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Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem -- Let's meet with David Brevik this Sunday. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS -- PUBG 3rd Anniversary Announcement. How Dziobak Larp Studios Lost Its Magic. Thanks Neutronbeam.

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Thanks Neutronbeam. Thought you'd go online to buy better laptop for home working? Too bad, UK. So did everyone. Laptops, monitors and WLANs fly off shelves. Logitechs new keyboard and mouse are the...

The Steam Game and Player Statistics page shows that both Steam and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive have once again set new player records (thanks DSOGaming). Earlier this week Steam hit 20,313,476...

In this tweet Activision offers the latest on the number of players who have tried out Call of Duty: Warzone. Here's the census for the recently launched free-to-play battle royale game based on Call...

Usually game release dates trickle out in a way that allows us to report them individually. But here's batch that justifies a roundup into one post for your convenience. Here are the release plans...

The Steam Blog has a rundown on the top releases on Steam for February 2020. This is broken down into two lists, one covering premium games and the second for free releases. The list of the games can...

Today is opening day for Out of the Park Baseball 21, and this Windows and macOS baseball simulation is available from OOTP Developments or on Steam. Here's the pitch: "Out of the Park Developments,...

PlayWay and Movie Games announce the chance to get your kicks on Route 66 with the upcoming release of American Motorcycle Simulator, an opportunity to jump on a hog and see where the open road takes...

GOG.com announces the addition of five "classic" games from Ziggurat Interactive to their DRM-free market place. Three of these are set during the Vietnam War: NAM, a Build-engine first-person...

As promised (threatened?), Wanking Simulator is now available on Steam, offering a hand-crafted game where learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all. This post has the details, including...

Square Enix is offering Tomb Raider for free on Steam and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is also free on Steam. Each game yours to keep if you pick them up between now and Monday or when they...

GOG.com announces a giveaway of Mable & The Wood as part of their Spring Sale. All you have to do is pick up your copy over the next couple of days and it is yours to keep forever. Here's a trailer...

Here's another freebie, as you can now grab Deiland on Steam with a 100% discount. This Windows and macOS single-player RPG will be yours to keep if you get it between now and Monday, or while...

Publisher Microids is giving everybody the chance to get off the beaten path for free, as Offroad Racing - Buggy X ATV X Moto is free-to-play on Steam between now and 1:00 pm EDT on March 23rd (the...

DOOM Eternal is now available for PC and consoles, offering the latest installment in id Software's seminal first-person shooter series that began way back in 1993. The Windows edition is played...

Along with the release of DOOM Eternal comes the launch of DOOM 64, the Windows port of the Nintendo 64 version of the original DOOM that was first released in 1997. This was offered as a preorder...

NVIDIA's drivers for DOOM Eternal came out yesterday and now AMD follows suit with the release of new version 20.3.1 Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition drivers for their graphics cards. These add...

Ubisoft is offering the chance to go on a free odyssey this weekend, as Assassin's Creed Odyssey is free to play on Steam for the next three days. They clearly hope to grease the wheels to remain in...

You can now check out Overwatch's newest hero Echo, as she is now playable on the PTR for Blizzard's multiplayer shooter. There's an article called Echoes of Echo: A History of Hero 32 on the...

A South Korean Rating is now online for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered (콜 오브 듀티: 모던 워페어 2 캠페3...

Paradox Interactive announces Sunset Harbor, new DLC for Cities: Skylines that's coming on March 26th to add new views to the urban planning simulation. Word is: "Cities: Skylines - Sunset Harbor...

Imperiums: Greek Wars is a 4X grand strategy game that will launch on Steam soon, as it carries a spring 2020 release window. Here's the game's elevator pitch: "Imperiums: Greek Wars is a unique...

Watch Dogs and The Stanley Parable are now available for free as this week's promised giveaways on the Epic Games Store. As always, these are yours to keep provided you pick them up before the...

Microsoft announces DirectX 12 Ultimate, which will bring new technology they've developed for Xbox Series X to PC. This includes inline ray tracing, variable rate shading, mesh shaders, and sampler...

A free open beta weekend is now underway for Circle Empires Rivals, offering the chance to check out this multiplayer real-time strategy game between now and Sunday. You can get a key by joining the...

Informa Tech announces GDC Summer will take place from August 4-6 in San Francisco as a replacement for the gathering portion of the Game Developers Conference, which is currently underway in virtual...

Nacon, the publisher formerly known as Bigben, announces WRC 9, saying latest version of this official game of the FIA World Rally Championship is in development at KT Racing. This is planned for...

A World Betrayed is now available on Steam for Total War: THREE KINGDOMS, offering new Windows DLC for the historical strategy game. As noted in this announcement this comes alongside White Tiger Yan,...

Slitherine now offers the release of Panzer Corps 2, a World War 2 strategy sequel for Windows centered on armored combat. This is also available on GOG.com and Steam. Here's the announcement with a...

TT Isle of Man Ride on the Edge 2 is now available, offering a motorcycle racing simulation for Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 from publisher Nacon and developer KT Racing. You can find the PC...

This post on Steam announces the release of the promised Resident Evil 3: Raccoon City Demo on Steam. This Windows demo is a sample of the upcoming Resident Evil 3, the survival/horror remake that's...

The MapleStory 2 Website announces Nexon's free-to-play MMORPG sequel will go offline on May 27th. They are refunding purchases made after December 11, 2019 through the Nexon Launcher or their...

With so many forced indoors by the global COVID-19 outbreak, Games to help you stay inside on itch.io is a lengthy list of titles on this indie game marketplace that are free or carry big discounts (t...

GameStop tweets an announcement that they will begin selling DOOM Eternal today in advance of the official release date for id's shooter sequel, which is tomorrow. They explain this is to avoid...

Untitled Goose Game is Game of the Year winner from the 20th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, which were announced during an online stream after COVID-19 cancelled the in-person ceremony. You...

A Short Hike is the winner of the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game from the 22nd annual Independent Games Festival. This took place along with the Game Developers Choice Awards,...

We first mentioned Riftbreaker after it was shown off at last year's PAX West, revealing EXOR Studios' base-building survival game with action/RPG elements, saying it's coming sometime this year....

EGOSOFT announces a March 31st release date for the X4: Foundations 3.0 update and the Split Vendetta expansion for X4 that will add the next chapter to the Foundations storyline in the space...

Duke3D - Fatal Mode (Atomic). This 4.5GB 8K HD Texture Pack for Skyrim Special Edition brings landscapes textures created with 3D Scans.

The Steam Blog announces the Steam Interactive Recommender is now available for all users. This was previously known as Steam Labs Experiment 002: Interactive Recommender when it was in the testing...

This tweet confirms recent speculation about a new hero announcement for Overwatch. Blizzard reveals the omnic Echo will soon join the competitive first-person shooter. This video says Echo is "coming...

Gabe Newell Opens Up About Valve's Past, Present, and (Unexpected) Future on IGN is a video interview with the Valve boss who is joined by Robin Walker to discuss Valve, the Half-Life series, and in...

Just yesterday we had a link to a Valve News Network interview with Jeri Ellsworth where she dished about her time at Valve. Among the topics she discussed was her skepticism at Valve boss Gabe...

A post on Steam from remaster masters Nightdive Studios announces updates to SiN: Gold on Steam adding the Wages of SiN expansion along with a bunch of fixes. This is not all the news for Ritual...

In other Nightdive news, comic book publisher Valiant Entertainment announces a collaboration with the developer to create an updated version of Shadow Man. This modernized version of the 1999...

Serenity Forge announces plans to publish Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse, an upcoming point-and-click adventure game based on the popular Cyanide & Happiness webcomic series. The game is shown...

Humble Software Bundle: Best of Stardock 2020 (pay what you want and help charity). Save 75% on Warhammer- Vermintide 2 on Steam.

The promised Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition is now underway, offering free samples of a bunch of indie games. This will run until March 26th at 1:00 pm EDT. Word is: "The Steam Game Festival:...