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The Halloween Sale on the Epic Games Store is now underway, offering up to 80% off on thousands of games between now and November 1st. That's a lot to sort through, so this blog post takes a look at...

Blizzard announces Showdown in the Badlands is the next expansion for Hearthstone, saying this will come to the deckbuilding strategy game on November 14th. The Announcement Trailer goes all-out...

Pandemic Train is now available for Windows on Steam, offering a game that asks what would happen if you combined Snowpiercer with Contagion (or, you know, 2020). In this you ride a train "roaming...

Forge is a new beta startup gaming community aimed at unifying your gamer identity that's spread across various services. The obvious irony is this involves signing up for yet another new service,...

Tom Clancy's The Division Franchise Sale on Steam. Wales Interactive Publisher Sale on Steam. Save 30% on Ib on Steam. Save 20% on Viewfinder on Steam. Living in a Simulation (pay what you want and...

Official patches. Diablo IV Patch Notes - 1.2.0a Build #46321 (All Platforms) - October 18, 2023. World of Warcraft Hotfixes: October 17, 2023.

Peter Molyneux is returning to his roots - GamesIndustry.biz. All the discussion of avoiding overpromising says otherwise.

World of Warcraft Guardians of the Dream: Grow Seeds to Saplings in New Public Events. A dog named Peanut Butter is going to speedrun a Nintendo platformer at AGDQ 2024.

Hellboy Web of Wyrd is now available on Steam, offering a roguelike brawler for Windows based on Mike Mignola's comic book creation. The Official Launch Trailer is here with a look at how the game's...

The GWENT Website now has version 11.10 patch notes for GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. As CD PROJEKT announced last year, it is ending official development for the deckbuilding game, and putting...

Alaskan Road Truckers is now available on Steam, as the road gets more crowded with another simulation of the life of a long-haul trucker. As reflected in the title, this takes place in the untamed...

Steam now features a playable Windows demo for Dark Atlas: Infernum, an upcoming first-person game that promises horror of both the psychological and survival varieties. In this developer Night...

Kona II: Brume is now available for PC and consoles, offering the chance to return to the Northern Canada of the 1970s, which is still beset by mysterious events. For a look at what to expect,...

Hello darkness my old friend. A playable Windows demo is out on Steam for Chronique des Silencieux, a narrative adventure game from Pierre Feuille Studio. In this the player must grapple with the...

Xbox will not use Call of Duty timed exclusivity to sell consoles, Phil Spencer says. Nightdive Studios wants Microsoft to let them do remasters of Heretic and Hexen. So do fans.

Gaming IP Rules Hollywood. Peter Levin Helped Blaze the Path. Five Nights at Freddy's - "A Look Inside" (video). Overwatch(R) 2 and LE SSERAFIM(R) team up in a new collab event.

The Diablo IV Website announces the Season of Blood has begun, kicking off the second season for the action/RPG sequel on Windows and consoles. It was delayed due to technical issues, and word is...

Harebrained Schemes and Paradox Interactive announce plans to "part ways" following the disappointing launch of turn-based strategy game The Lamplighters League. Paradox acquired the BATTLETECH and...

AMD Drivers and Support now offers new version 23.10.2 Adrenalin Edition Windows drivers for AMD Radeon graphics cards. These are a reissue of the version 23.10.1 drivers released last week. Besides...

Sonic Superstars has raced out for PC and consoles, and you can find the Windows edition of this high-speed platformer on Steam as a Standard or Deluxe Edition. A new Launch Trailer celebrates the...

Haunted House is now available for Windows on Steam and for consoles, offering a reimagining of this classic ghostly Atari 2600 action/adventure. The previously released Official Launch Trailer shows...

Save 35% on Stardeus on Steam. Kingdom Franchise Sale. Save 20% on Viewfinder on Steam. Save 70% on TerraTech on Steam.

Microsoft Launches $3.65 Billion Exchange for Activision Debt (may require registration or subscription). Thanks Neutronbeam. Frontier to lay off unknown number of staff in organisational review.

Counter-Strike 2 - Release Notes for 10-17-2023. Forza Motorsport Update 1.0 Release Notes. Hearthstone 27.6 Patch Notes. Killing Floor 2 Autumn Update Changelog. Here's a Last Hans Standing -...

NEOWIZ announces it's gotten P all over the place since the release of the Lies of P. Word is the Pinocchio-inspired soulslike action/RPG has sold over a million units since launching last month: "NE...

Paradox Interactive announces King of Kings, a new Immersion Pack coming on November 6th to Europa Universalis IV. Despite the title, this is not a come to Jesus moment for the grand strategy sequel,...

A new DLSS 3 update had NVIDIA's latest weekly briefing with the latest news on DLSS 3 support in games. Word is: "This week, NARAKA: BLADEPOINT upgrades to DLSS 3, while Slender: The Arrival and...

Early Access is now underway on Steam for Cyber Knights: Flashpoint, a Windows and macOS heist/RPG in a far-flung cyberpunk setting. The news is covered in detail in this post, which offers...

Expansive Worlds reveals Spain is the next destination for Call of the Wild: The Angler, announcing Spain Reserve is the next DLC for the fishing simulation. It is coming "soon" to PC and consoles,...

The turnaround on the review embargo for Intel's recently announced Raptor Lake refresh CPUs was short. Here's a roundup: Intel Core i9-14900K, Core i7-14700K and Core i5-14600K Review- Raptor Lake...

Neopica and NACON announce the release of Overpass 2, saying the off-road racing and route-plotting sequel is now available for Windows and Steam consoles. No California King Snakes were harmed in...

100 Steps is now available on Steam, offering a "roguelike tower crawler" for Windows from Endorth Studio and ByteSize. It has a fantasy theme and a boardgame setting, as seen in the Launch Trailer (...

Epic Games announces the Epic First Run program and the Now On Epic program. First Run is an exclusivity program for third-party developers and publishers, while Now on Epic is here to motivate...

Wizard With a Gun is now available for Windows on Steam, offering a sandbox survival game with co-op support. Having just realized that the plan to launch this tomorrow would run into Diablo IV...

An X from Starbreeze apologizes that the first patch to address PAYDAY 3 issues has run into issues, and is delayed. This is the second setback for this update, which was first expected almost two...

Paradox Interactive announces some problems that have been identified in Cities: Skylines II, the urban planning sequel. Word is the in-game editor will remain in beta, and will follow the game's...

Netflix reportedly looks to license GTA title as it moves into "higher-end" gaming.

Cyberpunk Dev Says The Game Was A Lesson In Avoiding Crunch.

Save 25% on Astro Colony on Steam. Save 20% on Forever Skies on Steam. Save 20% on Viewfinder on Steam. Save 60% on Rain World on Steam.

Epic Games Lays Off Half Of Bandcamp In Sale To Songtradr. Something Wicked Games hires Starfield lead quest designer Will Shen.

The Minecraft Website recaps Minecraft Live 2023, the now-concluded celebration of Mojang's mining and building game. Word is it has now surpassed 300 million lifetime sales. BBC News makes the case...

With Starfield launched and out of Earth orbit, Pete Hines of Bethesda Xs that he's soon to be Pete Hines formerly of Bethesda, as he gears up to leave his post as head of publishing at the Microsoft-...

Alchemist: The Potion Monger is now available for Windows on Steam, opening the door to the fun and lucrative world of potion brewing and vending. If you want to try your hand at being the backbone...

PlayWay announces Dubai Builder as the next installment in its endless stream of simulations, saying it is in development at Games Incubator for release next year on Steam. This is an interesting mix,...

Next Halo campaign is reportedly in development at 343 Industries.

Cyberpunk 2077 team morale took "significant hit" following release, developer says. So did gamer morale. Cyberpunk 2077 dev overhauling internal checks ahead of The Witcher 4.

Dungeon & Monsters 3 - 3D Printable Tabletop Bundle (pay what you want and help charity).* Publisher Sale: Akupara Games with deals up to -85% - GOG.com.* Publisher Sale: THQ Nordic with their gems...

Minecraft becomes first video game to hit 300m sales. Avalanche Studios Group expands to Montreal. Payday 3 has lost 90% of its Steam players in less than a month. How gun giant Remington used Call...

Forts is currently available to play for free on Steam. This fort building and destruction strategy game from EarthWork Games is in the midst of a free weekend, so apologies for the late notice (thank...

AMD continues to quickly iterate its new AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) tech with preview driver updates. A new version 23.30.01.02 Adrenalin Edition Preview Driver is now available to allow owners...