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Hi-Rez Studios announces a new slogan: "Victory. Together." The company says its new corporate identity highlights its "efforts to unite competitive gamers in strong, welcoming communities." This is...

Valve offers its write-up of June 2021, highlighting the best-selling and most-played games played on Steam during the month. There's a full accounting of the top new titles for the month, as well...

A Way To Be Dead is now available in Early Access on Steam, offering an asymmetrical multiplayer game where a doctor must track down four escaped patients amid a zombie outbreak. Take a look at the...

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Dead Space Remake Devs Discuss How EA Motive Is Using Next-Gen Tech to Revive a Horror Classic - IGN. "Good Game Nice Try" Kevin Smith is a Master of the Universe on Apple Podcasts.

Season 2 Kicks Off Next Week in Knockout City.

Those who are unable to take advantage of the Prime Gaming Battlefield 1 giveaway because they aren't Amazon Prime subscribers still have the chance to check out the World War I shooter for free. The...

A tweet from Jason Schreier reproduces a letter Jason says was sent to Activision Blizzard staff last night to address the lawsuit filed against the company over a toxic workplace culture. In the...

Robot Entertainment announces that Orcs Must Die! 3 is now available for PC and consoles, following about a year of Stadia exclusivity. Word is: "The critically acclaimed series that’s been enjoyed...

EVGA has confirmed for PC Gamer that it's replacing the RTX 3090 graphics cards that suffered untimely deaths while playing the closed beta of New World, Amazon's upcoming MMORPG. An EVGA...

Sports Interactive and SEGA announce plans to bring women's football to the Football Manager series of soccer/association football games. Word is: "The result of this landmark work will not be a...

Game designer American McGee tweets that he is standing by in case Electronic Arts comes calling on him to make a new American McGee's Alice. Here's more, err, moar on his willingness to go back...

Isometric games and Bethesda Publisher Weekend up to 90% off - GOG.com. Bioware Gear Sale. Save 20% on Days Gone on Steam.

Destiny 2 Hotfix 3.2.1.2. Hunt: Showdown -- Hotfix for Update 1.6.

It's that time of the week again, and the new freebies are now available on the Epic Games Store. As previously revealed these are Defense Grid: The Awakening and Verdun. You have a week to...

Several senior developers who worked on Borderlands 3 are departing Gearbox Software to work on a new independent project, reports Axios, saying this news has been confirmed by Gearbox. A source...

The Verge has details on an amendment Epic Games has filed in its antitrust lawsuit against Google, saying the suit is now linked to a lawsuit filed in 36 states. Word is some new previously...

EA announces Lost in Random is coming to PC and consoles on September 10th, offering a story-driven adventure game developed by Swedish studio Zoink. Word is: "Check out Lost in Random’s unique...

The new Cottage Living expansion is now available for The Sims 4 for PC and consoles, and you can pick up the Windows/macOS edition on Origin. Here's an accompanying moo-sic video, and here are the...

Humble 13th Age Bundle: Treasures! Maps! Adventures! (pay what you want and help charity).* Humble Book Bundle: Japanese Culture & Language by Stone Bridge Press (pay what you want and help charity)....

Apex Legends: Emergence Launch Trailer. Bus Simulator 21 – Brands Showcase Trailer. EA Play Live 2021. What's STILL BROKE in Cyberpunk (& how to fix it). Thanks Ant.

Matt Chat 471: Interview with Rick Francis of EOB/NWN (video). Our own Darks. Thanks Ant. Nods to Mods Interview: Earthless: Prelude - Bethesda.net.

Today's EA Play show concluded with a brief teaser trailer that confirms that EA Motive is indeed working on a Dead Space game. The description of the clip confirms this is a Frostbite engine remake...

Confirming rumors, today at EA Play Ripple Effect introduced Battlefield Portal, a new multiplayer sandbox to be included with the launch of Battlefield 2042. This is a community-driven experience...

Electronic Arts and Codemasters announce GRID Legends, a story-driven racing game coming to PC and consoles later this year. The Official Reveal Trailer shows some of the characters you will...

Activision Blizzard is being sued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing over a "frat boy" culture. Bloomberg Law has details, saying a two-year investigation alleges "female...

PCWorld has a follow-up from Amazon to the report alleging the beta for New World may be bricking RTX 3090 GPUs. The company says there is nothing wrong with the game. It also explains New World is...

Epic Games announces the kickoff of the 2021 Summer Sale on the Epic Games Store. Word is: "Things are heating up on the Epic Games Store with Summer Sale. So grab your swimsuit (or maybe your coat,...

Besides the lawsuit story above, there's more bad press today for Activision Blizzard. Bloomberg (may require registration or subscription) has details on how a focus on the bottom line was one of...

The 21st Annual Game Developers Choice Awards Results are online. In case there was any doubt, Hades took top honors, cementing its position as the darling game of the year. Here are all the winners:...

Publisher Slitherine and developer Black Lab Games now offer the release of Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector, a turn-based strategy game set in the Games Workshop science fiction universe. If you want...

Urban Trial Tricky Deluxe Edition is now available for PC and consoles, and you can hop onto the Windows edition of this stunt-riding game through GOG.com or Steam. Here's a Launch Trailer with a...

Frozenbyte announces Starbase will enter Early Access on Steam on July 29, offering the chance to check out this space-based MMOG. If you're playing the closed beta or just interested in where the...

Amazon is now offering Battlefield 1 for free on Prime Gaming, the gaming perk that's free for Amazon Prime subscribers. The World War I shooter is yours to keep on Origin if you claim it between...

Raphael Lacoste tweets that he is departing Ubisoft, where he served as art director on the Assassin's Creed series. There's been some staff turnover at Ubisoft amid the company's harassment scandal,...

Waves of Steel Early Access is underway on Steam, offering the chance to get your feet wet with this Windows arcade naval combat game. This starts with the ability to design your own warships and...

Super Sami Roll is now available on Steam, offering a 3D platformer for Windows where you roll, bounce, and tongue (you read that right) your way through a variety of levels. Here's a look at...

Nexon announces PROJECT MAGNUM, an upcoming third-person looter-shooter in development at subsidiary NAT GAMES for release in "most major markets worldwide." Our hope is that this involves a...

Humble Hearts of Iron Bundle (pay what you want and help charity).* Playway Publisher Sale 2021 - Steam. Save 25% on Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 on Steam. *Blue's News may receive a commission...

Apex Legends Patched. Call of Duty: Warzone Patched. Steam Client Update, July 21.

Company of Heroes 3: Battle Briefing - RTS Boot Camp. Company of Heroes 3: Battle Briefing: Dynamic Campaign Map. Fallout 76 – Radio Play Part 1- K.D. Inkwell in Escape from the 42nd Century.

Konami announces that eFootball is the new official title of the series formerly known as Pro Evolution Soccer (PES). This will be free-to-play, and will support crossplay for all platforms. There's...

A thread on Reddit has reports from gamers who have found their RTX 3090 graphics cards bricked after playing the closed beta of New World, Amazon's upcoming MMORPG. Sorting through them it seems the...

A new free update called Butcher's Banquet is now available for Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 on all platforms. CI Games calls this a "massive" content update. Here's a Butcher’s Banquet Trailer,...

Here's a roundup of reviews of Death's Door. Is the corvine adventure dead on arrival? Read on to find out: Death's Door: Review - Attack of the Fanboy. Death's Door Review – Reaping The Rewards -...

Electronic Arts announces that EA SPORTS PGA TOUR will include licensed LPGA women's golf. What platforms the golf simulation will come to when this tees off in the spring are not yet revealed, so...

Promising this is the "future of game monetization," Playthora is a new service offering virtual item exchanges in video games. Most games that disallow item trading or sales do so via term of...

Poker Quest is now in Early Access on Steam, offering a card-based roguelite for Windows and macOS. While card mechanics are now commonplace in such games, the unusual twist here is the use of...

Publisher Assemble Entertainment announces Sphere - Flying Cities, a sci-fi city building game in the works at Hexagon Sphere Games for release on Steam Early Access later this year. As seen in the...

Ubisoft announces Q1 2021-22 sales results, calling them "in line with expectations." Word is: "First-quarter 2021-22 net bookings totaled €326.0 million, slightly exceeding the target of around €320...