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Shadow of the Tomb Raider Updates Adds Ray-Traced Shadows and DLSS.

Epic Games has 250 million 'Fortnite' players and a lot of plans - Engadget.

A bunch of additional Epic Games Store exclusives were unveiled at GDC today, along with word that Epic Games Store titles, including exclusives, are headed to Humble Store. On a related note, Ars...

Human A bunch of additional Epic Games Store exclusives were unveiled at GDC today, along with word that Epic Games Store titles, including exclusives, are headed to Humble Store. On a related note,...

Besides the above news that The Cycle will be an Epic Games Store exclusive, launching later this year, YAGER now offers testing signups. They say a three day alpha test for the competitive first-pers...

The Oculus Blog announces the Oculus Rift S, an updated version of their VR headset they will release soon (they say spring 2019). This will improve upon and replace the current Rift, while selling...

Ubisoft announces open beta testing for Space Junkies will get underway tomorrow, offering the chance to check out this VR first-person shooter. This post has the news, and offers this open beta...

Assemble Entertainment announces plans to Cry 'Havoc!,' and let slip the hogs of war once again with the release of S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster on Steam this spring. This trailer shows off this pig in its...

Open beta testing of Guardians of Ember is now underway through GameForge, offering free access to this hack-and-slash MMORPG (thanks PC Gamer). This game was delisted from Steam early last year...

Epic Games announces the Epic MegaGrants Initiative, saying this will hand out an epic $100 million to game developers, media and entertainment creators, enterprise professionals, students,...

Vengeance Bundle - Steam Game Bundle - Fanatical. Save 97%. Steam Daily Deal - Undertale, 60% Off. Steam Daily Deal - Circle Empires, 33% Off. Power Rangers- Battle For The Grid Is Now Available For...

Satisfactory is now in Early Access on the Epic Games Store (thanks Jeremy), offering the chance to check out this construction and automation simulation, as Coffee Stain Studios continues to develop...

A post on Reddit offers a new gameplay video from System Shock showing a full run through of the medical level in Nightdive Studios' upcoming remake of the original version of this action/RPG (thanks...

A post on Steam announces the release of the Alien Butt Form DLC for Party Hard 2, the Windows killjoy simulator sequel. This includes five new levels for the game in addition to the titular butt....

Fortnite version 8.11 Patch Notes. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS -- Matchmaking Improvements Now Live. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS -- Update #27 - Test Server Update.

Rami Ismail tells Valve sucks to be you over Epic store exclusives - PCGamesN.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice on Kotaku.

Sony and Nintendo shares tumble following Google Stadia announcement. Hell Warders Is Now Available For Xbox One. Castle Crashers Remastered finally confirmed for Switch, PS4. Coming Soon To Xbox...

Thanks Ant. Opera adds unlimited VPN service to its Android browser for free. Thanks Slashdot. Apple Launches 2nd Gen AirPods- Longer Talk Time & Hands-Free Hey Siri. Amazon releases a sub-$100...

The World of Warcraft Website announces a "Welcome Back Weekend" for the MMORPG will kick off on Thursday, permitting everyone with an inactive account to spend a few days in Azeroth for free....

Toadman Interactive announces the I.G.I. franchise will resume in 2021 with the release of a third game in this first-person shooter series that began in 2000 with the release of Project I.G.I., aka...

Apex Legends Season One is underway and the first Battle Pass for the battle royale game is also now available as promised (thanks Don). EA's Answer HQ has three videos to illustrate the news, a...

A post on the BioWare Blog by Casey Hudson offers a post-launch update on Anthem, BioWare's mechanized action/RPG. He expresses their disappointment that the game suffered from so many issues at...

Sin and Sacrifice is now available on GOG.com and Steam, offering a new expansion for Battlestar Galactica Deadlock, the space strategy game based on the sci-fi franchise. This post explains that...

RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures is now available for Windows, after launching for Nintendo Switch. The PC edition of this casual installment in the theme park series is available exclusively (and...

Fate/EXTELLA LINK is now available for Windows and consoles, with the Windows edition offered through Steam. This sequel to Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star is on display in the launch trailer, and the...

League of Legends Patch 9.6 Notes. Overwatch Patch 1.34.0.1. Baptiste arrives.

Google made their big GDC announcement today, and it is indeed for their own game streaming service which they call Stadia. This revives the original promises rolled out with the first cloud gaming...

Another tweet from Gearbox says "Time to tease another game for PAX!" (thanks VideoGamer). It seems they are here to tease games and chew bubblegum, but they are all out of bubblegum: Said tease is a...

A new System Shock 3 teaser trailer offers a look at OtherSide Entertainment's upcoming continuation of the old school action/RPG series. This was part of the Unity Game Developers Conference keynote,...

A new patch for Heroes of the Storm is now available on the Play Test Realm, with this article offering the patch notes. This shows that despite dropping esports support and shifting developers off...

The DirectX Developer Blog introduces some new graphics technology called Variable Rate Shading, calling this "a scalpel in a world of sledgehammers" (thanks [H]ardOCP). Here's word: What is Variable...

NVIDIA announces that the GeForce Experience Ansel RTX and Freestyle are now available through a new in-app version 3.18 update. The Ansel update brings a new version of the screenshot tool to over...

Here's more from team green, as an article on the NVIDIA website has details on the project to add RTX ray-tracing effects to QUAKE II. The centerpiece is Quake 2 real-time path tracing using RTX, a...

How Designers Engineer Luck Into Video Games on Nautilus is an interesting essay exploring the topic (thanks Max). It covers the "responsibilities and challenges of programmed luck" more than the...

Activision announces Call of Duty Mobile is coming westward as well as to China, more gamers a chance to answer the call on iOS and Android. The Call of Duty Mobile Home is where to sign up to keep...

Update: The oddness of this is now explained, as the video has been yoinked. Apparently the quoted email was fake. Original story: Another new video from VNN sets some more emails from Valve boss...

Another new video from VNN sets some more emails from Valve boss Gabe Newell to video. It seems odd that he would break radio silence on the future of Half-Life in a personal email, but presuming he's...

NVIDIA announces plans to introduce DirectX Raytracing to GeForce GTX CPUS next month, starting with the GTX 1060 and up. Here's word: From engine updates to exciting games to developer tools,...

The Stray Bombay Website is online as home to a new developer formed by Chet Faliszek, formerly of Valve, and Kimberly Voll who previously worked at Riot Games. The main post on the site is from both...

EA announces Season 1 gets underway tomorrow for Apex Legends, at which time the first battle pass for the battle royale game will go on sale. Here's all you need to know: The hunt (for sweet loot)...

A tweet from Battlefield announces Firestorm will launch on March 25th, offering the promised battle royale mode for Battlefield V, the military shooter. They offer screenshots of Halvøy, the new map...

Steam now offers Two Point Hospital: Pebberley Island, a new DLC pack for Two Point Hospital, which allows you to play doctor on the Windows, macOS, and Linux. They celebrate the news with a music...

With Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice due for release on Friday, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment offers a new trailer to offer a gameplay overview of FromSoftware's next action game. Here's what they have to say...

A new release trailer from Generation Zero is now online to pave the way for next week's release of this open-world action game from Avalanche Studios. It's safe to say that if time machines were...

Players caught cheating at Apex Legends are now receiving permanent hardware bans, reports Daily Esports, who say this is a hot topic on the wretched hives of scum and villainy where cheats are...

343 Industries invites players to join the Halo Insider Program for the chance to participate in early access play sessions for in-development Halo games (thanks [H]ardOCP. This will include the...

DSOGaming notes a series of posts on Reddit from Tim Sweeney have more from the Epic Games CEO on what's going on in the Epic Games Store, where Epic's discounted take is adding a little disruption...

GOG.com announces that preorders are underway for Crimson Curse, a new expansion coming to GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. The post also mentions a new trailer without offering a link, but never fear,...

Hunt: Showdown -- Update 5.0 - Patch #1.