches matter in League of Legends.

Minecraft 1.8.8 (Pre-)Release.

The Sims 4 is still number one on GFK Chart-Track's Top 30 chart of the bestselling games in the U.K. for the week ending July 25th. The chart seems pretty static right now, but Dragon Age:...

This video shows off an unannounced, unreleased game labeled "Deep 6" thought to be an underwater shooter in development at Metro developer 4A Games before being cancelled by THQ. Hard to figure how...

Uppercut Games announces Submerged will emerge onto Steam on August 4th with a launch discount, offering a combat-free, third-person exploration game set in a mysterious flooded city. This trailer...

Valve has closed up a Steam security hole that allowed for the hijacking of user accounts with minimal effort, which caused temporary account loss for some prominent streamers and DOTA 2 pros,...

Thanks Ant. Huge Package Overhaul for Debian and Ubuntu. Thanks Linux Today. Intel To Make Stephen Hawking's Computer System Open Source. Thanks Linux Today. PuTTY version 0.65 now available. Amiga...

Thanks Ant. Which media streamer is best? How the Secret Service Protects Obama on the Internet. Thanks Slashdot. Exclusive: Amazon planning drive-up grocery stores with first coming to Sunnyvale ...

Glass Lives on as a Workplace Wearable. Thanks HARDOCP. Why Android Auto may not be worth the wait (yet). Thanks HARDOCP. The Apple Watch's standing tracker is reliably unreliable. Thanks HARDOCP.

Blockstorm on Steam. Save 50%. Dishonored on Steam. Save 66%. The Evil Within on Steam. Save 66%.

Valve reports the following nine games were the 10 bestsellers last week on Steam: Rocket League ARK: Survival Evolved Grand Theft Auto V Counter-Strike: Global Offensive The Elder Scrolls Online:...

PCGamesN links to this Twitch video and this one showing the DOOM panel from QuakeCon 2015, though they note that part of the discussion was not captured in the two videos. PC Gamer has a write-up...

China's Ban on Video Game Consoles Ends Nationwide.

What to watch during the Summer Games Done Quick speedrun marathon.

It turns out that yesterday was the 35th(!) anniversary of the release of Caddyshack, leading to articles like this one looking back at the comedy classic. I actually followed through on my recent...

Thanks Ant. Jelly Games Renegade Servers Closing… Game Giveaway of the Day - Gardenscapes: Mansion Makeover… Battle for Wesnoth Needs Your Help. Thanks Slashdot… Steam for Linux...

Apple TV on Macworld. Thanks Ant. AZIO MGK 1 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard on TweakTown. Eachine Bar Portable Bluetooth Speaker on Technogog. Seagate Enterprise Capacity 2.5 HDD V3 2TB SATA III on Nikk...

Thanks Ant. Universal finds pirated copy of Jurassic World seeded from its own servers. Thanks TweakTown. Thailand drone regulations: Why you should care? Thanks Slashdot. New York City eases limits...