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Portal's GLaDOS sings again in Lego Dimensions. I'm making a note here.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Release Notes for 9/24/2015. Dota 2 Gameplay Update 6.85 and More. Team Fortress 2 update released.

Here's a teaser trailer for Last Crown: Blackenrock, the first in a trio of planned sequels for The Lost Crown, the ghost-hunting adventure game. "Darkling Room have been working on the trio of...

A TwitLonger post from Derek Smart (who cannot be confined to 140 characters) says he has heard reports of departures from Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games which may in part be caused by...

A new developer diary on the Paradox Interactive Forums has details on a new expansion coming to Europa Universalis IV, the grand strategy sequel. This has not been officially announced, and they...

Larian Studios announces that former Obsidian designer Chris Avellone is now a "contributor" to Divinity: Original Sin II. They note on Kickstarter he is now part of the writing team for the RPG...

Nobody can deny living through medieval must have been grand, so Kalypso Media announces the release of Grand Ages: Medieval, a historical strategy game celebrating this grandeur. There is a boxed...

Fatshark announces an October 23rd release date for Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide, their co-op first-person shooter/melee combat game. You can preorder this on Steam, where this currently carries...

Electronic Arts announces beta testing of Star Wars Battlefront will take place between October 8th and October 12th, paving the way for the release of the Star Wars action game on November 17th....

A Fistful of Gun is now available, offering the chance to get your cowboy on in this nine-player co-op western shooter. The A Fistful of Gun website has links to where to buy this via digital...

A new article on Bethesda.net outlines how character progression will work in Fallout 4. They offer a special S.P.E.C.I.A.L. chart, and a pretty detailed rundown on how the system will play out in...

The Unreal Engine blog announces Bullet Train, a new VR game in the works at Epic Games for Oculus Rift and Gear VR headsets. They offer this trailer with a look at the game's Unreal Engine 4...

Nordic Games announces the acquisition of the Codename: Panzers property from Neocore Games:Nordic Games announced today that it has closed an asset purchase agreement with Neocoregames Ltd. to...

Steam News announces a big weekend sale on the Dawn of War franchise that includes the opportunity to play any of the games in the real-time strategy series for free until Sunday afternoon. Here's...

EA SPORTS announces the worldwide release of FIFA 16 for Windows and consoles, offering the latest installment in this association football/soccer series. A playable demo was released a couple of...

Here's a new story trailer for Assassin's Creed Syndicate that shows off more of the upcoming installment in the stealthy action/adventure series. The description of this one is quite brief: "Assassin...

Turner Broadcasting unveils new televised CS:GO league WELOVEFINE StarCraft Design Contest. Istanbul games convention wants 100,000 visitors.

Dota 2 Update - September 23rd 2015.

This video from The Khronos Group was released last week, showing their SIGGRAPH 2015 presentation on graphics APIs, discussing the state of OpenGL, OpenGL ES, and the upcoming Vulkan. Thanks Xil for...

Kickstarter update for Limit Theory is the first for the project since the beginning of the year (thanks JDreyer). Developer Josh Parnell apologies for the silence, and admitting that this resulted...

Battle.net announces Blizzard is offering double caches in Diablo III this weekend, starting tomorrow at 3:00 pm EDT. Here's word on how to cache in while playing the action/RPG sequel: Kanais Cube...

Gearbox Software now offers a new trailer introducing Lothar Rendain, the "glorious, immortal Lord Commander" from Battleborn, their upcoming team-based first-person shooter. The accompanying update...

This video features an interview with Blizzard Senior Game Designer Matthew Cooper discussing Heroes of the Storm, focusing on balance issues in the MOBA. Here are some of the topics he touches on:...

Paradox Interactive announces the release of After Dark for Cities: Skylines, an expansion for the urban planning game that attempts to answer the question of what happens when the lights go out. A...

Naughty Dog says continuing Uncharted without Nathan Drake is 'a bit hard to imagine.' PlayStation Plus free game in October could be Assassin's Creed Black Flag. Clueless Gamer: "Tony Hawk's Pro...

UnlimitedHand- Touch and Feel the Game World by H2L Kickstarter. "UnlimitedHand is the world's first video game controller with newly developed haptic feedback technology." Thanks HARDOCP.

Dying Light on Steam. Save 50%. Heroes of the Storm Weekly Sale: September 22-29. Killer Bundle 4 on Bundle Stars. Laserlife on Steam. Save 10%. New game. LEGO Super Heroes Bundle on Bundle Stars.

Assault Android Cactus is now available on Steam, where they offer a 20% launch discount on this twin-stick shooter for Windows, OS X, and Linux. This announcement has details on the release, word...

Bethesda.net now offers the latest installment in their S.P.E.C.I.A.L. video series from Fallout 4, which is up to Endurance. They don't have much to say about this one: "This week's S.P.E.C.I.A.L....

Bohemia Interactive announces they are offering access to the beta version of the Eden 3D editor for Arma III, though they warn this will be updated on a daily basis, and testers will be playing "an...

With closed beta testing of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege set to begin tomorrow, Ubisoft now offers this trailer to celebrate the occasion. The accompanying description outlines the scope of testing...

Steam News announces a daily deal where Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is 50% as their new Daily Deal. They are offering an additional bonus for the next 24 hours, as you can pick up a copy of Oddworld: Abe'...

The Dota 2 blog has details on the Frankfort Major, the first of their recently announced series of major tournaments for Dota 2. Tickets will go on sale next week, qualifiers will take place next...

Apple releases iOS 9.0.1 with fixes for setup assistant, alarms, other bugs. Lines start forming for iPhone 6S days before launch. Thanks HARDOCP. Pebble goes circular with ultra-thin Time Round...

Extreme Exorcism Is Now Available For Xbox One. Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Review on Zero Punctuation. NSFW.

Get Ready for the World of Warcraft European Championship. World of Warcraft Pet Battle Bonus Event September 23/28.

Meet the Villain of PS4, Xbox One, PC Shooter Battleborn - GameSpot.

Hob PC Interview on GameWatcher. Chats with Patrick Blank and Wonder Russell of Runic about their upcoming action/adventure.

Video game voice actors who belong to SAG-AFTRA are considering a strike to get better back-end bonuses from their work on games that go on to sell in large numbers (thanks VG247). There is a lot of...

DAWT -- Steam Greenlight. "DAWT is a chance for you to experience, first hand, what life was like inside a maze in the 80's. DAWT is a VR action game with elements of Pac Man, Bomberman and other...

Behind the Score with Inon Zur on Bethesda.net talks with the composer about his soundtrack for Fallout 4, Bethesda's upcoming RPG sequel. Zur discusses his influences and how the score for the new...

Riot Bans League Of Legends Team For Not Paying Its Players.

Hi-Rez Studios offers the first trailer from Paladins - Champions of the Realm, showing off gameplay footage from the upcoming team-based shooter from the developer of SMITE and Tribes Ascend. They...

A Microsoft Security Bulletin reveals that Microsoft is turning off the service for secdrv.sys driver for Windows 7 and Windows 8, following word that this will not be supported in Windows 10 (thanks...

A post on Eurogamer.pl has some comments from a voice actor suggesting another new Wolfenstein game is in the works, following Machine Games' successful reboot of the alternate-history shooter series...

Sublevel Zero on Ars Technica.

Dota 2 Update - September 22nd 2015.

Publisher My.com and developer Obsidian Entertainment announce this weekend will be a stress test of Armored Warfare that will be open to all interested in checking out the upcoming mechanized combat...

Templar Battleforce is now available for Windows, OS X, and Linux on Steam, offering a 15% launch discount on this fourth game set in the Star Traders universe. Here's a launch trailer, and here's...

This trailer unveils plans for a Dragon Age: Inquisition Game of the Year Edition, noting the various publications that gave the RPG over 130 GotY awards to merit this treatment. The clip is a pretty...