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A post on the Steam Blog lists the 20 top new games released on Steam in January. This is dominated by Japanese releases, and they offer a little analysis to explain why: "The prevalence of Asian...

Blueside announces the PC edition of Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders is coming on February 28th, offering a port of the Xbox RTS/action hybrid with some enhancements for PC players. You can find...

Behaviour Interactive announces new Chains of Hate DLC for Dead by Daylight will launch on March 10th. This major content update will introduce a new killer to the asymmetrical multiplayer horror...

Ubisoft announces that Year 5 passes for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege are now on sale: "Today, Ubisoft announced that the Tom Clancys Rainbow Six Siege Year 5 Pass is now available. This one-year...

The Year-end Report 2019 from Paradox Interactive has full year financial results for the Swedish videogame publisher. They report Q4 revenue of around $39 million USD, an increase by 13% over Q4...

Headup games announces Pumpkin Jack, a 3D platform that will come to Windows and consoles in Q4 of this year. But for those who cannot wait to start carving this up before then can pick up a playable...

Fatshark announces March 10th as the Early Access release date for Dreadlands, their "turn-based skirmish game set in a living post-apocalyptic shared world." They urge gamers to wishlist the game...

A post on Fanatical discusses a survey of over 6,000 users on how many games constitute a games "collection." In a technical sense this should probably be two or more, but they were looking for the...

Age of Wonders: Planetfall Tyrannosaurus update. FINAL FANTASY XIV Patch 5.2 Notes. Kingdom Under Fire 2 Update #3: Grave of Time.

Meet Tyler Ronan, the first transgender triple-A video game protagonist - VG247.

Gaming Nexus - Bethesda Abandoned Fallout 4 VR and Skyrim VR and It's a Damn Shame. "Steam is still selling both Fallout 4 VR and Skyrim VR at $60. There have been a few sales here and there, but...

Now 'League of Legends' star Faker is a part-owner of his esports team. ESL pulls the plug on the CS-GO Intel Challenge at IEM Katowice. All-female League of Legends team Vaevictis kicked out of the...

Epic Games Store tweets the surprise news that they will offer Assassin's Creed Syndicate for free on Thursday alongside the previously announced freebie of Faeria. Word is: "Two free games are...

VGC reports that they "understand" that the rumored Warzone battle royale mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will "most likely" come in early March. They do not help us understand their...

We're barely through with 10% of corruption 2020, but CORRUPTION 2029 is now available on the Epic Games Store, offering the new tactical strategy game from Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden developer...

Mat Piscatella tweets January U.S. game sales stats from the NPD group based on dollar sales (thanks GamesIndustry.biz). The end of the current console cycle plays into the results, and he adds: "Doll...

Nimble Giant Entertainment announces open beta testing will get underway on February 21st for Quantum League, their time-lopping online first-person shooter. This will be conducted on Steam. Here's a...

Publisher Deep Silver and developer Nine Dots Studio announce a spring (Q2) release window for The Soroboreans, the DLC for Outward, their open-world RPG. Here's what to expect: "Launched on March 26,...

Early Access to COWBOY YAKUZA is now underway on Steam, offering a first crack at this story-driven action game for Windows. The full release is not far off, as Active Gaming Media says they expect...

Humble Book Bundle- Cybersecurity 2020 by Wiley (pay what you want and help charity). Thanks RedEye9. Killer Bundle 12 - Steam Game Bundle - Fanatical. Save 98%.

Today at the Rainbow Six Invitational 2020, Ubisoft took the lid of their plans for Year 5 and Year 6 for Rainbow Six Siege, their tactical shooter. Word is: "The focus of the two upcoming years is...

A report from the NPD Group drills down into some sales numbers to analyze the impact of Netflix's The Witcher series across other media, including videogames (thanks VGC). Word is the television...

A recent What is DOOM Eternal? trailer from Bethesda Softworks marked "unlisted" has been uncovered (thanks DSOGaming). This offers another look at the upcoming installment in id Software's venerable...

This tweet and this one from Frederik Schreiber are replies to Cliff Bleszinski's recent tweets about the Aliens shooter plans Boss Key was negotiating before the Fox/Disney deal ended the plan (thank...

A post to the Quantic Dream Blog celebrates the French developer's 23rd anniversary (thanks ScreenRant). They explain the success of Detroit: Become Human is allowing them to go fully independent,...

A post on Steam from developer WOLCEN Studio explains the issues they are struggling with following the launch of Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, their eponymous action/RPG (thanks Yiddish). Apologizing for...

GOG.com Special Sale: Bethesda games up to 75% off. GOG.com Weekly Sale: action arcade games up to 85% off. Two Wolfenstein games arrive on GOG.COM with 70% discounts.

Thanks Ant. The History of World in Conflict - GVMERS. Land of War - Developers Diary #1 Game Concept and Level Design. Polish with English subtitles. There's more on Steam. Starcraft Ghost 720p....

Matt Chat 441- Annie VanderMeer on NWN and Alpha Protocol. Thanks Ant.

The State of Decay Blog outlines gifts for owners of State of Decay 2 upon the release of the Juggernaut Edition of the action/RPG on Steam on March 13th (thanks PC Gamer via Yiddish). Word is...

A post on Protocol says Google is planning on bringing a free tier to its Stadia game streaming service in the coming months. This is from a couple of weeks ago, but we did not notice at the time (tha...

Here's the new list of the bestselling titles on Steam for last week: Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem Monster Hunter World: Iceborne MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD DAEMON X MACHINA Metro Exodus Metro Exodus Azur Lane...

Princess Lili is currently offered for free on Steam, offering the chance to get this casual RPG with a 100% discount (thanks SteamDB via Ant). The catch here is that this does not offer any English...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Patch Notes. Players can no longer use unearned attachments. Thanks VG247.

Democracy 4: Developer Blog #4- UI Changes. Rainbow Six Siege: Void Edge Operators Gameplay Gadgets and Starter Tips.

Thanks Neutronbeam. Microsoft release firmware update for the Surface Book range. Microsoft brings RCS Messaging to the Your Phone app, but only for some. Galaxy Z Flip Durability Test Shows The Revo...

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook boss urges tighter regulation. Activate This Bracelet of Silence, and Alexa Cant Eavesdrop. I'm a cone of silence man myself. Thanks j.c.f. Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Lost...

Metro Exodus has concluded its Epic Games Store exclusivity, and is now also available on Steam, offering another way to buy 4A Games' first-person shooter sequel. This is offered at 40% off. You can...

Bright Memory: Infinite is a "lightning-fast fusion of the FPS and action genres" coming to Steam with a TBD release date (thanks Yiddish). This will be free to all owners of the original Bright...

Lost Souls V2.0 is an overhaul mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl, available now for download.

ALL VISUAL CHANGES since 2018 - Star Wars Battlefront II. Thanks Wccftech.

CitizenCon 2950 - Save the Date. CORSAIR to Sponsor Rainbow Six Pro League for Ubisofts Tom Clancys Rainbow Six Siege. Thanks Hypothermia.

The drunken HQ Trivia finale before it shut down was insane.

Documentary Tracks Bezos' 'Rise And Reign' And How Amazon Became 'Inescapable.' Thanks RedEye9. New Twitter filter deletes naked pictures from messages. Where's the fun in that? 150 years ago, a...

Thanks Neutronbeam. AMD defends Threadripper 3990X its not slower on Windows 10 Pro, the reviews are wrong. Nvidia shocks Wall Street with surging data-center sales. Nvidia trims earnings outlook...

The Google Stadia Website announces five new games coming to Stadia, including three games that will debut on the cloud streaming service before they are released anywhere else. The three exclusives...

This tweet highlights a factoid from the Steam Hardware & Software Survey, noting that 1.31% of respondents report owning VR headsets, with Oculus Rift in the top spot at 0.4% (thanks Primalchrome)....

Slitherine announces they are giving 48 hours of exclusive beta access to those who preorder the Panzer Corps 2 Field Marshal Edition on Steam. The World War II strategy sequel is expected on March...

Apt Games announces TERROR SQUID, a score-attack, "synth nightmare," bullet hell game coming to Windows, macOS, and Switch this Spring. They say this is the "first Norwegian developed arcade game"...

Deep Silver and Ys Net announce the Story Quest Pack for Shenmue III will be released on February 18th. Here's word on the second DLC for the action/adventure sequel: "Story Quest Pack sees our...