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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...

When Ubisoft recently renamed Gods & Monsters with its new title Immortals Fenyx Rising they told VGC that this "was entirely because of the vision of the game" when asked if this was any sort of...

Early Access to Conan Exiles: Isle of Siptah is now underway on Steam, offering additional content for Conan Exiles, Funcom's Window's survival game set in Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age. The Early...

NVIDIA announces that the patch with RTX support to Fortnite will come on Thursday, adding ray tracing to Epic's battle royale/survival game. This post has all the details along with the previously...

Devolver Digital and Mediatonic spill the beans on a mid-season update for Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, their battle royale platformer. This includes gameplay updates, a giant hammer, tweaks and...

Publisher 101XP and developer ELOPER announce Frequency: Chernobyl, a "mystical" puzzle game set within the exclusion zone planned for release on Steam (thanks Rhialto). Grab your Geiger counter and...

Kill Shot 1506 meters - Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2. Thanks Gematsu. War Stories: How Forza learned to love neural nets to train AI drivers. Thanks Neutronbeam.

ARISEN: A narrative card game by Maratus — Kickstarter. "ARISEN - Chronicles of Var'Nagal is a narrative role playing game containing hand-drawn aesthetics in which you will have to take on the role...

The Irregular Corporation announces TOHU, a puzzle/adventure game coming to Windows and consoles this fall. A Gameplay Walkthrough Trailer shows this off, but you can also experience it firsthand, as...

A tweet from Mediatonic tells the tale of Cheater Island, which is where they sent suspected Fall Guys cheaters before they came up with a plan to add the cheat detection used in Fortnite (thanks...

A Windows open beta for Primordials Of Amyrion is now underway, offering the chance to check out this "tug-of-war multiplayer online battle arena." This can be picked up on the Epic Games Store and...

Nacon plans to serve up Tennis World Tour 2 on September 24th on Steam and consoles. To court potential customers, they unveil details about the players the game will offer, including a couple that...

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Alchemist Adventure - Alchemist Adventure Update - Exploring Isur. Here's a trailer.

Filming our Final Fantasy XIV Documentary in Japan (2017) - Noclip Summer Jam. Thanks Ant.

Discover Tohu, a gorgeous new adventure coming to PS4 later this year. Xbox Insider Release Notes - Alpha (2010.200912-0000). Xbox Insider Release Notes - Alpha Skip-Ahead (2011.200912-0000).

In an exchange on the Roberts Space Industries Forums over the failure to deliver a feature to Star Citizen promised four years ago, Chris Roberts responds by detailing how the system in question...

The latest episode of GamesBeat Decides includes indications that Microsoft is in talks to re-acquire Bungie, the studio they owned until 2007. More recently Bungie was an Activision possession, but...

Details on the Oculus Quest 2 have apparently leaked online in advance of an official announcement later this week. The Verge has a roundup of the news, a bit of turnabout as this could be considered...

A blog post from Jordan Mechner talks about the recent announcement of plans to remake his 2003 game, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (thanks Reddit via Ant). Saying "once was enough," he says he'...

Charlie INTEL reports that Activision Blizzard has caused another vendor of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone cheats to stop distributing or supporting these products. They have a Discord...

Redneck Ed: Astro Monsters Show is now available on Steam, offering a Windows arena fighter from Rustic Fantastic. This trailer shows off the some gameplay and the game's throwback cartoon vibe...

Early Access to Fantasy of Expedition has concluded, and this roguelike strategy adventure is now officially available for Windows and macOS on Steam. This post has details on the release, a complete...