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Developer imaginarylab announces Whirlight - No Time To Trip, an adventure game coming to Steam next year with consoles to follow, offering gameplay familiar to point-and-click classics like the...

A new Dragon Pack is now available for Windows on Steam, offering new cosmetic DLC for Ghostrunner 2, the cyberpunk action/adventure (which is required). There's no launch discount for the DLC, but...

New Half-Life games found hidden in Counter-Strike 2 update.

Starfield and Deus Ex Actor Calls Video Games a Disaster Zone Right Now.'

Disney and Epic Games announce a partnership to create an "expansive and open games universe connected to Fortnite." Subject to regulatory approval, this will involve Disney taking a $1.5B stake in...

Blackbird Interactive xeets the news that Homeworld 3 has hit another snag in the space-time continuum, and is delayed again. Barely two months after announcing a March 8th release date comes news...

This xeet points to a letter filed today with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by the Federal Trade Commission claiming Microsoft's recent layoff of over 1900 employees directly...

Mega Man Franchise Pack (pay what you want and help charity).* *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

U.S. video game spending stagnated in 2023, totaling $57.2B. Layoffs are sucking the joy out of video games.

Halo season 2 feels less like a video game - in a good way.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Season 2 Patch Notes. Official patches. Unofficial games, patches, and mods. Utility breaks the shackles of SafeDisc optical disc DRM for retro gamers -...

Overwatch 2: Defense Matrix Season 9 Update - Endorsing Positive Players.

SAG-AFTRA announces an updated video game agreement for low-budget developers. Hopefully trade union's new announcement is better received than the AI voice acting agreement announced last month...

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition is now available for Windows on Steam and for consoles, offering a bundle of the Three Kingdoms action/RPG along with all of its DLC. There is also a playable...

Saber Interactive announces the release of new Legendary Quarterbacks DLC for Wild Card Football, the tackle football game for PC and consoles. Legendary is pretty lofty, but this is actually more...

THQ Nordic and Rainbow Studios announce release plans for the 2024 Monster Energy Supercross Championship DLC for MX vs ATV Legends. Despite the team's vast experience releasing over $200 worth of...

Dreams PC, PS5 Enhanced Port Was Cancelled Following Layoffs; Would Have Featured Ray Tracing Support.

Ex-Call of Duty Dev Reveals How Activision Tried to Convince Infinity Ward Staff to Stick Around After Firing the Studio's Founders.

Save a Bundle During the Ubisoft Store Lunar Sale.

Roblox Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results. Layoffs hit WWE, Lego 2K Drive studio Visual Concepts Austin.

A playable demo for Homeworld 3 - War Games is now available, offering the chance to play the return of this space-based RTS game from Blackbird Interactive and Gearbox Publishing. This is only...

There's a Steam Next Fest demo for Outcast - A New Beginning on Steam, offering Windows gamers a chance to play the decades in the making sequel before its official release next month. This post has...

Trapped in Limbo has shimmied out onto Steam, offering new DLC for Atomic Heart, Mundfish's action/RPG for Windows. Also available for consoles, this requires the base game, and is an automatic...

More in addition to the above. Remember, most stop working after Monday: Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds (Windows). "As a newcomer to the Heroes Guild, you were inexplicably chosen for a mission of grave...

The Lunar New Year celebration doesn't begin until Saturday, but it's already the year of the Dragon on Steam, where the Lunar New Year Sale 2024 is now underway. This is a surprise, as there was no...

Call of Duty Blog has new details on Season 2 for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Warzone which gets underway tomorrow. This discusses what to expect from the Battle Pass, BlackCell, and the...

Where does the time go? Year 5 Season 3 is now underway in Tom Clancy's The Division 2, adding new content to the multiplayer shooter/RPG. The Year 5 Season 3 VANGUARD Launch Trailer is here with a...

Here's a roundup of reviews of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League: Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Review- Darkest Day, Darkest Knight - Forbes. Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League...

Matariki Park is now available on the Epic Games Store, GOG.com,* and Steam, adding this New Zealand location to Way of the Hunter, the Windows sport-hunting simulator (which is required). There is...

Time-limited, and tempus fugit: BORE BLASTERS (Windows, macOS, Linux). "Blast through rocks with your machine gun drill. Collect rare gems, ores and ancient artefacts, upgrade your ship and unlock...

A post on Steam announces Early Access to Nightingale is coming on February 20th, two days earlier than the February 22nd date revealed the last time the action/RPG was delayed. The news comes with a...

Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks is now available in Early Access for Windows and macOS on Steam, offering a chance join the military industrial complex without having to bribe any politicians. Microprose...

Bloomberg: Square Enix plans major reform of game development structure.

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Cyberpunk 2077 Follow-up, codenamed Project Orion, grows in strength at CD PROJEKT RED North America. Remedy makes 7.2 million write-off as it seeks publisher for its cooperative multiplayer project...

Major Xbox influencers pull support over multiplatform rumours.

A playable demo for TRIBES 3: Rivals is now available for Windows on Steam. Part of the Steam Next Fest, this is a time-limited chance to play the planned next installment in the beloved multiplayer...

Remember, most if not all of these are only good for this week: Botany Manor (Windows). "Welcome to Botany Manor, a stately home in 19th century England. You play as inhabitant Arabella Greene, a...

Phil Spencer on X: We're listening and we hear you. We've been planning a business update event for next week, where we look forward to sharing more details with you about our vision for the future...

ACI Network Mastery (pay what you want and help charity).* Safe In Our World Charity Bundle 2024 - Steam Game Bundle - Fanatical. Simulators Sale is here, for all virtual reality enthusiasts! - GOG.c...

Gaming Layoffs Cut Costs at Expense of Fresh IP.

The Art Of Psychonauts 2 OUT NOW (video).

Unofficial games, patches, and mods. The Witcher 3 Mod removes the fake "hero" lights from cut-scenes. The 32-bit classic RPG, The Legend of Dragoon, has received an unofficial PC port, supporting 4K...

Apple Vision Pro Not The New Frontier For Masturbatory Technology' After All. This is the biggest Apple Vision Pro complaint - here's what Apple says.

Some of the demos for the Steam Next Fest: February 2024 Edition came early, and are scattered throughout last week's news. So this is only sort of the first roundup from the event. As usual, many if...

EA announces details about Apex Legends: Breakout, an update to the free-to-play battle royale shooter that will launch on February 13th. This is part of a celebration the game's fifth anniversary,...

Here's a reminder that the Steam Next Fest: February 2024 Edition gets underway shortly at 1:00 pm EST. This will last all week, and as always, will include lots of time-limited demos along with...

Call of Duty to Embrace Open World Campaigns in Black Ops Gulf War and Beyond. Call of Duty May Not Be Coming to Game Pass, Leaker Claims. Uncharted Drake's Fortune Remake references found in The...

Larian's art director on the outfits of Baldur's Gate 3, and why making them fit matters but 'the main thing is looking cool'. The Last Of Us co-creator and director teases a potential third entry- '...

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