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Don't buy a Steam Machine - The Verge. The official Steam Machines run SteamOS, which is basically Linux with Steams Big Picture Mode. Even though Valve is working to bring more games to Linux,...

The Auro Quest Expansion by Keith Burgun Kickstarter. "Bringing Auro (PC/Android/iOS) to the next level with a new story-driven campaign mode, new spells, new monsters, and much, much more!" Also...

The Witcher III: Wild Hunt falls to number three on the GfK Chart-Track PC top 30 for the week ending June 6th as The Sims 4 remains on top. The new Witcher continues to bewitch the all platforms...

DSOGaming notes that tweets from Qwiboo and Puppygames offer perspective on Steam's recently expanded refund policy, showing this can be tough on small developers offering inexpensive short games,...

The OHIM website, home of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, reveals an EU trademark filing for a project called Mirror's Edge Catalyst. This is not the only hint about the title of...

CapCom Unity announces the Mega Man Legacy Collection, coming this summer to Windows and current-gen consoles, offering enhanced versions of the original six 8-bit games in the series on new...

A post on the GeForce website discusses NVIDIA GameWorks support in Batman: Arkham Knight, showing off some NVIDIA-specific hardware effects in a new. trailer. Here's word: Batman: Arkham Asylum,...

A new mostly Japanese Figureheads website is online, revealing development of Figureheads by Square Enix with this video. Most of the text and voice-overs are Japanese, and the techno soundtrack...

Warside on Gaming Nexus.

New Xbox One Update Out Now. No Chance of Fallout 4 on Xbox 360 or PS3. Unreleased graphical C64 adventure will see the light of day. Thanks Ant. Looks like Forza 6 is getting the features series...

Rock Band 4 vs Guitar Hero Live.

Bloodwood Reload on Just Adventure.

Matt Chat 294- John Cutter on Casual Gaming, Dogs, and VR. Thanks Ant.

The real scars of Korean gaming. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

Neptune Flux by Zoxide Games Kickstarter. "Explore the ocean, discover lost treasure, and unlock the secrets of an ancient mystery." Also on Steam Greenlight.

Valve announces the following items are the bestsellers on Steam for last week. We'd normally say these are the ten bestselling games, but there are two pieces of hardware on this week's list: ARK:...

The Deus Ex blog promises a gameplay reveal for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided next week during E3. Here's all they're saying for now about plans to show the action/RPG sequel: "Watch the Deus Ex: Mankind...

YouTube now offers the Heroes of the Storm launch event as a three-plus hour video recorded from yesterday's livestream celebrating the launch of Blizzard's MOBA, though the first 30 minutes of the...

Possible Dish-T-Mobile merger could be trouble for AT&T and Verizon. Uber celebrates its fifth birthday with tears. Thanks HARDOCP. Uber's adding 'hundreds of thousands' of new drivers monthly....

I am Bread is coming to PlayStation 4. Why the music on the Sega Genesis sounded so great.

Why XCOM 2 Had to be PC Exclusive IGN.

Berserk Games announces that Tabletop Simulator has graduated from Early Access, and this recreation of many classic physical games is now officially available on Steam for Windows, Linux, and OS X,...

An E3 Debate trailer is a live-action dealie promoting Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, the upcoming continuation of the action/RPG series. This is an odd comedy-heavy exercise which offers interactive...

Steam now offers a playable demo for Football Tactics, the Early Access turn-based strategy game based on the real-time sport of association football/soccer Here's all they say about the demo, which...

A sponsored post on Gamasutra reveals that Amazon is gearing up to develop its first PC game (we don't do sponsored posts, we're passing along out of the goodness of our hearts). Amazon is not being...

Battle.net reminds us a three-hour livestream event is coming this afternoon on YouTube to celebrate the launch of Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard's new team brawler/MOBA. Things get underway at 3:00...

Skype for Web opened up in US and UK with plugins.

Dead State- Reanimated - Interview with Brian Mitsoda - Hardbloxx. Good Game Well Played 5- Hingers Chats to Chris Sigaty from Blizzard. Thanks Ant. Paid betas hurt Early Access - Tripwire -...

Colonies Online version 0.11.0.

Atari Weekend Sale on The Humble Store. Cities in Motion Collection on Mac App Store. Save 50%. Scribblenauts Unmasked on Steam. Save 75%.

The Skyforge website introduces the Kinetic, one of the classes in Obsidian's upcoming MMORPG, offering a gameplay trailer showing the character in action. Here's the accompanying explanation: "The...

Publisher BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe and developer Slightly Mad Studios announce Project CARS has now sold more than one million units: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe and Slightly Mad...

The Witcher website has word that the promised patch is now available for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, updating the RPG sequel to version 1.05. For the past couple of hours the patch notes read "504...

The Elite: Dangerous website notes that Frontier Developments' space-based MMOG is in the process of upgrading, as today is the launch of the game's free Powerplay expansion. This updates the game to...

Bad Juju, parent company of both Desura and Indie Royale, has filed for bankruptcy protection, reports Gamasutra, with the news coming just a couple of weeks after reports of missed royalty payments...

4K Displays for HTPCs: A Consumer Checklist.

Yahoo does Spring Cleaning- Shuts down Maps, Pipes & more. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Google Lat Long: Explore life beneath the waves in honor of World Oceans Day. Thanks HARDOCP. Political deleted-twe...

DRIFT SPIRITS Launches Worldwide in 40 Countries and Regions, Including the U.S., U.K., France, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Brazil. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Free DLC line-up for June. Microsoft isn't...

Open Source Haxe-OpenFL Platform Will Support Home Game Consoles. Thanks Ant. Bungie is teasing Destiny news for E3. The Swapper is Now Available for Xbox One. SteamWorld Dig is Now Available for...

DayZ is suffering from a dwindling playerbase according to Steam Charts, where they note the zombie game's average and peak player counts are half what they were as recently as April, and are around...

Valve offers this video showing off the Steam Controller to accompany their Steam Hardware preorders. This offers a look at the latest version of the design, and shows off some of the functions to...

The Collectors Cache - Dota 2. Another way to contribute to the prize pool for The International. SIGGRAPH 2015 Announces Award Recipients of 42nd Annual Computer Animation Festival.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 version 1.18.1. Also a new playable demo. Thanks The Patches Scrolls, where everything is mirrored. Minecraft 1.8.7 Security Release.

Bell Media president says using VPNs to skirt copyright rules is stealing. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

Chinese breach data of 4 million federal workers. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

Devolver Digital announces Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star, a sequel to the pigeon dating simulation coming to Windows, PS4, and PS Vita this fall. Expect more about this later this month at E3. Here'...

Digital Tentacle announces Hypnos: Sons of October, an action/adventure game set during a dystopian cold war coming to Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 by the end of next year. There are a few...

Finnish independent developer Shark Punch announces the release of The Masterplan for Windows, OS X, and Linux, as their top-down heist game is now out of early access. The official launch trailer...

The Hearthstone website announces new heroes are coming to Blizzard's card-based strategy game. Here's word: These new Hearthstone Heroes will feature beautifully detailed animated Hero portraits,...

A new gameplay trailer shows off the Torbjörn character from Overwatch, Blizzard's upcoming teamplay shooter. Word is: "Torbjörn proves to be a true engineer of destruction in this complete, unedited...