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New AMD Driver
AMD Software offers a new Adrenalin Edition 25.2.1 Optional Update, a new Windows driver with a few fixes, and, despite the "optional" qualifier, new game support for four recent titles (thanks...
Legacy: Steel & Sorcery Early Access
Legacy: Steel & Sorcery is now in Early Access on Steam, giving Windows gamers the chance to experience this fantasy extraction action/RPG while developer Notorious Studios works on the official...
The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon Released
The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon is now available for Windows and macOS on GOG.com* and Steam with a 10% launch discount. This allows you to become a big-time movie producer, one of the most...
Infinity Nikki Coming to Steam
Infold Games announces Infinity Nikki is coming to Steam with a "release date to be announced," following the recent launch of the free-to-play platformer sequel on mobile, consoles, and for Windows...
Nexon Scores in Dark and Darker Lawsuit
The dark saga of Dark and Darker takes another turn. Game Developer reports that developer Ironmace must pay Nexon ~$5.9 million for trade secret infringement to settle the legal case over...
Ubisoft Financials
Earnings season continues, as Ubisoft reports 52% drop in Q3 net bookings, in line with guidance - Reuters, noting "the company has been plagued by the underperformance of some of its key titles."...
Tropico 6 Nature Blossoms Next Month
Kalypso Media and developer Realmforge Studios announce new Nature Blossoms DLC coming to Tropico 6 on March 6th. This turns the city-builder formula on its head to enhance the island of Tropico with...
Monster Energy Supercross 25 in April
Milestone and Feld Motor Sports announce plans to unleash Monster Energy Supercross 25 - The Official Video Game on the world on April 10th. This new installment ion the supercross series promises a...
METAL SUITS: Counter-attack Released
METAL SUITS: Counter-attack is now available worldwide for Windows, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch, launching a side-scrolling action game from Eggtart. The PC edition is on Steam with a 10% launch...
Youtubers Life 3 - Stream Together! Announced
UPLAY Online announces Youtubers Life 3 - Stream Together!, a third chapter in the professional content creator simulation coming to PC this year. In what seems like a natural evolution of a series...
Demos & Freebies
Cash Cleaner Simulator on Steam (Windows). "Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and use your cut to upgrade your crib....
Quoteworthy
Ubisoft CEO says the plan is to focus on open-world and live service games year after year' - VGC. EA will never convince us to make a live-service game, It Takes Two developer says, after...
On Sale
ACI Network Mastery Encore (pay what you want and help charity) - Humble.* Game Over, T1D! Sale 2025 on Steam. Promises donations to fight Type 1 Diabetes. Save 50% on Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)...
Avowed Premium Early Access
A five-day Early Access period for Avowed is now underway on PC and Xbox for owners of the Premium Edition of Obsidian's new first-person RPG. This is available on Battle.net as a cross-buy between...
Get F1 Manager 2024 and Apex Legend Bundle for Free
It's once again time for the weekly giveaways on the Epic Games Store. This week everyone can collect a copy of F1 Manager 2024 to test your skills at managing a racing team and Loba Free Unlock...
Avowed Reviews
Early Access to Avowed will begin shortly for Premium Edition pre-purchase customers, and clearly review outlets vowed to hold off on evaluations until now. Here's the critical thinking about the...
New GeForce Driver
NVIDIA announces the release of a new version 572.42 WHQL-certified GeForce Windows driver. This adds support for additional G-SYNC-compatible displays and new optimal settings, but the headline is...
Mecha BREAK Open Beta This Month
Amazing Seasun Games announces an open beta for Mecha BREAK on Steam and Xbox will get underway on February 23rd. This will not require an invitation, and the Mashmak & Open Beta Announce Trailer is...
DIGIMON STORY TIME STRANGER Announced
Bandai Namco and developer MediaVision announce DIGIMON STORY TIME STRANGER, a first new installment for the series in a decade coming later this year for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. This...
METAL EDEN Announced
RUINER developer Reikon Games and Deep Silver announce METAL EDEN, an "adrenaline-fueled" first-person shooter set in a post-technological singularity world where human consciousness is hosted by...
WARRIORS: Abyss Released
WARRIORS: Abyss is now available for Windows, PlayStation 4 & 5, and Xbox Series X|S, kicking off a roguelite hack-and-slash game promising an "all-new spin" on the franchise. The PC edition is on...
A Game About Digging A Hole Sells 250K
Indie publisher rokaplay Boutique announces that A Game About Digging A Hole has sold a surprising 250,000 copies since it launched last week for Windows on Steam. The minimalist adventure has also...
Borderlands 4 in September
Gearbox Entertainment president Randy Pitchford announced a September 23rd release date for Borderlands 4 at today's Sony State of Play event. A new Official Launch Date Trailer accompanies the news...
Second Diablo IV Expansion Next Year
Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson announced today at the DICE Summit that the second major expansion for Diablo IV will not be released for the action/RPG sequel until next year (thanks PureDiablo)...
Overwatch 2 Overhaul
An Overwatch 2 Spotlight on the Overwatch Website has the latest from Blizzard on reversing the fortunes of Overwatch 2, the multiplayer shooter sequel that's struggled to live up to the game it...
Exoborne Playtest Begins
Sharkmob announces its large-scale playtest for Exoborne is now underway, giving players the chance to experience this upcoming open-world extraction shooter. There's good news if you're interested,...
Directive 8020 in October
Supermassive Games announces October 2nd is the release date for Directive 8020, the sci-fi horror game for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. For more on the news, direct your attention to a...
Splitgate 2 Open Alpha This Month
1047 Games announces an open alpha test for Splitgate 2, its upcoming portal-jumping first-person shooter sequel. Testing on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S will run from February 27th through...
Expelled! Announced!
Inkle announces Expelled!, a single-player adventure coming to Steam, Switch, and mobile on March 12th. This is as overpunctuated as Inkle's Overboard!, and promises another mystery to solve. The...
Urban Myth Dissolution Center Released
Urban Myth Dissolution Center is now available for Windows and consoles, offering an occult mystery adventure from Hakababunko and SHUEISHA GAMES. The Windows edition is on Steam with a 10% launch...
Crytek Layoffs; Crysis 4 Crisis [Updated]
A post on X from Crytek announces layoffs at the German developer, saying it cut around approximately 15% of its workforce, or about 60 jobs. The announcement says development of the next Crysis game...
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN in May
FromSoftware and Bandai Namco announce the reign of ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN will begin on May 30th with the release of this standalone ELDEN RING game for PC and consoles. This promises "co-op...
I. Robot Reimagined
Revived publisher Atari announces I. Robot is the latest game from its back-catalog it plans to re-imagine, saying a new version is coming to PC and consoles this spring. The original was a flop when...
Control 2; Max Payne 1 & 2; and FBC: Firebreak in Full Production
Remedy's annual report for January-December 2024 is now available, laying bare the finances of the Finnish developer. If the presentation is too snoozy, Game Developer shares the important details,...
Steam PirateFi Malware Warning
An X from SteamDB shares an email from Valve warning about a game called PirateFi that was pulled from Steam a couple of days ago, shortly after its release. Word is it is suspected that the free-to-p...
Daggerfall Unity - GOG Cut Delisted
A post on GOG.com announces the delisting of Daggerfall Unity - GOG Cut, the open-source version of The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall that launched on the store to great fanfare in 2022. This remains...
Demos & Freebies
Backrooms Level X on Steam (Windows). "Enter the disturbing world of Backrooms Level X, a first-person narrative survival horror game that immerses you in an endless labyrinth of desolate and...
Business & Finance
Jumpship co-founder Dino Patti reacquires studio from Thunderful - Game Developer. Did you know the top brass at ARMA and DayZ studio Bohemia Interactive bought a 'disinformation outlet' in 2023? -...
Apex Legends Turns Six
A post from Electronic Arts celebrates the sixth anniversary of Apex Legends, the free-to-play battle royale shooter that launched on February 4, 2019. Respawn's Titanfall spinoff gets a new...
Centum Next Month
Serenity Forge announces a March 11th release date for Centum, its point-and-click adventure that messes with your sense of reality by presenting an unreliable narration. That description should help...
Hauntsville Launches Next Month; Demo Released
Publisher indie.io announces Hauntsville, an open-world survival/horror game set in the wild west. This will transport players back to 1897 when it officially launches on March 10th, but there's a...
Demos & Freebies
Save 70% on Maki: Paw of Fury on Steam (Windows). "Maki: Paw of Fury is a beautifully animated fighting game in the style of retro arcade gems. Use your martial arts skills to stun and defeat your...
Quoteworthy
EA Previously Had The "Worst CEO" In Gaming, Ex-Activision Boss Says - GameSpot. Shots fired.
On Sale
Save 75% on Dead Space on Steam. Save 30% on Content Warning on Steam. Save 90% on Sizeable on Steam. Save 20% on Din's Champion on Steam. Save 50% on Peaks of Yore on Steam.
Business & Finance
Krafton delivers record annual revenue, now wants to secure 'big franchise IP' - Game Developer.
Game Crossovers
Ex-Activision Blizzard Boss Thought Warcraft Was One Of The Worst Movies Ever Made - GameSpot. Also says it distracted Blizzard from actual games.
Marvel Rivals Resets Reset Plans
A new update from NetEase reverses course on plans to reset player ranks in Marvel Rivals, the free-to-play PvP shooter. Perhaps it thought that players would be excited to learn their hard-fought...
Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone Early Access Next Month
The Farm 51 announces that Early Access to Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone will begin on Steam on March 6th, offering a sequel to this S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-inspired first-person shooter (thanks DSOGaming)....
On RTX 50 Series 12VHPWR Overheating
Tom's Hardware takes a look at NVIDIA's new RTX 50 series GPUs, and the increasing number of reports saying these may suffer the same 12VHPWR connector issue that caused melting problems on RTX 4090...
Robot Wars: Frontiers Next Month
MY.GAMES announces Robot Wars: Frontiers will march fourth on March 4th, as that's when the multiplayer mech combat game will officially launch on PC and consoles. A new Release Date Trailer...
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