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The Epic Games Store 2024 Year in Review is online with a recap of last year on the store along with a look at the future, discussing planned features and the most anticipated games coming in 2025....

The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II is now available for PC and consoles, and the Windows edition of the action/RPG sequel is on the Epic Games Store, GOG.com,* and Steam. This involves...

KOEI TECMO announces DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS has sold over one million copies since the launch of this "musou thriller" last month. There's also word that over two million players have downloaded...

Helios Hotel: The Night Shift on Steam (Windows). "Helios Hotel: The Night Shift is a story-driven choose-your-own-adventure style horror game inspired by paranormal and slasher films." Here's a...

City Tales - Medieval Era on Steam (Windows). "City Tales is a medieval city builder. With an organic building system, you're free to shape vast, living cities beyond the usual grid. Manage...

Save 30% on Storm Chasers on Steam. Hits You Missed Sale - presented by Fellow Traveller. Save 40% on Pacific Drive on Steam. Save 40% on Infernax on Steam. Deckbuilder Bonanza (pay what you want...

Anyone who raises an eyebrow at paying $85 for a Deep Rock Galactic mug must know they are 'the most complicated mug made industrially on Earth' - PC Gamer.

Mortal Rite - Major Update #1. Official patches. Unofficial games, patches, and mods. Happy Valentine's day from our favourite non-player playaaa - Viva La Dirt League (NSFW). Thanks Ant.

Aspyr and Crystal Dynamics have launched Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered, giving PC and console gamers the chance to play less angular editions of these early adventures of the titular hero. The Launch...

Nightdive Studios announces System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition has a new name, and is now known as the System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster, even though that occasion passed last summer, since the...

The 28th Annual DICE Awards Results are online, revealing winners of these prestigious awards from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. Probably unsurprisingly, PlayStation-exclusive Astro...

AMD Software offers a new Adrenalin Edition 25.2.1 Optional Update, a new Windows driver with a few fixes, and, despite the "optional" qualifier, new game support for four recent titles (thanks...

Legacy: Steel & Sorcery is now in Early Access on Steam, giving Windows gamers the chance to experience this fantasy extraction action/RPG while developer Notorious Studios works on the official...

The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon is now available for Windows and macOS on GOG.com* and Steam with a 10% launch discount. This allows you to become a big-time movie producer, one of the most...

Infold Games announces Infinity Nikki is coming to Steam with a "release date to be announced," following the recent launch of the free-to-play platformer sequel on mobile, consoles, and for Windows...

The dark saga of Dark and Darker takes another turn. Game Developer reports that developer Ironmace must pay Nexon ~$5.9 million for trade secret infringement to settle the legal case over...

Earnings season continues, as Ubisoft reports 52% drop in Q3 net bookings, in line with guidance - Reuters, noting "the company has been plagued by the underperformance of some of its key titles."...

Kalypso Media and developer Realmforge Studios announce new Nature Blossoms DLC coming to Tropico 6 on March 6th. This turns the city-builder formula on its head to enhance the island of Tropico with...

Milestone and Feld Motor Sports announce plans to unleash Monster Energy Supercross 25 - The Official Video Game on the world on April 10th. This new installment ion the supercross series promises a...

METAL SUITS: Counter-attack is now available worldwide for Windows, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch, launching a side-scrolling action game from Eggtart. The PC edition is on Steam with a 10% launch...

UPLAY Online announces Youtubers Life 3 - Stream Together!, a third chapter in the professional content creator simulation coming to PC this year. In what seems like a natural evolution of a series...

Cash Cleaner Simulator on Steam (Windows). "Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and use your cut to upgrade your crib....

Ubisoft CEO says the plan is to focus on open-world and live service games year after year' - VGC. EA will never convince us to make a live-service game, It Takes Two developer says, after...

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...