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The Trackmania Website announces that the Fall 2020 Campaign is now underway for Ubisoft's racing sequel (thanks Frans). This includes 25 new tracks and new challenges and is available at no cost for...

Pikuniku is now available with a 100% discount on the Epic Games Store. As usual, this will be free to keep for all who claim a copy over the next seven days. Epic also reveals the two new giveaways...

The Shadowlands expansion for World of Warcraft will remain in the shadows a bit longer than expected, as Blizzard announces it is being delayed until later this year. Here's the update from John...

Ubisoft announces that season two of Hyper Scape will begin on October 6th, offering new content and challenges in their vertically integrated battle royale shooter. They say this will be preceded by...

Developer Green Tile Digital announces October 28th is when Strobophagia - Rave Horror will arrive, offering a rave that features additional horror beyond the usual EDM. You have a chance to...

Unspottable is a competitive couch party game for Windows, macOS, and Linux coming on October 22nd. The quick description of this sounds like a cross between the Turing Test and the Chuck Norris...

October 16th is the newly announced launch date for Mesmer, a spin-off of the Teslagrad series. You can read all about the game on its Steam Listing and it's coming to GOG.com, the Humble Store, and...

Valve announces the annual Scream Fortress celebration of the Halloween season is now underway in Team Fortress 2. Here's a portion of the lengthy patch notes: "Scream Fortress XII has arrived!...

HeroesHearth announces they are revamping the Community Clash League for Heroes of the Storm. This will involve nominal cash compensation and prizes for participants. They say this will not be on...

Epic Games announces that Rogue Company is now in open beta testing. This is accompanied by the news that marks a new free-to-play era for this shooter from First Watch Games and Hi-Rez Studios. You...

GOG.com announces an enhancement planned for their GOG GALAXY client. Similar to how GALAXY 2.0 supports launching games owned through services besides GOG.com, the client store will allow you to...

With Star Wars: Squadrons set to launch tomorrow, the PlayStation.Blog offers tips for new players. Also, reviews of the space combat game are now emerging. Here's a roundup: Star Wars Squadrons...

SteamDB reports the dates for upcoming Steam sales. This does not seem to be a leak as much as an announcement, as they say the source is an email Valve sent to Steam partners. Here's what to expect:...

A new Seize the Day Trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 features Keanu Reeves promoting the November 19th launch of the sci-fi RPG. Glimpses of gameplay are offered in what is actually a television commercial,...

Publisher Modus Games announces a select group of players will participate in closed beta testing this weekend for Override 2: Super Mech League. The test runs from tomorrow through Sunday, and those...

Vertigo Gaming announces Early Access for COOK, SERVE, DELICIOUS! 3 is set to conclude on October 14th when they will release version 1.0 of the food truck installment in the cooking game series. The...

How To Reduce Lag - A Guide To Better System Latency is a new guide on the topic with tips from NVIDIA on how to fight latency with system settings tweaks as well as NVIDIA's Reflex technology....

Activision offers three new trailers for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, a Die Maschine Intro Cinematic with a look at the origins of the zombie infestation, the promised Zombies Reveal Trailer,...

The Steam Blog announces the Steam Digital Tabletop Fest will get underway on October 21st at 1:00 pm EDT, offering a virtual celebration of the games that games that exist in both the physical and...

Humble Software Bundle: Be a Creative Superhero! With Painter, CorelCAD and CorelDRAW Graphics Suite (pay what you want and help charity).* Humble Comics Bundle: Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie...

Taking advantage of NPC's - Cannon Fodder. Thanks Ant.

Rainbow Six Siege players claim they’re still owed money by Luminosity Gaming.

Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered detailed – PlayStation.Blog. Feather Is Now Available For Xbox One. Need for Speed- Payback and Vampyr are your PS Plus games for October. Xbox Insider Release Notes -...

Google Announces Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5: Focusing on the Mid-Range. Here's everything Google announced at its Pixel 5 event. A new Google Assistant feature, ‘Hold for Me,’ waits on hold so you...

Twitch launches a rights-cleared music catalog for streamers, Soundtrack by Twitch. Conan the Barbarian live-action series is coming to Netflix.

In this tweet CD PROJEKT RED studio head Adam Badowski responds to the report that the developer has gone back on their commitment to avoid putting their staff through crunch to complete Cyberpunk...

Vice's Motherboard reports that Activision has banned around 20,000 Call of Duty Warzone accounts for cheating in the free-to-play battle royale shooter. This includes a streamer who received...

The next One Special Day event is Friday, and the organizers announce they have lined up a record number of partners for this fifth fundraiser. Word is: "In a new record for the event, over 75 games...

Presumably coincidental to the One Special Day story above, The AbleGamers Charity announces tomorrow begins their Unlocktober fundraising initiative. Their goal is to raise $1 million dollars over...

Publisher THQ Nordic announces a November 3rd launch date for SpellForce 3 - Fallen God, a new standalone expansion for Grimlore Games' strategy/RPG. Word is: "The second standalone expansion for...

Miju Games announces Abracadabrew will magically appear as a full launch on Steam on October 14th when this memory-based game leaves Early Access. Sadly, this does not feature a soundtrack by the...

GOG.com Midweek Sale: games featuring cute yet deadly furry animals up to 90% off.

Blightbound - Help Has Arrived. Update 0.4: Helping Hands is now LIVE! Here's a video. Iron Man Mod released for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Thanks Neutronbeam. Phobos Episode 2 Mod for Doom 3 is...

Bloomberg reports that CD PROJEKT RED is mandating six-day work weeks leading up to the promised November 19th release of Cyberpunk 2077. The developer previously repeatedly promised they would not...

AMD Support now offers new version 20.9.2 Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition drivers for AMD graphics cards running under Windows. These include support for Star Wars: Squadrons and additional...

A new Diablo IV Quarterly Update—September 2020 is now online, with the latest on what to expect from Diablo IV, the next installment in Blizzard's action/RPG series (thanks PureDiablo). This covers...

Publisher Focus Home Interactive and developer Flying Wild Hog announce a partnership for what they call the Polish studio's "most ambitious game to date." Shadow Warrior developer Flying Wild Hog...

Ubisoft offers a new Story Trailer for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, the upcoming Viking installment in the action series. They've also launched a new podcast series for the game. Here's word: "Today,...

Bartlow's Dread Machine is now available for Windows and Xbox One, offering a twin-stick shooter set inside an old-timey arcade machine. Here's the Launch Trailer and here's word on the game: "Set...

The Sojourn has completed its development journey, and this Windows first-person puzzle game is now available on GOG.com and Steam. This is also available on Steam as a Digital Deluxe Edition: "This...

9th Dawn III: Shadow of Erthil is an open-world RPG/dungeon crawler coming to Windows, consoles, and mobile on October 6th. In an unusual twist, this also includes a collectible card game, but this...

Spelunky 2 is now available for Windows on Steam, offering the Windows edition of this sequel to Mossmouth's roguelike platformer. Word is: "Spelunky returns in this greatly-expanded sequel to the...

Publisher Perfect World Entertainment announces Torchlight III will exit Early Access on October 13th, when developer Echtra Games' installment in the action/RPG franchise will be officially released....

Frontier Developments announces the content of the Horizons seasonal expansion will come to Elite Dangerous on October 27th as a free update for the space exploration and combat game. They plan to...

NVIDIA announces their top-of-the-line RTX 3090 cards will arrive on Thursday, calling them "BFGPU"s intended for creators, researchers and extreme gamers. Here's what they say this means to gaming...

Xbox Wire announces that the promised integration of EA Play into Xbox Game Pass Ultimate begins on November 10th on the Xbox and in December for subscribers on PC. They also offer details on the...

Misc Games announces an October 16th release date for Fishing: North Atlantic, their upcoming deepwater fishing simulation. This sequel to Fishing: Barents Sea was previously intended to arrive last...

Publisher Versus Evil and developer Gambrinous announce the Epic Games Store exclusivity of Cardpocalypse will end next month, saying this card-based RPG will come to Steam on October 12th. The...

Paradox Interactive now offers a new patch for Crusader Kings III, updating the medieval strategy sequel to version 1.1. This includes bug fixes, historical setup corrections, balance changes, user...

The legal battle between Apple and Epic over Fortnite royalties had a court hearing today, though the actual trial won't begin for real until July 2021. Reuter's summarizes today's action (thanks...