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Sea of Thieves on Steam
Sea of Thieves is now available on Steam, offering the chance to cover your buccaneers with your buccan' hat and live the pirate life in Rare's action game. Here's a treasure map: "About the Game Sea...
MY.GAMES Offers Developers 90/10 Split
MY.GAMES announces they are raising (or is it lowering?) the stakes in the distribution wars, offering developers a 90% share of games sold on their platform. Here's a bit: "International gaming...
Project Downfall Demo
The Steam Listing for Project Downfall now includes a playable demo for this Early Access cyberpunk first-person shooter from a two-person development team. This offers decidedly retro graphics and...
Manus Polygon VR Software
Manus VR announces Manus Polygon and offering software promising "full-body immersion in VR." This offers plugins for seamless integration into Unity and Unreal Engine and the ability to use Polygon...
Taipei Game Show 2020 Indie Game Awards Winners
Here's a video of the Taipei Game Show 2020 Indie Game Award Online Ceremony. This is in Chinese (we think?), but the closed captions can translate this for other languages. Here's a list of the...
Humble Announces $1M Publishing Fund for Black Developers
Humble announces their support for the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests with the launch of a new $1 million fund to helping publish games by black developers: "We stand in solidarity to condemn...
Cyberpunk 2077 Night City Wire Broadcast Delayed
CD PROJECT RED tweets the announcement that they are postponing their Night City Wire broadcast for Cyberpunk 2077 out of respect for the Black Lives Matter protests. It was planned for June 11th,...
IGN Postpones Summer of Gaming Event
IGN tweets their participation in today's Blackout Tuesday as support for the Black Lives Matter movement. They offer a Link to Donate to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. They also...
Path of Exile: Harvest Announced
The official website for Path of Exile is now counting down the seconds until the release of Harvest, the next expansion for Grinding Gears' action/RPG. This will come to PC on June 19th, bringing...
Command & Conquer Source Code
The promised source code for Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert are now available on GitHub, offering modders and other hobbyists a look under the hood of these classic real-time strategy...
DemonCrawl Gets Free Sweeping Heights Expansion
Therefore Games announces the release of Sweeping Heights, a free expansion for DemonCrawl their Windows "rogulite"(?) puzzle game that's based on the tried and true Minesweeper concept. This...
On Sale
Humble Cities: Skylines Bundle (pay what you want and help charity).* Adds Cities: Skylines plus After Dark and All That Jazz DLC *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.
Evening Patches
Dayz Experimental Update 1.08. Thanks MP1st. Fallout 76 Update 1.39 June 2 Patch Rolled Out During Maintenance (Update). Overwatch Retail Patch Notes - June 2, 2020.
A Total War Saga: TROY an EGS Exclusive; Free for 24 Hours
SEGA and Creative Assembly announce A Total War Saga: TROY will launch exclusively on the Epic Games Store on August 13th. They also reveal the historical strategy game will be free to keep for all...
VALORANT Launches with New Map, Mode, and Agent
VALORANT has officially launched in North America, and Riot's new competitive first-person shooter is now available in most other territories as well. Word is: "VALORANT is your global competitive...
Dead Age 2 Early Access Late
Headup Games announces that Early Access to Dead Age 2 on Steam is being postponed due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The zombie-infested survival/RPG sequel was supposed to come to Early Access tomorrow,...
Call of Duty Seasons Postponed
Activision tweets that the new seasons for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Warzone, and Call of Duty: Mobile are all being delayed. They explain this is to stand alongside those currently...
Against the Storm Announced
Indie Polish developer Eremite Games announces Against the Storm. Not to be confused with the World of Warcraft quest of the same name, this is a Roguelike city construction game set in a fantasy...
ER Pandemic Simulator Announced
PlayWay, famous/infamous/notorious for their fill-in-the-blank simulator games, announces ER Pandemic Simulator is in development at Movie Games. This simulation of a hospital fighting a virus...
Morning Patches
Dota 2 Update - June 1st, 2020. Steam Client Update Released.
Morning Multiplex
World of Godfall: Silvermane Teaser. Rinlo - VR Launch Gameplay Trailer. The Avengers - Footage of THQ's Cancelled FPS [July 14, 2011 Build]. Thanks DSOGaming.
Morning Interviews
Europa Universalis Creator Starts New Studio At Paradox, Planning Grand Strategy Games - GameSpot. Trover Saves the Universe 1-year anniversary interviews- Squanch Games co-founder Justin Roiland -...
Epic Freebies Increase Sales and Epic Games Store Mobile Plans
A video Interview on GameSpot talking with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. They report that he actually says that the games they've given away actually end up selling better in the long run. They say: "In...
Drox Operative 2 Early Access
Early Access to Drox Operative 2 is now underway on Steam, offering a first crack at visiting the final frontier in this starship action/RPG sequel. Here's a recent trailer from, the game, and here's...
Northgard Map Editor and Workshop Support
This post on Steam has details on a major update on Steam for Northgard, adding a Map Editor and Steam Workshop support to this Windows, macOS, and Linux strategy game of Norse mythology. Shiro Games...
Wira & Taksa Against the Master of Gravity Demo
Peruvian developer 3S Design announces Wira & Taksa Against the Master of Gravity, an action/platformer coming to Windows. The game is not due until Q3 of this year, but its Steam Listing already...
On Sale
Save 35% on Quad Damage Bundle on Steam. Humble Book Bundle: Get Certified by Packt (pay what you want and help charity).* Kingslayer Bundle 2 - Steam Game Bundle - Fanatical. Save 97%. Part of...
Evening Multiplex
Ashes of Creation Pre-Alpha 4K GM Gameplay. Ashes of Creation Development Update + Early Freehold Footage. Physical Deck of Microsoft Windows Solitaire Cards. Do not bounce around on the desk when...
Evening Interviews
Games industry speaks out in support of black communities amid violence in US. Bob Swan Memo: The Sidelines are Not an Option; Intel Pledges $1M to Address Social Justice, Racism. Do they mean "injus...
Gatherings & Competitions
SCS Software's blog: Trucks World Cup 2020 - Wrap Up.
Madden NFL 21 Announcement Postponed to Support Protests
A tweet from EA Sports announces that due to the civil unrest in the United States they are postponing the Madden NFL 21 announcement they planned to make today (thanks VentureBeat). They are taking...
Codemasters Gets Official WRC Rights
Racing specialist Codemasters has secured the rights to make official games based on the FIA World Rally Championship series. This deal begins in 2023, and VGC says they understand that current...
Nebula Awards Honor The Outer Worlds
The 2019 Nebula Awards Winners have been announced (thanks Neutronbeam and JDreyer). This year's edition of these science fiction writing awards includes honors for video games, declaring The Outer...
Ikai Demo
A playable demo for Ikai is now available on itch.io, offering a sample of this recently announced first-person psychological horror game set in feudal Japan. Here's word on the game and the demo: "Fe...
Take-Two CEO: Stadia Overpromised
The often disgruntled arm of the gaming community are not the only ones dissatisfied with Google Stadia. GameSpot reports that Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick stated that Google overpromised about their...
Dr. Livingstone, I Presume? Demo Next Week
Developer Vulpesoft announces Dr Livingstone, I Presume? will journey onto Steam in Q2 of next year, offering a puzzle game based on the exploits of famed African explorers Henry M. Stanley and Dr....
Signs of the Sojourner: Prologue
A new Signs of the Sojourner: Prologue is now available on Steam for Windows and macOS, offering a free sample of this narrative card game from indie developer Echodog Games. If this inspires you to...
EB Games Offering Previously Denied Fallout 76 Refunds in AU
EB Games has agreed to provide refunds to Australian Fallout 76 customers whose requests were previously denied between November 14, 2018 and October 31, 2019 (thanks Channelnews). The Australian...
Satisfactory on Steam Next Week
The Epic Games Store exclusivity for Satisfactory will draw to a satisfactory conclusion one week from tomorrow, as Steam now shows a June 8th Early Access release date for the open-world factory...
Cyberpunk 2077 Still on Track for September
CD PROJEKT RED offers financial results for fiscal Q1 2020 (thanks DSOGaming). Accompanied by a video (in Polish, but with English subtitles), they offer several mentions of Cyberpunk 2077 that...
Steam Top 10
Here is Valve's roundup of the bestselling titles by revenue for last week on Steam: Sid Meier's Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass Total War: WARHAMMER II Monster Train The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt -...
Sunday Patches
New Half-Life Alyx Non-VR Mod is The Best Way to Experience Valve’s Shooter Without a VR Headset to Date. New Updates for Punch-out Doom. Thanks Ant.
Sunday Multiplex
Thanks Ant. C&C Dawn of Tomorrow Release Date Trailer. Thanks CNCNZ.com. Game Theory: The Stolen Souls of Minecraft. These Battlefield 5 Animated Shorts Will Make You Appreciate the Game More....
Sunday Interviews
Artist Oscar Cuesta tells us his story of working on Diablo 3 at Blizzard North and South - PureDiablo. Thanks Ant.
Sunday Previews
Democracy 4 on Cliffski's Blog - Making a game with real-world issues.
Sunday Consolidation
Story leaks haven't affected The Last of Us Part 2 preorders, says Sony.
PixARK Free Weekend
A free weekend for PixARK is now underway on Steam, offering the chance to sample this action/adventure that's sort of a cross between Jurassic Park and Minecraft. If you dig it, the game is also...
Anthology of Fear: Prologue
Anthology of Fear: Prologue is now available on Steam, providing a free sample of the upcoming first-person psychological horror game Anthology of Fear. Here's word on what this has to offer: "Antholo...
Halo 3 Testing Details
A new MCC Development Update has details on the plans for beta testing the PC edition of Halo 3 coming to The Master Chief Collection (thanks Neowin via VG247). The test flighing is slated to begin...
SEGA and MS Working on PHANTASY STAR ONLINE 2
IGN has a statement from SEGA saying they are working with Microsoft to address issues plaguing the Windows launch of PHANTASY STAR ONLINE 2: "Yes, we are aware of some issues. Among them, we have...
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