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2018 VR Awards- Star Wars, Vive Pro earn top honors - VentureBeat. Watch a Counter-Strike pro get caught cheating during a major esports tournament - Polygon.

Here's GFK Chart-Track's write-up about their new top 40 chart tracking the bestselling games in the U.K. for the week ending October 20th. Word is: "Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 retains the No1 spot...

Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro won't be sold in the US. eBay's Instant Selling is a hassle-free way to sell your old phone.

Xbox Game Pass- Dead Island: Riptide DE, Outlast, And More Arrive In Time For Halloween.

Armenia opens $50 million Bitcoin and Ethereum mining farm. Thanks Slashdot.

A video update from the Fortnite team announces that the full free-to-play launch of the Save the World mode for the survival shooter is being delayed beyond the end of this year. They offer details...

Beta testing for Artifact was planned to begin this month, but PC Gamer has word that testing of Valve's virtual card game won't be getting underway until November 19th. This tweet got this story...

WCCFTECH has a follow-up to the recent report of a listing for a PC edition of Red Dead Redemption 2 on MediaMarkt (thanks DSOGaming). They explain this is a placeholder based on their assumption a...

Elon Musk spars with Fortnite on Twitter after joking about buying the video game. Why That Rick And Morty Court Video Has Been Pulled From YouTube.

Audi's electric SUV faces four-week delay because of software bug.

Advertising heir trying to bring video games to the Olympics gets evicted.

'Games As A Service' Proves Super Profitable - Dark Horizons. Something something raw meat, something something death of single-player.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Oct. 20 Update: Halloween Event on PS4, Death Stash and MP Fixes. Thanks Charlie INTEL.

We're down to a single listing for Assassin's Creed Odyssey on this week's Steam top 10. To make up for it we have a pair of them for SOULCALIBUR VI. Here's the list: Assassin's Creed Odyssey...

Developer Contra Concept announces development of Ricky Runner: SUPERBOOT CUP, a hardcore 3D racing platformer coming next month to Steam as an Early Access release. This is a collaboration between...

A new trailer shows off gameplay from Hovership Havoc, a hectic third-person shooter in the works at Snow Day Software, a one-person developer. This is coming in Q1 of 2019 to Steam and Windows 10/Xbo...

Online sellers 'pay for positive reviews.' Shocking. Like gambling in Casablanca. Another Defender bites the dust as Netflix cancels Luke Cage. YouTube TV apologizes for outage with a one-week...

Androids new multitasking is terrible and should be changed back. Some Google Pixel owners camera photos arent saving. Thanks Slashdot.

Marvels Spider-Man New Game Plus Update Now Available. Insomniac Caves On Puddlegate, Admits Spider-Man Needs More Puddles.

Outspoken FIFA 19 pro quits game after EA ban for abusive behaviour. Counter-Strike pro caught cheating mid-tournament, tries to block official from inspecting his PC. More details.

Digital Extremes announces Fortuna, an open world expansion for WARFRAME that will be released next month for free for the Windows edition of the multiplayer shooter. Word is this will come to Xbox...

Dutch website TechTastic has a screenshot of a listing for a PC edition of Red Dead Redemption 2, the western shooter sequel that's about to come out on consoles (thanks VG247). Hints of a PC edition...

Steam Daily Deal - My Time At Portia, 20% Off.

Early Access is now underway on Steam for World War 3, the Farm51's multiplayer military shooter set during a theoretical third world war that doesn't actually seem like a good idea. The launch has...

PlayStation Blogcast 310: Spooktacular. This Week On Xbox: October 19, 2018. The Drop: New PlayStation Games for October 23, 2018.

John TotalBiscuit Bain to be inducted into Esports Hall of Fame at ESL One Hamburg 2018 as first non-player. Thanks [H]ardOCP. CS:GO team disbanded after player is caught cheating.

Steam devs speak- Maximum profits for Valve, minimum responsibilities - Polygon.

GOG.com Weekend Sale- Role-playing tactics, up to 75% off.

A new Team Fortress 2 patch is now live, adding Scream Fortress X, this year's edition of the Halloween festivities in Valve's multiplayer shooter. Word is: Complete a new round of Merasmissions!...

Damsel is now available on Steam, offering a Windows platformer where the damsel causes at least as much distress as she suffers. The game's high-speed antics can be seen in this launch trailer, and...

Railway Empire - Crossing the Andes is now available on Steam, offering new mountains to climb for Railway Empire, the Windows and macOS railroad game. This trailer shows off the new South American...

Focus Home Interactive follows the news that Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is coming in January by specifying January 24th as the release date for the sci-fi RTS sequel. They also offer details on two...

No Man's Sky Development Update 7.

Another new video for CitizenCon shows off more of Star Citizen, discussing how physics will influence gameplay in Cloud Imperium's pair of upcoming space games (thanks DSOGaming). The specifics...

Paradox Interactive announces BATTLETECH Flashpoint is due on November 27th, saying that preorders are now underway on Steam for the expansion. They also are now offering season passes along with two...

IO Interactive announces the release of a new Halloween Pack as a free download for all owners of HITMAN, their episodic assassination game. This trailer shows off the pack, and the announcement has...

The Football Manager Website announces the Football Manager 2019 beta is now available to all who have preordered the association football/soccer series from an authorized dealer. This will run until...

SOULCALIBUR VI is now available for Windows on Steam, offering the chance to resume brawling in this sword-centric fighting series. The launch trailer celebrates the news, while Swords and Souls Part...

Steam now offers a playable demo for Horizon Chase Turbo, offering the chance to get behind the wheel for a test drive of this arcade racer for Windows, macOS, and Linux. This features a sampling of...

The NDAs on Intel i9 9900K CPUs ran out at 9:00 am EDT today, so here's a roundup of reviews for Intel's latest and presumably greatest processor: AnandTech. GamersNexus. Gizmodo. Guru3D. [H]ardOCP....

Origins Steam Game Bundle on Fanatical. Steam Weekend Deal - The Fallout Franchise , up to 50% Off. Steam Daily Deal - .hack--G.U. Last Recode, 60% Off. League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 10.1...

Splash Damage announces they are ending development of Dirty Bomb, regretfully explaining they were unable to make the success out of it they hoped for when they reacquired the rights to the game (tha...

A new trailer from Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales offers a look at gameplay in advance of next week's launch of this RPG spin-off. GOG.com has details on this exclusive: Thronebreaker: The Witcher...

Reigns: Game of Thrones is now available on GOG.com and Steam, offering a spin-off of the Reigns "swipe 'em up" that uses characters and settings based on the hit HBO adaptation of Song of Ice and...

Project Warlock is now available on GOG.com, offering a throwback first-person shooter for Windows. This is a timed exclusive, so it will not be offered elsewhere until some time down the road. A...

Other free weekends are now underway on Steam (thanks Ant). In each case the corresponding game is also on sale, as is their way. Here's the lineup: Lethal League. "Lethal League is a competitive...

Battlestar Galactica Deadlock- Anabasis is now available for Windows, offering what Slitherine calls "the most significant expansion for Battlestar Galactica Deadlock to date." This includes 11 new...

A free weekend is underway for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition on Steam, offering a couple of days to get acquainted with this real-time strategy game (thanks Ant). The Definitive Edition includes all...

Fallout 76 Brotherhood of Steel retcon explained by Bethesda.

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS -- Event Mode- Platoon (50 vs 50). My Arms Were Really Skinny. Professional Videogamers Are Working Out. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.