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Bethesda is promising all Bethesda.net members who tune in for QuakeCon a free copy of Quake. If their charity initiative hits their first goal, these members will also receive a free copy of Quake...

The BioWare Blog discusses loot and equipment goals as BioWare continues with their promised Anthem rework. This offers details from a discussion that started on Twitter, offering a "peek behind the...

Xbox Wire informs us that over one million players have checked out Grounded between Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview: "We want to thank the community for showing support for the recent...

Keep calm and Carrion. Publisher Devolver Digital and developer Phobia announce that Carrion has scared up over 200,000 sales since the launch of this reverse horror game. Here's a new live-action...

Yakuza Kiwami 2 is now available for Windows 10, offering PC gamers the chance to live the life of crime in this game first released for PlayStation 4 (it's also now available for Xbox One). Here's...

In a Behavioral Systems August 2020 Update, Riot explains plans to detoxify League of Legends a bit with griefer punishments (thanks The Loadout). Here's the plan for dealing with idle/AFK players in...

Xbox sleuth Klobrille tweets a screenshot of a since-deleted retail listing stating that Halo: Infinite will include a free-to-play multiplayer component (thanks VG247). This is unconfirmed, but here'...

A free weekend is underway on Steam for Quantum League, offering the chance to take a quantum leap into this Early Access competitive shooter and experience its time manipulation mechanics. If you...

Xbox Wire announces Battletoads is making a return after 26 years, and this revival of Rare's beat 'em up will come to Windows and consoles on August 20th. Here's an Official Release Date Trailer...

Bethesda now offers a Full QuakeCon at Home Stream Schedule with what to expect when the 25th annual QuakeCon gets underway next week as a virtual installment in the series. Here's the overview: "Beca...

Electronic Arts announces a new partnership to bring some of SEGA's games to Origin Access Premier, EA's subscription game service. They've started off by rolling out Sonic Mania, which is now also...

What had happened was WHAT HAPPENED is now available on Steam, offering a psychological horror game for Windows from publisher Katnappe and developer Genius Slackers. You can get a look at what to...

Core Defense is now available on Steam, offering a roguelike tower defense game for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The game's modest 2D graphics are on display in the Launch Trailer, and the previously...

Trigger Labs announces Flight Catastrophe, a game that will trigger your fear of flying by putting you in charge of managing crises aboard passenger planes. As of now this is scheduled to take off on...

Electronic Arts Reports Strong Q1 FY21 Financial Results. How strong? Glad you asked. They say their net bookings for the trailing 12 months was almost six billion dollars. "This was an...

This week's new free offerings are now available on the Epic Games Store. There are three of them this time around, so if you grab them over the coming week, you'll get to keep your copies of 20XX,...

A tweet from the Epic Games Store reveals that another of their in-development features is in the first stages of rolling out. Word is they are testing preliminary modification support for...

This post on Steam announces the promised open beta test is now underway for Iron Harvest 1920+, the alternate history RTS game featuring lumbering dieselpunk mechs. This includes plans for an ESL...

Ubisoft announces August 11th is the official release date for Hyper Scape, their new vertically oriented battle royale shooter. As a result, the game's open PC beta test will draw to a conclusion on...

Developer Cradle and publisher tinyBuild announce the release of Hellpoint, saying their crowdfunded action/RPG is now available for Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The PC edition...

Fight Crab is now available for Windows on Steam. Of course the first rule of Fight Crab is you don't talk about Fight Crab, but some rules are made to be broken. Here's a Launch Trailer showing off...

A new Clear Skies update is now available for Dauntless on all platforms adding new content and a new Hunt Pass. The Windows edition of this free-to-play action/RPG will update the next time it's...

In a post to Xbox Wire, Microsoft reveals the new edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator will launch on Steam on August 18th with TrackIR support. They also say they will be fulfilling the request for...

They aren't reviews, since the game is in beta, but first evaluations of the new Microsoft Flight Simulator are starting to fly in: Flight Simulator hands-on- Microsoft looks different 20,000 feet in...

Details are scant for now, but People Can Fly announces they are hiring for development of a new AAA game for PC and consoles (thanks ResetEra). Here's what the Bulletstorm developer has up their...

A tweet from the Epic Games Store offers a first look at how achievements will work on Epic's marketplace. Here's word: "Certain games on the Epic Games Store may begin to display achievements as you...

Grinding Gear Games announces that a macOS edition of Path of Exile will be released in September along with the latest content expansion for their free-to-play action/RPG. They haven't revealed any...

Cardaclysm is now available in Early Access for Windows on Steam, where you can now get started in this deckbuilder with action/RPG. This has a story of biblical proportions, as you do battle with...

Tribetoy and Beep Games have launched Early Access to Bartlow's Dread Machine on Steam, offering the first chance to play this twin-stick arcade shooter set in a parlor cabinet from a bygone era....

Thirdverse and inXile entertainment announce Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds, a virtual reality post-apocalyptic PvP shooter coming this year to Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Valve Index headsets. The...

Today's July Marvel's Avengers WAR TABLE session offered new details from Square Enix on plans to beta test Marvel's Avengers next month. They also mentioned a planned Fortnite cross-promotion and...

The Robert's Space Industries Website now offers a lengthy post discussing the development status of Star Citizen and Squadron 42, the space games that CIG has crowdfunded to the tune of over $300...

Behaviour Interactive now offers a new Archive called Conviction for Dead by Daylight, which adds new content to the 1v4 multiplayer horror game. This page has the details on the release along with...

Early Access to Blightbound is now underway on Steam, offering the promised first crack at Ronimo Games' multiplayer dungeon crawler. This carries a 10% launch discount and there's also a three-pack...

Twitch Prime members (aka Amazon Prime members) are now entitled to pick up seven SNK games for free. They are yours to keep if you grab them before the offer expires, whenever that is. Here's a...

Humble RPG Book Bundle- Star Trek Adventures RPG by Modiphius (pay what you want and help charity).* Kingdom Under Fire Classics on Steam. Save 25%. *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of...

Sea of Thieves - Ashen Winds Update sets sail. Here's the trailer for this content update.

Fortnite - Dive Into Fortnite Summer Splash 2020. Marvel’s Avengers: Beta Deep Dive Video. Exploring the AI of Command & Conquer. Thanks Simon. That pro gamer friend - Git Gud. Thanks Ant.

A post on the Activision Blog reveals that Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has sold more than five million copies since the launch of FromSoftware's samurai action/adventure. This also announces plans for...

The Steam Listing for Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition now includes system requirements for the upcoming Windows version of the action/adventure (thanks VG247). These are pretty reasonable, which...

Dan Chosich tweets a response to the vocal criticism to the recent unveiling of gameplay for Halo: Infinite (thanks VGC). The Narrative Experience Director on 343 Industries' upcoming shooter sequel...

Awe Interactive announces BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE is planned for release on September 15th on Steam. It's not a surprise from the title that this is a shooter, though this carries an unusual...

PQube and VEWO Interactive announce an August 28th release date for Nexomon: Extinction for Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The concept of capturing monsters is familiar from Pokémon, so they...

Oh Lord, won't you buy me, a Mercedes-Benz? No? Okay, how about a Mercedes-Benz Bus Pack 1, the new DLC that's now available for Bus Simulator 18? This now available on Steam for Bus Simulator 18 for...

An open beta/demo for Eternal Return: Black Survival is now available on Steam, offering the chance to test this free-to-play anime survival/battle royale game. Daily testing is expected to continue...

GOG.com Midweek Sale- games to play with your friends up to 90% off. Save 30% on Sentimental K on Steam.

Early Access to the Windows edition of Grounded is now underway on Steam, offering the first chance to play Obsidian Entertainment's new survival game. Here's the most recent trailer for the game...

Destroy All Humans! is now available for Windows and consoles, offering a modernized remake of this action/adventure game first released back in 2005. You can pick this up for PC on GOG.com or Steam...

Phantasy Star Online 2 is getting set to make its previously announced debut on Steam on August 5th. This comes just as Episode 4 launches in the free-to-play online RPG, and here's the Episode 4...

Travellers Rest is now available in Early Access for Windows on Steam, offering the chance to get in touch with your inner Jon Taffer and do a bar rescue on an inn that looks like it comes straight...