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The Hard Truths About Being a Videogame Writer - WIRED. Thanks Neutronbeam. An interview with a Ubisoft developer - from inside Watch Dogs- Legion's virtual London Eurogamer.net.

An interview with a Ubisoft developer - from inside Watch Dogs- Legion's virtual London. An Esports Exodus to YouTube Reshapes the Livestream Wars. Thanks Neutronbeam.

An Open Source E-Reader That's Free Of Corporate Restrictions Is Exactly What I Want Right Now. Thanks Slashdot.

YouTubers are quitting their day jobs to influence full time. Their followers aren't always impressed.

The GDC Website reports on the results of the GDC 2020 State of the Industry Survey, which is now public in advance of the Game Developers Conference, which gets underway in San Francisco in March....

The Duelyst Website announces a farewell to Duelyst with the sad news from Publisher Bandai Namco and developer Counterplay Games that this tactical collectible card game will end service on February...

Kotaku has details on an EVE Online rare spaceship that's attracted an eye-popping $40,000 USD in a PLEX for GOOD for the Australian Bushfires charity auction. This shows that Star Citizen is not...

Black Mesa: Military lets you experience Half-Life from the view of a HECU Marine, Version 2.2 released. Dota 2 Update - January 24th 2020.

Xbox Insider Release Notes - Alpha Ring (2002.200123-2000).

Vine co-founder launches a new 6-second video app- Byte. Another byte at this apple.

Don't expect real-time ray tracing effects in Doom Eternal anytime soon. Beware of AMD coolers with extra heatpipes- they aren't real AMD products. Windows 7 should live on as open source,...

Darwin Project Review - IGN.

A tweet from Mat Piscatella comments that consumer spending on PC content was down in last year despite what he calls "the great PC distribution platform wars of 2019" (thanks Wccftech). Lest we...

GamesIndustry.biz has more on the haggling over the settlement in the gender discrimination suit against Riot Games. It was recently reported that a couple of state agencies in California are saying...

A post from the Steam Database has some details these data sleuths have gleaned from analyzing Steam IDs. They offer a detailed look at the IDs themselves, and offer the following stats based on...

Epic Games announces chapter 2 of Fortnite is expected to get underway on February 20th. They say this will follow the release of version 11.50 of the survival/battle royale game early next month....

Iceberg Interactive announces the chance to beta test Circle Empires Rivals, their upcoming fast-paced, multiplayer real-time strategy sequel. Here's word on the game: "In this stand-alone follow up...

Steam Daily Deal - Pikuniku, 92.4% Off. Steam Daily Deal - Little Big Workshop, 20% Off.

PULSAR- Lost Colony -- Beta 27.1 Release Notes. Thanks Ant.

Resident Evil 2 Turns 1- Capcom Celebrates the Remakes First Anniversary PlayStation.Blog.

A post on Cinelinx says that EA may be working on a remake of Knights of the Old Republic, the highly regarded Star Wars RPG. This is not the first such rumor over the years, but GamesRadar+ notes...

The Next Frictional Game Website teaser that popped up late last year seems to have spawned some sort of alternate reality game. This is being hashed out on the Frictional Games Discord, where users...

GOG.com is now also celebrating the upcoming Year of the Rat with a Lunar New Year Sale of their own that runs through the end of this month. Besides discounts of up to 90% on over 1000 games, they...

Kalypso Media and developers Yippee! Entertainment and Torus Games announce the launch of Commandos 2 HD Remaster and Praetorians HD Remaster, offering the chance to re-experience these two...

The Dota 2 Blog announces new Lunar New Year-themed treasure is now available in Dota 2. Here's what the Year of the Rat brings to Valve's MOBA: "Just in time for Lunar New Year and the Rats time in...

This mod allows you to play as Ciri from The Witcher 3 in Resident Evil 2 Remake.

Video gaming to become newest medal event at 2020 National Veterans Wheelchair Games. Pokémon Gos live events drove nearly $250 million in tourism revenue last year.

DreamBall Is Now Available For Xbox One. IntelliVania - Castlevania on the Intellivision and it's coming this year.

The Bridge is the new weekly giveaway on the Epic Games Store, as this puzzle/platformer is yours to keep with no toll if you pick it up over the next seven days. After that it will be supplanted by...

Alpha Polaris is now completely free to own on Steam, as the price of this Windows adventure was reduced to nothing a couple of weeks ago (thanks Ant). This is thanks to the unfortunate news that its...

SuperData Research now offers their analysis of the worldwide digital games market for December 2019. A couple of the conclusions they draw is that the gamble of offering Call of Duty: Modern...

Psyonix announces the end of support for Linux and macOS in Rocket League, their motorized association football/soccer mashup: They say you can still download and play them, but they will no longer...

Rugby 20 is now available for Windows and consoles, so you can pick up the PC edition of this sports simulation on Steam. Be aware that this requires a controller, as playing with a keyboard and...

Temtem is now available in Early Access for Windows on Steam, offering a "massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure" that has more than a little Pokémon vibe (thanks JDreyer). The game is...

Paradox Interactive announces a February 25th release date for La Résistance, the upcoming Hearts of Iron IV expansion centered around the French freedom fighters of World War II. Vive La Résistance!...

Steam Daily Deal - Witch It, 50% Off. Steam Daily Deal - Overdungeon 超载地牢, 40% Off. Stardock Games on Sale on Steam. Save 80% on Protagon VR on Steam. Save 80% on...

The Lunar New Year 2020 Sale on Steam celebrates the impending Year of the Rat with savings on thousands of games between now and January 27th. In addition to bargains, there are also gifts to be had...

Infinity Ward announces the solution to yesterday's problems with the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare patch. Word this is this should be solved thanks to a new backend fix. They are also working on...

PCGamesN hears from Riot Games, as the League of Legends developer showed them a legal filing reacting to the news that a pair of California agencies were looking to increase the $10 million...

A new patch is now available on Steam for Warhammer: Vermintide 2, updating it to version 2.1.0 and kicking off Season 2. This also adds new free content to the Windows edition of the Warhammer...

Publisher developer Funcraft Games announces Earth Analog, a spaceflight simulator expected next year on Steam. Word is: "In Earth Analog you take control of the space vessel Eurisko XI in its quest...

Publisher/developer Eversim announces 4th Generation Warfare, a strategy/RPG that will debut next month on Steam as an Early Access title. The first announce trailer offers a look at gameplay, which...

Publisher GameTomo and indie developer Palladium Soft announce Ballistic Craft will come to Steam on February 13th, offering a bullet hell game inspired by Custom Robo. The official website now...

Montreal-based developer Barnaque announces Infini will be released on Steam this quarter before being released on Switch in Q2. This is a psychedelic puzzle/adventure game that's nominated for a...

Ghost Recon Wildlands Title Update 21 released, adds new content, is 21GB in size, full patch notes. Hunt: Showdown -- Update 1.1.4.

Following the release of a new patch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Infinity Ward tweets a warning to users who get an error prompt about corrupt data (thanks Wccftech). They say not to select...

White Smoke Games announces that Super Chicken Catchers will be officially released on Steam February 18th following an Early Access run. This Windows game will give you a fighting chance against...

Steam Daily Deal - Nobunaga's Ambition Franchise Up to 60% off. Steam Daily Deal - DATE A LIVE- Rio Reincarnation, 60% Off. Arise: A Simple Story. Save 20%. Humble Data Science & Machine Learning...

Dead By Daylight Patch Notes 3.5.0 - Mid-Chapter. Mutazione gets a new update! - GOG.com. No Man's Sky Beyond Development Update 6.

Arise: A Simple Story - Accolades Trailer.