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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.

Crystal Dynamics Will Appear at Google's GDC 2019 Panel. Includes Avengers game speculation. Thanks Dark Horizons via Ant. Epic Games awards $500,000 in final Unreal Dev Grants.

Single Malt Strategy 33: Interview With We. The Revolution.

Apple quietly announces 10.5-inch iPad Air and refreshed iPad mini.

Bleeping Computer has a statement from Valve responding to the recent news that the Epic Games Store may be accessing Steam data files for some users (thanks Eurogamer). Epic has stated this is...

Here's Valve's latest accounting of the bestselling titles on Steam for last week: Devil May Cry 5 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Grand Theft Auto V Total War: WARHAMMER II...

Steam Daily Deal - Outlast 2, 75% Off. Steam Daily Deal - XSEED publisher sale, up to 80% Off.

The Simpsons Esports Episode: Riot Games Consulted. 'Dota 2' app rewards you for predicting pro match winners.

FCC clears path for terahertz wireless data. Walmart tipped to be building budget Android tablets of its own. Interesting bandwagon to jump on so late. Apple and Stanfords Apple Watch study...

You can now buy games straight from a developer's Discord server. Facebook pulled over 1.5 million videos of New Zealand shooting. Facebook failed to block 20% of uploaded New Zealand shooter videos....

Thanks Ant. How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Science. How to Watch NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huangs Keynote Monday at GTC. Thanks Hypothermia. This guy spent an entire week in VR and didn't...

Microsoft releases Windows Defender extensions for Chrome and Firefox. Is Huawei a security threat? Seven experts weigh in. Actually, five experts and two senators. 19-years-old WinRAR vulnerability...

Publisher Skybound Games and developer NMC Studios announce notmycar, coming to Windows on April 5th to determine who will have the last car standing (driving?) in a vehicular battle royale. This...

Eugen Systems announces May 2nd is the new official release date for Steel Division 2. Their World War II real-time strategy sequel had been expected on April 4th, but that news is so six weeks ago....

The Division 2 - Patch Notes 16/3. Thanks MP1ST. The Pit- Infinity -- Multiplayer Co-op Update Friday March 15th.

GOG.com Weekend Sale- Just have fun, up to -90%.

Serin Fate - A Witchy RPG by Vethergen Kickstarter. "Serin Fate takes a modern approach to classic RPG storytelling, featuring casual aspects like sandbox freedom, fishing, gardening, creature...

Overwatch League announces city-based, home-and-away matches will start in 2020. ICONIC Esports Moments- EVO Moment 37 - "The Daigo Parry." Thanks Ant. Sea of Thieves - Supersize Your Spoils on Gold...

Starpoint Gemini 3 -- LORE TIMELINE.

The Drop: New PlayStation Games for March 19, 2019. Enjoy the Great Indoors with up to 65% off at PS Store. PlayStation Blogcast 324: Shiny and New. Alpine Green Joins the DualShock 4 Lineup in...

GameGuru is available at a 100% discount on Steam all weekend, so this Windows game maker can be yours to keep if you pick it up through Sunday. Here's word on how this can help create games without...