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MPACT Games announces that Hanako: Honor & Blade will go free-to-play on Steam on Friday. This multiplayer melee game is still available for sale until then, but you probably want to hold off on...

A tweet from ABetterABK announces the Raven QA department for Call of Duty: Warzone is holding a walkout today in protest of the recent layoff of a number of QA staff following promises to work to...

Here's a roundup of reviews for Halo Infinite, the first-person shooter sequel that's due for official release on Wednesday: Halo Infinite Campaign Review Buy, Wait for Sale, Gamepass? - ACG (NSFW...

A post on the FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone Website from FINAL FANTASY XIV Producer & Director Naoki Yoshida discusses long queue times in the MMORPG. This describes plans to remedy the situation,...

An Official Release Date Trailer for Sons of the Forest from last week (thanks Collider via Neutronbeam) unveils a May 20, 2022 release date for this survival horror sequel. The original game was...

Weekly Sale: games from Daedalic Entertainment up to 90% off - GOG.com. Save 61% on Supraland on Steam. Save 50% on Eastshade on Steam.

Official patches. Death Trash patch fixes 'a crash caused by Fleshworms eating puke.' Euro Truck Simulator 2 1.43 Update. F1 2021 - Patch 1.14 Notes. Thanks MP1ST. GWENT Patch Notes 9.6.

ICARUS is now available for Windows on Steam, offering the new PvE survival game from RocketWerkz, the studio formed by DAYZ creator Dean Hall. This post discusses the content in the content in the...

MeanAstronauts announces Incoming War, a vehicular combat game that will also incorporate builder and RTS gameplay. The game already has a Steam Listing, but does not yet carry a release date. A...

Here's the updated list showing the 10 bestselling titles on Steam for last week: Save 10% on ICARUS. Valve Index VR Kit. Farming Simulator 22. Cyberpunk 2077. Red Dead Redemption 2. Battlefield...

World Land Trust Bundle by KrisWB and 55 others - itch.io. Save 20% on Pawnbarian on Steam.

Mods. Grand Theft Auto 5 gets an amazing Batman Mod with custom animations. Dark Souls 3 gets a 19GB Mod that overhauls all armors and weapons.

Fortnite The End - Chapter 2 Finale (Full In-game Event Video). Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 1 Flipped Overview Trailer. Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 1 Character Trailer. The Game Awards 2021: Hype...

Players’ Voice - Brackets - The Game Awards. Looking at The Game Awards nominations and while a lot of them are silly (12 Minutes, really?). Rocket League Sideswipe Season 1 Is Live.

Facebook Messenger's "Split Payments" Aims to Organize Expenses. Here's why Oppo's upcoming foldable phone could be a real Samsung Galaxy Z Fold rival.

Epic Games announces "The End" is coming today to Fortnite, as the Chapter 2 finale event for the battle royale/survival game. This one-time only event kicks off at 4:00 pm EST. Here's a Finale...

Following the revelation of plans to bring UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection to PC, the Steam Listing for the bundle is now online (thanks MP1ST). A release was promised early next year, but...

Official patch. Team Fortress 2 Update Released.

Halo Infinite has an absurd desync problem which devs will “look into.”

Official trailer. Dying Light 2 Stay Human — Dying 2 Know- Episode 5. Thanks DSOGaming.

Bringing Emotion into Action: 25 Years of Animation at Ubisoft With Gilles.

2021 Game Awards Host Silent On Activision Blizzard Allegations. Activision ‘will not be a part of’ The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley says. Team Fortress 2 TFConnect Charity Event.

Bloomberg: Sony Interactive Entertainment planning new subscription service to rival Xbox Game Pass.

A post on the Respawn Entertainment Website from Chad Grenier announces he is leaving the studio he co-founded 11 years ago. Chad has been game director for Apex Legends, and he explains that...

Battlefield rumormeister Tom Henderson tweets that his understanding is the next Battlefield will be more of a hero shooter: "The next Battlefield title is scoped as a hero shooter of sorts - It's...

Here's more rumormongering to get the weekend off to a saucy start. Following a recent unconfirmed report about plans for a new BioShock game, VGC has more speculation about a fourth installment in...

With the scheduled release date for Syberia: The World Before looming just a week off, Microids announces it is delayed. The release of the new installment in the adventure series is now planned for...

THQ Nordic stirs the embers of Titan Quest with the release of Eternal Embers, a fourth expansion for the action/RPG. This is available for Windows on Steam with a 10% launch discount for the next...

New version 21.12.1 AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition drivers are now available from AMD Support. As usual, these Windows drivers offer some gaming support: "Support For Halo Infinite™ Up to 17%...

Save 50% on BIOMUTANT on Steam. Save 64% on Tomorrow Corporation Collection on Steam. Save 20% on Teardown on Steam. Digitized Bundle (pay what you want and help charity).* *Blue's News may receive...

Cyberpunk 2077 Devs Break Down First-Person Storytelling (video). Thanks Ant.

GOG.com announces a Techland Classics Sale to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Techland, the Polish developer/publisher. In addition to the other discounts in the sale, this includes 100% off on...

Crows Crows Crows Tweets that development is complete on The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, and this reimagined version of 2013's The Stanley Parable will arrive next year on Steam. Word is: "After...

Chorus is now available for Windows on Steam, offering a third-person shooter set in space, where no one can hear you harmonize. The Steam listing still calls this a pre-purchase, but this post has a...

WorldBox - God Simulator is now available on Steam, offering a god game for Windows from Maxim Karpenko. This in fact describes itself as the "ULTIMATE god simulator," though the throwback graphics...

In a post on Steam, Crytek thanks players for a recent uptick in review scores for Crysis Remastered. They also mention a new patch will come to the shooter remake at the end of next month to...

Eurogamer reports that developer Hazelight has abandoned the trademark for It Takes Two, the recently released co-op puzzle game. This was a response to legal threats from Take-Two Interactive, a...

Weekend Sale: outstanding adventure games up to 90% off - GOG.com. Choose Wisely Bundle (pay what you want and help charity).* *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

Official patches. Diablo II- Resurrected - 12.2 - PC Patch Notes - 2.3 - Build 67314. Euro Truck Simulator 2- 1.43 Update Open Beta. No Man's Sky - Expeditions Revisited 3.75. Team Fortress 2 Update...

A series of tweets from Oskar Gabrielson announce his departure from DICE, where he had served as General Manager. He does not get into why he's departing, focusing instead on looking back at his...

This week's freebies are now available on the Epic Games Store, where you can now get Dead by Daylight and while True: learn() with other people's money, as the expression used to go. This 100%...

Publisher Nacon and Big Ant Studios announce the release of Cricket 22: The Official Game of The Ashes, just in time for next week's resumption of the Ashes series. It's available for Windows,...

Solar Ash is out for PC and PlayStation, with the Windows edition available through the Epic Games Store. Here's the Launch Trailer, which carries the following description: "From the creators of...

Mechajammer is now available for Windows and macOS on the Epic Games Store, GOG.com, and Steam, and word is a Linux edition of this turn-based cyberpunk RPG will follow. Developer Whalenought...

Early Access to No Plan B is now underway on Steam, providing Windows gamers with the chance to assemble squads, create a plans, and do a little breaching and clearing. This post has an outline of...

META Publishing and Italian developer One O One Games announce Aftermath, a psychological thriller coming to PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. The Steam Listing doesn't show a...

The Sea of Thieves Website announces that Season Five for Sea of Thieves is underway. This involves new content for the multiplayer pirate game along with new events, seasonal rewards, and a new...

Funcom announces more about the Dune survival game that's part of its from 2019 deal with Legendary Entertainment and Herbert Properties to create games based on the classic Frank Herbert sci-fi...

Early Access to ANVIL: Vault Breakers is now underway on Steam, offering a roguelike, co-op shooter for Windows from Action Square. This begins with a pre-season, and the team is taking Early Access...

THQ Nordic announces a December 14th is the day of re-reckoning for Fatesworn, the new expansion for resurrected RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning. The release date, but nothing resembling...