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PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2021. The Five Worst Reviewed Games Of 2021 According To Metacritic. Star Citizen and Squadron 42 - Celebrate Luminalia 2951 - Roberts Space Industries.

Ubisoft tweets that we should expect news about The Settlers next month. A reboot of the city-building strategy series announced in 2018 was due this year before it was delayed. Now in addition to...

The Steam Blog discusses the launch of Steam Labs Experiment 13, which is another new approach to discoverability. This includes powerful tools for filtering and browsing games, intended to offer...

Early Access to The Crackpet Show is now underway on Steam, offering an action- and animal-packed roguelike for Windows. The launch trailer shows off gameplay that lives up to the title, as it...

Sky Fleet is now available for Windows and macOS on the Epic Games Store and Steam, carrying a 35% launch discount. Steam also lists a Linux edition. This action/strategy game puts you in command of...

Save 20% on Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord on Steam. Save 60% on Megaquarium on Steam. Save 33% on while True- learn() on Steam.

Official patches. Home Behind 2 - German and Russian Language Now Support. Quake Champions Season 13 Winter Update.

CNET's 2021 Game of the Year awards. The Five Worst Reviewed Games Of 2021 According To Metacritic.

This Week On Xbox- December 17, 2021.

Neon Abyss is now available for free on the Epic Games Store as today's installment in their daily holiday giveaway festival. This Windows roguelike will be yours to keep as long as you add it to...

Black Isle Studios now offers the launch of the promised PC edition of Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance, the Forgotten Realms D&D RPG first released on consoles in 2001. This is available for Windows,...

A free weekend is underway on Steam for Battlefield 2042, allowing everyone to jump in and sample the latest installment in the military shooter series. The free promotion runs into Monday, and for...

Another free weekend is underway on Steam, where you can play ARK: Survival Evolved for free for the next three days. This is for the full game, including the new free DLC that adds a community...

Chinese conglomerate Tencent announces it is back for blood, as it has acquired Slamfire, the parent company of Turtle Rock Studios, the developer behind the Left 4 Dead and Back 4 Blood franchises....

An Expeditions: Rome demo is now available on Steam, allowing Windows games to Rome if they want to, Rome around the world. The game is due for release on January 20th, so this gives ample time to...

Vertigo Games announces the successful launch of After the Fall - Launch Edition on Steam. Word is that in one day the virtual reality FPS sold more copies than the previous release of Arizona...

Eugen Systems announces WARNO, a spiritual successor to Wargame coming to Early Access on Steam on January 20th. WARNO (Warning Order) is a new real-time strategy game set during an alternate...

After the Internet melted down over the announcement of plans to add blockchain elements to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl, GSC Game World tweets this plan has been scrapped. Presumably the...

Ubisoft's 35th Birthday Celebration now includes the chance to play Assassin's Creed Odyssey for free this weekend. This is available for Windows through Ubisoft Connect, as well as for Stadia, Xbox...

Ubisoft announces two free missions are now available in Far Cry 6, allowing everyone to play alongside Danny Trejo in the first-person shooter sequel. Also, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon: Classic Edition...

Techland reveals minimum and recommended system requirements and recommended specifications for Dying Light 2 Stay Human, generously calling them generous. Here's word on what it will take to run...

All trash hands on deck, as Trash Sailors is now available for Windows on the Epic Games Store, GOG.com, and Steam. This is a quirky sailing simulator with hand-drawn graphics. Those quirks and that...

Unos, dos, tres, catorce! Microids announces the launch of Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo, a narrative adventure game based ever-so-loosely on the classic Alfred Hitchcock mystery movie. This Jimmy...

Digital Extremes announces the release of The New War, a new chapter for Warframe, the free-to-play third-person action game. This page has details on what this brings to the battle, illustrated by...

Franchise Sale - Assassin's Creed. 2021 Vertigo Games Publisher Weekend - Steam. Save 34% on Battlefield 2042 on Steam. Save 25% on WE ARE FOOTBALL on Steam. Save 20% on Demeo on Steam. Save 60% on...

The Shenmue III - Standard Edition is now available for free on the Epic Games Store, where the Holiday Sale 2021 is now underway. Last week Epic teased a "mystery game" this week, so this solves...

The promised free weekend access to Call of Duty: Vanguard is now underway, allowing everyone the chance to sample some of the premium multiplayer play in the latest installment in the military...

IGN reports Gayle d'Hondt is stepping down from her role as "senior employee relations manager" at Bungie after more than 14 years. The change is effective today, but it's not clear if d'Hondt is...

A post to The Lodestone has Square Enix's response to problems players are encountering trying to launch FINAL FANTASY XIV following the launch of the new Endwalker expansion (thanks Eurogamer)....

GOG.com announces it is offering a pack of digital goodies related to The Witcher for free as the next giveaway in its Winter Sale. This is a different pack than the last such giveaway because you...

How you dune? Sands of Salzaar is now out of Early Access on Steam, and the official launch of this action/RPG from XD and Han-Squirrel Studio. The game has been very positively received so far, and...

Babble Royale is now available on Steam, offering a surprising mashup of wordplay and battle royale gameplay (thanks PC Gamer). You can see how this works in the Launch Trailer, including the...

Publisher Super.com announces Deadlink, a cyberpunk first-person shooter in the works at Gruby Entertainment, a studio formed by former Outriders and Giant Machines developers. This is coming to...

Robust Games and Chucklefish announce Loco Motive, a comedic point-and-click adventure coming to PC and Switch next summer. Train your eyes on the Announcement Trailer, which will transport you back...

DONTNOD Entertainment announces winter is coming, unveiling Gerda: A Flame in Winter, a narrative game coming to Steam and Switch next year. This is in development at Danish studio PortaPlay making...

Ubisoft announces plans for a Splinter Cell remake, following up on a rumor that a new installment in the stealth series is coming. There was word this would be an open-world game, but it turns out...

Activision announces a free weekend for Call of Duty: Vanguard will get underway tomorrow at 1:00 pm EST. This will offer access to the new installment in the shooter series for free until Tuesday...

Melt some butter for the escargot, as Clid The Snail is now available on Steam, offering a "quirky" twin-stick shooter for Windows. The occasion is celebrated by a 40% launch discount which is good...

Madmind Studio announces World of Agony, a new title set in the universe it launched with Agony and Agony UNRATED. A new internal team called Madmind Studio will handle development as well as...

Beacon is out of Early Access and now officially available on Itch and Steam, offering a sci-fi roguelike for Windows set on a hostile alien planet. Here's the Release Trailer and the pitch: "In...

Save 10% on Rogue Invader on Steam.

Official patches. Diablo II: Resurrected Patch 2.4 Highlights - Coming Soon. Thanks Rhialto. Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis - DECEMBER UPDATE INFO. Predator: Hunting Grounds introduces the...

Official trailer. RUGBY 22 - All Blacks Reveal.

The Hollywood Reporter follows up on the news that Dr Disrespect is transitioning to the world of game development. Word is the new studio is called Midnight Society, and its cofounders include...

The studio behind Myth of Empires has filed a lawsuit against Snail Games and Studio Wildcard over the revent removal of the game from Steam amid allegations it uses code stolen from Ark: Survival...

Call of Duty Blog announces that RICOCHET has now rolled out worldwide for Call of Duty: Warzone. This means playing the free-to-play battle royale now requires the installation of a kernel-level...

GSC Game World announces it is also doing the blockchain thing, announcing the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Metaverse, a marketplace for unique items for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl, the slightly overdue...

Aeterna Noctis is now available for Windows via the Epic Games Store and Steam as well as for PlayStation and Xbox. This is a 2D Metroidvania action/platformer from Aeternum Game Studios features 2D...

Sucker for Love: Prelude is now available on Steam, offering a sample of Sucker for Love: First Date, a game that combines the Eldritch horror of H.P. Lovecraft with the existential horror of online...

Team17 announces Sweet Transit, a train-centric city-building game that harkens back to the days when railroads were state-of-the-art transportation. This is being designed by Ernestas Norvaišas,...