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Twitter locks Trump tweets ‘due to risk of violence.’ Reddit ‘taking action’ on site violations as rioters storm US Capitol. Microsoft is putting a news feed in the Windows 10 taskbar. Facebook...

TechRadar notes that the player count on Cyberpunk 2077 has dropped by over 75% since a dramatic peak of over one million concurrent players around the launch of the sci-fi RPG less than a month ago....

There's an interview with Harvey Smith on Vandal, talking with the director of Arkane Austin in the site's native Spanish. Putting their linguistic skills to work, IGN translates the conversation to...

SuperData Research has issued a year in review report analyzing the games and interactive media market in 2020. They offer a summary of their findings that includes a link to download their free...

Digital Continue announces plans to release SuperMash Steam on January 13th. It will be a little hard to describe exactly what to expect, because gameplay involves randomly created retro games that...

Lillymo Games confirms Habroxia 2 will come to Steam and consoles on February 3rd as planned. This previously released trailer shows off this side-scrolling space shooter sequel. Here's more: "Habrox...

Billion Beat is now available on Steam, offering a boxing game developer Dronami says draws inspiration from '90’s cartoons like Ren & Stimpy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This intends to be...

Lost In Space Sale on The Humble Store.* Midweek Sale: psychological horror games up to 85% off - GOG.com. *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

Arkane's Harvey Smith Says Microsoft and Bethesda are the Perfect Fit.

The Sinking City is once again available for purchase on Steam along with all the DLC for this horror-themed action/adventure from Frogwares. The game was delisted in September just a few months...

A post on the Minecraft Website announces that support for Minecraft Earth will end on June 30th. They have the following to say to those who have made real-money transactions in the game: "All...

Preorders of Gods Will Fall for Windows are now underway on GOG.com and Steam. Deep silver offers a new Official Gameplay Trailer with a look at this deicidal action game along with details on a...

20 years of Runescape: “Players never leave, they just stop for a bit” - PCGamesN.

Apex Legends: Get Ready to Step in the Ring with the Fight Night Collection Event.

PS4 Pro and most other models discontinued in Japan. Nintendo acquires Next Level Games. A Third-Party Company Is Selling A Small Amount Of Black PS5s This Week. Small number. Microsoft is asking...

Analysing the major mobile game design and feature trends of 2020. Apple patents point to using your MacBook to wirelessly charge your iPhone and Apple Watch.

Amazon just bought a bunch of used commercial jets for the first time. Niantic acquires community gaming platform Mayhem. Dell monitors embrace video calls with pop-up webcams and Teams buttons...

The Crytek Current Job Openings List shows several open positions at their Frankfurt, Germany studio to work on an "unannounced AAA" game (thanks DSOGaming). The listing for a Game Designer is an...

EA Respawn is apparently also working on a new IP. We say apparently because this is based on a job opening that was espied by VGC but has since been deleted. They state this listing said the studio...

Grinding Gear Games announces they will be showing off the upcoming version 3.13.0 update for Path of Exile in a livestream on Twitch on Thursday. That pedestrian version number belies the...

Speaking of projects that were delayed to avoid the Cyberpunk launch, ROCKFISH Games announces a January 18th Early Access launch date for EVERSPACE 2 for Windows. This preliminary version of this...

Publisher Nordcurrent and developer Max Mraz announce a January 21st release date for Ocean's Heart, offering an adventure game from the creator of Yarntown, a free "Zeldalike" Bloodborne homage. A...

Crania Games announces A Way to be Dead, an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game coming "soon" to Steam. Set in the same universe as their previous title Roots of Insanity, this involves a doctor...

Publisher PlayWay and developer Gameparic announce Project Wunderwaffe, a World War II strategy/management game. PlayWay is relentless about continually announcing new products, but even then it's...

The Medium - Official 14-Minute Gameplay. Military Historian Breaks Down Medieval Weapons in Video Games. Thanks Neutronbeam.

In a New Years' Eve tweet Bethesda teases what's to come from The Elder Scrolls series. This offers a map of the Province of Skyrim, saying: "Transcribe the past and map the future." Game Informer...

Valve announces the winners of The Steam Awards, where Red Dead Redemption 2 took home game of the year honors. Here are all the winners: Game of the Year: Red Dead Redemption 2 VR Game of the Year:...

A new job listing from Valve Corporation seeks to hire a psychologist to help them develop new technologies (thanks GameSpot). They list various areas a qualified candidate could help with, though...

Charlie INTEL has details on a new Call of Duty: Warzone app that gives players live stats on their opponents. But that's the bad news, as this may be enough of a competitive advantage that it could...

Humble Book Bundle: Front End Web Development by Packt (pay what you want and help charity).* *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

Battleborn Dev Reflects On Impending Server Shutdown -- "I'm Really Heartbroken."

The Dark Eye: Memoria And Chains Of Satinav Are Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One And Xbox Series X|S.

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2021: Here's What We're Expecting to See. Images of Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra’s optional stylus and compatible case leak early. Xiaomi to unveil the Redmi Note 9T featuring 5G...

Epic Games announces they have purchased a sprawling shopping mall in Cary, North Carolina to create a new campus to serve as their global headquarters. Plans are still being formulated, so it's not...

Publisher CreativeForge Games and developer G-DEVS.com announce Orc Warchief: Strategy City Builder, an upcoming survival/strategy game that will allow players to tap into the more cerebral aspects...

Hyperstacks is an action/platformer for virtual reality in the works at Spanish developer Squirrel Bytes for Early Access release on Steam in April. There is also an Early Access version of this...

Weekly Sale: retro-style games up to 80% off - GOG.com.

Cyberpunk 2077 - A postmortem of 2020's biggest game. Thanks Acleacius.

Samsung Galaxy S21 Unpacked event announced for January 14. Asus Hypes New Laptops for CES 2021. Tachys Teases $1099 Ryzen 7 5800H Laptop With RTX 3060 GPU. This Drone Sniffs Out Odors With a Real...

Google Workers Publicly Launch Union. Roku In Talks To Buy Quibi Library. Why Was Flash Doomed to Fail? Usability, Usability, Usability. Thanks Digg. Wikipedia's Biggest Challenge Awaits in 2021 (may...

AMD's desktop CPU share passes Intel's for first time in 15 years. Microsoft planning ‘sweeping visual rejuvenation of Windows.’ AMD Patents Chiplet Design To Build Colossal GPUs. New AMD Graphics...

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the flier is so delightful. A new Let It Snow Trailer shows off new weather effects coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator (thanks ResetEra). The caption says...

A new Our Vision Trailer from Back 4 Blood features thoughts from the development team at Turtle Rock Studios about their upcoming zombie game. The clip shows off more gameplay reminiscent of their...

The new list of bestselling titles last week on Steam bridges the end of 2020 and the start of 2021: Cyberpunk 2077. Sea of Thieves. Valve Index VR Kit. Rust. Hades. Raft. Phasmophobia. Grand Theft...

First Cyberpunk 2077 Third-Person Camera Mod Released Online. Doomsday 2.3 released. Thanks Ant.

Top 10 Esports Games of 2020 by Total Winnings.

This Studio Finally Released The PS1 Game It Has Been Working On For 23 Years.

Thanks Ant. Mozilla is working on a Firefox design refresh. Thanks DSLReports. Bitcoin tops $34,000 as record rally continues. You can’t unsee Tedlexa, the Internet of Things-AI bear of your...

LG will demo a 'bendable' OLED gaming monitor at CES 2021. My tech plan for a happier, healthier 2021. Thanks Neutronbeam.

Steam has started the new year with a bang, as the Game and Player Statistics Page for Valve's online store and service show a new record number of concurrent users (thanks SteamDB via PCGamesN)....