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ACI Network Mastery Encore (pay what you want and help charity) - Humble.* Game Over, T1D! Sale 2025 on Steam. Promises donations to fight Type 1 Diabetes. Save 50% on Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)...

A five-day Early Access period for Avowed is now underway on PC and Xbox for owners of the Premium Edition of Obsidian's new first-person RPG. This is available on Battle.net as a cross-buy between...

It's once again time for the weekly giveaways on the Epic Games Store. This week everyone can collect a copy of F1 Manager 2024 to test your skills at managing a racing team and Loba Free Unlock...

Early Access to Avowed will begin shortly for Premium Edition pre-purchase customers, and clearly review outlets vowed to hold off on evaluations until now. Here's the critical thinking about the...

NVIDIA announces the release of a new version 572.42 WHQL-certified GeForce Windows driver. This adds support for additional G-SYNC-compatible displays and new optimal settings, but the headline is...

Amazing Seasun Games announces an open beta for Mecha BREAK on Steam and Xbox will get underway on February 23rd. This will not require an invitation, and the Mashmak & Open Beta Announce Trailer is...

Bandai Namco and developer MediaVision announce DIGIMON STORY TIME STRANGER, a first new installment for the series in a decade coming later this year for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. This...

RUINER developer Reikon Games and Deep Silver announce METAL EDEN, an "adrenaline-fueled" first-person shooter set in a post-technological singularity world where human consciousness is hosted by...

WARRIORS: Abyss is now available for Windows, PlayStation 4 & 5, and Xbox Series X|S, kicking off a roguelite hack-and-slash game promising an "all-new spin" on the franchise. The PC edition is on...

Indie publisher rokaplay Boutique announces that A Game About Digging A Hole has sold a surprising 250,000 copies since it launched last week for Windows on Steam. The minimalist adventure has also...

Gearbox Entertainment president Randy Pitchford announced a September 23rd release date for Borderlands 4 at today's Sony State of Play event. A new Official Launch Date Trailer accompanies the news...

Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson announced today at the DICE Summit that the second major expansion for Diablo IV will not be released for the action/RPG sequel until next year (thanks PureDiablo)...

An Overwatch 2 Spotlight on the Overwatch Website has the latest from Blizzard on reversing the fortunes of Overwatch 2, the multiplayer shooter sequel that's struggled to live up to the game it...

Sharkmob announces its large-scale playtest for Exoborne is now underway, giving players the chance to experience this upcoming open-world extraction shooter. There's good news if you're interested,...

Supermassive Games announces October 2nd is the release date for Directive 8020, the sci-fi horror game for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. For more on the news, direct your attention to a...

1047 Games announces an open alpha test for Splitgate 2, its upcoming portal-jumping first-person shooter sequel. Testing on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S will run from February 27th through...

Inkle announces Expelled!, a single-player adventure coming to Steam, Switch, and mobile on March 12th. This is as overpunctuated as Inkle's Overboard!, and promises another mystery to solve. The...

Urban Myth Dissolution Center is now available for Windows and consoles, offering an occult mystery adventure from Hakababunko and SHUEISHA GAMES. The Windows edition is on Steam with a 10% launch...

A post on X from Crytek announces layoffs at the German developer, saying it cut around approximately 15% of its workforce, or about 60 jobs. The announcement says development of the next Crysis game...

FromSoftware and Bandai Namco announce the reign of ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN will begin on May 30th with the release of this standalone ELDEN RING game for PC and consoles. This promises "co-op...

Revived publisher Atari announces I. Robot is the latest game from its back-catalog it plans to re-imagine, saying a new version is coming to PC and consoles this spring. The original was a flop when...

Remedy's annual report for January-December 2024 is now available, laying bare the finances of the Finnish developer. If the presentation is too snoozy, Game Developer shares the important details,...

An X from SteamDB shares an email from Valve warning about a game called PirateFi that was pulled from Steam a couple of days ago, shortly after its release. Word is it is suspected that the free-to-p...

A post on GOG.com announces the delisting of Daggerfall Unity - GOG Cut, the open-source version of The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall that launched on the store to great fanfare in 2022. This remains...

Backrooms Level X on Steam (Windows). "Enter the disturbing world of Backrooms Level X, a first-person narrative survival horror game that immerses you in an endless labyrinth of desolate and...

Jumpship co-founder Dino Patti reacquires studio from Thunderful - Game Developer. Did you know the top brass at ARMA and DayZ studio Bohemia Interactive bought a 'disinformation outlet' in 2023? -...

A post from Electronic Arts celebrates the sixth anniversary of Apex Legends, the free-to-play battle royale shooter that launched on February 4, 2019. Respawn's Titanfall spinoff gets a new...

Serenity Forge announces a March 11th release date for Centum, its point-and-click adventure that messes with your sense of reality by presenting an unreliable narration. That description should help...

Publisher indie.io announces Hauntsville, an open-world survival/horror game set in the wild west. This will transport players back to 1897 when it officially launches on March 10th, but there's a...

Save 70% on Maki: Paw of Fury on Steam (Windows). "Maki: Paw of Fury is a beautifully animated fighting game in the style of retro arcade gems. Use your martial arts skills to stun and defeat your...

EA Previously Had The "Worst CEO" In Gaming, Ex-Activision Boss Says - GameSpot. Shots fired.

Save 75% on Dead Space on Steam. Save 30% on Content Warning on Steam. Save 90% on Sizeable on Steam. Save 20% on Din's Champion on Steam. Save 50% on Peaks of Yore on Steam.

Krafton delivers record annual revenue, now wants to secure 'big franchise IP' - Game Developer.

Ex-Activision Blizzard Boss Thought Warcraft Was One Of The Worst Movies Ever Made - GameSpot. Also says it distracted Blizzard from actual games.

A new update from NetEase reverses course on plans to reset player ranks in Marvel Rivals, the free-to-play PvP shooter. Perhaps it thought that players would be excited to learn their hard-fought...

The Farm 51 announces that Early Access to Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone will begin on Steam on March 6th, offering a sequel to this S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-inspired first-person shooter (thanks DSOGaming)....

Tom's Hardware takes a look at NVIDIA's new RTX 50 series GPUs, and the increasing number of reports saying these may suffer the same 12VHPWR connector issue that caused melting problems on RTX 4090...

MY.GAMES announces Robot Wars: Frontiers will march fourth on March 4th, as that's when the multiplayer mech combat game will officially launch on PC and consoles. A new Release Date Trailer...

Publisher: Galactic Crows and developers Tarba Paul Cornel and Muhammad Abdul Rafy announce Deadly Quiet, a survival/horror shooter coming to Steam this spring. This supports four-player co-op, and...

Ruffy and the Riverside Demo on Steam (Windows, Linux). "In Ruffy and the Riverside, you wield the magic SWAP to Copy & Paste textures - turn ice into lava or waterfalls into vines! Explore, fight,...

Assassin's Creed Shadows director- players aren't missing out' if they mainly play as one character - VGC.

Koei Tecmo appoints new CEO as co-founders Yoichi and Keiko Erikawa step back - Game Developer. Report: Unity continues mass layoffs with 'abrupt' communications and 5am emails - Game Developer.

The PC edition of Sid Meier's Civilization VII is now officially available for Windows, macOS, and Linux on the Epic Games Store and Steam, offering the latest installment in the long-running turn-bas...

An Official Black Hawk Down Teaser Trailer announces a February 21st launch for the promised campaign for Delta Force, the recent revival of the tactical military shooter. As the title states, this...

The Winter Sale on the Epic Games Store is now underway, providing discounts up to 75% off of a wide variety of games for the next two weeks. In fact, there's a Winter Sale Buyer's Guide just to help...

The Steam Couch Co-Op Fest is now underway, kicking off a weeklong celebration of shared screen and split-screen games. As usual, this will include presentations, discounts, and playable demos, some...

The Paradox Interactive Year-end report January - December 2024 is here with the company's latest financial reporting (thanks Game Developer). It states revenues were down, but profits were up, and...

Paradox Interactive announces Graveyard of Empires, new DLC coming to Hearts of Iron IV, adding some alternate history scenarios to the World War II RTS sequel. This is coming on March 4th, and is...

Reality Break is now available for Windows on Steam, offering a reality check for anyone looking for a loot-collecting action/RPG set in the depths of outer space. The previous Official Release Date...

The Marvel Rivals Website has details on what will happen when the second half of Season 1 begins next week in the multiplayer shooter. This includes good news, like cosmetic rewards, and bad news,...