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The Battlefield website has first details on the Criminal Activity DLC for Battlefield Hardline that was already announced as part of the Battlefield Hardline Premium package. Here's word on the pack,...

Microsoft offers free 12-month EA Access subscriptions. NHL 16 restores trimmed features, introduces playoff beards. The Witcher 3: frame-rate not ideal on either console, despite technical...

Microsoft celebrates 25 years of wasting time at work with Solitaire tournament. Unikrn Opens Its Doors to UK-Based Consumers to Safely and Legally Wager on Worldwide eSports Matches and Tournaments....

NCSOFT announces plans to launch Blade & Soul in North America and Europe this winter, offering a westernized version of this MMORPG that's been operating in Asia since mid-2012. A Four Great...

Space Thinger by Wytchlight Games Kickstarter. "Space Thinger is an arcade space shooter with the emphasis firmly on close quarters space dog fighting." Also on Steam Greenlight.

DC Universe Online - Halls Of Power Part II Now Available. MechWarrior Online Patch Notes 19-May-2015.

Her Interactive announces the release of Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness, the 32nd(!) installment in this series of mystery games based on the venerable YA book series. This is available for Windows and...

Valve has registered a new trademark for a project called Chaperone." The description indicates this has to do with their VR/AR plans, saying: "Hardware and software, sensors, and beacons for the...

Daybreak Games' John Smedley tweets that they have hit almost 25,000 H1Z1 with bans: "24,837 have been banned for cheating" after a wry warning for users of a wallhack program called ESP. He calls...

Angel Adventures on the App Store on iTunes.

Victor Vran Interview on RPGWatch.

Iron Fish - Steam Greenlight. "Iron Fish is a psychological deep-sea thriller that challenges players to navigate the dangers that lurk at the bottom of the ocean, where humans no longer have the...

Assetto Corsa on Steam. Save 50%. BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend on Steam. Save 50%. GameGuru on Steam. Save 25%. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing on Steam. Save 66%. Outer Space, Inner...

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel update May 19, 2015. Diablo III Patch 2.2.1 Now Live. Dungeons 2 Patch changelog. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update Information - May 19, 2015. Survivor Squad-...

Steam now offers Castaway Paradise Complete Edition for Windows and OS X, a life simulator in the vein of games like Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon. Here's a launch trailer, and here's a bit on the...

SOF Studios announces the release of H-Hour: World's Elite on Steam, offering Early Access to this Windows third-person shooter with an emphasis on tactics. This is described as a community-led...

Paradox Interactive announces the release of a new patch for Cities: Skylines adding new content for free to the urban planning game. The full patch notes are in in the Paradox forums. Word is: "Going...

As promised, Blizzard has now opened the beta testing of Heroes of the Storm, their team brawler/MOBA starring a roster of Blizzard heroes. They offer new Super Sonya and Mad Martian Gazlowe Skins...

Mozilla Thunderbird version 31.7.0. Thanks Frans. WSJ- Apple dropped plans for a TV set more than a year ago. Backlash Against Facebooks Free Internet Service Grows. Thanks HARDOCP.

DLODLO ANNOUNCES WORLDS LIGHTEST PORTABLE IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY GLASSES. Thanks HARDOCP.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is Now Available for Xbox One. Farming Simulator 15 is Now Available for Xbox. This Weeks Xbox Deals with Gold.

Nintendo News- 8 Best Buy Locations Set for Nintendo World Championships 2015 Qualifying Events.

Umbra gets Steam Greenlight. Halfway to its Kickstarter goal.

Heroes of the Storm Hotfix Patch Notes -- May 18, 2015. Team Fortress 2 update released.

A post on reddit makes the case again that NVIDIA's Gameworks program includes anticompetitive practices designed to hinder the performance of games on competing AMD hardware. This post in particular...

GSC Game World officially announces development of Cossacks 3, following a hint late last year that a third installment in the real-time strategy series is in the works. They say this is due for...

Dimension Drive- Jack is back! by 2Awesome Studio Kickstarter. Back after a well publicized disappointment. Galagan's Island - Steam Greenlight. "Galagan's Island is the first release from Skinny...

Dota 2 Update - May 18th 2015.

Deep Space Bundle on Bundle Stars. Prison Architect on Steam. Save 80%. Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth on Steam.

Following today's DOOM teaser some images of the earlier cancelled version of a new DOOM game have surfaced. There are a bunch of screenshots on the Doomworld Forums and All Games Beta has an...

Tale of Tales announce the dawn of Sunset is coming on Thursday, as this is the release date for their new adventure game where the player is a civilian caught in the midst of a war. This leaves just...

Welcome to the Family trailer from Assassin's Creed Syndicate is now available on the UbiBlog. Here's word:The year is 1868. Its the tail end of the Industrial Revolution in London. Money is power...

Take-Two Interactive Reports "strong" results for fiscal year 2015, saying Grand Theft Auto V has now sold more than 52 million copies. Here's word on the losses these strong results produced: "For...

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is now available on GOG.com and Steam. GOG.com has a new launch trailer for CD Projekt RED's RPG sequel. Here's an official description: The Witcher is a story-driven, next-ge...

Civilization Beyond Earth interview - Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Matt Chat 291: John Cutter's Early Days. Thanks Ant.

Apple should improve Apple Watch's security, but the fear of theft is overblown. Thanks Ant.

The Bethesda Blog has a teaser trailer announcing plans for a full DOOM reveal next month at E3 2016. The clip is brief, offering a cinematic glimpse at a couple of classics from the shooter series:...

More on plans for The Bard's Tale IV are provided today by inXile Entertainment, who unveil plans to Kickstart the recently announce RPG sequel beginning on June 2nd. Anyone who signs up on The Bard's...

Competitive Smash is having a moment, but its players cant even agree on a game.

The Sims 4 settles back into the number one spot on the GFK Chart-Track PC sales chart for the week ending May 16th as Project CARS moves down to the number five spot. Project CARS retains the number...

The GeForce website now offers new version 352.86 WHQL-certified drivers for NVIDIA graphics cards, saying these are game-ready for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in advance of the launch of the RPG sequel,...

2K Games announces the Rising Tide expansion pack, a new add-on coming to Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth, Firaxis' sci-fi strategy game this autumn. Word is this "introduces aquatic gameplay,...

The Backbone of the Internet is Maxing Out. Thanks HARDOCP. Fastest internet connection speeds. Thanks HARDOCP. CBSs Video Streaming Service Now Offers Live TV In Over 60% Of The U.S. Thanks...

Popular World of Warcraft Bot Creators Admit Defeat. TiVo says it can mimic Aereo without ending up in court. Thanks HARDOCP.

Weird Heroes of the Storm story. I was in a quick match and noticed Li Li trying to solo a camp. I suggested this was not that character's role, and gat a "whatever" in return. I passed her about a...

Thanks Ant. Minecraft videos - why are they so addictive?… The Real Mayors of 'SimCity'… Eve Online: how a virtual world went to the edge of apocalypse and back… Gamer...

ASUS Transformer Book T300 Chi convertible on The Tech Report. BitFenix Spectre Pro LED on APH Networks. In Win 707 Full-Tower Chassis on Techgage. Intel 750 Series PCIe SSD on Vortez. Prolimatech...

Crypt of the NecroDancer on Gaming Nexus. Kerbal Space Program on PCWorld. Project CARS on Gaming Nexus.

FBI: researcher admitted to hacking plane in-flight, causing it to climb. Google blocks extensions not listed in the Chrome Web Store for all Windows users, will expand to Mac in July. Thanks...

Thanks Ant. IBM new chip helps transfer a Blu-ray movie in two seconds. Thanks HARDOCP. Fedora 21 vs. Fedora 22 Benchmarks. Thanks Linux Today. How (and why) to write good documentation. Thanks Linux...