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City of the Shroud: Tactical RPG With Community-Driven Story by Abyssal Arts Kickstarter. "A tactical fighting RPG where battles unfold in real-time, and every single player influences a live...

XCOM 2 invades the GFK Chart-Track U.K. PC top 30 for the week ending February 6th, knocking Football Manager 2016 into the second position. Call of Duty: Black Ops III is now number one on the all...

Age of Decadence on Matt Chat. Thanks Ant. American Truck Simulator on Gaming Nexus. Assassin's Creed Chronicles on GameWatcher. Hard West on Chalgyr's Game Room. Space Moth DX on Christ Centered...

T9000 Backdoor Malware Targets Skype Users, Records Conversations. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. UK-US deal would allow MI5 to get chat, e-mails directly from US companies. Oracle issues emergency patch...

A Kickstarter update for Unsung Story has the news that development is suspended on this planned spiritual successor to Final Fantasy Tactics (thanks Eurogamer). The game was funded about a year ago,...

Hitman Beta FAQ on the official Hitman website has details on beta testing of the upcoming assassination game, which launches this week for PlayStation 4 and next week for PC. They include a beta...

Even With Telemetry Disabled, Windows 10 Talks To Dozens of Microsoft Servers. Thanks Verno.

The Talos Principle will support Vulkan first screenshot released. Har har. Thanks Xil. Intel Skylake Non-K OC KOed by ASRock. Thanks HARDOCP.

World's internet traffic to surpass one zettabyte in 2016. Thanks HARDOCP. Twitter has shut down over 125,000 accounts for promoting terrorism. Facebook in 2030- 5 billion users, says Zuck. Thanks...

The Binding of Isaac rejected by Apple due to violence towards children.

Red Dead Redemption is now backward compatible on Xbox One.

Viva Las Vegas- NA Spring Finals heading to Vegas. At 7-0, North America's Best League Of Legends Team Has Nothing To Prove.

Just seven games comprise the Steam Top 10 this week, as XCOM 2 holds four of the top five positions on Valve's report on last week's bestselling games. Here's the list: XCOM 2 XCOM 2: Pre-Order XCOM...

We haven't heard much about Titanfall 2 since the shooter sequel was confirmed last May, but now an interview on Forbes with lead writer Jesse Stern says the game will feature a full dedicated single-...

David Perry interview on Lost Treasures of Gaming, Episode 19: Earthworm Jim -- OMG! Nexus.

Hulu Could Lose Next-Day Programming?

Possible Mobile Version Of The Binding Of Isaac- Rebirth Teased.

Scraps: Modular Vehicle Combat on Christ Centered Gamer. Star Citizen Monthly Studio Report on Roberts Space Industries.

Apply for an ESA Game Scholarship « David Perry's Blog

Project Resurgence- A New Oldschool cRPG by Nectar Game Studios Kickstarter. Funding in reach, but only four days to go. Thanks Mark.

A Call of Duty tweet informs everyone a double weapon experience weekend is now underway to help you train your guns to shoot better in Call of Duty: Black Ops III. The accompanying graphic indicates...

Wastelands Interactive announces Planar Conquest, a turn-based strategy game that re-imagines and expands upon Worlds of Magic, a Windows 4X strategy game released last year following a successful...

Todd Howard will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at GDC 2016. Hearthstone January 2016 Ranked Play Season Final Rankings. Heroes of the Storm North American Spring Regionals in Los Angeles. GTA...

Far Cry Primal Developer Q&A Part 1 Creating the Unexpected -- UbiBlog.

Axes and Acres by BrainGoodGames Kickstarter. "Bursting with difficult decisions, Axes and Acres is big strategy in a small game. Work your brain to farm, build, and survive!" Battalion 1944 (PC-XB...

EA Completionist Pack on GOG.com.

Dota 2 Update - February 5th, 2016. Rise of the Tomb Raider version 1.0.610.1. Thanks HARDOCP. Ryse: Son of Rome on Steam. Save 66%. Zombasite version 0.918. Here's the change list.

The Steam Lunar New Year Sale is underway. Thousands of games on sale between now and February 12th and a monkey-themed branching adventure theme. Word is: It is Lunar New Year once again, a time to...

The Dota 2 blog announces the addition of a bonus quest to the recently released 2016 Battle Pass for Dota 2, Valve's MOBA. This is accompanied by a balance update. Here's word: To celebrate New...

Harebrained Schemes now offers Shadowrun: Hong Kong Extended Edition, an updated version of Shadowrun: Hong Kong that adds improvements and an audio commentary to the tactical RPG sequel along with a...

Ubisoft announces "TrackMania Turbo starts engines when lights turn green on March 22," which is another way of saying that is when to expect the new installment in Nadeo's time-trial racing series...

World of Warships: x2 First-Win Bonus Every Weekend in February. Marvel Puzzle Quest- Dark Reign Is Now Available For Xbox One. Krinkle Krusher Is Now Available For Xbox One. Dad Beat Dads Is Now...

Orcs Must Die! Unchained beta patch version 2.7. "Additionally, the attention in this update has been paid especially to role, crafting and talent systems."

A Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 myClub edition is now available on Steam as a free-to-play "entry level" edition of the association football/soccer simulation. This offers a gratis subset of the game,...

Daybreak Games announces that H1Z1 is being split into two separate games, rather than being a single zombie survival game as originally planned. What was the core of the original planned game is now...

This forum post announces the promised release of The Political Machine 2016, the new installment in this simulation of how the sausage gets made during a U.S. presidential election. The Windows game...

2K Games announces the release of XCOM 2 for Windows, OS X, and Linux, the highly anticipated sequel to the UFO infested strategy reboot. A launch trailer comes with the announcement, which offers...

R.I.P.: Lux Interior dies at 60; founder, front man of punk band the Cramps. I almost made a Cramps reference just the other day. :(

Bike Mayhem 2 Is Now Available For Xbox One .

Google expands self-driving car testing to Washington State. Thanks HARDOCP. Apple Pay is now accepted in 2 million locations, with more retailers coming soon. So like 0% of everywhere? Thanks Ant....

Team Fortress 2 - TF2Maps Winter Jam Exhibition Game.

Sony further extends PS4s console sales lead over the 2015 holidays. Ninja Senki DX Launches February 23rd on PS4, PS Vita. Runner2 Launching February 23rd on PS4.

Dota 2 Update - February 4th, 2016. Update Released for Counter-Strike- Source, Day of Defeat- Source, Half-Life Deathmatch- Source, Half-Life 2- Deathmatch, and Source SDK 2013 Dedicated Server.

League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 02.05 - 02.08. Make Your Move Strategy Bundle on Humble Weekly Bundle.

EA announces plans for closed beta testing of Mirror's Edge Catalyst between now and the May 24th release of the upcoming parkour action sequel, offering a new story trailer to celebrate the news....

Publisher Microïds announces the release of Agatha Christie - ABC Murders, a new mystery adventure game based on the Agatha Christie novel of the same name, starring detective Hercule Poirot. This is...

Steam News announces that NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 4 is now available on Steam: The latest opus in the acclaimed STORM series is taking you on a colourful and breathtaking ride. Take...

Ubisoft announces the launch of Tom Clancy's EndWar Online, saying their free-to-play online strategy RPG is now available on Steam, Facebook, and Kongregate. Here's word on how this has changed...

Android Wear gets wide Marshmallow rollout, adds speaker and LTE support.

Asus launches new eSports gaming house in Sydney. Mortal Kombat X Series Video - Round 1 - Watch Free On CWSeed.com. Thanks Ant.