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Nightdive Studios CEO talks preserving video games & System Shock remake - Shacknews. Unsolved mysteries of the Warhammer 40k universe with loremaster Dan Abnett - Ars Technica. Thanks Neutronbeam.

Street Fighter V Competitor Wins Tournament Accidentally. Thanks Neutronbeam. MCV/DEVELOP's 30 Under 30 2021.

IO Interactive offers details on a new May patch for HITMAN 3 that's expected on Monday to update the assassination sequel to version 3.30. This includes some general fixes and improvements, and...

Next stop, the land of the rising sun, as new Japan DLC is now available for Railway Empire, the rail tycoon sim. The Windows edition is available through the Epic Games Store, GOG.com, and Steam....

Epic vs Apple: What we've learned so far. Apple Tries Really Hard To Get Epic To Admit There's Porn On Its Store. There's no sex in the champagne room.

Save 75% on Ice Lakes on Steam. Resident Evil Village - Steam Keys - Green Man Gaming.* Save 16%. *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

Call of Duty: Warzone Season Three Patch Notes. May 7th update. This mod lets you play as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil 3 Remake.

"I felt that I had no choice," says Wolfire CEO about Valve antitrust lawsuit - GamesIndustry.biz. Shadow Warrior 3 - Sneak Peek 'Doomsday Device' Mission. World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic...

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 gets PS5 delay due to "unforeseen technical issues." CDPR in talks to use The Witcher 3 mods in official next-gen version. Open Country Coming to Xbox One on June 3....

The Steady Decline of Google Stadia. Ajit Pai promised cheaper Internet—real prices rose 19 percent instead. Microsoft Edge bug causing crashes when viewing YouTube videos, fix in the works.

Resident Evil Village is now available, offering the newest installment in Capcom's survival/horror shooter series. This can be played on PC, Stadia, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S,...

Epic vs Apple Became the Internet's Trial. What the battle between Epic Games and Apple could mean for you. Epic needs to tarnish Apple’s App Store halo. Epic v. Apple and the Plan to Avoid ‘Looking...

Grab your red ensign's shirt and meet me in the transporter room: Galactic Crew II is now available on the Humble Store* and Steam, offering a roguelike space game for Windows. As you can see in the...

Ziggurat Interactive continues to re-release classic games, today offering the release of four games published by Softdisk back in the early 1990s. These are all parts of the history of 3D Realms...

Save 40% on Ring of Pain on Steam. Save 40% on Neighbours back From Hell on Steam. Special Sale: Tropico series up to 75% off - GOG.com. Weekend Sale: games to pump up your adrenaline up to 80% off -...

Trackmania Update: Matchmaking squadding feature is available now. Thanks Frans. Resident Evil Village porn mod is already a thing.

Thanks Ant. Curved Space -- National Space Day Trailer. The Making of Super Smash Bros. Freeman's Mind 2: Episode 15.

Overwatch League to hold major tournaments in Hawaii. Coincidentally, we recently decided these tourneys need some first-hand reporting.

If you're pining for an open-world action/adventure, you're in luck, as Pine is now available as a free giveaway from the Epic Games Store, and, yes, Pine is good. This is yours to keep if you snag...

An Update from Ubisoft on the Tom Clancy’s The Division Universe reveals that a free-to-play game called Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland is in development at Red Storm. This is expected either...

The Strong National Museum of Play announces the 2021 inductees into its World Video Game Hall of Fame. The four honorees are Animal Crossing, Microsoft Flight Simulator, StarCraft, and Where in the...

AMD Support now offers new version 21.5.1 Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition drivers for AMD graphics cards running under Windows. As stated in the release notes, these include support for...

A tweet from Randy Pitchford disputes a rumor that Gearbox is "assisting" or "co-developing" a new Borderlands game or spin-off, saying: "Gearbox is lead dev of any future games in the Borderlands...

Arcen Games announces a May 18th Steam release date for Zenith Onslaught, a new DLC pack for AI War 2, the Windows, macOS, and Linux strategy game set in space, where no one can hear you sing in the...

Funcom announces the Isle of Siptah expansion for Conan Exiles will leave Early Access and be officially released on May 27th. The announcement also notes that the game will soon join the games...

Demeo is now available on Steam and the Oculus Store, offering an RPG from Resolution Games that uses virtual reality to create an authentic tabletop experience, with no tabletop required (though in...

The Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition is now available, offering an updated version of 4A Games' first-person shooter. This is free to all owners of the original version of Metro Exodus, but only...

Project Liberty: What was Epic's battle plan against Apple? Epic v. Apple turns into Windows v. Xbox.

Reuters reports that Chinese conglomerate Tencent is in discussions on how to keep its gaming investments in US companies Riot Games and Epic Games. Word is making such foreign ownership typically...

The Prime Minister of Australia announces details on "a modern digital economy to secure Australia's future." Included in the sweeping AUD$1.2 billion (~USD$925M) program is a commitment to support...

The ESA announces more companies that have committed to participating in E3 2021, this year's virtual installment in the gaming trade show: "The list of companies confirmed for the all-virtual E3...

SOEDESCO announces that a PC edition of Truck Driver is back in development at internal developer SOEDESCO Studios. This transport simulation is available for consoles, but development for PC...

A post on Reddit from Square Enix announces that the long-awaited fixes for missing inventory items in Outriders are now riding out: "Inventory Restoration for Group B characters is now underway and...

ThunderAxe Games helps support the notion that Vikings are the new zombies with the announcement of Vikings: Age Of The Axe, a first-person melee combat game coming to Steam with a TBA release date....

Electronic Arts announces the acquisition of Metalhead Software, the Canadian developer of the Super Mega Baseball franchise. Word is the two companies "are teaming up to grow the Super Mega...

Epic Games vs. Apple Documents Show Dead Island 2 And New Saints Row Could Be Exclusives. Three key discoverability takeaways from the Epic/Apple lawsuit. Tim Sweeney unsure how an Epic win would...

A new Archives Tome called FORSAKEN is now available in Dead by Daylight, Behaviour Interactive's 4v1 horror game, which happens to currently be on sale on Steam. This is a Left 4 Dead crossover, as...

Owlcat Games announces Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is on the path to release, and is expected for release on GOG.com and Steam on September 2nd. The Stage Two beta for the game is also now...

StickyLock Games announces Histera, a multiplayer first-person shooter coming to Early Access on Steam this year. The full release is expected in 2022 for "all major platforms including VR." Despite...

Allods Team Arcade announces Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread, a 2D action/adventure platformer coming to Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch this...

An update on Bundle sliders - Humble Bundle Blog. Save 65% on DJMAX RESPECT V on Steam. Save 66% on Don't Starve Together on Steam. Save 33% on Universe Sandbox on Steam. Save 58% on Dead by...

Valheim mod lets you play chess to the death. Or at least to the pain.

Koelnmesse and game announce that gamescom 2021 will be a virtual, all-digital event. Last year's installment of the giant German gaming show was also completely virtual, but it was recently...

With the release of Resident Evil Village coming on Friday, today is the big day for reviews of the new installment in the horror series: Resident Evil Village review: Apparently, good horror takes...

Swedish developer Stunlock Studios announces V Rising as its next project following Battlerite and its spin-off Battlerite Royale. This is a vampire-themed open-world survival game coming to Steam....

My buccaneers are under my buccan' hat. Gaming Minds and Kalypso Media's buccaneers are on the way, as the Buccaneers DLC for Port Royale 4 will set sail on May 21st. This will enhance the seafaring...

BioWare offers some new content to celebrate the imminent release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition. There's a new My Shepard Art Creator on the official website for the space opera franchise. This...

A Microsoft job listing for a Software Engineer for Turn10 Studios reveals that the upcoming new installment in the Fable series will use the game engine from the Forza series (thanks IGN). Here's...

Evor Games announces Aquacity, an upcoming city building game that will allow you to get in touch with your inner Andrew Ryan by allowing you to build a colony below the sea. This has a Steam...

Midweek Sale: war games up to 80% off - GOG.com. Special Sale: retro shooters up to 80% off with 2 new arrivals! - GOG.com. New arrivals are Operation Body Count and Corridor 7: Alien Invasion. May...