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Blade & Soul: NEO Launches
Blade & Soul: Neo is now available, offering a fully remastered version of Blade & Soul, allowing players to relive the free-to-play MMORPG. Here's the Launch Trailer and here's word: "Immerse...
Demos & Freebies
Game of Thrones: Kingsroad on Steam (Windows). "A story-driven action-adventure RPG, bringing the world of Westeros to life with remarkable detail and never-before seen scale." Maliki - Poison Of...
Rumor Mill
Wizards Of The Coast Apparently Cancels Game Led By Dragon Age Veteran - GameSpot.
Quoteworthy
BioWare co-founder reflects on Mass Effect 3 ending controversy, life under EA, and the -worst advice- received from Xbox - Eurogamer.net.
On Sale
Indie Allies 2025 (pay what you want and help charity) - Humble.* Save 80% on Monstrum on Steam. Save 65% on F1(R) Manager 2024 on Steam. Save 20% on Five Nights at Freddy's- Into the Pit on Steam....
Game Crossovers
Assassin's Creed Leaps Into Balatro.
Delta Force - Black Hawk Down Released
Delta Force - Black Hawk Down is now available for Windows on Steam as a free update for Delta Force, the free-to-play first-person shooter from Team Jade and TiMi Studio Group. This recreation of...
Life is Feudal: Arden Open Beta
Early Access is underway on Steam for Life is Feudal: Arden, a free-to-play MMORPG from LTG. This is being called an open beta, and the Open Beta Launch Trailer is here to open your eyes to what it...
Two Point Museum Reviews
Here's a roundup of reviews of Two Point Museum, which will bring the signature Two Point management experience to a new field when it launches next month: Two Point Museum review- An exciting...
Demos & Freebies
BodyRecords on Steam (Windows). "BodyRecords is a chilling horror experience, blending bodycam immersion, microphone sensitivity to your voice, and eerie spaces. Work together with teammates to...
Announcement Announcements
Silent Hill 2 Remake Dev Working With Konami Again On A Mystery Game - GameSpot.
Business & Finance
Star Wars Eclipse developer Quantic Dream gives update amidst NetEase cuts and closures - Eurogamer.net. Unity Announces Pricing of Upsized $600.0 Million Offering of Convertible Senior Notes -...
Engagement Ring
Tekken 8 Hits 3 Million Sold a Year After Launch, Milestone Achieved at a Faster Pace Than Tekken 7 - IGN.
Morning Patches
Official patches. DayZ - 1.27 Stable Update - Out Now & DayZ in 2025. Le Mans Ultimate - February 2025 - Update #4 - Public release notes. Company of Heroes 3 - 2.0 Anniversary Update Overview.
Dauntless Ending in May
Phoenix Labs announces on X that live service action/RPG Dauntless is shutting down at the end of May, concluding a run that began with an open beta/soft launch in 2018. The announcement is pretty...
Assassin's Creed Shadows Sneaks Out
A post from Ubisoft acknowledges that Assassin's Creed Shadows has leaked prior to its planned March 20th release. They warn players to beware of streams that spoil the story of the stealth/action...
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition - Doom of Icewind Dale
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition - Doom of Icewind Dale is now available on GOG.com* and Steam for Windows, macOS, and Linux, offering new DLC for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, the...
Steam Next Fest
As mentioned earlier, the Next Fest February 2025 on Steam is now underway, celebrating games that have yet to launch. This first official Fest of the year operates the same as past entries, offering...
The Lonesome Guild Announced
DON'T NOD announces The Lonesome Guild, a top-down, action/RPG in development at Turin-based Tiny Bull Studios coming to PC via Steam and to consoles "soon." This is focused on "friendship and...
Rockbeasts Announced
Check! Check! Team17 and Lichthund announce Rockbeasts, a dark-comedy RPG about managing a band and succeeding in the music industry coming to PC this year via Steam. This features not only game cred,...
The Talos Principle: Reawakened Demo
A playable demo for The Talos Principle: Reawakened is now available, as Devolver Digital and Croteam announce the full version of this "reimagined" puzzle game will launch for PC and consoles on...
Mecha BREAK Demo/Open Beta
The Mecha BREAK Demo on Steam offers the promised access to the Open Beta version of this mech combat third-person shooter. Here's the Global Storm Open Beta Trailer and here's word on why giant...
Gothic 1 Remake - Demo (Nyras Prologue)
A Gothic 1 Remake - Demo (Nyras Prologue) is now available for Windows on Steam, giving players a chance to experience the return of this classic RPG firsthand. The new Steam Next Fest gets underway...
Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone Demo
A playable Windows demo is now available on Steam for Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone, the irradiated action/RPG sequel from The Farm 51 (thanks Rhialto). This gives the chance revisit the exclusion...
Monster Hunter Wilds Reviews
Reviews are showing up today for Monster Hunter Wilds to pave the way for Friday's launch of this action/RPG from Capcom. Here's a roundup of evaluations: Monster Hunter Wilds Review - AGC (NSFW...
Demos & Freebies
Cattle Country on Steam (Windows, Linux). "Howdy partner! Welcome to Cattle Country, the Cozy Cowboy Adventure Life Sim. Become a determined pioneer traveling west to start a new life. Make a home...
Quoteworthy
There's hunger at Obsidian for a Pillars of Eternity Tactics game after Avowed, says studio design director Josh Sawyer, but it doesn't sound like it'd get that Baldur's Gate 3-size budget he was...
Business & Finance
Unity cut ties with over 1,700 workers and closed 23 offices in 2024 - Game Developer. Surgeon Simulator developer Bossa Games confirms layoffs amid industry 'turmoil' - Game Developer.
Engagement Ring
Hunt: Showdown 1896 -- Celebrating 7 Years of Hunt. Mecha Break Hits Over 300,000 Concurrent Steam Players with Open Beta, Briefly Surpassing Marvel Rivals - IGN.
Issues & Activism
Balatro's contentious PEGI 18 rating has been amended thanks to 'mitigating fantastical elements' - Game Developer.
On Chinese Game Censorship
Censoring Games on The New York Times (free account required) takes on the topic of censorship in video games. Word is "As China's game developers have grown and gone international, however, they've...
Sunday Multiplex
Content creator videos. Thanks Ant. Level UP- Mario's Trap Room Mayhem. Spiderman is the Best Worst - Marvel Rivals #3 - Carbot.
Sunday Interviews
Interview with Jon Hare of Sensible Software - Spillhistorie.no.
Sunday Tech Bits
UK's new rare-earth-free solar cell is cheap, lightweight, flexible - Interesting Engineering. Thanks Max. StreamFab version 6.2.2.3. Thanks Console General.
AI Yi-Yi!
Ph.D. student expelled from U of M for allegedly using AI - kare11. Thanks Reddit. Large Law Firm Sends Panicked Email as It Realizes Its Attorneys Have Been Using AI to Prepare Court Documents -...
Hardware Reviews
Laptop: Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 (2025, AMD Ryzen AI 9) Review - PCMag. Thanks Neutronbeam.
Out of the Blue
With great care not to mess up again, I managed to get this together before departing Atlanta. I'll try and catch anything that may have fallen through the cracks tomorrow. I can also fill you in on...
Rumor: NetEase Planning Major Cuts
Chinese giant NetEase is shopping around its western studios following recent cuts, according to an unconfirmed report on GameFile. Reliable journalist Stephen Totilo cites two unnamed sources saying...
Saturday Multiplex
Official trailers. Rise of the Triad - Celebrating 30 Ludicrous Years.
Saturday Mobilization
Star Wars KOTOR 1 and 2 are free on the Epic Games Store mobile app - VGC.
Saturday Tech Bits
Nvidia confirms rare' RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti manufacturing issue - The Verge. Microsoft's New Majorana 1 Processor Could Transform Quantum Computing - WIRED (may require registration or subscription)....
Out of the Blue
It's been one disaster after another getting online here in Atlanta. It's taken well over six hours of work to bring you this scrap of an update, which was in a slightly more complete form before I...
Cataclismo Next Month
Digital Sun makes the cataclysmic announcement that version 1.0 of Cataclismo will officially launch on March 20th, eight months after the siege-defense RTS game entered Early Access. Word is: "The...
DC Dark Legion Next Month
FunPlus announces DC Dark Legion, a strategy game based on DC Comics that's coming to PC and mobiles on March 14th. As is often the way with mobile games, pre-registration is underway, promising...
Stygian: Outer Gods Announced
Fulqrum Publishing and Misterial Games announce Stygian: Outer Gods, a Lovecraftian survival/horror game coming to PC Early Access this year, with a full release on PC and consoles to come "at a...
ASUS Announces Fragrance Mouse
ASUS Announces Fragrance Mouse. Thanks Neutronbeam, who already double-checked that it isn't April 1st. Here's word on how this combines a combination of technology and the magical thinking of...
Demos & Freebies
BREAK ARTS III on Steam (Windows). "Freely customize your own robots to win high-speed matches! With the brand new Co-op Mode and Diorama Mode, this game is a fresh new addition to the series."...
Engagement Ring
Earth Defense Force 6 sales top 600,000 - Gematsu.
Issues & Activism
Game Developers Fear Anti-Trans Measures Could Hit Their Industry Next - WIRED (may require registration or subscription).
Game Crossovers
Fortnite Is Crossing Over With Cowboy Bebop - GameRant. Netflix joins Sifu film project as development continues on Sloclap adaptation - Eurogamer.net. George R. R. Martin Reveals 'There Is Some...
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