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More legal trouble is brewing at Riot Games besides their defense in an ongoing gender discrimination lawsuit. Vice reports that Riot CEO Nicolo Laurent is being sued by his former assistant over...

CD PROJEKT RED tweets that they are the victims of a ransomware attack. They say no user information was compromised to their knowledge and they are restoring their data from backups. They offer a...

Czech developer Bohemia Interactive announces that Chinese tech giant Tencent has taken a minority stake in their company. They say they will continue to operate independently: "Bohemia Interactive...

Publisher tinyBuild announces they're building a tiny gaming empire with the acquisition of three developers, We’re Five Games, Hungry Couch, and Moon Moose. This brings their roster of studios to...

Publisher Slitherine and developer Black Lab Games announce Warhammer 40,000 Battlesector, a new turn-based strategy game using Games Workshop's science fiction universe. They say to expect the PC...

The Minecraft Website says that Minecraft Dungeons now boasts 10 million players across all platforms. They are giving some gifts to all players to celebrate the milestone: "So, what have all ten...

Kunos Simulazioni announces their Assetto Corsa racing franchise has now raked in over €100 million in sales: "Driving simulation development specialist, Kunos Simulazioni and owner Digital Bros,...

EVGA announces new X20/X17/X15 Gaming Mice and Z20/Z15 Series Gaming Keyboards. The mice include "the world's first triple sensor mice with dual LOD sensors," while the keyboards boast a 4 kHz...

Today's weather report includes a wrecknado warning, as THQ announces a Wrecknado tournament for Wreckfest as well as the release of a new Reckless Car Pack for the demo derby-themed racing game....

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Reports Strong Results for Fiscal Third Quarter 2021. As we recently noted, such results are always characterized as "strong." How strong? Strong enough that the...

VGC reports on plans for E3 2021 after seeing the pitch documents from the ESA for this year's edition of the trade show. Unsurprisingly they are discussing a virtual live-streamed show, which will...

Microsoft announces that Forza Horizon 4 will race onto Steam on March 9th. Word is this will include crossplay for the racing game on all platforms: "Thanks to cross-play, join your friends no...

A shred in a tweet saying Epic Games hired someone to an investor relations position inspired speculation that the company may be planning on going public. A spokesperson for Epic tells GameSpot...

GamesIndustry.biz has details on game sales in the European market for 2020. They say: "211.9 million games were sold across UK & Ireland, mainland Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in 2020,...

Never give up! Never Sharandar! Arc Games announces a change in plans for the release of the first episode of Sharandar. The new content for Neverwinter was expected to come to the free-to-play...

Treyarch announces League Play is now underway in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. If this does not do enough to quench your competitive fires, they also say the Call of Duty League 2021 season...

Electronic Arts to Acquire Glu Mobile, Creating a New Global Leader in the Largest and Fastest Growing Gaming Segment. Leaf Mobile confirms $125m acquisition of East Side Games. Glu Reports Fourth...

Epic Games announces a spring showcase for the Epic Games Store will get underway on Thursday at 2:00 pm EST on the Epic Games Twitch Channel. This will show include announcements, show off a bunch...

A Microsoft Job Listing for a producer at 343 Industries suggests an unannounced Halo game (or at least a "project") is in the works (thanks GamesRadar+). Here's what it says: "343 Industries is...

A series of tweets from Andrew Spinks notifies Google that the Re-Logic CEO will cease doing business with them over the suspension of his account. He says this includes cancellation of the Stadia...

Publisher Digitalmindsoft and developer Barbedwire Studios announce an open beta will start next month for Gates of Hell: Ostfront. This will give owners of Call to Arms the chance to help vet this...

Martha! Why did you say that name? Because Martha is now available on itch.io and Steam, offering a first-person survival/horror game from indie developer Affordable Cat. Here's a final trailer for...

Revertia is now available for Windows and macOS on Steam, offering a puzzle game based on the classic Reversi and its offshoot Othello, which famously takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to...

Publisher Deep Silver and developer Clever Beans now offer a DLC roadmap for Gods Will Fall, their recently released hack-and-slash action game. This includes plans for a free update called Dolmen...

GfK Entertainment reports the top-selling games in the UK for the week ending February 6th. The top 10 from their new chart follows: " # Title Publisher Last Week 1 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons...

After a stretch of fewer announcements of Epic Games Store exclusives, and more games being released on both the EGS and Steam, one could be forgiven for thinking the exclusivity trend is waning....

Barely a month after surpassing 25 million concurrent players for the first time, the Steam Game and Player Statistics Page reports Steam has now achieved the 26 million player mark for the first...

Here's the Super Bowl Sunday edition of Valve's list of the bestselling titles for last week on Steam: Valheim. 鬼谷八荒. Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition. Pre-purchase Total War: WARHAMMER III. Valve...

We mentioned the release date for Valheim a few weeks ago, but seeing it atop the Steam bestsellers list above serves as a reminder we failed to mention the actual launch of Iron Gate's co-op...

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Feb. 6 Patch Notes. Thanks Charlie INTEL. Doomsday 2.3.1 released. Thanks Ant.

HeroStorm Ep 79 "Aba Blesses You." Thanks Ant. Amazing GTA Escape. Thanks Kotaku.

From Keen to Doom: id Software’s Founders Talk 30 Years of Gaming History. Thanks Hypothermia.

Internet blackout fails to deter thousands from protesting Myanmar coup. Amazon: The unstoppable rise of the internet giant. Amazon 'paying less UK business rates than retailers.'

SQUARE ENIX announces Endwalker, a new expansion for FINAL FANTASY XIV Online that will come to the PC and console editions of the MMORPG in autumn of this year. Word is: "Endwalker features the...

A post by IO Interactive to the Hitman Forum says that HITMAN 3 players may be able to import the locations from their copies of earlier HITMAN games on other services by the end of this month: "Whil...

A post about Oculus Quest 2 on the Oculus Website includes word that Beat Saber has now surpassed 4 million sales (thanks Rock Paper Shotgun). They also say they have sold more than 40 million songs...

The NVIDIA Blog celebrates the first anniversary of the launch of the GeForce NOW streaming game service (thanks Hypothermia). They offer a Year in Review Trailer with a look back and say more than...

This 11GB Mod for Cyberpunk 2077 overhauls 800 audio files. This 5.6GB Mod for Skyrim overhauls all of its dungeon textures. Half-Life 2: Very Cool Edition.

Annoying backseat gamer in PUBG - Backseat Gamer. Thanks Ant.

Monster Hunter Rise Interview with Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto.

Endwalker, Final Fantasy XIV Online’s next expansion, is coming Fall 2021 to PS5 and PS4.

The Prince of Persia Team tweets that the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake is delayed. If this gives you déjà vu, it's because this is the second delay to the game in less than two months....

World of Tanks is rumbling onto Steam later this year, offering another way to play Wargaming's armored combat game. This post explains all, including how this will support cross play with other PC...

Indie developer Lioncode Games announces Mech Armada, a turn-based tactics game coming to Early Access on Steam this summer. They call this "a fresh combination of turn-based tactics, deckbuilding...

Publisher Ultimate Games announces Essex: The Whale Hunter, a whale hunting game in the works at developer 3T Games. This is coming to Windows and consoles in 2023, though the odd release date on...

Eagle Dynamics announces no fewer than six new third-party campaigns are now available for DCS World, their combat flight simulation platform: "We have been working closely with our third party...

Fanatical Lunar New Year Sale. DCS World Lunar New Year Sale.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Feb. 5 Patch Notes. Thanks Charlie INTEL. Factorio Vanilla version 1.1 released and future plans outlined. Thanks Jaysen. Steam Client Update Released.

"Good Game Nice Try" Jimmy O. Yang is Off the Heezy on Apple Podcasts.

A free weekend is underway for Insurgency: Sandstorm on Steam, offering the chance to sample this team-based tactical shooter for the next three days. This is the perfect opportunity to check out the...