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A post on Vice.com's Motherboard says a "critical" bug could allow a user's PC to be taken over simply by accepting a Steam invite to play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (thanks Slashdot via Ant)....
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New patch notes are now online for a version 1.21 hotfix for Cyberpunk 2077, CD PROJEKT RED's sci-fi RPG. These notes are not nearly as voluminous as those for the previous patch, but this hotfix...
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E3 announces it is extending the global reach of E3 2021 by joining forces with industry media partners that would have covered every detail of the show anyway. This also means the recently...
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The Hugo Awards for 2021 will include a Best Video Game Category. The official website for the science fiction awards now lists the nominees: "Best Video Game DisCon III used their authority under...
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NVIDIA announces the release of new GeForce Game Ready 466.11 WHQL drivers for NVIDIA GeForce accelerators running under Windows. These offer many enhancements, including day-one support for Mortal...
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Speaking of NVIDIA, the NVIDIA Developer Blog announces that native support for NVIDIA DLSS is coming to the Unity Engine, meaning more games will offer Deep Learning Super Sampling going forward....
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Epic now offers Early Access to its MetaHuman Creator, the recently announced software that makes it easy to cross the uncanny valley and create characters with realistic faces in the Unreal Engine....
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After many, many Warzone banwaves, Activision offers a Progress Report on anti-cheat efforts in the Call of Duty games. Word is: "As the security and enforcement teams continue to tackle cheating...
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CD PROJEKT RED President and Joint CEO Adam Kiciński tells Reuters he doesn't see an option to shelve Cyberpunk 2077, and that the developer is working on improving the sci-fi RPG to the point where...
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A post from BioWare on the EA Website discusses the visual improvements in the Mass Effect Legendary Edition. This includes a Official Remastered Comparison Trailer showing the changes in glorious...
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A post on Steam announces the Metal OX Pack is now available on Steam for Ghostrunner, the cyberpunk ninja game. This pack fills out your wardrobe with new cosmetics. There's are also two new...
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Multiverse, Inc. announces One More Multiverse, an upcoming digital platform to allow you to create and play and stream tabletop role-playing scenarios online. This is currently in closed beta...
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Episode 2: The Soul Keeper is now available for Neverwinter, offering the second installment in the three-part Sharandar module for the Windows edition of this Dungeons & Dragons RPG (the console...
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Publisher Wadjet Eye Games and developer Wormwood Studios announce the chance to be a stranger in a strange land will come on May 25th with the release of Strangeland, a surreal point-and-click...
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Space Station Tycoon - Content Update 3 Patch Notes. Here's a trailer.
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A post on the Ubisoft Forums announces online services that Ubisoft is shutting down (thanks ResetEra). This means the end of multiplayer support for eight games on June 1st and an additional four...
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Publisher NACON and developer KT Racing announce WRC 10, the next installment in the series of official games of the FIA World Rally Championship. This will arrive on September 2nd for PC via Steam...
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Epic announces another round of funding has placed an additional $1 billion (with a "b") in its coffers, including $200M from Sony. Word is: "Today Epic Games announced that it completed a $1...
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Flow Fire Games announces SYNTHETIK 2, a sequel to its successful roguelite SYNTHETIK coming to Steam Early Access this summer. Like the original, SYNTHETIK 2 will be an unforgiving tactical shooter,...
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One year after the launch of the #PlayApartTogether coronavirus awareness campaign, this announcement reflects a recommitment to the initiative. It lists dozens of gaming companies that are banding...
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Creative Assembly announces the launch of a third UK studio in West Sussex, saying it has relocated its motion capture facility to the site (thanks GameWatcher). CA says its 800 permanent employees...
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Publisher Ziggurat Interactive announces you'll soon have a chance to get to the choppa in Super Chopper, an aerial combat game in development at Webfoot. The Super Chopper Steam Listing is online,...
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Rookiez from Warsaw announces Space Grid Tournament, a robot fighting game coming later this year to Steam and later to Switch. As the name states, this is a battle for control of a grid, which can...
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Neowiz and Round8 Studio announce a final beta test for Bless Unleashed will run from May 12-16. This will pave the way for the launch of the PC edition of the MMORPG this summer. This will test the...
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Developer Cloud Chamber has posted several job listings for the next BioShock game (thanks PCGamesN). These postings include a UI/UX Designer, a Senior World Designer, a Senior Technical Designer,...
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Newsflash: The cheating continues in Call of Duty: Warzone. The good news is, as Raven Software tweets, so does the war against it: "30,000 more bans today The fight against cheating in #Warzone...
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A new Civilization VI Game Update Video has details on a free game update coming to Sid Meier's Civilization VI on April 22nd. This will be the final free update of the season for the turn-based...
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Publisher Versus Evil and development studio Mad About Pandas announce that we can pick up Hitchhiker on April 15th without even invoking any danger from riding with strangers. The previously...
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Publisher VRKiwi announced an open beta will begin on April 23rd for Crystal Raiders, a virtual reality action/adventure in development at Nieko developers. In this: "players explore an ancient...
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Top-down Metal Gear Solid parody game, UnMetal, gets an official trailer.
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GLAAD Awards honor both Tell Me Why and The Last of Us Part II for LGBTQ rep.
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Noted Battlefield leaker Tom Henderson continues to take a leak all over the next Battlefield game. He issued a tweet showing a hand-drawing that supposedly depicts a map from the next installment in...
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Alawar announces a 2D space western game called They Always Run, a title that evokes sci-fi classic Blade Runner, near classic Logan's Run, and maybe Community. A Steam Listing is online showing this...
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Squid Monkey Studios announces THE CARETAKER will launch on Steam on April 30th, offering a top-down survival/horror dungeon crawler. The Gameplay Trailer shows the unexpected things you should...
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With the Apple Arcade release of The Tyger and The Lamb, episode 8 of Murder Mystery Machine, developer Blazing Griffin announces this episodic crime mystery will come to PC and consoles later this...
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Early Access to Nigate Tale is now underway on Steam, offering the first chance to play this roguelike dungeon crawler from developer Hermit Games and publisher 2P Games. This post discussing the...
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Easy Day Studios announces that Skater XL players now have access to the open beta for a new Free Skate Multiplayer mode for the skateboarding game. This is currently only in the Windows edition,...
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winSPMBT: Main Battle Tank - Version 15.0 Upgrade. winSPWW2: Combined Arms Tactical Combat 1930-1946 - Version 14.0 Upgrade. Valheim mod introduces Skyrim-like magic spells and abilities.
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A video from PlayerIGN outlines clues about Project Vertical, which appears to be a new open-world shooter in the works at PUBG Studio. This is a puzzle put together by translating new job listings...
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Activision is suing the operators of Warzone.com. This twist here is that the website, which operates an online game much like Risk, was in operation before Activision announced Call of Duty:...
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This series of tweets discusses what's being done to prevent inventory wipes in Outriders, and what players should do if they discover they've lost items in People Can Fly's action/RPG: "Earlier...
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An update on the Ubisoft Website announces the appointment of a new Chief People Officer at Ubisoft (thanks The Gamer via Eurogamer). This follows accusations of a workplace culture of sexual...
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A post on NME outlines how modders have discovered a console command in The Binding of Isaac: Repentance that allows local co-op play in the roguelike. Word is this is not completely stable, but who...
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is now available for PC and consoles, and the Windows edition is offered on GOG.com and Steam. This is NIS America's and Nihon Falcom's final chapter of...
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Astrodogs is now available on GOG.com and Steam, offering an on-rails flying arcade shooter that's gone to the dogs. There's a playable demo on GOG.com and Steam so you can take this for a walk for...
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Here are the 10 bestselling titles by revenue on Steam for last week: OUTRIDERS. It Takes Two. Forza Horizon 4. Sea of Thieves. Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition. Halo: The Master Chief Collection....
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A new Gameplay Trailer for Age of Empires IV shows off the next installment in this classic real-time strategy series. The description includes a release window, saying: "Make History Your Story in...
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The Fan Preview Recap on the Age of Empires website mentioned above also mentions new content coming to other AOE games. A new expansion called Dawn of the Dukes is on the way for Age of Empires II:...