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Amid the third anniversary of the driving game, Ubisoft announces Season 3 of The Crew 2 will begin on July 7th. There's also a milestone to commemorate, as that more than 30 million players have...

Ubisoft announces the addition of two free game modes to Trackmania, the racing game remake of Trackmania Nations. The game's free Starter Access tier now includes ranked matchmaking along with an...

Ubisoft announces Bloodline will bleed out onto Watch Dogs: Legion for PC and consoles on July 6th. This is just a little late, as it was recently promised for release late this month. The DLC puts...

A playable demo is now available for 2076 Midway Multiverse is coming to SteamVR and Oculus Quest this year and PSVR in 2022. This is a virtual reality homage to the classic side-scrolling shooter...

Publisher Sold Out and developer Pugstorm announce Core Keeper. This mining sandbox/adventure is coming to Steam Early Access later this year. Word is: "Mine relics and resources to build your base,...

The Sixth Hammer announces Moo Lander an upcoming side-scrolling 2D action/adventure for Windows. It will feature puzzles, combat, and, of course, cattle. A full release is expected on Steam next...

E3 2021 game reveals, live stream, latest news and analysis - The Washington Post (may require registration or subscription). Guerrilla Collective Showcase Livestream - Day 2 (video). Koch Media...

Fellow Traveller Publisher Sale: Up to 90% Off Story-Rich Games. Save 67% on EA SPORTS FIFA 21 on Steam. Save 90% on Phantom Doctrine on Steam. Two Point Hospital Sale & Two Point Campus Wishlist on...

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Arcade Paradise Trailer E3 2021. Aragami 2 - Extended Gameplay. Attack at Dawn: North Africa - Battle of Alam el Halfa (BETA Gameplay). Blacktail - Official Exclusive Reveal Trailer - Summer of...

We Asked Giant Robot Experts to Critique Video Game Mecha - WIRED (may require registration or subscription).

An expansive set of antitrust reforms were introduced in the US House of Representatives today by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. These target Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google to make it more...

A new Humble Freebie is now available, as everyone now has the chance to pick up a copy of Surviving Mars - Deluxe Edition for free on the Humble Store. This is a bonus for those willing to sign up...

Amazon Games announces plans to launch Lost Ark in the west this year, providing North American and European gamers the chance to raid this MMORPG that's been successfully operating in Korea, Japan,...

Speaking of Amazon, a new Summer Game Fest 2021 Trailer offers a "deep dive" into New World, the MMORPG in the works at Amazon Game Studios. We were supposed to be playing this by now, but the game...

CD PROJEKT RED and Netflix announce WitcherCon, a celebration of the television series and the games based on The Witcher series of novels. There's not a lot of time to get ready for this, as it's...

E3 2021 Official Trailer 1.

The Epic Games Store now features a free three-month trial of Discord Nitro, the premium version of the Discord chat software for Windows and macOS. This offer is only for first-time Nitro users, and...

Early Access to a new episode of Scarlet Hollow is now available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, continuing this adventure/horror visual novel from Black Tabby Games. This follows last year's free-to-...

A new Inside the Vault Update from Bethesda has the latest on Fallout 76, the post-apocalyptic RPG prequel. First off, a free play week is now underway, so you can sample the full game all you want...

A new trailer from DCS World unveils a new free-to-play program for Eagle Dynamics' extensive integrated flight simulator family. This will allow players to evaluate any of its aircraft and map...

A tweet from Respawn says that a fix is now in place to protect Apex Legends games from the denial-of-service attacks it has been suffering. The surprising solution to external game disruption is...

Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy has found its way onto the Epic Games Store, where this roguelite RPG is now in Early Access for Windows. The game also has an E3 2021 trailer showing off its...

Chicory: A Colorful Tale is now available on Steam, offering a top-down adventure game for Windows and macOS set in a coloring book. The recent Release Date Trailer paints a picture of what to expect...

Farlanders is a colony-building game set in Mars in the works at publisher Crytivo and developer Andriy Bychkovskyi. This is expected in Q4 of this year for Windows, macOS, and Linux on Steam and...

Gearbox Publishing and developer Norsfell announce July 27th as the official launch date for Tribes of Midgard, the upcoming hack-and-slash game using the enduringly popular Viking setting. This...

E3 2021: What to expect at the world's most influential gaming event. It's a relief that publishers are telling us which games won't be at E3. The E3 2021 Leaks That Might Be Legit. Most Anticipated...

Vice reports a breach at Electronic Arts has resulted in the theft of loads of data, including the source code for FIFA 21 and the Frostbite engine. This was revealed by forum posts by the...

The Epic Games Store now offers Control for free, as Remedy's third-person action/adventure is the store's latest weekly giveaway. It will be yours to keep if you claim it over the coming seven days....

The Back 4 Blood Website announces plans for open beta testing of this upcoming co-op shooter that's a spiritual successor to the Left 4 Dead series. The open beta will run from August 12-16. For...

Sharmob announces Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt, a new battle royale game based on the World of Darkness tabletop series. A closed alpha test for the game is scheduled for July 2nd, and those...

Early Access is now underway for Galactic Civilizations IV, the next installment in the Stardock's 4X strategy series set in space, where no one can hear you freestyle rap. "Great games are built on...

Xbox Wire has the official announcement of The Anacrusis, a four-player, co-op first-person shooter from developer Stray Bombay coming to Windows, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Xbox Game Pass this (...

The grand finale of today's Summer Game Fest presentation was a new trailer from Elden Ring, the fantasy action/RPG in the works at developer FromSoftware and publisher BANDAI NAMCO. This features a...

A security breach update from CD PROJEKT has more on the breach and ransomware attack suffered by the company earlier this year. The company still can't confirm exactly what data were breached, but...

A brief aside during the Summer Game Fest revealed plans for a new installment in the Painkiller series. This was during a brief appearance by Saber Interactive head of publishing Todd Hollenshead....

Publisher Dotemu and developer Leikir Studio announce a partnership with SNK today announced Metal Slug Tactics, an exciting adaptation of the iconic series’ satisfying action through grid-based...

Dr. Ian Malcolm appeared at the SUMMER GAME FEST to debut the Announcement Trailer for Jurassic World Evolution 2, revealing plans for a new installment in the management simulation series coming...

The SUMMER GAME FEST: Kickoff kicked off with the expected announcement that Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is in the works at Gearbox and 2K games for release in early 2022. Though this is a looter-shooter...

An article on Xbox Wire features a conversation between Satya Nadella and Phil Spencer where the Microsoft CEO and head of Xbox discuss why Microsoft is "all in" on gaming. This is excerpted from a...

With the new GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics cards now showing up in stores all over the place (hope you didn't have a mouthful of coffee when you read that), NVIDIA now offers new WHQL-certified...

The countdown has been halted for the launch of Early Access to Starbase, Frozenbyte's upcoming "hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe."...

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection is now available for Windows and consoles, and the PC edition can be found on Steam. This bundles three titles from KOEI TECMO's action combat series — 2007's NINJA...

A playable alpha demo is now available for Nimoyd - Survival Sandbox on Steam, offering the chance to draw a line in the sand in this voxel-based survival game for Windows in the works at Nudge...

GOG.com announces Loria is now 100% free for Windows, macOS, and Linux, allowing everyone to experience the game's retro real-time strategy without a penny of real-time spending. This is because the...

MidBoss LLC - Season of Pride Steam Sale 2021. Save 50% on Interstellar Space: Genesis on Fanatical, GOG.com, Green Man Gaming*, Humble Store*, Itch.io, and Steam. *Blue's News may receive a...

Interstellar Space: Genesis free 1.3 update released. No Man's Sky Prisms Patch 3.52. Shaiya - Patch Notes | Desert Heat.

Blizzard News announces crossplay (or cross-play if you prefer) support is coming to Overwatch, the competitive hero shooter. This will soon launch in beta, allowing players from around the world to...

Here's the official press release for Battlefield 2042, the just announced new installment in DICE's military shooter series. This may fill in some more in our understanding of plans for the game....

Xbox Wire has details from Jeff Hattem, Head of Studio at Tuque Games, about post-release support plans for Dark Alliance following the launch of the Dungeons & Dragons game on June 22nd. Word is...