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U.K. Sales Charts
GfK's new U.K. sales charts are online for the week ending March 14th. Football Manager 2015 continues to keep a leg up on the competition on the PC Entertainment Top 30 where Assassin's Creed: Rogue...
Star Citizen Video
This video shows off Star Citizen as Cloud Imperium's space combat game is being demonstrated at the SXSW conference. Here's word: "We've put together a special trailer showing off Star Citizen at...
New Steam User Record
The Steam Game and Player Statistics Page shows a new concurrent user record was set over the weekend on Steam, where they passed the nine million simultaneous user mark for the first time, topping...
Reloaded Games Acquires Hawken
A Facebook Post from Reloaded Games announces they have acquired the rights to Hawken, the mech shooter that's been languishing in Steam early access for over a year now (thanks Develop). This is not...
Morning Mobilization
Game of Thrones mobile game is kind of a big deal for Warner.
Sunday Metaverse
Chrome 42 beta brings push notifications, ES6 Classes, and Add to Home Screen promotion on Android. Thanks HARDOCP.
Sunday Mobilization
Is your smartphone making you dumb?
Sunday Consolidation
Have an eight-minute look at PS4 firmware update 2.50 video. Stability Improvement Update Available Now For Grand Theft Auto V.
Descent: Underground Single-Player Details
Presumably responding to concerns of the focus on Descent: Underground multiplayer support upon the launch of the Kickstarter for the Descent reboot, an update to the description of the game has...
Sunday Interviews
Matt Chat 283- Shelley and Bowen on SSI and TSI. Thanks Ant.
Sunday Crowdfunding Roundup
Edge Of Eternity Kickstarter welcomes Yasunori Mitsuda.
Steam Top 10
The following is Valve's accounting of the 10 bestselling games on Steam for last week. There's obviously a glitch with Cities: Skylines occupying three spots, but here is the list: Cities: Skylines...
The Human Gallery
This video offers a first look at The Human Gallery, a 2D psychological horror game for PC, concluding saying to expect its release next year. There's more on The Human Gallery website, and here's...
Sunday Tech Bits
Sadly This 10TB Hard Drive Is Designed For Servers, Not Your Laptop. Thanks HARDOCP.
Saturday Consolidation
Sniper Elite III Ultimate Edition is Now Available for Xbox One.
Op Ed
The Atlantic - Video Games Are Better Without Characters. By Ian Bogost. But making games about complex systems instead of tanks or plumbers or hedgehogs or soldiers was always a long-shot....
Saturday Crowdfunding Roundup
Halcyon 6- Starbase Commander by Massive Damage, Inc. Kickstarter. "A rogue-like sci-fi strategy survival game with base building, tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling."...
On Sale
Dead Island on Steam. Save 75%.
Fighting Cities: Skylines Piracy with Customer Support
A tweet from Shams Jorjani outlines Paradox's approach to dealing with piracy of Cities: Skylines involves providing better customer support, saying: "As usual our plan for pirates is to make a great...
Hektor Released
Steam News announces the release of Hektor, which is also now available through other digital distributors. They offer a 25% launch discount, and the following explanation:HEKTOR is a first-person,...
Valve on Improving Steam Customer Service
There's an article on Kotaku looking into the fact that Valve has an F grade from the Better Business Bureau, the lowest mark the organization issues. Though Valve's Erik Johnson does say that "the...
Star Citizen Free Fly Week
The Roberts Space Industries website has word that attendees of SXSW have received a code for a "free fly week" in Star Citizen's Arena Commander module. For those who did not make the journey to the...
Evening Consolidation
Goat Simulator is heading to Xbox consoles next month. Mortal Kombat X Delayed On Xbox 360 And PS3. Claptrap and Nisha Join Dance Central Spotlight. GTA 5 title update improves GTA Online stability,...
Gatherings & Competitions
Intel Extreme Masters Supports Women in Gaming. Thanks HARDOCP.
Evening Interviews
How One Man Invented the Console Adventure Game. Thanks Neutronbeam. Duck Dragons FTW.
Evening Crowdfunding Roundup
Titanic: Honor and Glory - Phase 3 - Indiegogo. "Recreating the entire Titanic in full detail and authenticity, including the voyage and sinking." Thanks Peter.
On Sale
Alien: Isolation on Green Man Gaming. Save 66%. More with code H3U5TZ-9726D1-JIPSHC. Thanks Kinja via nin. Borderlands Titles Green Man Gaming. Save up to 80%. Broken Sword Franchise on Steam....
Cities: Skylines Soars
Paradox Interactive announces that Cities: Skylines has set a record for the publisher as the city building sequel has sold 250,000 copies for Windows, Linux, and OS X in its first 24 hours of...
Neverwinter: Elemental Evil Delayed
Perfect World Entertainment announces a delay to Neverwinter: Elemental Evil, saying the RPG expansion is now expected on April 7th. Here's word from Rob Overmeyer, executive producer for Neverwinter:...
PAYDAY 2 Spring Break Event Underway
The OVERKILL Software website informs us the Spring Break event is underway in PAYDAY 2, the heist sequel (thanks rist3903). This will involve daily events over the next week, and here's word on the...
Morning Crowdfunding Roundup
Wave of Darkness by Aurofinity & Dreamatrix Kickstarter. "Hack'n RPG for PC: crafting system, spell generator, sacrifices, gods, exploration and endless slashing and looting."
Morning Patches
Blackguards 2 version 2.1 patch.
Resident Evil Revelations 2 Teaser Trailer
Capcom Unity offers a "next time on Revelations 2" teaser trailer (NSFW) with a brief look at the upcoming concluding episode of Resident Evil Revelations 2. Word is: "The end is in sight!...
StarDrive 2 Trailer
A new trailer from StarDrive 2 offers a first look at gameplay from the recently announced 4X space strategy sequel. Here's word on the clip: "The trailer is packed with some of the key gameplay...
X Rebirth Patch & Linux Alpha
EGOSOFT announces the release of a new patch for X Rebirth to update their space combat remake to version 3.50. They also announce the availability of a Linux edition of the game on Steam for public...
BAFTA Winners
BBC News has details on last night's BAFTA video game awards, where Destiny won best game honors. Here is the complete list of winners: Category - Winner Best game - Destiny (Bungie) British game -...
User-designed TF2 Taunts
The Team Fortress 2 website announces the addition of taunts to the Team Fortress 2 workshop, allowing for user-created taunts. This will offer the chance at fame and fortune, as word is: "The TF2...
Two Free Evolve Maps Coming
The Evolve website has details on two new maps coming to Evolve that will be free for all players of the asymmetric multiplayer shooter. They offer details on both maps, and say they will be...
New Killing Floor 2 Video Diary
A third video developer diary for Killing Floor 2 offers more on development of Tripwire Interactive's upcoming first-person shooter sequel. The clip includes alpha gameplay footage, and they note...
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood Gameplay Footage
The Bethesda Blog offers two new trailers with PAX East gameplay walkthroughs for Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. Word is: "Last week Pete Hines and I had the pleasure of debuting Wolfenstein: The Old...
Three Steam Free Weekends
Three different free weekends are now underway on Steam, along with corresponding sales for each. There is the opportunity to play the X Series of sci-fi games which is on sale for 66% off. The is...
Free Avencast: Rise of the Mage
The Bundle Stars website is holding a weekend-long giveaway of free Steam keys for Avencast: Rise of the Mage to celebrate the launch of Hektor. The game still carries a $9.99 on its individual...
Starship Ahoy - Sid Meier's Starships
Steam News announces the release of Sid Meier's Starships. Here's the description of the new space strategy game:Take command of a fleet of powerful starships in this adventure-driven strategy game...
BlizzCon 2015 Announced
Blizzard announces BlizzCon 2015, saying the next gathering of fans of their games will take place November 67 in the Anaheim Convention Center. Tickets will go on sale next month, and there will...
Rainbow Six Siege Closed Alpha
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege website announces that closed multiplayer alpha testing is underway for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, the upcoming installment in the tactical shooter series. They...
Titanfall 2 Confirmed
Titanfall 2 is official, and the multiplayer shooter sequel is coming to Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, reports IGN after confirming the news with Respawn's Vince Zampella. They get his...
Morning Consolidation
PS4 Update 2.50 Yukimura Preview- Suspend-Resume and More. Thanks GameInformer. PS4 suspend-resume won't work with all games. PS4-exclusive Bloodborne will have New Game+ mode. Uncharted 4...
Morning Previews
Savage Lands on Worth a Buy?
Morning Crowdfunding Roundup
Commander Cool 2 receives Steam Greenlight. Spellweaver TCG gets Steam Greeenlight.
Morning Patches
Evolve PC 1.1 Patch Now LIVE. Thanks PCGamesN. World of Warcraft 6.1 Hotfixes- March 11. Thanks Ant.
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