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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Is An Absolutely Efficient Monster CPU. Thanks Neutronbeam. The 10 Tech Products That Defined This Decade.

A Twitter app bug was used to match 17 million phone numbers to user accounts. No, Spotify, you shouldnt have sent mysterious USB drives to journalists. Thanks Neutronbeam.

Celeste is now available for nothing on the Epic Games Store as the latest of Epic's 12 daily holiday giveaways. Grab your copy between now and 11:00 am EST tomorrow and it's yours to keep. Here's...

And now, for our moment of Zen. This post on Steam announces the official release of the Xen chapters of Black Mesa, the modernized remake of Half-Life, Valve's seminal first-person shooter (thanks...

NVIDIA now offers a new version 3.20.2 GeForce Experience update for this companion app for their graphics cards. Though the patch notes primarily focus on features, TechRadar calls it an "emergency...

Survarium Patch 0.61b is Live. Play Now. Adds the Holiday Season Treasure Hunt. Here's a trailer. The Textorcist- The Story of Ray Bibbia -- Evil Krampus Holiday Update live: Get ready for a true...

They LIED!! The TRUE Story of the Philips CD-i RARE CONSOLE HISTORY. Thanks Ant.

Call of Duty League announces Pro Tournament structure is returning for 2020 season. Three Dota 2 players have earned the most money in esports this year.

PS5, Xbox Series X SSD may use software-defined flash to boost speeds. Thanks Simon. This Weeks Deals With Gold And Spotlight Sale Plus The Countdown Sale Continues.

Russia 'successfully tests' its unplugged internet. The Google Santa Tracker 2019 is live - all the ways to follow the presents.

A Community Manager's post on Bethesda.net indicates that the Fallout 76 exploit reported today has been addressed (thanks Dave). Here's the post about what they're doing to address the problem and...

Cthulhu Saves Christmas is now available on GOG.com and Steam, offering a chance to celebrate the holidays with the Great Old Ones. Each site offers a 10% launch discount, but GOG.com is also...

The Legacy Update is now available for Dead Cells on Steam, updating the roguelite action game with "a massive addition which features new items, mutations, and other stocking stuffers." In an...

World War Z Horde Mode Z hotfix 23/12/2019. Thanks MP1st.

The Making of Bastion - Documentary - Noclip.

Why'd Alyx Get Recast? Exclusive Half-Life Interview - VNN. Heres what happened behind the scenes of The Game Awards 2019 - The Washington Post.

Germany Approves Dedicated Visa for Pro Esports Athletes. Astralis director calls its CS-GO team a different kind of beast.

Pixel Devil And The Broken Cartridge Is Now Available For Xbox One. Hello Neighbor: Home Invader Bundle Is Now Available For Xbox One. Let's Sing Country - Platinum Edition Is Now Available For Xbox...

Prop Hunt arrives in Call of Duty: Mobile.

You drive me ape, you big gorilla! APE OUT is now available with a 100% discount on the Epic Games Store as today's entry in their daily holiday giveaway event. This is yours to keep if you pick up...

"I hear it's raining cats and dogs in Idaho!" A tweet from SCS Software announces that Idaho will be the next DLC for American Truck Simulator, their hard-driving transportation game (thanks PC Gamer)...

The Fallout 76 Reddit warns Fallout 76 players against playing on public servers until a fix comes to address a way hackers can steal inventory items (thanks DSOGaming). Here's the PSA: "As many of...

A recent Stadia Community Round-Up announces that achievements are now working in the Chrome browser and Chromecast versions of Stadia, Google's cloud gaming service (thanks VGC). Word is: "As of 12/1...

Epic Games has recently removed V-Bucks and cosmetic items from the accounts of Fortnite Battle Royale players, reports Blasting News. At issue is the unauthorized purchase of V-Bucks from third-party...

Speaking of Epic, there's a profile of Tim Sweeney in the Raleigh News & Observer, as the Epic Games CEO is a finalist for their Tar Heel of the Year, an award to recognize North Carolina residents...

Star Wars Games Sale on GOG.com. The Witcher Games Sale on GOG.com.

WARFACE Operation "Hydra" Update now live. This mod brings Henry Cavill and Anya Chalotra to The Witcher 3.

Gamasutra: Celia Hodent's Blog - Ethics in the Videogame Industry: A Mythbusting and Scientific Approach. "Videogames are increasingly popular. It is thus becoming imperative that game developers...

Little Inferno is now free on the Epic Games Store as their latest holiday gift. You can pick this up for nothing between now an 11:00 am EST tomorrow, when it will be supplanted by another freebie....

Valiant Entertainment announces a partnership with Blowfish Studios to create videogames based on their extensive roster of comic book characters (thanks Engadget). "Getting the chance to work with...

There's an interesting read on Ars Technica tackling the topic of cheating in videogame speedrunning, the art of setting and breaking records for fastest game run-throughs (thanks Neutronbeam)....

Here's Valve's accounting of the 10 bestselling titles on Steam for last week: Red Dead Redemption 2 Halo: The Master Chief Collection Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order GTFO...

Star Citizen: Alpha 3.8 Now Playable. Thanks DSOGaming. 18-year-old Morrowind mod project releases 60 new quests, massive new map. Thanks Neutronbeam.

MASSIVE CS:GO Leaks - What's After Shattered Web? - VNN. Fortnite: Ninja Teaches Mark Hamill The Ways of Fortnite - Official Clip.

'Baldur's Gate' Oral History: How a Small Team Made a "Smoking Pile" Into a Gaming Classic - Hollywood Reporter. Henry Cavill - 'The Witcher' star on his new 'Game of Thrones'-style Netflix epic....

Valve has sued an events organiser in Singapore for failing to pay Dota 2 prizes.

SUPERHOT is now available for free on the Epic Games Store as the third of their 12 game giveaway spree. Here's a refresher on SUPERHOT Team's shooter where you control the passage of time without...

Steam now offers a playable demo for The Alien Cube, an upcoming Lovecraft-inspired horror/adventure built in the CryENGINE (thanks DSOGaming). Here's a description of the full game, which is due...

Steam News announces that pre-purchases are now underway for Resident Evil 3, Capcom's upcoming survival/horror remake. Word is this entitles customers to a free Classic Costume Pack. This is...

Blizzard Holiday Sale Is On Now. Bethesda games join the Winter Sale! - GOG.com.

Doomsday 2.2 released. Thanks Ant.

Half-Life- Alyx - TESTED Gameplay - In-Depth Analysis. StarCrafts S7 E7 -GG No Re- [SERIES FINALE]. Thanks Ant. Verdun I Official Christmas Truce Trailer 2019. Ghost Recon Breakpoint - Who Can Keep...

Galaxy in Turmoil by Frontwire Studios, LLC Kickstarter (thanks DSOGaming). "A free online multiplayer game with ZERO pay-to-win microtransactions. Blow up alien scum in the name of Space...

BBC News - Star Citizen: Is this £200m game too ambitious? "It is a game with ambitions to build an entire universe to act as its users playground, but it has been in development since 2012 and...

TowerFall Ascension and its Dark World expansion are now available with a 100% discount until tomorrow on the Epic Games Store as the second of their 12 holiday season giveaways. Here's word on how...

A free weekend for Mad Machines is now underway on Steam, offering the chance to check out this Windows third-person robo-brawler for nothing between now and Sunday (thanks Ant). This is also part of...

CD PROJEKT announces they've reached a settlement with The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski in the royalty dispute that surfaced over a year ago over The Witcher games (thanks Gamasutra). They do...

IGN reports an unannounced game has been cancelled by Ubisoft. The good news is that no jobs are being lost as a result of the cancellation. The interesting news is that this must have been a big...

SuperData Research offers their latest games data and market research covering the worldwide digital games market in November 2019. Here's word: "Consumers spent $9.5 billion digitally across all...

TIME Magazine offers a mainstream take on the 10 best games of the past 10 years. Word is: "The tension between art and commerce isnt the same in video games as it is in movies. There are fewer...