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The Steam Listing for Beyond a Steel Sky now shows a July 16th release date for Revolution Software's sequel to Beneath a Steel Sky (thanks Gematsu). Here's a refresher on this sci-fi action/adventure...

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GamesIndustry.biz - Amazon and Google are in games for the wrong reasons - Opinion. "The problem is that that's not a reason to make games; it's an end that they think games could fulfil. The games...

Animal Crossing's Summer Update Is Live And You Can Catch An Octopus. This Week On Xbox- July 03, 2020 - Xbox Live's Major Nelson.

Zynga closes acquisition of Peak for $1.8 billion.

This week Tencent Holdings launched a new U.S. game studio in California called LightSpeed LA, reports Reuters. They say the Chinese giant is looking to create AAA games and enhance their for global...

A post to The Settlers Alliance (which triggered an insecure site warning on our end) says that Ubisoft will not settle for a sub-par installment in The Settlers series, so they are delaying the...

Slitherine Software is celebrating their 20th anniversary, as Wikipedia states this developer was founded by Iain McNeil in the UK on June 25, 2000 (the first mention of them here was a year later...

Overhype Studios announces Battle Brothers will get their just desserts on August 13th with the release of the Blazing Deserts DLC for the tactical RPG. Here's word on what they call the "largest and...

Publisher NACON and developer Big Ant Studios announce September is when they will serve Tennis World Tour 2 for Windows and consoles. They court us with a Gameplay Reveal Trailer offering a first...

A new patch is now available in Crossout, updating the vehicular MMORPG to version 0.11.50. This adds a new map and kicks off the new season of Steel Championship, the game's take on Rocket League-sty...

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Captain America Arrives in Fortnite. Dota 2 - The International 10 Collector’s Cache. Outscape - Patch v118 – Bug Fixing. Shadow Arena adds Venslar.

Hue is now available, as promised, as the new free release on the Epic Games Store. This will be yours to keep if you add it to your library by next Thursday. At that time its place will be taken by...

Change Starts Today on the Ubisoft Website shares an internal letter from Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot outlining plans to alter the culture of the company, which has been a focal point of recent...

A tweet from Amazon Studios offers a brief teaser video for a series being created for Amazon Prime Video based on the Fallout games. A post on the Bethesda Website has first details, saying the show'...

Unknown Worlds now offers METRO, a new free map for Natural Selection 2 that they call their most ambitious yet. This is part of update 333 and they offer this post with patch notes that describe the...

Dead By Daylight Hotfix 4.0.2.

F1 2020 - Features Trailer. Outriders: Journey and Structure. S.C.A.R - Ravaging Demons. Emergent Storytelling Techniques in The Sims. Thanks Ant. Stronghold: Warlords - Castle Defences. TF2 Classic...

Crush Crushing stereotypes with adult games about everyday people - GamesIndustry.biz.

Evo President Placed On Administration Leave Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations. 2020 MinecraftMasters Global Competition.

Following their teasing, Ubisoft officially announces Hyper Scape, a 100-player battle royale shooter in a vertical, sci-fi, urban setting. Word is this is designed with support for streamers in mind,...

The Hyper Scape Twitter announces a stream to officially reveal Hyper Scape starts on Twitch in about an hour at 2:00 pm EDT. In the meantime they show off a livestream of someone playing the...

After downplaying the recent launch of a Placeholder Twitter for Fable, Microsoft has renewed the Fable Trademark. And while such renewals are often just to protect a company's intellectual property,...

Publisher tinyBuild and developer Cradle Games announce a release date for Hellpoint, saying their dark sci-fi RPG will arrive on Windows and consoles on July 30th. They celebrate the news with a new...

Urnique Studio shares a new Accolades Trailer for Timelie, their Windows and macOS puzzle game released on Steam about six weeks ago. This notes the game has met with terrific reviews which serves as...

Developer OneGuyGames and publisher The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild announce #Funtime, saying this colorful bullet hell shooter will come to Steam and consoles on July 16th. There are some actual...

Early Access to Libtard: The Satire Game is now underway for Windows and macOS on Steam. The Teaser Trailer does not show much gameplay, but does seem to indicate this satirizes both sides of the...

A post on the Download.hr forum outlines 32 games that are being offered for free on the Microsoft Store (thanks Ant). These are yours to keep if you pick them up before the offers expire. To be...

Celebrate Slitherine’s 20th birthday with this great completion bundle.

Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs - Game Update: Level Builder Online Mode.

Trackmania is now available for Windows on the Epic Games Store, offering the newest installment in this hard-driving action series. This comes as a free Starter Edition or a premium Standard Edition...

Team17 announces Worms Rumble, a new real-time installment in the long-wriggling series coming to PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 this year. Beta testing begins on July 15th, and if you are...

Ubisoft has featured prominently in the recent flurry of stories of misconduct in the games industry, including a report earlier today about measures they are taking to repair their culture. There's...

An interview on PCGH reveals that Cyberpunk 2077 will not support Windows 8, as it has no fallback DirectX support besides DirectX 12 (thanks DSOGaming). Here's word: "➤ PCGH: You've opted to...

Devolver Digital announces they will present D3: Devolver Digital Direct on Twitch and Steam on July 11th at 3:00 pm EDT. This will offer a look at some of their upcoming game projects with what they...

Welcome to the Jungle! The Minecraft Website announces the new Jungle Awakens DLC is now available for Minecraft Dungeons. This even comes with something for those who don't pick it up, as they...

Publisher Dear Villagers and developer Artefacts Studio announce an August 27th release date for The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos, their "offbeat" tactical RPG for PC, saying it is...

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Many thought that the Crysis Remastered Trailer that leaked yesterday wasn't legitimate, as it wasn't up to expectations for the upcoming first-person shooter rework. Now a tweet from Crytek reveals...

Motion Twin announces that Dead Cells has sold three million copies since entering Early Access on Steam. They celebrate the milestone with the release of the 19th major update for the Windows, macOS,...

In more sales figure bragging, developer Asobo Studio and publisher Focus Home Interactive announce that A Plague Tale: Innocence has sold over one million copies worldwide spanning PC and consoles....

PC Gamer reveals that Cyberpunk 2077 will be censored in Japan, hearing from CD PROJEKT RED that the sci-fi RPG will remove nudity and "genital shaped objects." Word is: "the changes have been made...

Publisher 1C Entertainment and developer Team Fusion Simulations reveal IL-2 Sturmovik: Desert Wings, saying this expansion for IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover (musical interlude) will take off this...

The repercussions of allegations of sexual misconduct continue at Ubisoft, as Gamasutra shares some internal email revealing how the company is dealing with the situation. Word is they are creating a...

NVIDIA announces details on their partnership with Kojima Productions to enhance the upcoming PC edition of Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima's action game. Showing things off in a Last Chance to Pre-Pur...

Solitaire 3D is now available for Windows, Linux, and macOS on Steam, adding a third dimension to the classic card game that's more or less 2D in its physical form. Here's a video showing off the...

Recreate Games announces Party Animals will come later this year to Windows and consoles, with the PC edition set to party on Steam. They claim that interest in this cutesy brawler was so great that...

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[RDR2] EXTREME Sled Riding. Thanks Ant.