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The Steam Blog introduces a new tier of Community Awards. Here's a bit: "New Community Awards help you show your appreciation with an even bigger tip to the recipient. Use the Steam Points you earn...

Shhh, be vewy quiet! Stay Silent is now available on Steam, offering a wild west first-person shooter. This is a Windows game that requires a virtual reality headset, with support for HTC Vive,...

Steam now features the release of Wingspan, a "relaxing" Windows and macOS strategy game about birds. If you're cheep, this carries a 10% launch discount for the next few days. Here's more: "Wingspan...

Marvel’s Avengers: V1.3.0 Patch Notes.

This is how Xbox Series S backwards compatibility really works. PS5 Game File Sizes Revealed, And They Are Huge. Treyarch deliberately buffed sniper rifles for the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War...

TikTok and WeChat downloads soar ahead of Sunday's ban. Honor’s First Gaming Laptop: The Hunter V700.

Today's Night City Wire presentation produced three videos for Cyberpunk 2077. Postcards from Night City "is all about presenting never-before-seen locations and new personalities from the world of...

Stick 'em up! Grinding Gears announces the release of the Windows edition of Heist, the latest expansion for Path of Exile, their free-to-play action/RPG. This is available on the Path of Exile...

Hello Games announces a new update called Origins is coming next week to No Man's Sky, calling this "another small step in a longer journey" for their space exploration game. They say detailed patch...

NACON announces Monster Truck Championship will roll out on October 15th for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, with the Switch edition to follow in November. You can preorder this jacked-up...

Will The Circle Be Unbroken? Apparently not, as Journey of the Broken Circle is now available for Windows and macOS on Steam as well as for Switch. Developer Lovable Hat Cult calls their adventure...

Observer: System Redux is an Xbox Series X-S and PlayStation 5 Launch Title. Gears Tactics Coming to Xbox Consoles November 10 with Launch of Xbox Series X/S. Gears Tactics Is Now Available For...

YouTube’s website now blocks iOS 14’s picture-in-picture mode unless you pay for Premium. ADATA XPG Launches a PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD for Notebooks: Gammix S50 Lite. How to Use a Second Monitor With...

You won’t see any more automated midroll ads on Twitch. Comcast shut off Internet to hundreds, saying they were illegally connected.

In a post on Instagram, Michel Ancel announces he's leaving the game industry after over 30 years (thanks VGC). Ancel, who created the Rayman series and Beyond Good and Evil, announces he's going to...

Here's a reminder that CD PROJEKT RED is will broadcast their third episode of Night City Wire today at noon EDT, offering more hype for Cyberpunk 2077, their upcoming sci-fi RPG. This tweet from...

Crysis Remastered is now available for Windows on the Epic Games Store and for consoles on their respective storefronts. This offers the chance to return to the jungle in the updated version of...

Square Enix and DONTNOD announce that the first episode of Life is Strange 2 is now free on Steam for Windows, macOS, and Linux. This is a permanent move and the initial episode is also now free on...

Train Simulator 2021 is now available on Steam, offering an updated version of this Windows, well, train simulator. Never fear if you own any or all of the 602(!!) pieces Train Simulator paid DLC, as...

WWE 2K BATTLEGROUNDS has jumped off the turnbuckle and the wrestling simulation is now available for PC and consoles. The Windows edition is available on Steam. Here's a trailer showing off gameplay...

Steam now offers Gordian Rooms: A Curious Heritage Prologue, a free sample of this upcoming Windows puzzle game that tasks the player with escaping from ye olde escape roome. The Steam Listing for...

Michel Ancel may be pleased with the announcement of Animal Rescue, a game that will allow you to play as a field rescue veterinarian when it's released in Q4 of next year on Steam and consoles. This...

Following their actions against TikTok, word is the Trump administration is now scrutinizing companies with backing from Chinese conglomerate Tencent, including Epic Games and Riot. Bloomberg reports...

A new era for Football Manager 2020 kicks off this week with the release of the association football/soccer game Epic Games Store. This starts with a bang, as the game is free to keep if you pick up...

In addition to Football Manager 2020, Stick It To The Man! is now free as promised on the Epic Games Store as one of their latest giveaways. This is accompanied by another unannounced freebie, as you...

The Fortnite Website reveals that the Apple Epic legal feud is resulting in Epic being prevented from supporting Fortnite Save the World on Macs, so they are pulling the free-to-play battle royale...

With the release of new GeForce drivers today, Fortnite now supports NVIDIA RTX ray tracing. This trailer shows off what this adds to the game, and this post has details, including how to turn on ray...

Developer V1 Interactive announces they are phasing out multiplayer support for Disintegration, just three months after the release of their sci-fi first-person shooter with real-time strategy...

Hades is now out of Early Access, and is now officially available on the Epic Games Store and Steam. This doesn't exactly represent hell freezing over, but the game did first enter Early Access in...

Paradox Interactive announces a December 1st release date for Empire of Sin, and they are now accepting preorders for this prohibition era wise-guy strategy game designed by John and Brenda Romero of...

Before & After Don't Starve - The History of Klei Entertainment - Noclip. Thanks Ant.

Pre-Order Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S Starting Tuesday, September 22. Welcome To Elk Is Now Available For Xbox One. Vampire's Fall: Origins Is Now Available For Xbox One. Empire Of Sin Is Now...

Facebook's latest app combines Messenger and Instagram chats for small businesses.

Thanks Neutronbeam. Facebook is clamping down on groups tied to violence and health misinformation. Twitter imposes new security rules for US political accounts ahead of the 2020 election. Outlook.com...

Thanks Neutronbeam. The End of SLI As We Know It- Nvidia Reveals New Model. NVIDIA RTX 3080 runs Crysis Remastered in 4K-Max Settings with 25-32fps. Nvidia Is Manually Reviewing RTX 3080 Orders to...

Patient dies after ransomware attack reroutes her to remote hospital. Thanks Neutronbeam. Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack. This ransomware has borrowed a sneaky trick...

Overwatch player discovers advantage of barefoot D.Va & Pharah skins. Thanks Neutronbeam… QUAKE REMASTERED Vinyl 2XLP – Nine Inch Nails… Warner Bros. Distances Hogwarts Legacy From J.K....

Last Link of the Day: Roger Angell Turns One Hundred. Happy birthday to my favorite baseball writer. Thanks Neutronbeam.

New version 456.38 GeForce Game Ready Windows Drivers are now online for NVIDIA GeForce accelerators. These add support for their spiffy new RTX 3080 and 3090 GPUs and for Fortnite RTX, Halo 3: ODST,...

SEGA announces they will be giving away a new Amazons hero pack next week for Total War Saga: TROY, the latest installment in Creative Assembly's historical strategy series. This will be on the Epic...

Early Access has begun for Medieval Dynasty and Toplitz Productions' Windows world-building game is available on Steam. Take a look at the LAUNCH TRAILER for an idea of what this is all about, and...

Ragnorium is now available in Early Access on Steam, offering first crack as this Windows planet recolonization simulator "spanning eons of time." Here's an Early Access Trailer and here's word on...

The dog days of summer are almost over in the northern hemisphere, but they've just begun for Dog Duty, as this real-time tactics game is out of Early Access and now available for Windows, macOS, and...

The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos is now available for Windows and macOS, and this tactical RPG can be found on the Epic Games Store, GOG.com, and Steam. This game is based on a French...

Early Access is now underway on Steam for Forge and Fight!, a game that mixes crafting and combat, as you must create your own over-the-top weapon combinations to carry into battle. The Early Access...

VALORANT Patch Notes 1.08. Thanks The Loadout.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - Alpha Trailer. DEATHLOOP – Official Gameplay Trailer 2: Two Birds One Stone. Thanks DSOGaming. DIRT 5 - Xbox Series S - Official Next-Gen Gameplay. Hell Architect...

The PlayStation.Blog announces the PlayStation 5 will launch on November 12th in North America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea and November 19th everywhere else. This will come in two...

Here's the latest court filing in the dispute between Apple and Epic over royalties, whether Apple must sell Fortnite on the App Store, and whether they can remove Epic's ability to support Unreal...

An update on the PlayStation.Blog discusses a multiplayer alpha for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War that will run exclusively on the PlayStation 4 this weekend. But in addition to that bit of...