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A new project on Rich Whitehouse's Website is called DOOMBA, a new script for Noesis, Rich's format conversion tool that can be used to create maps for the original 1993 DOOM (among many other things)...

I didnt really know what I was working on How nine people at Rare created a seminal classic with GoldenEye.

Snapchat goes full circle, adds lenses for dogs.

Thanks Ant. Discord Raises Additional $150M in Funding. Internet mostly fake now. 2018 Was a Rough Year for Truth Online. Amazon announces a record-breaking holiday, tens of millions of new Prime...

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 6GB, 4GB and 3GB models confirmed in EEC filing. Our favorite (and least favorite) tech of 2018 - Ars Technica. These are the worst design crimes of 2018. Musk says Tesla...

Video Games Aren't Destroying Your Brain, They Are Making You More Intelligent Says New Study. Hacker steals ten years worth of data from San Diego school district. Thanks Linux Security via Ant....

The Australian Classification Website now offers a listing for Sniper Elite V2 Remastered (thanks DSOGaming), apparently revealing a remake coming for the 2012 third-person shooter sequel, which...

Treyarch Studios Tweets about holiday celebrations that are now underway in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (thanks Charlie INTEL). Here's what Santa has in store: Happy holidays! We've got some surprises...

The recent news about Blizzard ending support for the Heroes Global Championship and moving developers off the Heroes of the Storm team seemed an indication that their MOBA may be entering a...

Fortnite - The new Winter Wonderland Gear is available now.

World of Warcraft: The Pet Battle Bonus Event Has Begun.

Jenova Chen's quest to make video games that cultivate kindness Quartz.

10 Tricks to Try First on Your New Gaming Console. Thanks Neutronbeam. Lost NES Version Of SimCity Emerges After 27 Years. This Weeks Deals With Gold And Spotlight Sale.

Samsung is serving Galaxy S9 owners Android Pie for Christmas. The 10 best apps for your new Android phone. The 10 best apps for new iPhones. 10 iconic iPhone features we've lost.

In a bit of a surprise, the holidays did not stop GfK Chart-Track from issuing their new U.K. weekly sales charts today. Here's their write-up of the all-platforms chart: "Its a Red Christmas as...

Battle.net offers details from Blizzard on what Diablo III players can expect from Season 16, which begins on January 18th in the action/RPG sequel. Along with an outline of new cosmetic rewards,...

Play Subnautica in co-op with this new mod. Huge Watch Dogs mod adds custom missions, random events and danger zones.

Humble Software Bundle: VEGAS Pro Even more creative freedom! League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 12.25 - 12.28.

Former League of Legends world champion Ambition has retired.

PS4 Release Dates. Thanks Ant. After A Year Of Free Updates, The Switchs Kirby Game Is Finally Very Good.

Stable Android Pie with One UI is now rolling out to Samsung Galaxy S9-S9 Plus. Samsung's Bixby assistant: 10 things worth trying. Siri, Cortana, Alexa, Google Assistant... Wi-Fi 6 Explained: The...

YouTube TV Is the Best Live TV Service of 2018 Beating Out PlayStation Vue, DIRECTV NOW, Sling, & Others (2018 Cordie Awards). Facebook is not equipped to stop the spread of authoritarianism....

Bethesda tweets that anyone who played the release version of Fallout 76 this year will receive the Fallout Classic Collection for free (thanks PC Gamer via RedEye9). The collection comprises Fallout,...

Following several delays, Steam New announces the launch of ATLAS into Early Access, offering a first chance to set sail in Studio Wildcard's pirate-themed MMOG for Windows. The game carries a 17%...

A new video from Bethesda Softworks celebrates the 12 days of RAGEMAS, adapting the Christmas holiday to the upcoming release of Rage 2, the first-person shooter sequel. The description notes they...

A post on Reddit offers a status report on Command & Conquer Remastered, the upcoming reissue of the classic RTS (thanks CNCNZ.com via Ant). This is by Jim Vessella, creative director at Electronic...

The following are the 10 bestselling games on Steam for last week: Survivor Pass: Vikendi ATLAS PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Grand Theft Auto V MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD Insurgency: Sandstorm Assassin's...

Humble Monthly Annual Subscription includes a $40 Humble Store Credit.

Quake Champions 2019 Duel Ranked Preseason starts now. Dota 2 True Sight World Premiere.

Rumour: Microsoft is developing 4K webcams compatible with Xbox One. Marvels Spider-Man gets the Raimi suit so that one guy can stop crying about it. 'Dragon Quest XI' is coming to Switch, at least...

An article on the official website for Beyond Good and Evil 2 takes the form of a FAQ to get us up to speed on where development stands (thanks DSOGaming). The article also has a link to Space Monkey...

A story on Forbes posits that ATLAS "Is Turning Out To Be One Of The Most Fumbled Launches In Video Game History," in reporting a few launch delays for this pirate-themed MMOG. ARK developer Studio...

This video is the opening cinematic of One Piece World Seeker, more than a bit in advance of the launch of this action/adventure, which is planned for March 15th. In spite of the title, the clip...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Dec. 21 Update: Armor and Zombies Updates in Blackout, Stash Looting Fixes, Other Minor Changes-Fixes. Thanks MP1ST. A big new Watch Dogs mod makes Chicago a more dynamic...

One Kickstarter campaign allegedly had $100,000 stolen, but still shipped its keyboards - The Verge

The best smartwatch to buy for iPhone and Android. The top smartphone trends to watch in 2019. Apple issues second release of iOS 12.1.2. The death of meaningful version numbers rolls on. Thanks Ant....

iPhones, mobiles and more still available for Christmas delivery from Amazon. Discord raises another $150M after opening its own games store. Review: The June oven made me want a camera in every...

Intel Core i9-9900KF, i7-9700KF, i5-9600KF, i5-9400F Prices Listed. Thanks Hypothermia. Facebook's upcoming Oculus Quest VR headset surfaces in FCC filing. Douglas Adams was right: Genuine people...

Now that HITMAN 2 players have shot Sean Bean in the bean (or however you rubber duckied him to death), IO Interactive unveils Vicente 'The Revolutionary' Murillo as the second elusive target in...

This video is a recording of a recent livestream where BioWare shows off more gameplay from Anthem, their upcoming mech game (thanks MP1ST). The clip runs nearly 45 minutes, but the description of...

An article on Kotaku talks about cost-cutting measures at Blizzard Entertainment, saying these are the result of the growing influence of corporate overlords Activision. They discuss attempts to...

Fortnite - We've deployed a server fix that addresses issues with degraded server performance. Remaining issues should be resolved over the next couple of hours.

The Elder Scrolls Online - Holiday Sale.

Overwatch League names-and-shames rulebreakers with new 'player discipline tracker.' Baldurs Gate- 20-Year Anniversary Contest Winners Announced.

Polls Open: PlayStation.Blog Game of the Year 2018.

2018 was the year of 5G hype. The 5G reality is yet to come. Thanks Puttwhacker. Apple responding to bent iPad Pro controversy, insists flatness tighter than previous generations. Chill, the...

An article on Skill Rating, Leveling, and Balance on the Artifact Website discusses the release of a new Build Your Legend Update for Artifact, Valve's new CCG. The first two of those three topics...

The Trainz Store (ztore?) now offers the release of Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019, the new iteration of their Windows and macOS railroad simulation. This page outlines the over 130 locomotives this...

Heroes Lounge is not taking the recent announcement that Blizzard was reducing support for Heroes of the Storm lying down. Though they can't replace staff removed from the development team, they...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Dec. 20 Update: Holiday Event in Blackout - Winter Calling in Zombies - Winter Event Stream on Xbox One and PC, Reactive Camo Fixes in Blackout. Darksiders 3 Patch #2 (Decem...