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Law360 reports that a trial is underway (on Zoom!) to determine whether Valve infringed on a patent in the design of the Steam Controller (thanks GamesIndustry.biz). According to the attorneys for...

Steam now offers a playable demo for Timberborn, allowing Windows and macOS gamers to sample this upcoming post-apocalyptic city-building game between now and February 16th. Here's what developer...

IO Interactive announces HITMAN 3 is already profitable, just a week after its release. The publisher/developer tells GamesIndustry.biz that the new installment in the assassin-for-hire series has...

Here's a roundup of reviews for The Medium, Bloober Team's supernatural horror game that's due for release tomorrow: [Review] 'The Medium' Echoes Classic Horror Games, But Still Has Its Own Modern...

EA has formed a new development studio called Full Circle. A explained on the Full Circle Website this is based in Vancouver, employing staff scattered around the globe to grind out the next game in...

SEGA announces that Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is coming to Windows via Steam on March 23rd, offering PC gamers the chance to play this puzzle game mash-up that's already available on consoles. The PC...

Road Studio and Detalion Games announce Highway Builder, an upcoming simulation that allows you to manage highway construction and repair projects. Have you ever looked on in envy as you drive past...

Midweek Sale: head-scratching games up to 90% off - GOG.com.

CD PROJEKT RED now offers mod support tools for Cyberpunk 2077, which will allow creative types more opportunity to augment the science fiction RPG. There's a metadata tool that some of the other...

Publisher NACON and developer Daedalic Entertainment are delaying the release of Lord of the Rings Gollum, their upcoming action/adventure featuring the cunning Tolkien antagonist. In the...

THQ Nordic announces that Biomutant will be out for PC and consoles on May 25th, come what may. This open-world action/RPG was originally expected in 2018, but has suffered a couple of delays since...

A new post from Ghost Ship Games has another sales success story, announcing that Deep Rock Galactic has sold over two million copies since launching into Early Access on Steam just under three...

Lords of the West is now available on Steam, offering an expansion for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, making the real-time strategy remake all the more definitive. The DLC add two new...

Fatal Falls is now available for PC and consoles, offering new DLC for Dead Cells, Motion Twin's metroidvania action/platformer. This is the 22nd update for the game, but only its second paid DLC....

House Reborn is now live in Star Trek Online, celebrating the 11th anniversary of the Trekkie MMORPG, offering part one of the finale to the game's Klingon War. This features two episodes centered...

Early Access to Snowtopia: Ski Resort Tycoon is now underway on Steam, offering the chance to be a ski mogul in this Windows simulation that puts you in charge of your own winter resort. Here's the...

Slitherine announces Distant Worlds 2, a 4X strategy sequel set in space, where no one can hear you explain that all the Xs in 4X actually start with "e." It's been 10 years since the release of the...

Assemblers assemble! Main Assembly has completed Early Access and rolled off the assembly line onto Windows via Steam. This freeform simulation from Team17 and Bad Yolk Games allows you to design...

NVIDIA now offers new version 461.40 GeForce Drivers for NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards running under Windows. These are game-ready for The Medium and also offer support for new GeForce RTX 30-series...

In an interview on a Danish Website, the developers at IO Interactive reveal that they envision possibly making two additional James Bond games after the previously announced Project 007 to create a...

Cyber Shadow is now available for PC and console, with the Windows, macOS, and Linux edition available on Steam. It's also available for Windows on the Microsoft Store and through the Buy Xbox Game...

ENCODYA is now available on GOG.com and Steam, offering a point-and-click adventure for Windows, macOS, and Linux. This is set in the year 2062 in the city of Neo Berlin starring a nine year-old...

Early Access is underway on Steam for King Arthur: Knight's Tale, allowing us to draw the sword from the stone one more time. This take on the Arthurian legend is a tactical turn-based RPG which got...

Open Sorcery: Sea++ is now available for Windows, macOS, and Linux on Steam, offering a text-based puzzle/adventure with the punniest title we've seen in a while. This is the follow-up to the...

EA Star Wars tweets about the overwhelming success of the recent giveaway of STAR WARS Battlefront II on the Epic Games Store. They say the freebie was downloaded over 19 million times: "More than...

Apparently some took the statement from Konami Digital Entertainment about a reorganization as an announcement that they were getting out of the video game business. As a result, the company issued...

Game Informer has the news that a new BioWare book confirms that Tevinter is the setting of BioWare's upcoming next installment in the Dragon Age series. Here's word: "In the newly released BioWare:...

A tweet from Mediatronic has details on some of the content in the upcoming version 3.5 update for Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (thanks Polygon). Here's what they're dropping into the battle royale...

Valve's report of the top releases for December 2020 on Steam is now available. This is accompanied by this page listing these 20 top retail games and top five free-to-play titles. Here's how they...

Humble Book Bundle- Math for Programmers by Manning Publications (pay what you want and help charity).* *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs - Game Update- Terror Peak is now live.

Game Informer - Lawbreakers Deserved Better. "While Lawbreakers couldn't make it until the end, it's a shooter that I genuinely love and I miss far more than is probably smart. I wish more people...

Gabe Newell talks to 1 News, telling the New Zealand outlet about Valve's interest in how brain computer interfaces (BCIs) could revolutionize the future of video games (thanks Acleacius). The Valve...

RockstarINTEL has word that Take-Two Interactive has succeeded in a legal action against Luna Cheats, a prominent seller of cheats for Grand Theft Auto Online (thanks IGN). GTA Online has been a...

Konami Digital Entertainment announces new executive appointments, personnel changes, and an organizational restructuring (thanks Siliconera). Word is all these changes will take effect on February...

CD PROJEKT RED offers a workaround for players getting stuck on the "Down on the Street" quest in Cyberpunk 2077 (thanks Eurogamer.net). Some players have been getting nothing but a staredown from...

SOLAS 128 is now available, offering a rhythm/puzzle game for Windows and Switch. The PC edition can be found on Steam. A new gameplay trailer includes a look at the game's colorful vector graphics...

Crossword City Chronicles is now available on Steam, offering a Windows and macOS game from Trailblazer Games which combines the mystery of crossword puzzles with the mystery of and adventure game....

Publisher by NEOWIZ and developer SouthPAW Games announce that Skul: The Hero Slayer has already sold over 100K copies since leaving Early Access on Steam just four days ago. That's pretty...

Polish developer 3T Games is now at work on Smuggler Simulator, a crime game "coming soon" to Steam. It almost goes without saying that this will be published by Ultimate Games, as this title has...

VGC reports on a rumor that a new Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic game is in development at a studio outside of Electronic Arts. This is not as surprising as it would have been were it not for...

Here's Valve's reporting of the bestselling titles on Steam over the course of last week. Hey, hey, my, my. Rust never sleeps: Rust. EVERSPACE 2. Valve Index VR Kit. Dyson Sphere Program. Cyberpunk...

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Babylon Project version 3.7.6. Free game. Thanks Wesp5. Fallout: GZDoom brings enemies and weapons from Fallout 3 to Doom.

Dave Molloy, Cinematic Creative Director at Sucker Punch, is currently working on a Ghost of Tsushima game for PS5.

Sony may resurrect the Xperia Compact line for small phone fans. Apple warns against putting an iPhone 12 too close to your pacemaker. Your Apple Watch is about to get a new Time to Walk feature....

SpaceX launches a record 143 satellites into orbit. Flash Is Dead—but Not Gone (may require registration or subscription). How to Back Up Your Most Important Emails (may require registration or...

Thanks Neutronbeam. The great graphics card shortage of 2020 (and 2021). Thanks A51Abductee. How to Build Your Own High-Performance Portable SSD (video). GIGABYTE Introduces the AORUS Gen4 7000s M.2...

A new Australian Classification Rating is now available for a game called PROJECT 2021A, revealing id Software is apparently at work on a virtual reality game (thanks PCGamesN). There's not much to...