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Facepunch Studios tweets that 25 Rust servers are offline as the result of a disastrous fire at its datacenter (thanks Gamasutra). A follow-up says that these are a total loss, and that the lost...

Paradise Lost is coming on March 24th to GOG.com and Steam, offering an exploration game set during an alternate history World War II with no apparent relation John Milton's 17th-century epic poem....

First Strike: Classic is now available for Windows and macOS on Steam and for mobile, offering the promised remaster of this real-time strategy game of global thermonuclear war (shall we play a game?...

Total Mayhem Games announces We Were Here Forever, a new installment in this co-op puzzle adventure series that will return players to the balmy Antarctic later this year. This is coming to Windows,...

Publisher Dotemu and developer Tribute Games announce Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, a side-scrolling brawler inspired by TMNT games of the past coming to PC and consoles. Here's...

Tim Beaudet announces Eggcelerate!, a time challenge game coming to Steam on March 30th. The twist here is that you must go as fast as possible while keeping an egg balanced on top of your car, which...

Stronghold: Warlords is now available on GOG.com and Steam, offering the latest installment in this real-time strategy series from Firefly Studios, the developer that is a leaf in the wind. Here's...

Xbox Wire announces Forza Horizon 4 is now available for Windows on Steam, offering the latest installment in this racing series with full crossplay support. This is available in three versions at...

A free version of Ancestors Legacy is now available on Steam, where playing the Ancestors Legacy Free Peasant Edition will cost you nothing but your self-respect when you look at the title. This...

Size Matters will depart Early Access and will be officially released on Steam on March 12th, offering a euphemistically titled action/adventure that could have been called Honey I Shrunk the...

Publisher 505 Games and developer Weird Fish announce Oddyssey: Your Space, Your Way, a single-player and co-op comedic space adventure that's coming soon to Early Access on Steam. The Announce...

Thanks Ant. The Psychology of Loss Aversion in Portal. Bethesda's Uphill Battle w-DOOM 3 VR Edition.

Riot-created League of Legends pro accounts disabled due to “MMR issue.” Team Fortress 2 - GGtoor Locked and Loaded #2.

Drop Into Apex Legends on Nintendo Switch Today. Watch Dogs: Legion Online Mode Launches Today. World of Tanks and World of Warships: Legends Deliver New March Updates. March Xbox Update Rolls Out...

Xbox Wire announces that with the final regulatory hurdles cleared, Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax media is now finalized. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer confirms speculation that this means some of...

The Bundestag Website has details (in German) on a proposed amendment to the Jugendschutzgesetz (Youth Protection Act) to further protect German youth from online bullying, hate speech, and sexual...

On the one year anniversary of Avorion launching out of Early Access on Steam, Boxelware announces plans for a major update that will bring the co-op space sandbox to version 2.0. The update, which...

Publisher Modus Games and developer Sketchbook Games announce that Lost Words: Beyond the Page is coming on April 6th to Steam, Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. This narrative adventure from...

A free trial is now available on Steam for The Tenants, a landlord simulation that's expected to enter Early Access on Steam soon. The news is accompanied by a Gameplay Trailer 2021 showing a very...

Galactic Crew II is expected for Early Access release on Steam in May, as a follow up to last year's Galactic Crew, a sci-fi roguelike. The new game is currently in closed alpha testing, and all...

Indie developer Psychodev announces Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness will arrive on Steam on March 23rd, offering a prequel to Chronicle of Innsmouth, their Lovecraftian point-and-click...

Detalion Games announces Nemezis: Mysterious Journey III, a puzzle/adventure game coming "soon." This trailer accompanies the news, as does a playable "Schizm 3: Nemezis Demo" which is available on...

A tweet from V1 Interactive announces the closure of this studio founded by Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto (thanks Gamasutra). Word is: "We are sad to inform you that V1 Interactive is officially...

Milestone, Feld Entertainment, and Koch Media announce that Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 4 will arrive on PC and consoles on Thursday. The Launch Trailer takes a look at the...

Anger Foot is a first-person shooter about kicking ass and not slowing down to take names (thanks PC Gamer). Available on Itch.io as a prototype with a pay-your-own-price tag, Anger Foot is about...

Save 75% on Prison Architect on Steam. Save 75% on The Escapists 2 on Steam. Humble Book Bundle: DIY Home & Hobby by Wiley (pay what you want and help charity).* *Blue's News may receive a...

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Mar. 8, 2021 Patch Notes.

It Takes Two – Official “We’re Better Together” Trailer.

Xbox apparently still has some 2021 games left to announce.

Surface Laptop 4 to reportedly use last-gen AMD Ryzen chips, current-gen Intel chips. Galaxy Watch 4 release date is reporteding in Q2 2021.

The EU has approved Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax (thanks Gamasutra). This follows last week's news that the US SEC has signed off on the merger as well. These were seemingly the last two...

Capcom offers new details on Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, including the news that the RPG sequel is coming to PC via Steam as well as to Switch when it is released on July 9th. The news...

After negative feedback to last week's news of a rework for Marvel's Avengers to slow XP progression, Square Enix took to Reddit to further clarify its intentions (thanks Eurogamer). Here's the...

Publisher Aerosoft and developer TML Studios announce The Bus, a transportation simulation coming to Early Access on Steam on March 25th. As the name suggests, this puts the player in the role of a...

Publisher Headup and developer CyberPunch Studios announce The Fabled Woods will sprout on Steam on March 25th. This "dark and mysterious" narrative short story has received a complete visual...

Free-to-play, blockchain-based MMORPG Nine Chronicles is available on its official website, and developer Planetarium announces it will launch on Steam later this year. This is a delay, as the...

Early Access is now underway on Steam for Realm Engine, a virtual tabletop world creation tool for Windows. Publisher Pixel Ghost and developer Blake Johnson call this system agnostic, so leave it...

The top 10 bestselling games in the UK for the week ending March 6th are as follows, according to GfK Entertainment: " # Title Publisher Last Week 1 - Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Nintendo 1...

A new listing on the Microsoft Store reveals plans for the Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy, a compilation of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration,...

A statement from Square Enix announces the ban of over 5000 Final Fantasy XIV accounts for real-money trading or prohibited activities, and over 800 more for real-money trading advertising (thanks...

VGC offers a tidbit from their transcription of last week's Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference. This highlights Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick's outlook on the future of game...

Valve offers the new list detailing the 10 bestselling titles on Steam for last week: Valheim. Loop Hero. Valve Index VR Kit. Deep Rock Galactic. Pre-purchase OUTRIDERS. 鬼谷八荒. Hades. Baldur's Gate 3....

Fanatical Spring Sale. Thanks Acleacius. Save 88% on City Car Driving on Steam.

Thanks Ant. HeroStorm Ep 80 "Dog Eat Dog." Game Theory: Minecraft, The Secret Desert Origin of Creepers.

Microsoft starts testing Edge Chromium browser on Xbox. Xbox Insider Release Notes - Alpha Skip-Ahead (2108.210303-1900). Thanks ConsoleGenRL.

How to run a battery life report on your Windows laptop. Thanks Neutronbeam.

A free weekend is underway for ACT on Steam, offering the chance to act on the impulse to try this unusual multiplayer action/RPG for Windows. The game is on sale for half-off if you want to pick it...

A tweet from the Watch Dogs: Legion team informs us that the promised multiplayer update for Watch Dog: Legion is going to be delayed. It starts out indicating this will launch as planned on Tuesday,...

A post on Steam says we can expect an English translation of Tale of Immortal, Lightning Games' action/RPG (thanks Eurogamer). This game has been a fixture on the weekly Steam Top 10 listings under...

The Division 2 – The Road Ahead is a post from the development team of Tom Clancy's The Division 2 with a roadmap for the action/RPG. Ubisoft Massive includes details on a collaboration with Ubisoft...