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Decline of Steam Greenlight - looking at actual statistics. Capture the Flag - Atrapa La Bandera -- Steam Greenlight. "Step into Mike Goldwing's shoes and join him on his journey in the official...

Mojang announces a delay to Cobalt, saying this platformer they are publishing is feature complete, but instead of releasing it this week as planned, they are delaying it until February for further...

Digital Eel announces an October 29th official launch date for the Windows and OS X editions of Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars, their now gold space Roguelike sequel. The full versions will be...

Steam News announces that Vertiginous Golf is free for 24 hours on Steam, offering a 100% discount on the sports game, accompanied by a 50% discount on all its add-on content. Here's word on the game:...

Battle.net has details from Blizzard about the imminent conclusion of beta testing for Legacy of the Void, the upcoming final chapter in StarCraft II. They say they've gleaned lots of valuable...

The Battlefield 4 Battlelog says to expect Battlefield 4 Community Operations for Battlefield 4 tomorrow, including Operation Outbreak, a new map created as a community project. The Fall Update for...

Bethesda Softworks tweets that those who preorder Fallout 4 will have at least "a few days" to preload the game files before the RPG sequel officially leaves the vault (thanks VG247). They say: We...

The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 10-27-2015. Halo 5 Stat-Tracking Now Available in Free App. Miyamoto wanted the killing removed from N64's Goldeneye. Bond would have bounced off enemy's heads...

Matt Chat 313: Jordan Weisman talks Battletech.

KOO and Fnatic clash in League of Legends Semis. StarCraft eSports professional says that RTS is 'the dying genre'.

Geometry Shift by 0.1.1.2 Studios Kickstarter. "Ultra high speed racing with no speed limit! Play solo or with your friends online. Customize your shard as you rise through the ranks." Thanks Veni...

Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns debuts at number two on the GfK Chart-Track chart of the 30 bestselling PC games in the U.K. for the week ending October 24th. The console versions of Assassin's Creed...

A reddit AMA with Overkill Software discusses PAYDAY 2 and the just-concluded Crimefest event for the heist shooter (thanks GameSpot). Unsurprisingly, the game's recently addedd microtransactions...

DICETINY: The Lord of the Dice is now available on Steam as an early access release, offering the chance to play this "card-boiled tabletop RPG under the influence" in the alpha stage as indie Korean...

Just a week after setting a new Steam record of 10,761,566 players, the Steam Game and Player Statistics page shows that mark was obliterated over the weekend, when 11,625,415 users were logged in at...

Lawsuit accuses Apple's iOS 9 Wi-Fi Assist of burning through $5M+ in data. Thanks HARDOCP.

"Man in the High Castle" Full Pilot Online. Thanks Ant.

First Moto Racer 4 images released.

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor on Steam. Save 66%. Reflex on Steam. Save 25%.

Reflex version 0.37.2 point release.

Here are last week's bestselling games on Steam: Fallout 4 Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Grand Theft Auto V Rebel Galaxy ARK: Survival Evolved Tales of Zestiria...

A Spore Service Announcement has word that Spore servers are coming back online after months of downtime (thanks Gav). The evolutionary strategy game does not support synchronous multiplayer play,...

A Steam Community Group Announcement unveils the official re-release date for the PC edition of Batman: Arkham Knight is October 28th, saying this will be accompanied by a patch for owners of the...

ESports promoter ESL becomes world's biggest video-game events company. Heroes World Championship Groups Announced. Where to Watch - World Championship Esports - BlizzCon. Her Story takes home the...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Release Notes for 10/23/2015. StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Beta Balance Update -- October 23, 2015.

The Roberts Space Industries website has details on a new alpha version 1.3 build of Star Citizen that's now available for backers of Cloud Imperium's space exploration and combat game. They offer...

In turnabout, SunTrust removes contentious severance clause. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

Thanks Ant. Walmart Plays Catch-Up With Amazon. Thanks Slashdot. Best of Netflix Instant for November 2015.

Blast Off Classic on the App Store.

Microsoft no longer reporting console sales. Xbox Live co-creator Eric Neustadter leaves Microsoft.

This trailer from Call of Duty: Black Ops III takes a look at the "The Giant" bonus map (I know it's big, Abbott, but what's the name of the map?) for the futuristic shooter sequel. Here's word on...

Killing, My Friend by Hard-Boiled Software LLC Kickstarter. "Killing, My Friend is a first person 4 player co-op arcade shooter with over-the-top movie realism and stunts of 90's action movies."...

GOG.com now offers the Falcon Collection, a bundle of this F-16-centric flight simulator series from back in the day. The bundle includes, Falcon, Falcon A.T. (286 processor required), Falcon Gold,...

Developer Obsidian Entertainment and publisher Paradox Interactive proudly announce that Pillars of Eternity has sold over 500,000 copies since the launch of the crowdfunded RPG, saying that makes it...

Devolver Digital on GOG.com. Save up to 90%. Reign Of Kings on Steam. Save 60%. Retro Mishmash on GOG.com.

Minecraft: Pocket Edition and Minecraft Windows 10 Edition patched. Xbox App On Windows 10: Social Updates Available Today In Beta.

The Vermintide is rolling in, as Warhammer: The End Times Vermintide is now available, offering a fantasy-themed melee combat game for Windows from Fatshark. The release trailer came out the other...

Double Fine announces that they are at IndieCade showing off a remake of Day of the Tentacle, the classic LucasArts adventure from 1993, saying this is coming next year to Windows, OS X, PlayStation...

BethesdaGameStudios tweets that "all 27 versions" of Fallout 4 are complete, so the post-apocalyptic RPG is on track for its planned November 10th release. It looks like they skipped over an...

343's Kevin Franklin talks Halo 5: Guardians and Warzone. Assassins Creed Syndicate Is Now Available For Xbox One. Layers Of Fear (Game Preview) Is Now Available For Xbox One. PlayStation Blogcast...

E-Sports Forecasted To Hit $4 Billion By 2018, States Report.

Dota 2 Update - October 22nd 2015.

A GamesRadar livestream with Frank OConnor of 343 Industries touches on the possibility that Halo 5 will eventually make its way onto the PC platform. DSOGaming transcribed the following quote on...

The Deus Ex blog now offers an Adam Jensen 2.0 trailer which includes gameplay from Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, the upcoming installment in the action/RPG series. The clip shows off how the protagonist...

ArenaNet announces the launch of Heart of Thorns, a paid expansion for Guild Wars 2, their MMORPG sequel, also taking the occasion to announce that over seven million player accounts have been...

Taking a page out of the Rocket League playbook, this video shows a Nissan QASHQAI (an SUV model not sold in the U.S.) being used as a controller to play PES 2016 for what is described as "thoroughly...

Gearbox Software announces the Homeworld Remastered Collection is now available for OS X. This is now available on Steam, so those who purchased the space strategy remake for Windows are now...

Performance Analysis: Assassin's Creed Syndicate Eurogamer.net. Microsoft FY 2016 Q1 Results- Cloud Growth And PC Slowdown. Amazon posts second straight profit powered by Web Services. Thanks...

NSA advisory sparks concern of secret advance ushering in cryptoapocalypse. IT pros take more security risks than the average office worker.

Crazy Seahorses released.