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A free weekend for Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is now underway on Steam, where you can check out Fatshark's Windows action sequel for the next couple of days for free. If you like what you see, you'll be...

Quiplash is now available for free on Steam, offering a same-room multiplayer party game where players use their phones or tablets to participate (thanks Ant). This Windows, macOS, and Linux game is...

The champagne has been drunk and the confetti has dropped on the 24th DICE Awards. IGN lists the winners, unsurprisingly topped by Hades, as Supergiant's roguelike has had a hell of a run: Game of...

Ampliteam announces the chance to play HUMANKIND to anyone who has pre-purchased the Windows and macOS historical strategy game through the Epic Games Store or Steam. There's a new naval OpenDev...

DigiTales Interactive and Assemble Entertainment announce a May 20th Steam release date for Lacuna, a pixel-art sci-fi noir adventure game for Windows. To whet everyone's appetites, a one-hour...

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is now available for PC and Switch. The Windows, macOS, and Linux edition of this action/adventure can be picked up on Steam. The Launch Trailer shows off this daring...

After lots of rumor and speculation, post on the Battlefield Website discusses the future of Battlefield, saying two installments in the military shooter series are in development, one for PC and...

Frontier Developments announces that Elite Dangerous: Odyssey for Windows will arrive for Elite Dangerous on May 19th, opening a new era for the space exploration game. Console players will have to...

Season three for Call of Duty: Warzone is now underway in the free-to-play battle royale. A post from Raven Software has the news, outlining what to expect from the season, details on the new Battle...

Reviews for NieR Replicant Ver. 1.22474487139 are now appearing online. Here are some evaluations of the NieR Replicant remaster: NieR: Replicant Ver. 1.22474487139 (PS4-PS5) Review - A Remake Made...

The Signifier: Director's Cut is now available for Windows and macOS on GOG.com, the Humble Store*, and Steam, and it is also coming to the Epic Games Store at some point (*Blue's News may receive a...

NVIDIA announces the addition of NVIDIA DLSS support for Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, offering those with RTX graphics cards a significant performance boost for the gaming...

Early Access to Orbital Bullet is now underway on Steam, offering the chance to take a spin with this 360° roguelite shooter/platformer for Windows. A new Early Access Release Trailer takes you full...

The Lost Gods is now available for PC and consoles, offering a third and final narrative DLC for Immortals Fenyx Rising, the mythological adventure game from Ubisoft. The Windows edition can be...

A post on the Call of Duty Website notes two milestones for the military shooter series. This highlights Call of Duty: Warzone passing the 100 million player mark, which was mentioned here yesterday....

The Steam Blog explains some new ways users can now browse for titles on Steam. This is the official launch of the "Browsing Steam" project that launched in December on Steam Labs. Here's a summary...

Celebrating the first anniversary of the release of The Shattering on GOG.com and Steam, developer Super Sexy Software and publisher Deck13 now offer the promised Secret Room DLC as a free add-on...

Unity of Command II - Barbarossa is now available on Steam, offering new DLC that adds new content to Unity of Command II for Windows and macOS. Specifically this depicts Operation Barbarossa, the...

World Splitter is now available for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Switch, with the PC edition out on Steam. This is what developer NeoBird and publisher Bumble3ee Interactive call a 2D² platformer,...

Humble New Couch Classics Bundle (pay what you want and help charity).* Raw Fury Spring Sale is now Live. Save 75% on A Plague Tale: Innocence on Steam. Save 35% on POPULATION: ONE on Steam. Save 60%...

Bards are kind of useless in combat. Thanks Ant.

Coffee Stain: Valheim's success was like trying to tip over a bathtub full of water - GamesIndustry.biz.

In a MinnMax Video Interview, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier talks about a number of topics, including Press Reset, his new book on the "unsustainable aspects of the game industry." Jason also backs up...

Today Kalypso Media is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of the first Tropico game, as well as the 15th anniversary of Kalypso, noting the company launched in April 2006 with two...

Video game pioneer Ralph Baer is being honored with a U.S. dollar coin. The U.S. Mint recently announced a new one dollar coin program which will commemorate American Innovation. Like the 50 U.S....

Capcom-Unity announces The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles a new Great Ace Attorney bundle that will begin holding court on PC, PlayStation 4, and Switch on July 27th. Here's a video message from Shu...

A Release Date Trailer on IGN includes a caption saying Tales of Arise will arise on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X in addition to PS4, Xbox One, and PS4 in September 2021. It does not mention the...

A post to the Outriders Reddit tells players that when Square Enix finally does restore Outriders items to those who suffered inventory problems, they will be getting items with the same attributes...

NACON and KT Racing studio offer a new trailer from Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown called "Head to Head." This cinematic shows off the luxury trappings of the new TDU game and teases a drag race...

Hanako: Honor & Blade is set to officially launch on Steam this summer, following an Early Access run that began in 2017 for this multiplayer samurai game. Word is the release will include new...

Blizzard News announces new leadership for the Overwatch team where the new game director for the multiplayer hero shooter is Aaron Keller, a founding member of the Overwatch team. This is because...

A tweet from Call of Duty announces a new player achievement for Call of Duty: Warzone. Word is the game has now passed the 100 million player mark. Of course the free-to-play game has had multiple...

Focus Home Interactive announces the acquisition of Streum On Studio, developer of E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy, Space Hulk: Deathwing, and Necromunda: Hired Gun. Here's the deal on the deal: "Focus...

A post on Reddit from Grinding Gear Games announces 20 users have been banned from Path of Exile for exploiting a bug in the new Ultimatum expansion for the free-to-play action/RPG: "Earlier today,...

Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One/X|S on May 20, offering more ways to play this brawler inspired by the 8-bit classics of the genre. These console versions...

Justin Wack and the Big Time Hack is a point-and-click adventure coming in Q4 of this year to Steam. Independent developer Warm Kitten got this off the ground with a successful Kickstarter, boasting...

Maskmaker is now available for PC VR on Steam as well as for Oculus Rift and Quest, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR. This requires a virtual reality headset. The Available Now Trailer offers a look at...

Pyramid Plunge is a co-op roguelite platformer set to launch in Early Access on Steam in June. It's possible you sampled this during The Steam Game Festival: Autumn Edition, when a limited-time...

The Apogee Entertainment website announces the company formerly known as Apogee Software is reasserting itself as "the original indie publisher." This includes the return of company co-founder Scott...

AMD announces the release of new Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.4.1 Windows Drivers. These include fundamental changes based on user feedback, though they are still oddly called the "2020 Edition,"...

PC Title Update v2663.1.0.0 Notes for L.A. Noire and PC Title Update v1.0.0.255 Notes for Max Payne 3 feature good news and bad news for both titles (thanks Eurogamer). The bad is that in each case...

FatShark announces Chaos Wastes is now live, offering a free expansion for Warhammer: Vermintide 2, the melee combat sequel. Here's the recently released Official Trailer, here are the version 4.3...

With NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 launching on Friday for PC and consoles, SQUARE ENIX announces some of the extras included in this retold replicant of NieR Replicant. There's also a new 15...

Bossa Studios announces plans to bring Surgeon Simulator 2 to Steam, offering another way to get in on the latest installment in the medical malpractice series. There's a bit of mixed messaging, as...

Publisher SOEDESCO and developer SuperSixStudios announce that HammerHelm will officially launch on Steam on April 29th. This will wrap up almost four years of Early Access for the city-building RPG....

Modus Games announces a release date for In Sound Mind, saying the "reality-bending" psychological thriller will arrive on PC and consoles on August 3rd. A new Release Date Reveal Trailer...

Activision announces Season Three for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone will get underway on Thursday. The new free content this will bring includes four Multiplayer maps, four Operators (i...

IO Interactive reveals the new rotation of content that's available for free for a limited time for players of HITMAN 3 or the HITMAN 3 – Free Starter Pack. This includes the Landslide Mission, as...

Rainway explains its contribution to Microsoft's upcoming support for playing Xbox games in a browser: "Rainway has partnered with Microsoft to provide its Software Development Kit (SDK) to enhance...

Techland announces a partnership with Facepunch Studios to bring Rust to Dying Light in a time-limited crossover event. This comes along with a new Free Rust Bundle for Dying Light, adding Rust-inspi...