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In addition to Football Manager 2020, Stick It To The Man! is now free as promised on the Epic Games Store as one of their latest giveaways. This is accompanied by another unannounced freebie, as you...

The Fortnite Website reveals that the Apple Epic legal feud is resulting in Epic being prevented from supporting Fortnite Save the World on Macs, so they are pulling the free-to-play battle royale...

With the release of new GeForce drivers today, Fortnite now supports NVIDIA RTX ray tracing. This trailer shows off what this adds to the game, and this post has details, including how to turn on ray...

Developer V1 Interactive announces they are phasing out multiplayer support for Disintegration, just three months after the release of their sci-fi first-person shooter with real-time strategy...

Hades is now out of Early Access, and is now officially available on the Epic Games Store and Steam. This doesn't exactly represent hell freezing over, but the game did first enter Early Access in...

Paradox Interactive announces a December 1st release date for Empire of Sin, and they are now accepting preorders for this prohibition era wise-guy strategy game designed by John and Brenda Romero of...

Before & After Don't Starve - The History of Klei Entertainment - Noclip. Thanks Ant.

Pre-Order Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S Starting Tuesday, September 22. Welcome To Elk Is Now Available For Xbox One. Vampire's Fall: Origins Is Now Available For Xbox One. Empire Of Sin Is Now...

Facebook's latest app combines Messenger and Instagram chats for small businesses.

Thanks Neutronbeam. Facebook is clamping down on groups tied to violence and health misinformation. Twitter imposes new security rules for US political accounts ahead of the 2020 election. Outlook.com...

Thanks Neutronbeam. The End of SLI As We Know It- Nvidia Reveals New Model. NVIDIA RTX 3080 runs Crysis Remastered in 4K-Max Settings with 25-32fps. Nvidia Is Manually Reviewing RTX 3080 Orders to...

Patient dies after ransomware attack reroutes her to remote hospital. Thanks Neutronbeam. Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack. This ransomware has borrowed a sneaky trick...

Overwatch player discovers advantage of barefoot D.Va & Pharah skins. Thanks Neutronbeam… QUAKE REMASTERED Vinyl 2XLP – Nine Inch Nails… Warner Bros. Distances Hogwarts Legacy From J.K....

Last Link of the Day: Roger Angell Turns One Hundred. Happy birthday to my favorite baseball writer. Thanks Neutronbeam.

New version 456.38 GeForce Game Ready Windows Drivers are now online for NVIDIA GeForce accelerators. These add support for their spiffy new RTX 3080 and 3090 GPUs and for Fortnite RTX, Halo 3: ODST,...

SEGA announces they will be giving away a new Amazons hero pack next week for Total War Saga: TROY, the latest installment in Creative Assembly's historical strategy series. This will be on the Epic...

Early Access has begun for Medieval Dynasty and Toplitz Productions' Windows world-building game is available on Steam. Take a look at the LAUNCH TRAILER for an idea of what this is all about, and...

Ragnorium is now available in Early Access on Steam, offering first crack as this Windows planet recolonization simulator "spanning eons of time." Here's an Early Access Trailer and here's word on...

The dog days of summer are almost over in the northern hemisphere, but they've just begun for Dog Duty, as this real-time tactics game is out of Early Access and now available for Windows, macOS, and...

The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos is now available for Windows and macOS, and this tactical RPG can be found on the Epic Games Store, GOG.com, and Steam. This game is based on a French...

Early Access is now underway on Steam for Forge and Fight!, a game that mixes crafting and combat, as you must create your own over-the-top weapon combinations to carry into battle. The Early Access...

VALORANT Patch Notes 1.08. Thanks The Loadout.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - Alpha Trailer. DEATHLOOP – Official Gameplay Trailer 2: Two Birds One Stone. Thanks DSOGaming. DIRT 5 - Xbox Series S - Official Next-Gen Gameplay. Hell Architect...

The PlayStation.Blog announces the PlayStation 5 will launch on November 12th in North America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea and November 19th everywhere else. This will come in two...

Here's the latest court filing in the dispute between Apple and Epic over royalties, whether Apple must sell Fortnite on the App Store, and whether they can remove Epic's ability to support Unreal...

An update on the PlayStation.Blog discusses a multiplayer alpha for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War that will run exclusively on the PlayStation 4 this weekend. But in addition to that bit of...

Ubisoft announces Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell for virtual reality, saying these will be coming exclusively to Oculus VR. Details are otherwise pretty scant for now: "For the first time,...

The PlayStation.Blog has the announcement of Final Fantasy XVI, and the next installment in the long running (and never final) RPG series will be a timed console exclusive for PS5 which will also...

Cyan announces plans to release a brand-new "definitive" version of Myst, their serene exploration adventure first released in 1993. This is being built from the ground up on the Unreal Engine with...

Warner Bros. announces Hogwarts Legacy, an upcoming wizarding game with pre-Harry Potter setting in the 19th century. This is planned for release for Windows, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4,...

A playable demo for Against the Storm is available for a limited time on Steam, offering the chance to weather the storm in this sample of Eremite Games' roguelite city builder. They hope getting to...

Today is D-Day for reviews of NVIDIA's new RTX 3080 graphics cards. Here's a roundup: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Review - AusGamers.com. The RTX 3080 Ampere Performance 35+ Games & GPGPU Benchmarked -...

State of the game post on Kickstarter has word on what's going on with development of Descent: Underground, the crowdfunded successor to the Descent series of flying shooters (thanks Kxmode)....

MP1st has details on a listing for retail versions of the Mass Effect Trilogy that were spotted the website of a Portuguese retailer before being pulled. There were listings for PlayStation 4, Xbox...

Supercomputing startup Hadean announces Mojang is the first game development studio to sign on to use their Aether Engine. This powerful spatial simulation engine is used to "accelerate the...

Koch Media announces they've added Vertigo Games to their developer collection. This brings virtual reality into the embrace of the Embracer Group, as Vertigo specializes in VR games, with credits...

GOG.com now offers a handful of game demos released through the Digital Dragons 2020 event. Here's the roundup: "One of the leading game industry conferences is live and comes with a whole...

Publisher Zordix and developer Invictus Games announce you'll be able to get to da choppa on October 15th when Dustoff Z lifts off on Steam and consoles. This puts you behind the stick of a...

Viking City Builder is an upcoming project with a self-explanatory title, as it's a city-building/real-time strategy game set in the Viking era. This is coming to Steam as the output of Roslagen, a...

The Official 8K Tech Trailer for Crysis Remastered shows off the first-person shooter remake in extreme resolution. Here's word on how it will still be capable of making a grown PC cry: "Here is the...

Psyonix reveals that the previously announced free-to-play era for Rocket League will commence on September 23rd on the Epic Games Store. There are more details in this blog post, which discusses...

Here's a Steam Listing for The Invincible, a sci-fi first-person shooter based on the Stainslaw Lem novel (thanks Gematsu). This is in the works at Starward Industries, led by former CD PROJEKT RED...

Frictional Games announces an October 20th birthday for Amnesia: Rebirth, the updated version of their survival/horror game. This is coming to Windows, macOS, Linux, and PlayStation 4, and preorders...

Developer Surgical Scalpels announces an open benchmark test for Boundary will commence on September 24, giving everyone the chance to test the boundaries a multiplayer tactical shooter set in space,...

Developers One More Level, 3D Realms, and Slipgate Ironworks announce an October 27th release date for Ghostrunner, their first-person cyberpunk parkour action game. This will come to Windows and...

Publisher BANDAI NAMCO and developer DONTNOD announce a December 1st release date for Twin Mirror, saying that preorders of this psychological thriller are now underway on the Epic Games Store. They...

Developer Phase Two Games narrows the previously announced release window for Battle Hunters, saying their squad-based fantasy adventure/RPG will launch on October 20th for PC and Nintendo Switch....

A post on TwitLonger from Mohamed "GamerDoc" Al-Sharifi explains he's been hired by Riot to become a professional cheat fighter (thanks Eurogamer.net). This is something he's been doing on his own in...

In an interview on GamesIndustry.biz, Electronic Arts' Mike Blank fills in some more blanks about EA's plans to continue rebranding and repositioning their services. He tells them the Origin desktop...

Bungie CEO Pete Parsons tweets a denial of the rumor that Microsoft was attempting to re-acquire Bungie, the developer they owned from 2000 to 2007. It's not clear is he is refuting the entirety of...