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Sunday Metaverse
Thanks Ant. French Telecom Altice Entertaining Bid for Time Warner Cable. Thanks HARDOCP. China to spend $182 billion to boost Internet by end of 2017. Thanks HARDOCP. How to back up all your Gmail...
Sunday Mobilization
Thanks Ant. 24 hours with Apple Watch. Google brings open source gaming to Cardboard.
Steam Top 10
Here are the 10 bestselling games on Steam for last week, according to Valve: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Grand Theft Auto V The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Game + Expansion Pass Counter-Strike: Global...
Battlefield 4 Spring Patch Tuesday
EA's Battlelog now promises the spring update patch for Battlefield 4 will be released on Tuesday for all platforms, offering a specific schedule for when to expect the hour of multiplayer downtime...
Saturday Legal Briefs
Oculus and founder sued by Hawaiian head-mounted display startup. No Winklevoss twins? Pirate Bay Loses New Domain Name, Hydra Lives On. Thanks HARDOCP.
Saturday Safety Dance
Thanks Ant. E-paper display gives payment cards a changing security code. Security Attack Called Logjam makes Browsers Vulnerable. Malware is not only about viruses companies preinstall it all the...
Saturday Metaverse
Adblock Plus launches an Android browser that does what it says on the box. Thanks HARDOCP.
Saturday Consolidation
Building a Rabbit Nintendo & Atari 2600 Clone Console. The Elder Scrolls Online- Tamriel Unlimited Now Available for Digital Pre-order on Xbox One.
Gatherings & Competitions
The International Qualifiers - Dota 2. Dota 2 Short Film Contest.
Saturday Patches
Dota 2 Update - May 22nd 2015. Dota 2 Update - May 23rd 2015. World of Warcraft 6.1.2 Hotfixes- May 22.
Heroes of the Storm Global Play
Battle.net announces global play is now available in Heroes of the Storm. This may sound like all players are now in one pool regardless of region, but it actually represents the ability to switch...
Dark Future: Blood Red States Announced
Games Workshop announces Dark Future: Blood Red States, an upcoming video game based on their post-apocalyptic series, saying this is a reboot of the series. The DarkFuture website is online, and...
Evening Metaverse
Google Fibers botched software update locks out users, disables Wi-Fi.
Evening Mobilization
Report- iOS 9 will be optimized for older devices, including iPhone 4S. This App Turns Your $600 Apple Watch Into A $20 Casio Calculator Watch. Thanks Ant.
Evening Consolidation
The Witcher 3: bug corrupting saves on Xbox One to be addressed as soon as possible. Turtle Beach Releases Elite 800X Wireless Xbox One Surround Sound Headset. This Week On Xbox Episode Three.
Evening Crowdfunding Roundup
RUMP! - It's a Jump and Rump! by Sebastian Schenck Kickstarter. "RUMP! A crazy fast paced 3D Jump and Run to play with your friends! Singleplayer-Campaign and Multiplayer-Mayhem!" Includes a...
On Sale
Bundles of Game Bundles on BundleStars. Interloper on Steam. Save 20%. PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+ All You Can Eat Edition Bundle on Steam. Save 75% on the now 35 year-old game. Weekend Promo:...
Tropico 5 Espionage Add-on Next Week
Kalypso Media announces Espionage is the next expansion for Tropico 5, adding some spy-themed intrigue to the island dictator sequel. This will come to the Windows, OS X and SteamOS editions of the...
F1 2015 Delayed
Codemasters announces a delay to F1 2015, saying the racing sequel will now take the green flag on July 21st in North and Latin America and on July 24th in Brazil. The game was previously expected...
Total War: Arena Alpha Signups; Trailer
Creative Assembly invites everyone to sign up for alpha testing of Total War: Arena, the upcoming team-based installment in their strategy series. They offer an alpha gameplay trailer to generate...
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Hitboxes "Being Worked On"
Actually, that headline covers most of this. Kotaku summarizes a reddit thread on the maddening inconsistency of hitboxes in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, as the shooter does not seem to always...
Overwatch Trailer
A new gameplay trailer from Overwatch offers an extensive introduction of the Hanzo character in Blizzard's upcoming teamplay shooter. Here's word on the nine minute clip: "Master bowman Hanzo takes...
Victory Command Early Access
Early Access to Victory Command is now available on Steam, offering the chance to pay for access to Petroglyph's MOBA which will eventually be a free-to-play game (thanks Gamer's Hell). Here's what...
GOG.com Adds Freebies
GOG.com has added some new freebies to their DRM-free game library, and while we thought we saw a blog post about this, we cannot locate a news story about this, perusing their listing of free titles...
Expeditions: Viking Announced
RPGWatch has a follow-up to the recent tease of a follow up to Expeditions: Conquistador with the official announcement of Expeditions: Viking, a sequel to Logic Artists' historical RPG (thanks...
Desura Explains Missed Payments
A post on the Desura blog addresses failure to pay developers in a post from Bad Juju, the ironically named owner that bought the service from Linden Labs last year. The post from Head of Developer...
Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition & Demo
Steam News announces the release of Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition, an updated edition of their turn-based strategy game described thusly: "At last MH Gold, the game widely...
NASCAR '15 and Demo Released
NASCAR '15 is now available on Steam, offering the latest installment in the official game of the auto racing series. Word is: "Featuring the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, NASCAR '15 is the...
On Sale
Blockstorm on Steam. Save 35%. Dying Light on Steam. Save 25%. Humble Weekly Bundle: Adventures! 2 on Humble Bundle. Memorial Day Sale at the Gearbox Store. Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) on Steam....
Shadowrun: Hong Kong Trailer; Shadowrun Sale
A new teaser trailer from Shadowrun: Hong Kong, the new Shadowrun RPG coming to Windows, Linux, and OS X this summer. This comes as the celebrate the third anniversary of the Shadowrun Returns...
Evening Patches
Fractured Space 6-month Anniversary Update. Galactic Civilizations III v1.01 Available. Nightside Update 4. Orcs Must Die! Unchained version 2.2 Patch Notes.
Sunset Dawns
Tale of Tales announces the release of Sunset, with their new available for Windows, OS X, and Linux through the Humble Store, Steam, and the official website. Here's word on the game:About Sunset...
Bunker - The Underground Game Released
Bunker - The Underground Game is now available on Steam, offering a throwback point-and-click adventure set in a throwback secret Soviet bunker (much to the regret of those hoping for an Archie...
Technobabylon Released
Technobabylon is now available, offering a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure developed by Wadjet Eye Games for Windows PCs. The game is available through GOG.com and Steam, and as you may recall, a...
Might & Magic Heroes VII Closed Beta Next Week
Ubisoft announces a two week closed beta testing session for Might & Magic Heroes VII, saying this will run from May 25th through June 8th. Those interested in getting this early crack at Limbic...
Hellraid in Limbo
A post to the Hellraid blog announces that Techland has put development of Hellraid "on hold," which often, though not always, marks the death of such a project (thanks Eurogamer). Here's word:We...
Gatherings & Competitions
Pro gaming doesn't need balls to be considered a 'sport.' Thanks HARDOCP. Another CS-GO pro is hit with a Valve Anti Cheat ban.
Evening Crowdfunding Roundup
AlterVerse - Steam Greenlight. "The AlterVerse is a VR world-creation and gaming platform. Imagine a three-way combo of Skyrim, Minecraft and Second Life: a virtual world in which players can...
Crossout Announced
War Thunder publisher Gaijin Entertainment announces Crossout, a vehicle-combat MMORPG in the works at Targem Games for release on Windows as a free-to-play title. Beta testing is set to begin this...
CDPR on Witcher 3 Graphics Downgrades
CD Projekt RED address the graphics in The Witcher 3 in a conversation with Eurogamer where they acknowledge that some effects shown in previews were cut from the release version of the game,...
AMD Project CARS & Witcher 3 Beta Drivers Coming
Following another bout of controversy about NVIDIA's Gameworks program, AMD is promising improved beta drivers for the games in question, and have posted Important Information about AMD Catalyst...
Need for Speed Reboot This Autumn
EA announces the return of the Need for Speed series, saying they will deliver a new installment to Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 this fall to completely reboot the automotive action franchise....
The Witcher 3 Patched
The Witcher website announces the release of the version 1.03 patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. This comes shortly after CD Projekt RED addressed graphics "downgrades" in the RPG sequel, and the...
Take-Two Suing BBC Over GTA Movie
Take-Two Interactive is suing the BBC to halt production of the movie they are planning to chronicle conflicts over the Grand Theft Auto series. Though this was likely to be more unkind to Jack...
Warhammer 40K: Armageddon: Glory of Macrag Expansion
Slitherine announces the release of the Glory of Macrag expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon, offering an Ultramarines campaign to the turn-based strategy game. Here's what this involves:At the...
Carmageddon: Reincarnation Released
Stainless Games announces availability of Carmageddon: Reincarnation as a full release on Steam, following a run on Early Access. Admitting they will not be able to stir up the kind of controversy...
King's Quest Trailer
A new behind-the-scenes trailer shows off more of King's Quest, highlighting the hand-painted art style of the upcoming RPG remake. The description of the clip offers the details: "Kings Quest: "A...
Torment: Tides of Numenera Trailer
A new trailer from Torment: Tides of Numenera shows off "A World Unlike Any Other," one of the "pillars" of inXile's upcoming role-playing game for Windows, OS X., and Linux. Here's a refresher on...
Morning Crowdfunding Roundup
Combat Core- High-Powered 4-Player Arena Fighter! by Micah Betts Kickstarter. "A futuristic arena brawler packed with crazy powers, colorful characters, and a throwback to the N64/Dreamcast era!...
Morning Patches
Dota 2 Update - May 20th 2015.
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