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The Epic Games Store now offers the promised release of Jotun: Valhalla Edition as their latest weekly free release. This is yours to keep if you pick it up within the next seven days. After that The...

A free weekend is now underway on Steam for GOAT OF DUTY, offering the chance to check out this wacky multiplayer shooter where players take on the roles of heavily armed goats. Word is: "Ram and...

Publisher THQ Nordic and developer Airship Syndicate now offer the Windows edition of Darksiders Genesis on Steam and Google Stadia, with the console editions expected in February. This prequel to...

Red Dead Redemption 2 is now available on Steam, offering another way to pick up the wild west shooter for Windows. They offer all three variants, as a Special Edition and an Ultimate Edition are...

Breaker one-nine! The Road to the Black Sea expansion for Euro Truck Simulator 2 is now available on Steam, adding new content to the Windows, macOS, and Linux trucking game. This will allow owners...

Origin now offers Star Wars Battlefront II - Celebration Edition, a new version of the Force-powered action game that includes all current and future free updates and some other goodies. This is...

Mosaic is now available on GOG.com and Steam, offering Windows, macOS, and Linux editions of this "darkly atmospheric adventure game" that's already available on Apple Arcade. That atmosphere they...

Riot Games announces Riot Forge, a new publisher for third-party League of Legends games. Here's their mission: ""Were a player- and developer-focused publisher; our mission is to bring awesome new...

A free weekend for Imperator: Rome is currently underway on Steam, offering three days to sample this historical grand strategy game for Windows, Linux, and macOS (thanks SteamDB via Ant). If this...

Portal Knights is free-to-play on Steam for the next day or so, accompanied by a sale on the Windows action/RPG if you enjoy your sample when it ends tomorrow (thanks SteamDB via Ant). Here's word on...

Conan Exiles players now have the chance to ride or die with the addition of mounts and mounted combat to the Hyborian Age survival game on Steam. This is accompanied by the release of a new Riders...

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is set to rumble out on December 10th, and developer Piranha Games paves the way with a new Launch Trailer for the BattleTech sequel. Here's word on the trailer and their...

1993 Space Machine -- First update since 2016. Apex Legends Level Cap Increase, Progression Changes, More Earnable Apex Packs, and more. Thanks MP1ST. Battlefield V Chapter 5- Update #2. Call of...

Atelier Dusk Trilogy Deluxe Pack - PV2. Borderlands 3 Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot Gameplay. Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Season of Dawn Trailer. Shenmue III - Accolades Trailer.

Brenda Romero breaks down Empire of Sin's complex relationship system - Gamasutra.

Forbes - Borderlands 3 Has Gone Three Months With Zero Microtransactions, A True Anomaly. Thanks Neutronbeam. "Borderlands 3 has not sold anything at all post-launch across two different events,...

Zombie Driver HD is currently free-to-own on Steam for anyone who picks up their copy between now and midday tomorrow (thanks Free Steam Keys via Ant). Here's a bit on this chance to run down hoards...

Steam now offers a playable "jumbo" demo of DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2 in advance of next week's release of this MINECRAFT-style RPG for Windows. This post has the details: "Its time to try the...

Ragnarok Game has filed a legal complaint against Nine Realms (Human Head), Chris Rinehart, Ben Gokey, and Paul MacArthur over the circumstances surrounding the recent launch of Rune II, the closure...

Polygon has word that development of In the Valley of the Gods is "on hold" following Valve's acquisition of developer Campo Santo. The Firewatch studio announced the game around two years ago, but...

Ubisoft announces plans to release a version 6.1 title update for Tom Clancy's The Division 2 on December 10th, saying this will add some seasonal cheer to the first-person shooter including Santa...

Everreach: Project Eden is now available for Windows and Xbox One, offering a story-driven action/RPG that appears to be inspired by Blizzard's cancelled StarCraft: Ghost. The Windows edition is...

Daedalic Entertainment now offers Edna & Harvey: The Breakout - Anniversary Edition on Steam, a remastered version of this cartoon-style adventure game. They promise owners of the original game a...

WBIE and IO Interactive now offer a roadmap of content coming to HITMAN 2 this month, which includes the return of the Holiday Hoarders and Snow Festival seasonal events. Word is: "Completing the...

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is a new CRPG in the works at Owlcat Games based on the Pathfinder tabletop series. An official website is now online, but there's not much there yet, and the game...

Motion Twin announces Bad Seed, new DLC coming to Dead Cells on all platforms in Q1 of next year. There's an AMA on Reddit to discuss the game and the news with the developers. Here's an outline of...

Milestone reveals development of RIDE 4 is underway, saying a new installment in their motorbike game series will arrive next year. They also announce a special collaboration with Yamaha Motor Europe,...

Red Barrels tweets the announcement of Outlast Trials, a new installment in their horror series that will include multiplayer play (thanks ResetEra). This includes a link to a Facebook Post with a...

Ubisoft announces a free weekend for The Crew 2 will get underway tomorrow, offering the chance to test-drive their open-world vehicle game through Sunday. Word is: "The Crew 2 is available now for...

A new patch is now live in Heroes of the Storm, bringing the long-awaited arrival of Deathwing to Blizzard's MOBA. They also note that the new character is one of the perks included for owners of a...

A post on the Diablo IV website has part two of the discussion of the systems that will drive Blizzard's upcoming action/RPG sequel, focusing how items will be handled in the loot-centric game. This...

Life is Strange 2 - Episode 5 is now available, and the Windows edition of this concluding chapter in the series can be found on Steam. There are details on the Life is Strange Website and there's a...

Season One is now officially underway in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on all platforms for the military first-person shooter. Activision Games Blog has details on the season, which includes what they...

Operation Shifting Tides is now in full effect in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, kicking off Season 4 of Year 4 in the tactical shooter. This includes two new operators who are now available to...

SuperData Research offers their analysis of Black Friday's and Cyber Monday's impact on video games, saying this year's sales pushed digital spending to a record $4.36B. Word is: "The surge in...

Readers of this site probably don't need anyone to prosthelytize them about the benefits of higher framerates in playing videogames. But since they make graphics cards, NVIDIA is prepared to do just...

Steam Daily Deal - Sins of a Solar Empire- Rebellion, 67% Off. Steam Daily Deal - We Happy Few, 60% Off.

DayZ 1.06 UPDATE PATCH NOTES. Thanks MP1ST. Dead By Daylight Release Information - 3.4.0. Thanks MP1ST.

Arizona Sunshine - Oculus Quest Gameplay Trailer.

How Oddworld solved its narrative problems with mind control - Ars Technica. Thanks Neutronbeam. The Official Mutant Fan Film is Here - Mutant Year Zero.

Phoenix Point is now available for Windows and macOS on the Epic Games Store, offering the new turn-based strategy game/RPG from Julian Gollop, creator of the classic X-COM series. The game is...

The Windows edition of Halo Reach is now available on Steam, offering PC gamers the chance to play the latest installment in the first-person shooter series. This is part of the PC edition of Halo:...

Gematsu notes that gamstat found cover art supporting long-standing conjecture that a Resident Evil 3 remake is in the works. The artwork was discovered on the server for the PlayStation Store, so...

AMD Drivers and Support now offers new version 19.12.1 Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition Windows drivers for AMD graphics cards. These don't promise support for any additional games, but they...

There are posts on Reddit and ResetEra indicating that Valve may be cancelling some orders of the Steam Controller made during the Steam sale (thanks VG247). As was noted when these went on sale for $...

Answering a question on the topic, the Avatar Twitter account confirms that the planned Avatar game announced almost three years ago is still in the works (thanks DSOGaming). They simply say: "Still...

Dota 2 Update - December 2nd, 2019.

How Atriox Can Beat You in Halo Wars 2 Without Cheating - AI and Games. Thanks Gamasutra.

Call of Duty League Schedule For The 2020 Season World Tour.

All new cell phone users in China must now have their face scanned. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Acer Launches Rugged Chromebook Spin 311- An 11.6-Inch AMD A4-Based 2-in-1. Spam calls grew 18% in 2019.