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Civilization: Beyond Earth E3 Trailer
The official E3 trailer for Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is now online, offering what was shown privately of the upcoming expansion at the trade show (thanks PCGamesN). Word is: "Watch the...
MotorSport Revolution Demo
Steam now offers a playable demo for MotorSport Revolution, the racing game for Windows from Ghost Machine. The game is designed to take advantage of the fledgling PC virtual reality scene, though a...
King's Quest: A Knight to Remember Next Month
Sierra announces a July 28th release date for King's Quest: A Knight to Remember, the first chapter in their upcoming remake of the role-playing classic. Additionally, they announce pre-orders are...
World of Warships Bundle Resolution
The World of Warships official forum has a follow-up to the recent controversy over the fulfillment of a Humble Bundle deal for World of Warships (thanks Krovven). The terms of the sale were changed...
Minecraft PC Sells > 20M
The Minecraft sales tracking page has word that the Windows/OS X edition of Mojang's sandbox construction game has now sold more than 20 million copies (thanks Gamasutra). Word is they moved over ten...
Morning Crowdfunding Roundup
RENOIR by Soulbound Games Kickstarter. "A noir game in which you play private detective James Renoir as he investigates the toughest murder case of his career: his own." We Happy Few - Welcome to...
Steamship Ahoy - RONIN
RONIN is now available on Steam, offering the official release of this turn-based action/platformer after a short run on Early Access, The RONIN website points the way to the game and its playable...
Devilian Announced
Trion Worlds announces Devilian, an MMO action/RPG coming to North America and Europe after several years of successful operation in Korea. This is the payoff to the teaser website they launched last...
Heroes of the Storm Patched
Today's scheduled maintenance for Heroes of the Storm in North America concluded sooner than projected, and Blizzard's MOBA is once again online, offering the first installment in the Diablo-themed...
OS X & Linux DirectX 11 Support Plans
A CodeWeavers blog post has post from around E3 announcing plans to bring DirectX 11 support to their CrossOver software that allows Windows emulation on Linux and OS X computers, which will probably...
Heroes of the Storm PTR Closed
The Heroes of the Storm forums announce that the play test realm is now closed as they are right now in the midst of launching the new Eternal Conflict update for the MOBA. Word is: Once the PTR...
WB Games Montréal New IP Referenced
The WB Games Montréal Jobs Board has listings for a positions to work on a "new open world IP." This was spotted by GameSpot, where they note that the reference to a new IP casts doubt on assumptions...
Sorcerer King Next Month
Stardock announces a release date for Sorcerer King, saying fantasy-themed. asymmetrical, 4x strategy game is due on July 16th, though the beta version remains available on Steam through early access....
Gatherings & Competitions
RuneScape Summer Beach Party now underway. ChinaJoy 2015: Easy For Fun. Unikrn Closes Series A with Binary Capital and All-Star Group of Investors to Further Global Expansion. Betting on LoL. LOL.
Morning Interviews
"There would be pitchforks at the gate" - Hines - GamesIndustry.biz. Bethesda on mobile Fallout and future mobile plans.
Morning Consolidation
Shigeru Miyamoto isn't deeply involved in the Nintendo NX's design. Xbox at gamescom 2015. Yep, Nolan North totally just confirmed The Last of Us 2. On console, PlanetSide 2 is as opaque,...
Morning Mobilization
Apple Music, Beats 1, iOS 8.4 to launch June 30. Google Updates Hangouts For iOS With A New Interface. Haypi Monster: The Lost Tower on the App Store on iTunes. Tap Tap Squirrel on the App Store on...
Evening Crowdfunding Roundup
Scott in Space Steam Greenlight.
On Sale
Dark Fall Trilogy on GOG.com. Gone Home on Steam. Save 88%. Mid-week Games Sale on Excalibur Games. On Monday?
Scrolls Closing
The Scrolls website announces Mojang's plans to close up their virtual card-based strategy game, a surprise revelation just a couple of hours after the release of an Echoes balance update. The...
Albion Online Summer Alpha Begins
The summer alpha test is now underway for Albion Online, the upcoming cross-platform MMORPG. Access is currently only open to those who have prepurchased the game's $99.95 legendary founder's pack,...
World of Fishing EU Closed Beta
Developer MasangSoft and publisher gameXcite are announce the launch of closed beta testing of World of Fishing for European gamers, saying they will grant access on a first-come, first-served basis...
DiRT Rally Patched
A Steam Community Group Announcement has word on a major patch for DiRT Rally on Steam, adding a bunch of new content in what they call the Tarmac Terrors update for the Early Access racing game. The...
LEGO Minifigures Online Relaunched
Funcom now offers the promised relaunch of LEGO Minifigures Online, which is no longer a free-to-play dealie, and is now a buy-once game for Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, and Android. Here's a launch...
Battlezone (1998) Remake Plans
Following the announcement of plans for a remake of the original 1980 arcade version of Battlezone, an open letter to Battlezone fans on the Rebellion website announces plans to also remake the...
U.K. Sales Charts
The new phonebooks are here! GfK Chart-Track is back with their weekly rundown of the bestselling games in the U.K. Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward is the number one entry on the PC games chart for...
EVE Online Slump?
A reddit thread offers a link to another thread which discusses how many players are currently logging in to EVE Online, CCP's space-based MMORPG, shown in charts hosted here (thanks Destructoid)....
DCS World 2 Stream
Twitch has an archive of a stream where Matt Wagner discusses and shows off progress on DCS World 2, their upcoming flight simulator relaunch. The clip has no description, but InBlack, our reader who...
Warhammer 40,000: Regicide Patched
A Steam Community group announcement outlines all the changes in a new version 1.2 update for the Warhammer 40,000: Regicide, the sci-fi strategy game currently in Early Access on Steam. This...
On Star Citizen FPS Delays
A new Letter from the Chairman on the Roberts Space Industries website fills us in on the latest on Star Citizen, Cloud Imperium Games' upcoming space game (thanks Rock, Paper, Shotgun). The chairman...
Mafia 3 Domains Ratted Out
A NeoGAF thread links to a domain tool showing Take Two Games has registered four different domains for Mafia 3, offering another hint that an announcement of a new game in the crime series nears....
Steam Hardware Early Preorders Sold Out
Valve announces that the hardware preorders they began accepting early this month are now all sold out, so if you were on the fence about being a guinea pig for this, you missed your window. This...
The Bard's Tale IV Chris Avellone Stretch Goal
inXile Entertainment knows how to crowdfund, and to that end, they announce a new stretch goal for their Kickstarter for The Bard's Tale IV, saying Chris Avellone will design an area for the game if...
Morning Patches
Battle for Wesnoth version 1.12.4. Also a new development release, version 1.13.1. Thanks Ant.
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The Elder Scrolls Online creative director quits, joins Gearbox… Star Wars Battlefront will have Heroes vs Villains mode among other ones. But apparently no Death Star map… Cheer up,...
Hardware Reviews
In Win D-Frame Mini Case on pcGameware. SilverStone Fortress FT04 Case on ThinkComputers.org. Synology DiskStation DS1515 on TechSpot. Turtle Beach Impact 700 on APH Networks. WD My Cloud EX4100 4-Ba...
Game Reviews
Cast of the Seven Godsends on GameWatcher. The Detail Episode 2: From the Ashes on Just Adventure. Woolfe - The Red Hood Diaries on Just Adventure.
Morning Legal Briefs
In high-stakes copyright suit, Coxs top infringers beg for privacy. Pirate Bay Founder Still Wants to Clear His Name. Thanks HARDOCP.
Morning Consolidation
Thanks Ant. Free PS Plus games for July 2015 could include Batman title. EU PlayStation Plus games now update first Tuesday of each month. Ghosts N Goblins and Commando Arcade - Easy flash double for...
Morning Safety Dance
Sony Pictures- Inside the Hack of the Century, Part 1. Thanks DSLReports via Ant.
Morning Metaverse
Thanks Ant. Chromecast Update Bringing Grief For Many Users. Apple Music launching 8am Pacific Tuesday, allows uploads like iTunes Match.
Morning Mobilization
Low Power mode in iOS 9 saves battery life by slowing performance. Ziggy Road ZigZag Racer on Google Play and iTunes.
Op Ed
The Armchair Empire Infinite- The Frustrating Case of Koei Tecmo PC Ports. "Not so with Koei Tecmo. The consistently substandard quality of their PC ports has been truly disappointing to such an...
Sunday Patches
World of Warcraft Patch 6.2 Hotfixes - June 26. Thanks Ant.
On Sale
Green Man Gaming site-wide code: GET23P-ERCENT-OFFGMG. Civilization Titles on Green Man Gaming. Save up to 75%. The Last Federation on Steam. Save 80%.
Steam Top 10
These are the 10 bestselling games on Steam for last week according to Valve: ARK: Survival Evolved Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Grand Theft Auto V Elite: Dangerous The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Elder...
Batman: Arkham Knight Patched; Progress Report
This Steam Community Group Announcement has the latest on efforts to fix the Windows edition of Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocksteady's action/adventure sequel that's no longer for sale as they work on...
Hatred Sequel and DLC Plans
There is a Hatred interview on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation website talking with Przemyslaw Szczepaniak of Polish developer Destructive Creations about their recently released isometric...
Baldur's Gate Countdown Timer
The Baldur's Gate website now sports a timer counting off the seconds until a week from Thursday, when presumably some sort of announcement will come to payoff on the suspense this is hoping to...
Battlefield 2143 Images?
A thread on reddit points to an Imgur album with three shots of a monitor showing what's alleged to be Battlefield 2143. The reactions to the blurry images cover a range, with some convinced, and...
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