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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...
Saturday Metaverse
Amazon Discounts Avengers Comic Books. Some comics free.
Saturday Mobilization
Your iPhone 6+ and other 'phablets' won't fit in Fallout 4's wearable Pip-Boy. T-Mobile promises three upgrades per year with JUMP! On Demand. Thanks Ant. Kate Upton is expensive. Sources say...
Gatherings & Competitions
Welcome to Los Santos Vinyl Coming June 30th: Enter Now at Social Club for a Chance to Win.
Saturday Crowdfunding Roundup
Dark Flame - Square Enix Collective. Floating the concept for feedback in advance of a planned Kickstarter for this 2D action/RPG dungeon-crawling platformer.
Killing Floor 2 Content Plans
Tripwire Interactive offers the E3 2015 trailer for Killing Floor 2, showing off what they topically call an "onslaught" of new content for their first-person shooter sequel that's currently in early...
TrackMania, ShootMania, and Maniaplanet Status Reports
A post to the ManiaPlanet Blog by Florent Castelnérac has an outline from the Managing Director of Ubisoft Nadeo on what they are up to, including status reports on TrackMania Turbo, ShootMania, and...
GeForce Driver Hotfix
NVIDIA now offers new version 353.38 hotfix drivers for GeForce graphics cards. These do not seem to be WHQL-certified, so those not experiencing the problems these address may want to hold out for...
Breaking Bad Game TMed
The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market website shows a European trademark filing for a Breaking Bad videogame filed by Sony Pictures Television Inc., suggesting a PlayStation game based...
Forest Warrior Early Access
Forest Warrior for Windows is now available on Steam as an Early Access release, providing an opportunity to get in touch with your inner Ewok. Word is: "Forest Warrior is a game in which you will...
Steamship Ahoy - Toukiden: Kiwami
Steam now offers Toukiden: Kiwami, a "hunting/action" game for Windows from KOEI TECMO. As the title implies, this is a very Japanese release, reflected by the post about a day one update in kanji,...
METAL SLUG on Steam
Steam News announces the release of METAL SLUG on Steam, offering the chance to play the original game in this run-and-gun action game. Here's word on the PC version of the game, though they note...
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Double XP Weekend
Sledgehammer Games tweets that a double experience points are being handed out in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare all weekend on all platforms: "NOW LIVE: #DoubleXP Weekend has been activated for @Call...
Valve on Steam Scams
Valve has updated their Scam FAQ according to PCGamesN, saying they will no longer be returning items to scam victims, saying "All trade scams can be avoided." To that end, they offer an extensive...
The Division Trailer
This trailer takes us "deep inside the dark zone" in The Division, Ubisoft's upcoming Tom Clancy shooter. This includes gameplay footage and a developer interview, as explained by UbiBlog: Ordinarily,...
Assassin's Creed Syndicate Rewards Program
The Assassin's Creed website is offering signups for a reward program for Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Unlike prior such programs, this does not require a preorder to participate, but it still offers...
Rainbow Six Siege Trailer
More from UbiBlog, as they offer a new trailer talking with Angela Barrett about her role as Six in Rainbow Six Siege, the next installment in the specops series. The clip alternates between the live...
Battleborn E3 Trailer
Gearbox Software offers the E3 Gameplay Demo video for Battleborn, which shows off their first-person shooter/MOBA for over 23 minutes. The intro warns that this is prerelease footage, not final...
Bombshell E3 Trailer; Game Playable at QuakeCon
The Bombshell website now offers the E3 trailer from Bombshell, the upcoming action/RPG from Interceptor Entertainment and undead publisher 3D Realms. The description says this uses 100% in-game...
Steam Summer Sale Analysis
The sleuths at SteamSpy now offer their estimates of Steam Summer Sale statistics based on publicly available data (thanks DSOGaming). The top seller was Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at almost...
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