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A playable demo for Strayed Lights is now available on Steam, offering a sample in advance of next month's launch of this action/adventure. A new Mix Direct Spring 2023 Showcase Trailer is also...

GOG.COM Spring Warmup Sale.* Not the actual Spring Sale. This is just a tribute. *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

Report: PC and console global gaming dipped to $92.3bn in 2022. The industry's disingenuous defense of loot boxes. Layoffs reported at Worms maker Team17.

Official patches. Steam Beta Client Update: March 17th. Steam Deck Beta Client Update: March 17th.

Stadia May Have Shot Itself in the Foot By Shutting Down So Early.

Diablo 4 Open Beta suffers from long login queues that can go up to two hours. Welcome to Hell. Please take a number.

Content creator video. How The Last of Us TV Show Was Made - The Warp Zone. Thanks Ant.

Epic did not announce next week's free games as usual yesterday when it launched this week's Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War Giveaway. But the Free Games Section on the Epic Games Store is...

The Resident Evil 4 Remake demo is now available and the full game is due to launch one week from today. To give everyone clarity on what to expect, the review embargo for the survival/horror remake...

New Zealand-based developer Space Rock Games announces Criminals Within, a third-person co-op (only) action/adventure. This debut from a studio comprising vets of the Fable series, Path of Exile, and...

Intel announces the launch of new drivers for its Arc graphics cards. Here's word on what these bring to those game enough to game on an Intel GPU: "Intel® Game On Drivers deliver the best...

Peppa Pig: World Adventures is now available for Windows on Steam and for consoles, offering a family-friendly adventure based on the animated series. This allows the whole Peppa family to travel the...

CS:GO devs fuel Source 2 rumours with mass Steam profile update.

Three former Blizzard leads have set up new AAA studio Magic Soup Games.

The "Tetris" Movie Reviews Are In.

Valve announces its first-ever Spring Sale on Steam is now underway, as scheduled, even if it's a few days until the actual change of seasons. This is the annual sale that was the Lunar New Year...

2K announces that for the next week Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-shot Adventure is available for free on Steam. You may already have a copy of this, as it was also a 2021...

Far Cry 5 was first released on March 27, 2018, and Ubisoft unveils plans to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the first-person shooter. A post on the Ubisoft Website discusses today's launch of a...

Blizzard announces Festival of Legends, a new expansion for Hearthstone coming on April 10th to the collectible card game. This is centered around E.T.C., as the Elite Tauran Cow is preparing "to...

Developer Jukai Studio and publisher Versus Evil announce Stray Souls, a mystery-driven psychological/horror game coming to PC and consoles this year. A first attempt to put some fear into us comes...

Save Up to 85% During Ubisoft’s Spring Sale. King of Content Creator Bundle (pay what you want and help charity).* Save 66% on Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space on Steam. Save 66% on Infinite...

Former Criterion leaders set-up new AAA games studio Fuse Games.

Official patches. Thanks Console General. Hearthstone 25.6 Patch Notes. No Man's Sky Fractal Patch 4.15. World of Warcraft Dragonflight: 10.0.7 Content Update Notes. March Updates for the Xbox App on...

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War is now available for free on the Epic Games Store as its latest giveaway. This is yours to keep as long as you get your snag on by next Thursday at 11:00 am...

The Strong National Museum of Play continues its strong play to be part of the history of gaming, announcing the 2023 Finalists for its World Video Hall of Fame. There is a Player's Choice Ballot...

Revived publisher Atari announces it is expanding its nostalgic reach with acquisition of a dozen classic arcade properties from Stern Electronics. These include titles already associated with the...

NVIDIA announces a new bundle, saying qualifying purchases of one of its 40-series graphics cards will come with Redfall Bite Back Edition. This is a fancy version of Bethesda's upcoming first-person...

Speaking of NVIDIA, the company also announces more titles that will support NVIDIA Reflex and DLSS 3. Word is the headline game is Diablo IV: "Previously, Blizzard announced that ray tracing will be...

The Epic Games Store is promising the release of the Unreal Editor For Fortnite on March 22nd. As the title suggests, this is a special version of the Unreal Engine editor that will allow players to...

Firestoke and RageCure Games announce Goons: Legends & Mayhem a hockey game coming to PC and consoles this year. The title reflects the game's focus on the rougher aspects of the sport, though it...

Surviving the Aftermath - Rebirth is now available on Steam and consoles, adding DLC with more of the aftermath of Surviving the Aftermath, the apocalyptic colony-builder for Windows. A new developer...

A post on Xbox Wire from Bethesda Softworks announces Ghostwire: Tokyo is coming to Xbox on April 12th. This will come along with a new update called Spider's Thread that will also come to the...

The Wreck is now available for PC and consoles, and the Windows/macOS edition can be found on Steam. This 3D visual novel from Pixel Hunt is about trauma and grief. Word is: "In this 3D visual novel,...

The Android Developers Blog has details on the expansion of Google Play Games on PC program. It's good to expand the games ecosystem, though we'd be more excited about ways to put PC games on mobile...

The Steam Listing for F1 2020 indicates this Formula One racing game is no longer for sale. The game's DLC is still available, but the game seems to have been delisted. There's no further explanation...

Final Fantasy Creator On Why JRPGs Were Better In The ‘90s.

Save 34% on Endling - Extinction is Forever on Steam. Save 67% on DEATHLOOP on Steam. Funcom 30-Year Anniversary Sale on Steam. Save 80% on Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom on Steam. Kart Racers...

FTC lawyers want more info on Microsoft’s 10 year deals with Nintendo and Nvidia. Former Blizzard Leaders J. Allen Brack and Jen Oneal Reemerge to Start New Studio.

The next Silent Hill movie has cast its leads and begins filming next month. Ellie and Joel – Building The Last of Us Episode 1.

Official patch. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II & Warzone Season 02 Reloaded Patch Notes. There are some subsequent additions.

Sims 4 'infant stretching' bug terrorizes players with unusually long babies.

Official trailers. House of the Gundead Arcade - Available to Order Now. Trackmania - World Tour Playoffs Trailer.

Diablo IV- Talking the Open Beta With the Game’s Director - Xbox Wire. Developer Interview: Sit Down with Senior Animator Carin Huurnink — Warcraft Arclight Rumble.

Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order lay out plans for the final bits of DLC for Cities: Skylines. A set of content packs and radio stations are coming on March 22nd and a second set of content...

Rightfully, Beary Arms is a bullet hell shooter coming later this year from Daylight Basement Studio. This is being shown off next week at PAX East, but there's also a playable Windows demo right now...

XSEED Games announces Touhou: New World, a bullet hell shooter coming to PC and Switch this (northern) summer, and to PlayStation at some point after that. The Announcement Trailer starts off looking...

Dead Island 2 devs believe a Dead Island remake would be a “mistake.” It's dead, Jim.

IO Interactive has opened a new studio in Turkey.

The Last of Us developer reveals in-game tribute to his wife made it into HBO finale. "Last of Us" Giraffe Real, 'Zombie Ban' Not. Thanks Ant.

Blade of Darkness Major Update. Euro Truck Simulator 2- 1.47 Open Beta. The Sims 4 Update 03-14-2023. Steam Beta Client Update- March 14th. Steam Deck Beta Client Update- March 14th. World of...