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Updated 2024-11-29 10:30
Sunday Patches
Call of DOOM: Black Warfare is now available for download.
Op Ed
Polygon - The cyberpunk genre has been Orientalist for decades — but it doesn’t have to be. Thanks Acleacius. "It’s cool. It’s slick. It’s cyberpunk. The idea and the iconography of the samurai in...
Sunday Metaverse
Amazon’s Ring now reportedly partners with more than 2,000 US police and fire departments. Facebook is getting pulled into a fight about the politics of Israel.
The Medium Already Profitable
A story on Money.pl reports (in Polish) that The Medium is already in the black, just two days after the release of Bloober Team's new horror game (thanks DSOGaming). Here's a machine translation of...
Nemesis System Patent
PSU explains that Monolith's nemesis system from Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor and Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War hasn't appeared in other games because WBIE owns a patent on it (thanks VG247). Here's...
Saturday Patches
Horizon Zero Dawn Nude Aloy Mod available for download.
Saturday Multiplex
GoldenEye 007 XBLA (2007) - Longplay. Over two hours of a cancelled Xbox port. Thanks Mark.
Saturday Interviews
Exclusive Interview with NVIDIA: Is VR Dying or Thriving?
Saturday Crowdfunding
Kazakh 'Jack - A Wild & Satirical Lumberjacking Expedition by Nathan Glass — Kickstarter. "The game is easy to learn but hard to master. Skilled lumberjacks will see themselves swinging and chopping...
Op Ed
TechRadar - The PS5 is making me hate PC Gaming. "Gaming on a console is effortless - you don't need to worry about overclocking or changing out your cooling system or CPU. Your controller comes in...
Gatherings & Competitions
They’re Flocking to America to Make a Fortune Playing Video Games (may require registration or subscription). Thanks Neutronbeam.
Valve Sued Over Steam Pricing
A report on the Hollywood Reporter says Valve is being targeted by a class action suit over pricing due to a "most favored nation" clause in its contract to sell games on Steam. They say that Valve...
Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2 Announced
Brilliant Game Studios pays off on their tease by announcing Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2, an upcoming sequel that betrays the use of Ultimate in the title of the first game (Penultimate Epic...
HITMAN 3 DLC Plans
A HITMAN 3 interview with IO Interactive on TheGamer talks with executive producer Forest Swartout Large about what's next for the assassination series. Word is they are considering DLC that will...
More VALORANT Versus Cheaters
A post from Riot Games offers a winter update about their ongoing battle against cheaters in VALORANT, their multiplayer hero shooter (thanks PC Gamer). They discuss what they learned from analyzing...
Left 4 Dead 2 No Longer Censored in Germany
Valve announces that they've successfully appealed the rating of Left 4 Dead 2 in Germany (thanks Kotaku). Word is German gamers can now play the game in its uncensored gory glory simply by...
My Father My Son Announced
Wilson!! Blinkclick Games announces My Father My Son, a co-op survival adventure planned for release on Steam. As shown in the Official Trailer this involves a father and son who must survive on a...
Metal Unit Leaves Early Access
Metal Unit is now out of Early Access and officially available on Steam, offering a platformer with a title that seems well suited to current pop culture buzz. Here's an Official Gameplay Trailer...
Quintus and the Absent Truth - Chapter Three Released
Quintus and the Absent Truth - Chapter Three is now available on Steam, offering more content to this horror/adventure game. This requires Quintus and the Absent Truth - Chapter One, which is...
Get Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator for Free
Brilliant Game Studios is giving away free copies of Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator on Steam, offering a 100% discount on this sandbox combat simulation (thanks beeweb2000). The game is yours to...
12 New (Old) Games Added to GOG.COM
GOG.COM announces they've added a dozen classic games to their DRM-free marketplace, and all 12 of them are currently on sale. As described here eight of these are the 18 Wheels of Steel series,...
Taipei Game Show Indie Game Awards
The Taipei Game Show is currently underway, offering an in-person gathering to buck the trend of taking such shows online due to the pandemic. Incongruously, they say: "Amidst the global crisis...
The Frontier Mod for Fallout: New Vegas Pulled
The Nexus Mods Page for The Frontier announces this recently launched large-scale modification for Fallout: New Vegas is no longer available (thanks Neutronbeam). The post says this is because one...
Bleeding Edge Content Runs Dry
Ninja Theory tweets that Bleeding Edge will not remain on the cutting edge, as they are no longer creating new content for the online brawler they released under a year ago: "With the studio now...
Gods Will Fall Drops
Gods Will Fall is now available for Windows and consoles, with the PC editions of this hack-and-slash action game offered through the Epic Games Store, GOG.com, and Steam. The plural "editions" is...
Rocket Leage Super Bowl Event
Psyonix announces an in-game event will run in Rocket League from February 2-8 as a celebration of Super Bowl LV. It will use a new gameplay mode called Gridiron which adds some American football...
Sea of Thieves Season One
A raft of new free content is now available for Sea of Thieves, kicking off Season One in Rare's swashbuckling pirate game. This page has all the details, including the release notes and an...
Epic Games Store Year in Review
Epic Games offers a year in review, looking back at 2020 on the Epic Games Store. They say there are now over 160 million PC users on the store, and that customers spent over $700 million there last...
Get Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition for Free
As noted above, the Epic Games Store gave away 103 free games over the course of 2020. And today they offer their fourth freebie of 2021 with the giveaway of Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition. As...
Crystal Dynamics Plans to Unify the Tomb Raider Timeline
A post on Twitter celebrates 25 years of the Tomb Raider franchise. This includes a video where the team at Crystal Dynamics looks back at the series. They also discuss work that's underway to unify...
Hyper Scape PC Crossplay Launches
Ubisoft announces Takeshi’s Team Deathmatch (TDM) Party event is now available in Hyper Scape, featuring exclusive rewards. This comes along with title update 4 for the free-to-play battle royale,...
The Medium Released
The Medium is now available for Windows and consoles, offering the latest horror game from genre specialist Bloober Team. The Windows edition is offered through the Epic Games Store, GOG.com, Green...
Sword of the Necromancer Unsheathed
Grimorio of Games and JanduSoft now offer the release of Sword of the Necromancer, a dungeon-crawling action/RPG. This is available for PC and consoles, with the Windows/macOS package offered through...
Journey To The Savage Planet on Steam
Journey To The Savage Planet is now available on Steam, offering another way to get this science fiction action/adventure. This comes one year to the day after its release on the Epic Games Store....
Evening Patches
Not For Broadcast - Episode 2 Is Here. Don't touch that dial!
Immortals Fenyx Rising Demo and DLC Released
A New God is now available for Immortals Fenyx Rising, providing the first DLC for Ubisoft's mythology-based action/adventure. This is available for the Windows edition directly from the Ubisoft...
Cyberpunk 2077 Hotfix
A new hotfix patch is now available for Cyberpunk 2077, updating the game to version 1.11. This addresses the broken quest in the sci-fi RPG, and restores item randomization to its original state....
Evil Genius 2 in March
Rebellion announces they will begin to dominate the world on March 30th when they release Evil Genius 2: World Domination. The follow-up to their bad guy simulator will come to PC via Steam, and you...
A Total War Saga: TROY AJAX & DIOMEDES Pack Released
A new AJAX & DIOMEDES faction pack is now available on the Epic Games Store to add new content to A Total War Saga: TROY, Creative Assembly's strategy sequel that so many own since it was free for...
Prison Architect: Going Green Released
Prison Architect: Going Green is now available for PC and consoles, offering a new add-on for the incarceration simulation of Prison Architect. The Windows, Linux, and macOS edition is available on...
Handball Manager 2021 Released
Handball Manager 2021 is now available for Windows on Steam, offering a sports management simulation based on the Olympic sport that enjoys its greatest popularity in Europe. This carries a 10%...
Curious Expedition 2 Released
Curious Expedition 2 is now available on Steam, offering a sequel from the machine men at Maschinen-Mensch to their narrative roguelike. The Launch Trailer provides a look at the game's hand-drawn...
Razer's 8K Mouse
Razer announces Razer HyperPolling Technology, a new proprietary to drastically increase the polling rate for gaming mice to 8000Hz. We will present this without questioning its practical value,...
Next Steam Game Festival Next Month
Valve announces the Steam Game Festival, February 2021 Edition will get underway on February 9th. Like the two such virtual festivals they held last year, this will once again feature more demos...
Robin Hood - Builders Of Sherwood Announced
MeanAstronauts announces Robin Hood - Builders Of Sherwood, an upcoming action/adventure based on the legend of Robin Hood. The Official Trailer offers a look at how this includes a combination city-...
Dota 2 Gets Community Regulation
The Dota 2 Blog announces "Overwatch Arrives in Dota," meaning the MOBA is getting the same community self-regulation tools as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Out hopes that this means Genji or...
The Day Before Announced
The Day Before is a zombie-infested, open-world, MMO survival game coming "soon" to Steam (thanks Gematsu). This is set in a pandemic-ravaged wasteland, presumably to allow some escapism from life...
Henry Mosse and the Wormhole Conspiracy Next Week
Henry Mosse and the Wormhole Conspiracy is a point-and-click adventure from developer Bad Goat Studios coming to Steam on February 4th. This coming-of-age story will take the player on a trip to...
On Sale
Humble Software Bundle: Learn to Create Games in Unity (pay what you want and help charity).* Humble RPG Book Bundle: 5th Edition Dungeon Extravaganza (pay what you want and help charity).* *Blue's...
Evening Patches
POSTAL 4: No Regerts - “Wednesday” Update [0.3.0.1].
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