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Here's Valve's list of the bestselling titles on Steam for last week. Nobody but the Academy and its accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers has seen the contents of this envelope before this...

Sega says it is a "natural extension" for future games to include "cloud gaming and NFTs." Idris Elba says he is “one hundred per cent” a gamer.

Unreal Engine 5.0 Release Notes. Official patches. Unofficial games, patches, and mods. UnDUNE II - An amazing demake of the classic RTS game DUNE II, re-created in PICO-8 gets an update. Thanks...

Thanks Ant. The Enjenir - Announcement Trailer. Get Your Galactic Groove On with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: Welcome to Knowhere EP Original Video Game Soundtrack. Thanks Max. Kerbal Space...

Users report their digital PlayStation classics are ‘expiring’ and unplayable.

Japan's Nissan plans 'game changing' electric car batteries. Thanks Max.

Twitter backtracks and will once again preserve text from deleted Tweets. Microsoft seized Russian domains targeting Ukrainian media organizations. Trying to buy a microSD card proved to me that...

NVIDIA Blog announces the launch of some new game demos for GeForce NOW games. These require an account, but are otherwise free, allowing the curious to sample how this cloud-based streaming service...

Eidos Montreal Has 'No Regrets' About Guardians of the Galaxy Sales. No regerts.

Official patches. Call of Duty: Warzone Corrupted Loadout Data Hotfix. Star Citizen Alpha 3.17 - Now in Testing. World of Warcraft Hotfixes: April 8, 2022.

Content creator videos. INFESTATION - A Half-Life- Alyx Short [S2FM]. Thanks fakespyder. "This Rifle Fires WHAT?" - Firearms Expert Reacts to EVEN MORE Team Fortress 2 Guns. Need a hat expert...

YouTube launches uTure talent show to crown a new gaming content creator. And viewers will flock because crown.

Brilliant Red Dead Redemption 2 shot wins Virtual Photographer of the Year award. Thanks Max.

The Ice Cream You Ordered Is Here. A Drone Just Delivered It (may require registration or subscription).

Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Is Done. Google blocks Russian parliament YouTube channel. Google Fi cuts unlimited plan pricing while increasing high-speed data. Starlink Suffers From Global Outage...

Serious Sam: Tormental is now out of Early Access and official available for Windows on Steam. This offers a new take on the Serious Sam formula. It keeps all the fast-paced shooting action, but...

A new premium expansion called Frost Dragon's Lair is now available for Minion Masters, BetaDwarf's free-to-play, card-based, tower defense game for Windows and macOS. The pack is currently free to...

Battlestate Games studio head Nikita Buyanov tweets about a significant banwave in Escape from Tarkov (thanks The Loadout). Due to cheating, 9000 players will not have to escape from Tarkov. They've...

Digital Extremes announces an April 27th launch date for Angels of the Zariman, a new chapter for Warframe, the free-to-play third-person shooter. This is called a sequel update to The New War...

Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios unveil details about Stormfall, a content update that will launch the 26th season of Star Trek Online. This will come to the PC edition of the sci-fi...

Microsoft Store Spring Sale: Hot Deals on Xbox Games, Gaming PCs, and More. Game Night! by Asmodee (pay what you want and help charity).* *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Multiplayer, Crossplay Busted For Weeks.

Official trailers. Out of the Park Baseball 23 - Full Trailer.

The Jobs Page on the Unknown Worlds Website now features listings for "a new unannounced franchise" as well as a new Subnautica game. It sounds like these are two separate projects. When KRAFTON...

Season 2 Announce Trailer unveils "Lone Wolves," the second season for Halo Infinite, 343 Industries' shooter sequel. This concludes with a May 3rd start date, so mark your calendar. The video...

N3V Games is preparing for multiplayer stress-testing of Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022, the new installment in the DLC-heavy railroading simulation. There is a Stress Test Registration of Interest...

Here's another testing story like the above, but that's not why you may feel déjà vu. Caps-locked publisher BANDAI NAMCO announces MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM BATTLE OPERATION 2 is coming to PC. This will...

Apex Legends leak reveals unreleased character with "Fortnite" abilities.

Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett wants Lara to have fewer father issues in next game. Hellblade 2 combat designer: "We're raising the bar." Sonic movie director says he’d love to make a Smash...

Weekend Sale: magnificent 2D platformers up to 90% off - GOG.com.* *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

World of Warcraft Hotfixes- April 7, 2022. Official patches. Unofficial games, patches, and mods. GTA IV Ultimately Beautiful Edition is a 7.8GB mod pack, aiming to overhaul the game's graphics.

Two games are now available for free from the Epic Games Store as this week's regularly scheduled giveaways. For the next seven days everyone can pick up Rogue Legacy and/or The Vanishing of Ethan...

New World is available to play for free all weekend on Steam, offering the opportunity to check out this MMORPG from Amazon Games with no obligation. As is generally the case, if you enjoy the game,...

Another game is currently free to try, as you can kick around Football Manager 2022 for free this weekend on Steam. The Windows and macOS association football/soccer management simulation is also on...

Bloomberg reports (may require registration or subscription) that Activision Blizzard has committed to converting 1,100 part-time or temporary game testing positions into full-time jobs, complete...

Playtesting of GUNDAM EVOLUTION begins tonight, as BANDAI NAMCO works towards the free-to-play launch of this hero shooter. Testing gets underway at 10:00 pm EDT, and those interested should head...

Godfall is now even more godly, as a new patch has updated the action/RPG to the Godfall Ultimate Edition. This is available for Windows on the Epic Games Store and, for the first time, on Steam....

BAFTA Website has the winners of the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards. BAFTA hands out the British version of the Academy Awards, and are obviously better, as you don't seen any Oscars for games. Returnal...

Valve offers a big Steam Deck Update with a roundup of everything to know about the portable PCs after a month in the wild. There's a lot there, so this is just a sample: "Deck Verified: 2000 strong...

Black Desert is currently free on Steam. and Pearl Abyss' MMORPG is yours to keep if claim your copy by April 13th. Anyone who gets this will also want to also snag the this Gift Pack, which is...

Epic Games announces a partnership with the LEGO Group "to build a place for kids to play in the metaverse." This sounds a little like an attempt to pick up the ball LEGO dropped during the past...

Publisher Iceberg Interactive and Developers Luminous have circled back to the Circle Empires series with the release of Circle Empires Tactics for Windows on Steam. This third installment in the...

Reuters reports that Chinese media entertainment and tech conglomerate Tencent is shutting down its Penguin Esports subdivision by early June. Word is: "Tencent said on Thursday that Penguin Esports...

If you've ever watched a video of a forklift operator destroying a warehouse and said "I could to that," you're in luck. Steam now offers Early Access to Best Forklift Operator. This chance to drive...

Cyan tweets about plans for Walkabout Mini Golf: Myst, an upcoming DLC pack for Walkabout Mini Golf VR (thanks Boing Boing). Myst is a classic which put Macintosh computers on the gaming map, and it...

Ubisoft Working On New Ghost Recon Despite NFT Controversy. GTA San Andreas Definite Edition could have the first glimpse of Grand Theft Auto 6.

Bungie Publisher Sale- The Humble Store.* *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

Remedy Entertainment announces an agreement with Rockstar Games to create updated versions of Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. The announcement talks about a relationship between...

A post on the Humble Bundle Blog talks about the difference made in 2021 by charity donations stemming from sales of Humble Bundles throughout 2021. For a deep dive, there's a Social Impact Report...

SteamDB estimates that LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga had a peak of 82,517 players online at once yesterday. This may just be Bantha poop to some higher profile games, but VGC notes this is...