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Scottish Government backs national video game strategy. China gaming: Beijing approves Dungeon & Fighter Mobile among imported titles, giving Tencent a boost.

Suicide Squad's day one Steam peak less than half of Marvel's Avengers.

Trackmania Ubisoft Club welcomes Hungry Shark! Thanks Frans.

The brief Early Access is done for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and the new Arkhamverse spinoff is now available for Windows on the Epic Games Store and Steam. Here is a Squad Up, Task...

The Satisfactory Roadmap to 1.0 is a new video from Coffee Stain Studios (thanks The Flying Penguin). It kicks off explaining there have been no previous development roadmaps for Satisfactory, the...

Paradox Tectonic announces a tectonic plate shift, or rather a tectonic date shift for Life By You, saying Early Access is now planned for June 4th. The Simslike was first planned for September 2023...

Exceptional Indie Allies (pay what you want and help charity).* Save 40% on Prison Simulator on Steam. Save 30% on DREDGE on Steam. Save 33% on LoveChoice on Steam. Save 35% on Breachers on Steam. *B...

The Last of Us season two adds Schitt's Creek star Catherine O'Hara to its cast.

Meta Quest 3 Adds Spatial Video Support and Pinch Controls. Thanks RedEye9.

We're excited to share that AMD FSR 3 is coming to Starfield's Steam Beta next week. Thanks DSOGaming. Fortnite players debate whether popular skin confirms different hitbox theory.

Official trailers. Skull and Bones- Dev Diary #1 - Building a World of Piracy. Trackmania - Hungry Crossover Trailer.

A brief xeet reveals the upcoming skate is coming to PC in addition to the previously revealed console versions of the skateboarding sequel. And yes, EA seems to be set on the edginess of no caps....

Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash (sometimes written in Bandai Namco all caps) is now available for PC and consoles, offering a 2v2 fighting game based on the manga and anime series. The official website...

More demos, and again, most will only be available for a limited time: Coridden (Windows). "Become the beasts you defeat in this action-packed RPG! Equip and upgrade both your human and beast form...

Seven reasons to be hopeful about the future of the video games industry. New The Day Before report alleges employees fined for making mistakes. Including volunteers?!

Official patches. Microsoft Flight Simulator February 1st, 2024 - Development Update. My Time at Sandrock - V1.2.1 Singleplayer Monthly Maintenance and 1.1 Multiplayer Update are Live. Thanks...

Apple's Vision Pro Is Trying to Solve a Nearly Unsolvable Problem (may require registration or subscription). Apple Vision Pro Launches- 'The Era of Spatial Computing Has Arrived.'

NARAKA: BLADEPOINT - The Dragon Returns - BRUCE LEE. NARAKA: BLADEPOINT - New Hero: Shayol Wei Gameplay Showcase Official trailers. Content creator videos. John Romero: Feb 1, 2024 id Software's...

H&R Block X Minecraft Competitive League (video). Taxing collaboration.

HELLCARD is now available on Steam, serving up a co-op roguelike deckbuilder for Windows from Thing Trunk and Skystone Games. This follows almost a year of Early Access for this Book of Demons...

Dominion is now available for Windows on Steam and for mobile, a free-to-play offering that's officially licensed from the tabletop version of this deckbuilding game. The base version comes with a...

Lost Fragments is now available for Windows on Steam, offering the chance to put your wits to the larcenous test as you work your way through a mansion attempting to purloin everything that is or isn'...

Rolling right along. Children of the Sun (Windows). "On a deadly road trip into darkness, control the path of a single bullet and unleash a fury of vengeance on the sinister cult that ruined your...

Create & Elevate- Amazing Art Tools from Corel Encore (pay what you want and help charity).* Save 30% on DREDGE on Steam. Save 33% on LoveChoice on Steam. Save 25% on Ember Knights on Steam. *Blue's...

Devolver Digital's CEO has stepped down with immediate effect.' Video Game Industry Is in Trouble - Just Like Movie Business. Why (may require registration or subscription)? Wizards deny reports...

Introducing GamesIndustry.biz's Black Voices Progress Report.

Official patches. Coreborn - Settlers' Dawn.

Doors - Paradox is now available for free on the Epic Games Store as its promised latest weekly giveaway. Here's a trailer with a look at this puzzle game's 3D dioramas. This is yours to keep as long...

KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS reveals plans for a new espionage game, saying it will be a new IP, while not revealing a title. But it's early yet, as the announcement states it will not enter full production...

THQ Nordic and Ashborne Games announce the release of Legion Tales on Steam, adding new DLC for Last Train Home, the historical RTS game for Windows (which is required). Train your eyes on the...

Here are more demos from this week's and next week's Steam fests. As before many, if not all, are time-limited, so budget your time accordingly: Chicken Police- Into the HIVE! (Windows, macOS). "A...

The Rockstar Games Launcher Title Update Notes 1.0.84.1829 (thanks RockstarINTEL) reveal that Rockstar has dropped support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 7 four years...

Tencent Reportedly Seeking to Purchase Dungeons & Dragons Video Game Rights From Hasbro.

Devolver-owned studio Artificer reportedly cuts half its staff. Supermassive Games' co-founders have left the company. GameSpot lays off portion of staff. Thanks Neutronbeam. NETGEAR gets new CEO....

'Among Us' Animated Series Drops First-Look Teaser Image.

Fabledom - A Wedding in a Chateau Update is LIVE. Palworld - 2024/02/01 Update Patch v0.1.4.0. Official patches. Unofficial games, patches, and mods. This mod adds functional cars to Red Dead...

The PlayStation.Blog announces an enhanced edition of Until Dawn, saying this version of the 2015 PlayStation narrative horror game will also come to PC via Steam when it launches later this year....

Pocketpair announces that creature hunting, collecting, eating game Palworld has now surpassed 19 million players since its Early Access launch less than two weeks ago. This includes 12 million sales...

SEGA announces SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, a new Sonic game racing onto PC and consoles this autumn. Besides an all-new campaign, this will include a remastered version of the original Sonic...

PlayStation.Blog has word from today's PlayStation State of Play of plans for Godzilla add-on coming to DAVE THE DIVER. Word is the diving/restaurant game is coming to PlayStation in April and free...

Controller'd Chaos (pay what you want and help charity).* Save 35% on The Case of the Golden Idol on Steam. The Storyteller's Festival 2024 on Steam. Save 35% on Hi-Fi RUSH on Steam. Save 25% on...

Chinese video gaming firms continue to look overseas for growth, shrugging off geopolitical tensions, survey finds.

The Dwarf Fortress team really want players to prove Steam wrong.

Official patches. Alan Wake 2 update 1.15 notes. Thanks Console General. THE FINALS Mid-Season Update 1.6.0.

The GOG.COM New Year 2024 Sale* continues on, as the good old gamers continue to operate on a different calendar that resulted in our confusion that this is celebrating the Lunar New Year. It turns...

Owners of the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Deluxe Edition are being compensated by Warner Bros. for repeated outages during the Early Access period for the pricier edition of the comic book-...

The mishmosh of demos from this week's Steam Storyteller's Festival and next week's Steam Next Fest continues to spill out. As before, many of these are only available for a limited time, so be sure...

Season 12: Public Energy is now available for Windows on the Epic Games Store and Steam, as well as for consoles, adding new content to SnowRunner, the frosty offroading game. This requires the base...

Speed Crew is now available for Windows and consoles, offering an action/sim where players take on the high-pressure job as part of a pit crew working on in-race car repair and maintenance. The PC...

Octopia is now available for Windows and macOS on Steam and on Switch, new crop of DLC for Eastward (which is required), adding a standalone cosy farm simulation to the adventure game. For a look at...