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In addition to banning cheaters in Escape from Tarkov, Battlestate Games plans on taking on real-money traders in their MMO shooter as well (thanks PCGamesN). A post on Reddit explains the battle...

Wizard Games announces plans for the western launch of Sea of Craft, a waterborne take on the Minecraft concept where you custom build your own ships and set sail in search of adventure. This is...

Headup games announces The Fabled Woods, a narrative adventure in the works at CyberPunch Studios for release on Steam in Q4 of this year. An Announcement Trailer takes us on a camping trip to the...

Larkon Studio announces that Legends of Ellaria will complete its Early Access run on Steam in Q3 of this year, which will mark the official launch of this sandbox, first-person RTS/RPG. To build up...

Developer Blackwood Specter announces the release of Skin Witch on Steam, offering a first-person survival game for Windows. Here's a Launch Trailer witch you can watch for a look at gameplay, and...

Battlefield V Summer Update. The Windows Store is so awful Phantasy Star Online 2 fans made a custom launcher to circumvent it. Thanks Phlegm. The Sims 4 update has a bug that makes sims pee fire....

Following a tease last summer, a new tweet from Slightly Mad Studios reveals plans for Project CARS 3, saying the racing sequel is coming this summer. The tweet offers this Announce Trailer which...

The GWENT Website now offers preorders of Master Mirror, a new expansion coming to GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. This Gaunter O'Dimm-themed add-on will be released on June 30th. CD PROJEKT RED...

An Update from Epic Games announces the postponement of the launch of Fortnite Season 3 and the live The Device event due to express their support for "equality and justice, diversity and inclusion."...

In another show off support for the Black Lives Matter movement, PC Gamer announces the postponement of the PC Gaming Show to June 13th: "Like you, we have found it hard over the last week to focus...

The three free games on GOG.com mentioned this morning are only the tip of the iceberg, as this page has a rundown on no fewer than 27 games currently available on the service (thanks Ant). Here's...

Developer Pine Studio announces The Academy: The First Riddle, a puzzle game coming to Windows, macOS, and mobile on June 19th and to consoles this summer. This imagines when Harry met Hershel, they...

Humble Book Bundle: Geek Today, Boss Tomorrow by Mango Publishing (pay what you want and help charity)* Humble Software Bundle 3 (pay what you want and help charity).* The Witcher Completion Bundle...

Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes - June 3, 2020. KeeperRL Alpha 30 is released. New Adele Class Headlines Global MapleStory Summer Update. SWORDS of GARGANTUA - 1st Anniversary Updates Now...

Frontier Developments announces Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, a next major Elite Dangerous expansion they plan to release early next year. Word is this will kick off a new era for the space simulation by...

A story on Bloomberg reports a disruption to the development of Kerbal Space Program 2 caused by "corporate strife." Former Kotaku newshound Jason Schreier describes how Take-Two Interactive pulled...

Paradox Interactive announces they are in the process of hammering out a collective bargaining agreement with labor unions Unionen and Saco that they expect to finalize this quarter. Word is this...

GOG.com announces three games you can pick up from them for free as they roll on with their pre-summer summer sale. One of these is Delores, the previously released for free Thimbleweed Park "mini-ad...

Our Actions Against Racial Injustice on the Electronic Arts Website outlines the company's support for protests against discrimination. They say: "Black Lives Matter. Racial justice matters. We’ve...

Sea of Thieves is now available on Steam, offering the chance to cover your buccaneers with your buccan' hat and live the pirate life in Rare's action game. Here's a treasure map: "About the Game Sea...

MY.GAMES announces they are raising (or is it lowering?) the stakes in the distribution wars, offering developers a 90% share of games sold on their platform. Here's a bit: "International gaming...

The Steam Listing for Project Downfall now includes a playable demo for this Early Access cyberpunk first-person shooter from a two-person development team. This offers decidedly retro graphics and...

Manus VR announces Manus Polygon and offering software promising "full-body immersion in VR." This offers plugins for seamless integration into Unity and Unreal Engine and the ability to use Polygon...

Here's a video of the Taipei Game Show 2020 Indie Game Award Online Ceremony. This is in Chinese (we think?), but the closed captions can translate this for other languages. Here's a list of the...

Humble announces their support for the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests with the launch of a new $1 million fund to helping publish games by black developers: "We stand in solidarity to condemn...

CD PROJECT RED tweets the announcement that they are postponing their Night City Wire broadcast for Cyberpunk 2077 out of respect for the Black Lives Matter protests. It was planned for June 11th,...

IGN tweets their participation in today's Blackout Tuesday as support for the Black Lives Matter movement. They offer a Link to Donate to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. They also...

The official website for Path of Exile is now counting down the seconds until the release of Harvest, the next expansion for Grinding Gears' action/RPG. This will come to PC on June 19th, bringing...

The promised source code for Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert are now available on GitHub, offering modders and other hobbyists a look under the hood of these classic real-time strategy...

Therefore Games announces the release of Sweeping Heights, a free expansion for DemonCrawl their Windows "rogulite"(?) puzzle game that's based on the tried and true Minesweeper concept. This...

Humble Cities: Skylines Bundle (pay what you want and help charity).* Adds Cities: Skylines plus After Dark and All That Jazz DLC *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item.

Dayz Experimental Update 1.08. Thanks MP1st. Fallout 76 Update 1.39 June 2 Patch Rolled Out During Maintenance (Update). Overwatch Retail Patch Notes - June 2, 2020.

SEGA and Creative Assembly announce A Total War Saga: TROY will launch exclusively on the Epic Games Store on August 13th. They also reveal the historical strategy game will be free to keep for all...

VALORANT has officially launched in North America, and Riot's new competitive first-person shooter is now available in most other territories as well. Word is: "VALORANT is your global competitive...

Headup Games announces that Early Access to Dead Age 2 on Steam is being postponed due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The zombie-infested survival/RPG sequel was supposed to come to Early Access tomorrow,...

Activision tweets that the new seasons for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Warzone, and Call of Duty: Mobile are all being delayed. They explain this is to stand alongside those currently...

Indie Polish developer Eremite Games announces Against the Storm. Not to be confused with the World of Warcraft quest of the same name, this is a Roguelike city construction game set in a fantasy...

PlayWay, famous/infamous/notorious for their fill-in-the-blank simulator games, announces ER Pandemic Simulator is in development at Movie Games. This simulation of a hospital fighting a virus...

Dota 2 Update - June 1st, 2020. Steam Client Update Released.

World of Godfall: Silvermane Teaser. Rinlo - VR Launch Gameplay Trailer. The Avengers - Footage of THQ's Cancelled FPS [July 14, 2011 Build]. Thanks DSOGaming.

Europa Universalis Creator Starts New Studio At Paradox, Planning Grand Strategy Games - GameSpot. Trover Saves the Universe 1-year anniversary interviews- Squanch Games co-founder Justin Roiland -...

A video Interview on GameSpot talking with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. They report that he actually says that the games they've given away actually end up selling better in the long run. They say: "In...

Early Access to Drox Operative 2 is now underway on Steam, offering a first crack at visiting the final frontier in this starship action/RPG sequel. Here's a recent trailer from, the game, and here's...

This post on Steam has details on a major update on Steam for Northgard, adding a Map Editor and Steam Workshop support to this Windows, macOS, and Linux strategy game of Norse mythology. Shiro Games...

Peruvian developer 3S Design announces Wira & Taksa Against the Master of Gravity, an action/platformer coming to Windows. The game is not due until Q3 of this year, but its Steam Listing already...

Save 35% on Quad Damage Bundle on Steam. Humble Book Bundle: Get Certified by Packt (pay what you want and help charity).* Kingslayer Bundle 2 - Steam Game Bundle - Fanatical. Save 97%. Part of...

Ashes of Creation Pre-Alpha 4K GM Gameplay. Ashes of Creation Development Update + Early Freehold Footage. Physical Deck of Microsoft Windows Solitaire Cards. Do not bounce around on the desk when...

Games industry speaks out in support of black communities amid violence in US. Bob Swan Memo: The Sidelines are Not an Option; Intel Pledges $1M to Address Social Justice, Racism. Do they mean "injus...

SCS Software's blog: Trucks World Cup 2020 - Wrap Up.

A tweet from EA Sports announces that due to the civil unrest in the United States they are postponing the Madden NFL 21 announcement they planned to make today (thanks VentureBeat). They are taking...