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Mattel and Outright Games announce Monster High: Skulltimate Secrets, a single-player, 3D platformer described as "the first Monster High video game for the current generation of consoles." This...

Chucklefish Publisher Sale is here! - GOG.com.* *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

Deadline reports that the national board of trade union SAG-AFTRA has vested chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland with the authority to call a strike against video game companies in ongoing...

The Warframe Website has the latest from TennoCon 2024, the latest installment in the annual convention celebrating Warframe and all things related to the free-to-play shooter. This includes details...

Mortal Kombat 1 Expansion Details Leak Online - GameRant.

Big publishers eject too soon' from live service titles, says Warframe boss - VGC.

Save 40% on Nova Lands on Steam. Save 90% on The Vanishing of Ethan Carter on Steam.

How to Optimize Windows 11 for Gaming - How-To Geek. Thanks Neutronbeam.

Content creator videos. Welcome to the Shadow Realm - Elden Ring #73 - Carbot. Thanks Ant. A Message from Steve Wozniak. Thanks RedEye9.

Thanks RedEye9. Intel sneaks out nine 14th-Gen CPUs without E-cores - odd flagship Core i9-14901KE is the first overclockable chip for the embedded market - Tom's Hardware. Leaker reveals new AMD...

A tweetX from OneBGS_USA announces the formation of a new labor union comprising "a majority" of developers at Bethesda Game Studios Dallas, Rockville, and Austin. Word is: "Together as #OneBGSUSA,...

Tom Warren xeets a follow-up from Microsoft to his report yesterday of a US FTC letter to the courts criticizing Microsoft Game Pass. It called the new Game Pass Standard a "degraded product," and a...

Automation Games Sale 2024 on Steam. Save 86% on EA SPORTS PGA TOUR on Steam.

How One Indie Game Maker Narrowly Dodged Bankruptcy - Bloomberg (may require registration or subscription). Did not trigger the usual hard paywall for us. Thanks Neutronbeam.

Official patches. FlatOut 2 - Steam Deck , Workshop and more. Once Human - Fixes for "Deposit Function Causing Item Loss" and "Territory Module Loss" Issue. Sapiens 0.5 Trade and Multiplayer...

Microsoft says it's wrong to call Game Pass degraded', responding to FTC - VGC

Nexon changes The First Descendant gold farm promise after one hour - PCGamesN.

Diablo IV - Inside the Game - The Spiritborn. Official trailers. Content creator videos. Firearms Expert Reacts to Helldivers 2 PART 4.

Arc System Works highlights more trouble right here in River City with the announcement of River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next, a new installment in the platforming action/RPG (which rhymes with "p"...

AMD now offers a new version 24.7.1 Adrenalin Edition reference driver for running AMD Radeon graphics cards in Windows. The Release Notes have a detailed rundown on changes, including new game...

Pixels With Porpoise (pay what you want and help charity) - Humble.* Save 40% on Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator on Steam. Save 40% on Viewfinder on Steam. Save 75% on Marvel's Midnight Suns on Steam....

Official patches. Team Fortress 2 Update Released.

We now have dates for Meta's forthcoming Quest headsets - The Verge.

Do you love sim racing enough to spend $2,499 on a steering wheel? - The Verge. The weight-savings of carbon fiber do wonders for lap times.

Official trailers. Aion Classic 2.8: Conquest. Call of Duty- Modern Warfare III - New Multiplayer Map - Bait. Fiesta Online Reflection of Memories Trailer.

Music Box - Music Trailer - Nintendo Switch.

A tweetX from Tom Warren, senior editor at The Verge, reproduces a letter to the US Court of Appeals from the US Federal Trade Commission. Following the recent news of a Game Pass price hike, the FTC...

Reuters reports that CrowdStrike has patched out a problem with a code update that bricked PCs around the world and caused major outages affecting airlines, banks, and broadcasters. A complete...

Union of Gnomes is now available in Early Access on Steam, offering Windows gamers the chance to strike in this deckbuilding roguelite. It's 10% off for the rest of the month as a launch discount....

Devolver Digital unveils Forestrike, an upcoming tactical kung-fu fighting game in the works at Skeleton Crew, though a gameplay clip from two years ago revealed this already. This is expected next...

The Arcade Crew announces Shuffle Tactics, a tactical/RPG that reveals its deckbuilding elements right there in the title. An Alpha Trailer accompanies the news with a look. This will come to PC next...

Fallout season two -ahead of schedule-, says Amazon head of TV - Eurogamer.net.

Official patches. The First Descendant - 7-19 (Fri) Client Patch Notice. No Man's Sky - Worlds Part 1 Patch 5.00.1.

Apple Vision Pro debuts immersive content featuring NBA players, The Weeknd and more - TechCrunch.

Ubisoft's First Quarter 2024-25 Financial Report is here to help make sense of the dollars the company brought in the last quarter. Or euros to be more precise, as word from the French company is: "N...

Tacticon 2024 on Steam is now underway as a third-party "digital convention" celebrating strategy games. Firesquid and Hooded Horse Games are presenting panels and showcases though the weekend along...

A post from Blizzard shows off Juno, the "highly mobile Martian" that's the next support hero for Overwatch 2. It shows off her kit and says she'll be playable during a limited trial this weekend....

A new Spiritborn Class Trailer is here to show off the new player class coming to Diablo IV with the launch of the Vessel of Hatred expansion for Blizzard's action/RPG. The clip shows off some monk-st...

A Steamworks Development post from Valve lays out the schedule for Steam sales and events through the Summer Sale 2025: "Registration is open now for the following Steam Sales and Fests (sorted by...

USC: Counterforce has completed Early Access, and this XCOM-inspired turn-based tactics game is available for Windows on Steam with a 40% launch discount. This post discusses the launch and what's...

Vampire Therapist is now available for Windows, macOS, and Linux on GOG.com* and Steam, offering a therapeutic twist on an interview with a vampire from solo developer Little Bat Games (Cyrus Nemati)....

Fulqrum Publishing and Jujubee announce Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond, a third installment in the Realpolitiks series of grand strategy games expected later this year on the Epic Games Store, GOG.c...

Here's a redo of this post, which was botched the first time: The new Epic Games Store freebies are now available, which are Maid of Sker and Arcade Paradise. Next week's giveaway is F.I.S.T.: Forged...

It's free game time once again on the Epic Games Store, which is back with more giveaways. For the next seven days everyone is entitled to free copies of Arcade Paradise and F.I.S.T.: Forged In...

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is now available for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5, and the Windows edition of this action/RPG has laid siege to the Epic Games Store and Steam. A Launch Trailer...

Ironwood Studios announces Pacific Drive has sold more than 600,000 units worldwide in the five or so months since its launch for Windows and PlayStation 5. To celebrate the news the developer has...

Steam now features Early Access to Norland, a colony sim set in medieval times from Long Jaunt and Hooded Horse. This post discusses the news, promises an Early Access roadmap to supplement a...

Dungeons of Hinterberg has departed the hinterlands and is now available for Windows on Steam, kicking off a dungeon-crawling action/RPG for Windows from Curve Games and Microbird. For the next week...

Mutants beware! Earl vs. the Mutants is now available on Steam, kicking off a top-down shooter in a mutant-infested postapocalyptic setting. Falling State Games provides a look at the game's chaotic...

SCHiM is out for PC and consoles, and the Windows, macOS, and Linux edition of this 3D platformer developed by Ewoud van der Werf and Nils Slijkerman is available on Steam. It carries a 10% launch...