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I'll buy a consonant, Pat. Steam News announces the release of Attractio, a gravity-heavy puzzler set within a reality TV show. This is available for Windows, OS X, and Linux. Here's the elevator...

Mojang announces Minecraft: Education Edition, offering more digital blocks to students. Here's the plan: News from a slightly different, arguably smarter, place today. Were announcing Minecraft:...

Paradox Interactive announces winter is coming to Cities Skylines, announcing Snowfall, an upcoming expansion for the urban planning game. This reveal trailer shows off the impact this change in...

NCSOFT announces the western launch of Blade & Soul, saying the MMORPG is now available in North America and Europe following its 2012 launch in Korea. This is a free-to-play game steeped in martial...

Following the mixed success of the Metal Gear Online beta test, Konami has officially launched the PC edition of Metal Gear Online, the multiplayer extension of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain....

In NYC, pay phones become free Wi-Fi hotspotsand masturbation stations.

Gearbox Software now offers a new trailer from Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, offering a sneak peak at multiplayer action from the upcoming real-timer strategy game. The description has all you need...

CONSORTIUM: The Tower by Interdimensional Games Inc Kickstarter. "The ultimate single player first-person immersive sim. Explore, talk, fight or sneak through The Churchill Tower in 2042! PC/XB1/PS...

Bundle Fest 4 on Bundle Stars. League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 01.19 - 01.22. Samurai vs Cowboys on GOG.com. Tabletop Simulator on Steam. Save 50%.

New Rock Band DLC for 1/19. Minecraft: Story Mode coming to Wii U this Thursday. Fat Princess Adventures: Free Arena Battle DLC Out January 19th.

Heroes of the Storm 2016 Spring Global Championship. Become a Hearthstone Tavern Hero.

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak interview with Blackbird Interactive - PC Invasion. Star Citizen: 10 for the Developers - Roberts Space Industries.

Dota 2 Update - January 18th, 2016.

Techland announces the completion of development of Dying Light: The Following Enhanced Edition, the upgraded and expanded version of their zombie game. They celebrate the news with the release of...

Time Warner Cable raises rates after NY approves merger. Thanks HARDOCP. The Science of Internet Trolls. Thanks Ant.

Texting while driving: Does banning it make a difference? Thanks Ant. New Galaxy Note 5s have a fix for the stuck S-Pen issue. Oddworld: New n Tasty Arrives on PS Vita January 19th. Iron Maiden...

EU competition commish: We 'pay' for search and social media with our data. LastPass in 2FA lock down after 'fessing up to phishing attack.

More than 200 Million Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Displays to be Sold by 2020, According to Tractica. Apple evacuates European HQ after bomb threat. The world's first 13TB SSD is here. Just $1K/TB....

Google API spring cleaning ends after four and a half years. Orange is the New Black and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt returns dated by Netflix. Jessica Jones is returning for a second season, Netflix...

Rocketbirds 2: Evolution Coming to PS4, PS Vita.

Far Cry Primal: Welcome to the Cave - win the wildest night of your life. First prize is a night in a cave. Is second prize two nights?

Woman Starts Fundraiser After Exhausting Funds To Buy Powerball Tickets. Thanks ViperFour.

The Sims 4 return to their accustomed spot at number one on the GFK Chart-Track top 30 U.K. PC games sales chart for the week ending January 16th, kicking Football Manager 2016 into the number two...

Blazing Griffin announces plans for The Ship: Remasted (it's a pun, not a typo), a modernized version of The Ship, the unusual floating mystery game first released in 2006 after its humble beginnings...

Crucial Ballistix Sport LT White DDR4 Memory on Hardware Slave. Gunnar Optiks RPG Eyewear on Christ Centered Gamer. Kollea Google Cardboard Virtual Reality 3D Glasses DIY Kit on Technogog....

Microsoft's HoloLens will be 'totally wireless' with up to 5.5 hours of battery life. Thanks HARDOCP. AMD Slams SYSmark Benchmark - Calls it Biased and Unreliable. Thanks HARDOCP. Fedora Linux Might...

Apple investigating inaccurate battery percentage bug in iPhone 6S.

Does Diablo 3 patch 2.4 impact console performance? The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 1/19/2016.

Company of Heroes 2 - The British Forces on Steam. Save 75%. The Wolf Among Us on Steam. Save 75%.

Valve reports the following nine titles are the ten bestsellers on Steam for last week: Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Pre-Purchase (ROW) Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Tom...

Apple will start charging for iTunes Radio on January 28th. Thanks HARDOCP. AOL considering brand change. Thanks HARDOCP.

The CONSORTIUM free weekend we mentioned on Friday rolls along on Steam. This is actually more generous than we first reported, however, as it's not just for this weekend. Word is "Anyone who gets...

AMD's Vulkan Driver Will Only Work With The AMDGPU Kernel Driver.

The resolution of the Bitcoin experiment. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

Racist, violent video game shut down thanks to petition. Or, Media Outlets Lie About Survival Island 3; Game Gets Pulled From iTunes, Google.

PSA: More Free Xbox One and Xbox 360 Games Now Available.

Matt Chat 323: Styg on Underrail and RPG Mechanics. Thanks Ant.

Battle.net announces that Season 5 of Diablo III is now underway. Here's word: Season 5 will offer unique rewards and new challenges for players, including new cosmetic items, an exclusive...

ZDNet has word that Microsoft has figured out another way to strong-arm users into adopting Windows 10, saying some upcoming new CPUs will require Windows 10 (or, you know, Linux). Microsoft...

Vivendi announces the "unwinding of hedge and disposal of Activision Blizzard shares." The financial relationship between the two companies is probably too complicated to be understood by non bean-co...

Steam News announces the release of Echoes Of Aetheria, saying the retro-styled RPG for Windows is 15% off for the first week. Here's word on the game: Two nations finally achieve peace, marked by a...

Steam News announces that Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is now available as promised for Windows. Word is: "The next exciting chapter in the Dragons Dogma franchise delivering a huge brand new area,...

Among the Sleep on Steam. Save 60%. Weekend Promo: Worlds Collide on GOG.com.

The Humble Store Winter Sale is underway. CONSORTIUM version 1.25 is here. Dota 2 Update - January 14th, 2016. Fallout 4 version 1.3 Beta Update. Thanks GameSpot. Zombasite version 0.915. Here's what'...

Another new trailer from Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak is online, paving the way for next week's release of the land-based installment in the Homeworld series. "The Transmission" trailer offers a look...

Square Enix tweets that they are celebrating the life of David Bowie by giving away keys for free copies of Omikron: The Nomad Soul, Quantic Dream's 1999 adventure game featuring Bowie music as well...

Steam News announces this weekend you can play CONSORTIUM for free all weekend, offering the chance to sample this "first person science-fiction role-playing experience." Here's word on the game,...

John Romero tweets that he has created his first new level for DOOM in 21 years: "It's been 21 years since I made a DOOM level. Here's my version of E1M8 using DOOM1.WAD. https://www.dropbox.com/s/2x2...

Intel Reports Full-Year Revenue of $55.4 Billion, Net Income of $11.4 Billion. Thanks HARDOCP.

How Twitter quietly banned hate speech last year.