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The promised Origins Update is now live in No Man's Sky, "dramatically" expanding the universe in Hello Games' space exploration game. Here's a Launch Trailer for version 3.0. In celebration the...

A tweet from Chuck's Challenge announces that Chip's Challenge 1 for Windows is now free to keep on Steam (thanks Polygon via Neutronbeam). This is a top-down puzzle game originally released for the...

Halo 3: ODST is now available for Windows. This can be found on Steam as part of Halo: The Master Chief Collection there and on the Microsoft Store as part of their offering of The Master Chief...

Frictional Games announces that the source code for Amnesia: The Dark Descent is now available as a GPL v3 open source release (thanks ResetEra). Here's the deal: "Modding has been a huge part of...

Rebel Galaxy Outlaw for Windows is now available on Steam, following the launch of Double Damage's open-world space combat prequel last year on the Epic Games Store. Here's a previously released...

Deep Silver and Tripwire Interactive announce that Maneater has sold more than one million copies since its launch. They also reveal plans for the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 versions of the...

Charlie INTEL has details on the latest teasing for Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, as Activision continues to coyly dribble out information about the next installment in the series. Treyarch sent...

Paradox Interactive announces Battle for the Bosporus, new DLC for Hearts of Iron IV that will come to the World War II real-time strategy game on October 15th. This country pack adds new National...

Activision offers this blog post with details on Season 6 for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone, saying this will kick off on September 29th. The new season will introduce two familiar faces...

Ubisoft announces the launch of title update 11, kicking off Season 3 for Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Warlords of New York, offering a Season 3 Launch Trailer to illustrate the news. They are...

Epic Games announces they checked behind their sofa cushions and found $15 million to invest in Manticore Games: "Manticore Games has closed $15 million in funding, led by Epic Games and validating...

NACON announces Tennis World Tour 2 is now available in North America while they hold serve on this sports sim for the rest of the world until Thursday. Here's a previously released Gameplay Reveal...

The long wait for The Long Gate is over, as the once delayed first-person puzzle game for Windows and macOS is now available on Steam. You can take a good long look at this in the Launch Trailer and...

Excalibur has been removed from the stone, as inkle now offers the release of Pendragon, their narrative RPG with an alternate take on the legend of King Arthur. This is available for Windows and...

Publisher Leonardo Interactive announces Seed of Life, saying this third-person, sci-fi puzzle/platformer is in development at Madlight Studio. Word is: "Set in a beautiful dystopian semi-open world...

The quest for revenge begins on October 20th with the release of DreadStar: The Quest for Revenge, Augmented Irreality's vertical shoot-em-up. This is coming to Steam, so here's the previously...

A story on Dexerto notes a couple of reports on Twitter stating that as many as 500K accounts for Call of Duty players have been compromised (thanks Forbes via Ant). For their part, in this tweet...

A tweet from EA Sports says that FIFA 21 will not be getting a playable demo, a break from tradition for the association football/soccer series (thanks VG247). Here's word: "We aren't releasing a...

Bohemia Interactive announces CSLA Iron Curtain is coming later this year to Arma 3 as the second Creator DLC for their military shooter sequel. In development at CSLA Studio, this depicts an...

Filament Games announces that alpha testing for RoboCo will get underway on September 29th, for their high-tech, engineering sandbox game. This is expected for full release on Steam early next year...

In July it was announced that Remothered: Broken Porcelain was being delayed to October 20th after previously being planned for an August release. Now publisher Modus Games announces Stormind Games'...

Publisher Nordcurrent and developer Max Mraz announce Ocean's Heart, a top-down RPG coming early next year to Steam. You can get a look at the game's throwback, pixelart aesthetic in the Announcement...

Epic Games announces another crossover event for Fortnite, saying Korean boy-band BTS will debut their new music video from within their battle royale/survival/music television game on Friday. Word...

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John Carmack tweets a response to the news that Microsoft is buying ZeniMax. The deal includes id Software. Since the former id technical director left the company when it was decided he couldn't...

A post from NVIDIA discusses the GeForce 3080 launch fiasco. They explain that the impact of bots and scripts on the quick sell-out of their new graphics cards is being over-stated, as many of these...

Blizzard announces a save the date for their postponed digital edition of BlizzCon from February 19-20. They have re-dubbed the event BlizzConline. Here's bit on the plan: "Attune your chronometers,...

A post on Steam explains Valve's latest Steam Labs Experiment is a new personalized news hub: "Steam Labs Experiment 009: News Hub is nearing completion. As a big step toward its full launch, this...

A new Story Trailer from Serious Sam 4 helps set the stage for the release of Croteam's first-person shooter prequel on Thursday. You can preorder the game on GOG.com and Steam. In the meantime, here'...

Publisher Graffiti Games and developer Guin Entertainment announce an October 8th release date for Adventures of Chris, their platformer for Windows, macOS, and Linux via Steam as well as for Switch....

ExoCorps was supposed to enter Early Access on Steam last week, but that obviously did not happen. Developer/publisher Gingerbred says the new Early Access day for their stealthy jetpack shooter is...

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Microsoft announces they are acquiring ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks for $7.5 billion in cash. This will make Microsoft owner of Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, ZeniMax...

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of Baldur's Gate II, BioWare's D&D Forgotten Realms RPG sequel. To celebrate, the game is on sale on GOG.com for 50% off. A bunch of other RPGs are...

Also on GOG.com is the re-release of Freedom Fighters, which marks the first digital distribution of IO Interactive's alternate history third-person shooter. This 2003 release has been stripped of...

Supergiant Games tweets that their new action/RPG HADES has sold a hell of a lot of copies: "Hades has now sold more than 1,000,000 copies. 700,000 of these were during our Early Access development....

Developer G1 Playground and publisher Super.com announce Zelter, an action/survival game set during a zombie outbreak. This is coming to Early Access on Steam on October 22nd. This departs from...

$70 games are ‘fair market value’ and consumers will ‘happily’ pay, argues analyst.

How smartwatches could go from luxury accessory to ubiquitous necessity. Thanks Neutronbeam. Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook have a plan to kill the iPhone.

WandaVision - Official Trailer. Thanks sliv.

Developer RockGame announces Pirate Commander, an upcoming game that will allow you to get in touch with your inner Dread Pirate Roberts (or at least Guybrush Threepwood). The game's Steam Listing is...

I'd like to buy a vowel, Pat. GORSD is now available on Steam, offering a Windows arena combat game where you do combat with a single bullet. Here's the Launch Trailer and here's word on how you're...

Valve offers the following accounting of the 10 bestselling titles on Steam for last week: Among Us Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Valve Index VR Kit Crusader Kings III Sea of Thieves Medieval Dynasty...

Command & Conquer Remastered Collection Major Patch Launching Today and Patch Notes. Thanks Ant via CNCNZ.com.

Diablol 2 Ep 7 "Sunday, Bloody Sunday." Thanks Ant.

DOOM Eternal Developer Says Nintendo Switch Version Is "Very Close."

The 5 Best Cheap Phone Plans (2020): Alternatives to the Big Carriers. Thanks RedEye9.

TikTok Ban Averted: Trump Agrees To Oracle/Walmart Deal. Tinder, Bumble...LinkedIn- Users Report Unwanted Advances On Networking Site. Thanks RedEye9.

Here's another new legal filing from Epic Games in the dispute between Epic and Apple about Fortnite royalties on the Apple App store (thanks The Verge). Among other things, Epic refutes Apple's...

Steam now offers a list of 15 playable demos of games being at the Game Devs of Color Expo, which is underway as of today. This list has all the games from the show. We couldn't find the demo for An...