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Open Sorcery: Sea++ is now available for Windows, macOS, and Linux on Steam, offering a text-based puzzle/adventure with the punniest title we've seen in a while. This is the follow-up to the...

EA Star Wars tweets about the overwhelming success of the recent giveaway of STAR WARS Battlefront II on the Epic Games Store. They say the freebie was downloaded over 19 million times: "More than...

Apparently some took the statement from Konami Digital Entertainment about a reorganization as an announcement that they were getting out of the video game business. As a result, the company issued...

Game Informer has the news that a new BioWare book confirms that Tevinter is the setting of BioWare's upcoming next installment in the Dragon Age series. Here's word: "In the newly released BioWare:...

A tweet from Mediatronic has details on some of the content in the upcoming version 3.5 update for Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (thanks Polygon). Here's what they're dropping into the battle royale...

Valve's report of the top releases for December 2020 on Steam is now available. This is accompanied by this page listing these 20 top retail games and top five free-to-play titles. Here's how they...

Humble Book Bundle- Math for Programmers by Manning Publications (pay what you want and help charity).* *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs - Game Update- Terror Peak is now live.

Game Informer - Lawbreakers Deserved Better. "While Lawbreakers couldn't make it until the end, it's a shooter that I genuinely love and I miss far more than is probably smart. I wish more people...

Gabe Newell talks to 1 News, telling the New Zealand outlet about Valve's interest in how brain computer interfaces (BCIs) could revolutionize the future of video games (thanks Acleacius). The Valve...

RockstarINTEL has word that Take-Two Interactive has succeeded in a legal action against Luna Cheats, a prominent seller of cheats for Grand Theft Auto Online (thanks IGN). GTA Online has been a...

Konami Digital Entertainment announces new executive appointments, personnel changes, and an organizational restructuring (thanks Siliconera). Word is all these changes will take effect on February...

CD PROJEKT RED offers a workaround for players getting stuck on the "Down on the Street" quest in Cyberpunk 2077 (thanks Eurogamer.net). Some players have been getting nothing but a staredown from...

SOLAS 128 is now available, offering a rhythm/puzzle game for Windows and Switch. The PC edition can be found on Steam. A new gameplay trailer includes a look at the game's colorful vector graphics...

Crossword City Chronicles is now available on Steam, offering a Windows and macOS game from Trailblazer Games which combines the mystery of crossword puzzles with the mystery of and adventure game....

Publisher by NEOWIZ and developer SouthPAW Games announce that Skul: The Hero Slayer has already sold over 100K copies since leaving Early Access on Steam just four days ago. That's pretty...

Polish developer 3T Games is now at work on Smuggler Simulator, a crime game "coming soon" to Steam. It almost goes without saying that this will be published by Ultimate Games, as this title has...

VGC reports on a rumor that a new Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic game is in development at a studio outside of Electronic Arts. This is not as surprising as it would have been were it not for...

Here's Valve's reporting of the bestselling titles on Steam over the course of last week. Hey, hey, my, my. Rust never sleeps: Rust. EVERSPACE 2. Valve Index VR Kit. Dyson Sphere Program. Cyberpunk...

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Babylon Project version 3.7.6. Free game. Thanks Wesp5. Fallout: GZDoom brings enemies and weapons from Fallout 3 to Doom.

Dave Molloy, Cinematic Creative Director at Sucker Punch, is currently working on a Ghost of Tsushima game for PS5.

Sony may resurrect the Xperia Compact line for small phone fans. Apple warns against putting an iPhone 12 too close to your pacemaker. Your Apple Watch is about to get a new Time to Walk feature....

SpaceX launches a record 143 satellites into orbit. Flash Is Dead—but Not Gone (may require registration or subscription). How to Back Up Your Most Important Emails (may require registration or...

Thanks Neutronbeam. The great graphics card shortage of 2020 (and 2021). Thanks A51Abductee. How to Build Your Own High-Performance Portable SSD (video). GIGABYTE Introduces the AORUS Gen4 7000s M.2...

A new Australian Classification Rating is now available for a game called PROJECT 2021A, revealing id Software is apparently at work on a virtual reality game (thanks PCGamesN). There's not much to...

Jason Schreier reports on Bloomberg (may require registration or subscription) that Vicarious Visions is working on the long rumored remake of Diablo II. This follows yesterday's news that the...

WWE 2K BATTLEGROUNDS is free-to-play for the weekend on Steam. This offers a temporary hold on this over-the-top Windows game based on the over-the-top world of professional wrestling, complete with...

WoWcraft Ep 53 "Covenant, I Choose You." Thanks Ant.

"Good Game Nice Try" Laura Bailey Wants to Romance Your Character on Apple Podcasts.

Charlie INTEL - Opinion: Call of Duty: Warzone desperately needs anti-cheat for its competitive future. "This is the problem we face in Warzone: it’s a massively successful game for Activision, and...

This Week on Xbox- January 22, 2021.

Why smartwatches won’t ever replace my humble wristwatch. Same here, though I'd be willing to wear both.

Activision Blizzard has made Vicarious Visions part of Blizzard Entertainment, reports GamesIndustry.biz. Activision acquired the studio back in 2005, three years before their merger with Blizzard....

A new patch is now available for Cyberpunk 2077, addressing bugs and stability issues in CD PROJEKT RED's sci-fi RPG, and, as they put it "lays the groundwork for the upcoming patches." Word is: "In...

VGC has an unconfirmed report that Capcom is partially rebooting development of their Resident Evil 4 Remake. This project has never been officially announced, so this is a rumor of a setback of a...

The Klei Entertainment Forums announce that Tencent has taken a majority stake in the Canadian studio behind various games, including Don't Starve and Mark of the Ninja. They say: "As part of this...

SuperData's December 2020 worldwide digital games market report is now online, breaking down and analyzing video game sales for the month. They say the $12 billion in sales is a 15% increase year...

Redout: Space Assault is now available for Windows on Steam, offering what 34BigThings calls the next generation of arcade space shooters. The game is also coming to GOG.com on February 1st. Here's...

Publisher NACON now offers Earthblood Part One: Welcome to the Pack and Earthblood Part Two: The Essence of Rage, a pair of new video developer diaries from Werewolf: The Apocalypse, their World of...

Hearthstone 19.4 Patch Notes. Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes - January 19, 2021. World of Warcraft Hotfixes: January 21, 2021.

Codemasters directors have voted to approve of EA's proposed takeover of the racing sim specialists (thanks Gamasutra). EA stepped in with a better deal than Take-Two's prior offer, and Take-Two...

In a video showcase, Capcom revealed new details about Resident Evil Village, including how the upcoming eighth installment in the horror series will include a free multiplayer mode called Resident...

Grinding Gears announces they are not just grinding gears in supporting Path of Exile, explaining that the recently released Echoes of the Atlas expansion is the most successful to date for their...

Phoenotopia: Awakening is now available on Steam, offering a Windows edition of this action/adventure/puzzle platformer that was first released on Switch. This has a throwback style which can be...

A playable demo for PalmRide is now available on Steam, offering the chance to sample this retro racing game until you grow hair on your palms. A Demo Trailer offers a look at the game's retro...

Weekend Sale: challenging games up to 80% off - GOG.com.

INTERPOINT - The first 3 chapters are now available! The game has been completely reworked. Construction Playground - "Construction Playground" gets major update.

Thanks Ant. Genshin Impact Version 1.3 "All That Glitters" Trailer. The Medium - 9 Uncanny Facts. Skater XL mod map The Warehouse by Yaky - Now Available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. Train Sim...

Epic Games Store now features Galactic Civilizations III as their latest giveaway, offering the chance to own this 4X space strategy game for Windows for free. You have a week to pick up a copy, and...