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Steam Top 10
Valve's report of last week's bestselling titles on Steam is 30% Monster Hunter World, as CAPCOM's new game sold well as a Deluxe Kit, in all caps, and even in upper/lower case: MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD...
Bethesda Blocked Game Sale Because of "New" Designation
Eurogamer follows up yesterday's report of Bethesda preventing the sale of a copy of The Evil Within 2 on the Amazon Marketplace. We mentioned this was a "used" game sale, but the shrink-wrapped...
Rise of the Tomb Raider Trailer
SQUARE ENIX released a new trailer on Friday to show off some jungle gameplay in Rise of the Tomb Raider, the upcoming return of Lara Croft (thanks Dark Horizons via Ant). The clip also includes...
Sunday Interviews
Bethesda defends its legal threat against a man who tried to resell a "new", sealed copy of The Evil Within 2 on Amazon Marketplace.
Saturday Metaverse
Ethiopia internet shutdown in eastern Somali region. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Twitter admits Infowars tweets broke rules, but the account stays up. Facebooks David Marcus Quits Coinbase to Avoid Ap...
Gatherings & Competitions
Former Nexon marketer cancels game expo panel trashing Lawbreakers. "Lawbreakers: How I Blew Millions Marketing the Biggest Flop of 2017." Closing in on The International - Dota 2.
Saturday Patches
After five years, total conversion mod Half-Life- Echoes is available for download. Thanks RedEye9.
GeForce Hotfix Drivers
NVIDIA offers GeForce Hotfix Drivers Version 398.98 (thanks [H]ardOCP). These are to address two specific problems: This is GeForce Hot Fix driver version 398.98 that addresses the following:...
PC Let It Die this Fall
Let It Die is coming to PCs via Steam this autumn, reports GameSpot. For PC gamers who paid no attention to Grasshopper Manufacture's free-to-play action/RPG when it was a PlayStation 4 exclusive,...
IGN Review Plagiarism Follow-up
IGN now has a new Dead Cells Review to replace the one removed earlier this week amid allegations of plagiarism. There is a note at the end of the new review about the situation, but they have...
Bethesda Blocks Used Game Sale
Polygon reports that Bethesda Softworks has intervened to prevent a seller on Amazon's Marketplace from selling a used copy of The Evil Within 2 which had never been opened. It is noted that this...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Open Beta Begins
The promised open beta for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is now underway on Battle.net, Blizzard's gaming service. This allows anyone with a free account to check out Activision's upcoming first-person...
Evening Interviews
Rage 2 won't have multiplayer but will have "a social component" Eurogamer.net. DLC: Can games change people's minds? - GamesIndustry.biz. Culture clash: Why Arena of Valor is struggling in...
On Sale
GOG.com - Weekend Sale: Store in a cool, dry place, up to 85% off. Steam Daily Deal - West of Loathing, 33% Off.
The Elder Scrolls Legends: Isle of Madness Announced
Bethesda also announced an expansion called Isle of Madness is in the works for The Elder Scrolls Legends. Details are scant for now, as they want us to wait for more: Announced at QuakeCon 2018,...
We Happy Few Released
Gearbox Publishing announces We Happy Few is out for PC and consoles, with the Windows version available on GOG.com and Steam, with a the game's 15% preorder discount carrying over through the...
RAGE 2 Trailer
Bethesda.net offers an Eden Assault Extended Gameplay Trailer from RAGE 2, showing the QuakeCon demonstration of the upcoming shooter sequel. The post has a detailed explanation of what this shows,...
Fortnite Planning Controller Segregation
The cross-platform support in Fortnite allows players to play together using different systems. This can lead to some obvious controller inequities, and Epic is considering changing this by making it...
DOOM Eternal Gameplay Trailer
Bethesda.net also has id's reveal video for DOOM Eternal, offering over 15 minutes of gameplay footage from the upcoming first-person shooter sequel. IGN has details on the story and gameplay from...
Quake Champions Goes Free-to-Play
At QuakeCon today id Software announced that Quake Champions is now free-to-play, bringing the multiplayer shooter full circle to its original launch price. Bethesda.net explains they still consider...
Iron Harvest Backer Alpha Demo
An Iron Harvest DevBlog #4 from KING Art Games announces that backers of this crowdfunded RTS game now have access to a playable alpha to check out progress on the game. They explain: "Alpha 1...
Robothorium in March 2019
Goblinz Studio announces a March 2019 release window for Robothorium, their turn-based, cyberpunk RPG set during one of those robot uprisings you hear so much about these days. The game is currently...
Blood Ancestors Next Week
Barely a week after launching the open alpha of Blood Ancestors on Steam, Snowpeak Studio announces August 16th is when the game will officially launch into early access. Since that open alpha is...
Fishing: Barents Sea Line and Net Ships DLC Released
Publisher astragon Entertainment and developer Misc Games announce the release of new Line and Net Ships DLC for Fishing: Barents Sea, their Windows open-water fishing simulation. This adds five new...
Tiny Hands Adventure Released
Tiny Hands Adventure is now available on Steam, offering a Windows adventure game that may or may not have been inspired by the most recent U.S. presidential primaries. This trailer shows off...
MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD's Monster Sales
Yesterday's launch of MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD on Steam has proven to be a monster success. A post on Steam Charts says the game had 290K players at peak, and USgamer says this makes it the biggest...
Cuphead Goes Triple Platinum
Studio MDHR announces the continuation of the phenomenal success story for Cuphead, saying the difficult 1930s-style platformer is "triple platinum" after selling more than three million copies. Here'...
Madden NFL 19 Kicks Off
EA SPORTS announces the official release of Madden NFL 19 for all, with the new installment in the tackle football series returning to the PC for the first time in years through Origin. "This is my...
F1 2018 Video Diary
Codemasters and Deep Silver offer a new video developer diary 3 for F1 2018, the upcoming Formula One racing sequel. This features Senior Car Handling Designer David Greco discussing car handling, so...
CrossCode Next Month
Deck13 and Radical Fish Games announce that CrossCode will be officially released on Steam on September 20th for Windows, Linux, and macOS. The throwback 2D action/RPG is now wrapping up its three-plu...
Total War: ROME II Rise of the Republic Campaign Pack
Steam now offers a new Rise of the Republic Campaign Pack for Total War: ROME II. As noted on Steam this comes alongside an Ancestral Update, saying, "make sure you opt out of the Ancestral Update...
Starpoint Gemini Warlords. Endpoint Released
Publisher Iceberg Interactive and developer LGM Games announce the release of the Endpoint DLC for Starpoint Gemini Warlords, saying this is the fifth and final DLC for the Windows spaceship combat...
Path of Exile Delve This Month
The Path of Exile has details on a new Delve expansion coming to Grinding Gear's action/RPG, along with a timer counting down to its release on August 31st (thanks PCGamesN, where they have a preview)...
Overwatch Summer Games Begin
The Overwatch Website has word that this year's Summer Games are underway in Blizzard's multiplayer first-person shooter. This includes the return of Lúcioball in a new stadium, a whole bunch of new...
Hunt Showdown Free Weekend
Crytek announces a free weekend is underway for Hunt Showdown, their Early Access bounty-hunting first-person shooter. South American players will be pleased to see that the announcement includes...
Battlefield V Closed Alpha Next Week
Electronic Arts offers details on a second Battlefield V closed alpha test that's getting underway on August 14th. They say codes are going out soon to a small group of players, and those with a...
Morning Patches
Fortnite Weapon and Building Balance 8/9. Train Valley 2 -- Update #9.
Discord Nitro Store Beta
The Discord Blog announces a Discord Store Beta is now live, as the chat provider seeks to sow discord in the digital distribution world. This is rolling out today to about 50,000 Canadian Discord...
Battlerite Royale Going Standalone
There's a post on the Future and Battlerite Royale on the Battlerite Website announcing that Battlerite Royale is becoming a new standalone game, rather than a new game mode for Battlerite. They say...
August Twitch Prime Freebies
Twitch now offers the August set of free games for Twitch Prime subscribers, which includes Amazon Prime members. Redemption requires the use of the Twitch standalone client, and as always, they say...
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2019 Demo
There's now a playable demo on Steam for PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2019, the new installment in the association football/soccer series that's coming out at the end of this month (thanks Frans). Konami...
Insurgency: Sandstorm Preorder Beta Begins
Focus Home Interactive and New World Interactive channel their combined interactivity to announce the launch of the promised preorder beta for Insurgency: Sandstorm, their upcoming first-person...
MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD Released
The Windows edition of MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD is now available on Steam, offering PC gamers the latest installment in CAPCOM's monster-hit console action series. Updated drivers for this are already...
Torchlight Frontiers Announced
Perfect World Entertainment announces Torchlight Frontiers, saying the new installment in the Torchlight series will be a shared world experience for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Taking the...
Gatherings & Competitions
The Overwatch League's problems can't be papered over with rainbows. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Weekly Event -- War Mode: Dodgebomb.
Morning Previews
The Phoenix Project Rises Phoenix Point.
Nogalious Released
Nogalious is now available on Steam, offering a retro-styled platformer for Windows. This trailer shows this off in all its 8-bit glory, and the announcement covers the news, making mention of this...
Unavowed Launches
Unavowed is now available for Windows and macOS on GOG.com and Steam, offering a new supernatural adventure set in New York City from Wadjet Eye Games. The previously released launch trailer shows...
Distance Going the Distance Next Month
Developer Refract Studios announces September 18th is when Distance will fully launch out of Early Access. They now call this spiritual successor to Nitronic Rush a "car parkour survival racing game,"...
Control Video Diary
Remedy Entertainment offers a new video developer diary for Control, their upcoming Maxwell Smart-free supernatural action/adventure ("Miss Jackson if you're nasty!"). This takes a look at the game's...
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