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Dumb phones are on the rise in the U.S. as Gen Z limits screen time. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

Twitter begins phasing out legacy 'blue check marks' in latest platform change.

This tweet announces that today's version 2.8 update for Marvel's Avengers is the final update for the superhero game before its closure, which will happen in September. As promised, this unlocks...

A playable demo is now available on Steam for Between Horizons, a narrative detective adventure in a sci-fi setting. A new Demo Release Trailer sets up the story and shows off the game's throwback 2.5...

Early Access to Formula Retro Racing - World Tour is now underway on Steam, offering a racing game with retro graphics, but the promise of modern gameplay. This is for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and...

Early Access to GunSuit Guardians is now underway on Steam, set to send you into bullet hell with nothing more than your gumption and a gunsuit. The game features retro graphics and an equally old...

Assemble Entertainment: Welcome to our annual Steam Publisher Sale 2023. Save 66% on Midnight Ghost Hunt on Steam. Save 33% on The Entropy Centre on Steam. Save 80% on Do Not Feed the Monkeys on...

Ryutaro Ichimura, Dragon Quest Chief Producer, Announces Departure From Square Enix.

HBO's The Last Of Us Will Be Filming Season 2 In Vancouver.

Content creator videos. Thanks Ant. Act 5 Nightmare - DiabLoL 2 - Carbot. Building your first base in a survival game - Viva La Dirt League.

The Spring Sale on GOG.COM* is heading into its final weekend, and the good old gamers have rolled out its final giveaway to celebrate. Between now and Monday, all new and current GOG newsletter...

There's an interview on GamesIndustry.biz talking with ESA president and CEO Stanley Pierre-Louis about the news that E3 2023 has been cancelled. The conversation covers how the changing industry...

BAFTA announces the winners of the 2023 BAFTA Games Awards. This page has a rundown on all the honorees. Here are some highlights: "God of War Ragnarök won five BAFTAs: Animation; Audio Achievement;...

Stardock announces Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova, an upcoming standalone expansion for Galactic Civilizations IV, the 4X space strategy sequel. This does not yet carry a release date, but the...

The Steam Listing for Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong now shows a release date for the vampire RPG (thanks Acleacius). This says the game will launch on Steam on May 18th, one year to the day...

Speaking of vampires, Xbox Wire has the announcement of Tides of the Foscari, a second DLC pack coming to Vampire Survivors. The news comes right after the game's big night at the BAFTA awards, where...

CD Projekt Red Reports Major Profit And Revenue Growth Year-On-Year. CD Projekt explains why Witcher game ‘Project Sirius’ has seemingly been restarted. Dragon Quest series chief producer Ryutaro...

Official patches. Microsoft Flight Simulator March 30th, 2023 Development Update. Star Wars: The Old Republic to open test server hosted on the cloud. World of Warcraft Hotfixes- March 30, 2023....

This tweet confirms the rumors that E3 2023 is cancelled. Word is: "ReedPop and the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) have announced that both the digital and physical events for E3 2023 are...

Grinding Gears Games unveils Crucible as the new expansion for Path of Exile, the free-to-play action/RPG. This will arrive for PC players on April 7th, and will come to the console editions on April...

Plasma is now available in Early Access on Steam, offering the chance to experience this Windows engineering sandbox from Dry Licorice. Word is: "In Plasma, players create machines and tools to...

Save 30% on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure- All-Star Battle R on Steam. Save 66% on Midnight Ghost Hunt on Steam. Save 33% on The Entropy Centre on Steam. Save 40% on Builder Simulator on Steam. One More...

Hasbro to Webcast First Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call.

Splinter Cell Dragonfire Novel Out Today.

Official patches. Darkest Dungeon II: Redemption Road Live Now. Hearthstone 25.6.2 Patch Notes. Insurgency: Sandstorm - UPDATE 1.14 OPERATION- ACCOLADE - RELEASE NOTES. Here's a trailer. The Last of...

Official trailers. For Honor: Content of the Week - 30 March. Trackmania: Spring Campaign 2023 Trailer.

It's time to collect our Thursday freebies, as there are two new giveaways on the Epic Games Store. As promised, the store is now offering Tunche and The Silent Age completely free. The 2D brawler...

Milestone and Dorna Sports announce MotoGP 23, saying the next installment in the motorbike racing series will come to PC and consoles on June 8th. The high-octane Announcement Trailer is here to get...

Ravenbound is now available on Steam, providing Windows gamers with a new way to fulfill their action/roguelite needs. Developer Systemic Reaction offers this Launch Trailer to set expectations,...

Boss Team Games announce new Who's Your Daddy DLC coming to Evil Dead: The Game on April 26th. This will come to the Epic Games Store and consoles, and will also mark the game's debut on Steam....

KOEI TECMO announces NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening is coming to PC and consoles on July 20th. This will be the 16th installment in a series of grand strategy games that began in 1983. The official...

Assemble Entertainment announces Windy Meadow: A Roadwarden Tale, saying this will blow onto Windows, Linux, and macOS later this year. As the title states, this is a spinoff of Roadwarden, the...

Humble Heroines: Warriors, Dreamers, and God Slayers (pay what you want and help charity).* *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

Trackmania update & changelog – March 29th 2023. Thanks Frans. World of Warcraft Hotfixes: March 29, 2023. Official patches. Unofficial games, patches, and mods. MAME version 0.253. Thanks Ant.

Official trailer. Sunkenland Gameplay Trailer - Upcoming Survival Game 2023 PC.

An SEC filing from Electronic Arts today announces the company is laying off 6% of its workforce amid a restructuring plan. GamesIndustry.biz does the math on this, estimating it means around 775...

Square Enix announces In Tanta We Trust, new DLC coming to Forspoken on May 26th. Players who purchased the Forspoken Digital Deluxe will get this three days earlier, on the 23rd. In Tanta We Trust...

Crime Boss: Rockay City is now available for Windows on the Epic Games Store, offering an organized crime first-person shooter with a Hollywood cast. This is set in the 90s, features actors from the...

Speaking of Crime Boss: Rockay City, support for the release is the main feature mentioned about the new Intel® Arc Game On Driver. Word is: "The theatrical visuals of Crime Boss look great on Intel...

Games Operators announces Cowboys & Rustlers, a top-down wild west adventure that's a spinoff of Rustler (Grand Theft Horse). This has a Steam Listing, but carries no release date at this point. Like...

Sparky Marky is now available on itch.io, offering a prologue of Do You See Sparky, a horror game in the works at Clapperheads which is "coming soon" to Steam. The demo is a 30 minutes prologue to...

Sarkeesian: "Your DEI initiatives are making your culture worse."

Best of Boomer Shooters- Bigger and Boomier (pay what you want and help charity).* *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

A statement from Capcom announces that the Resident Evil 4 remake managed to sell over three million units in just two days following its release (thanks Wario64). For perspective, PC Gamer notes the...

In another successful launch, Hovgaard Games announces Big Ambitions is fulfilling its big ambitions. We're told the business simulation sold more than 150,000 copies in the two weeks following its...

Dream of the Beast is now available for Windows on Steam and for consoles, unleashing the first DLC for Metal: Hellsinger, the rhythm first-person shooter set in hell, where the sound system is...

The opportunity to get your grips on Gripper is now within your grasp, as this story-driven motorcycle action game now available for Windows on GOG.com* and Steam as well as for Switch. Word is: "Crea...

Focus Entertainment and Deck13 Interactive recently announced a May 16th release date for Atlas Fallen. But that was so March 1st. Now just four weeks later, a new tweet announces the action/RPG will...

Attention Steve Martin fans! The Epic Games Store and Steam are offering the chance to get small with the Early Access launch of Smalland: Survive the Wilds. Actually it's much more accurate to...

Japan approves Microsoft's Activision Blizzard takeover. Rift Between Gaming Giants Shows Toll of China’s Economic Crackdown.