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Blizzard announces the 2018 edition of their Halloween Terror event is now live in Overwatch, the multiplayer shooter. Here's a sizzle reel to show off the event and its new cosmetics, and here's...

Kotaku reports rumors that Microsoft is close to buying Obsidian Entertainment, saying this comes from three individuals briefed on the situation. One of their sources says the deal is 90% finished,...

Weekend Steam News announces the release of the XCOM 2: War of the Chosen & Tactical Legacy Pack for Windows, Linux, and macOS. To celebrate, XCOM 2 is currently free-to-play on Steam for the weekend....

Intel's i9 9900K vs Ryzen 2700X Gaming Benchmarks Are Misleading, Period. Shadow of the Tomb Raider Graphics and Performance Guide - GeForce. Graphene-enabled and directed nanomaterial placement...

Netflix addiction treated in Indian clinic's first case, report says. Thanks Ant. Chrome browser security tweak could badly impact loads of popular websites. Indiegogo pulls handheld airport...

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Epic Games Partner to Distribute Fortnite: Deep Freeze Bundle. Borderlands 2 VR Gets All Up in Your Face on PlayStationVR. Announcing The Minecraft...

Kitten'd -- Patch Notes 0.70.0.

The Windows edition of WWE 2K19 has leapt off the turnbuckle and has entered the ring on Steam, offering the chance to grapple with the new installment in this professional wrestling simulation. Here'...

SQUARE ENIX follows their recently announced delay for Left Alive by specifying March 5th is now when to expect this survival shooter to show up on Steam and PlayStation 4. Here's a new release date...

Evasion is now available on Steam, offering a virtual reality first-person shooter that requires either a Vive or Rift headset to play. "Evasion was designed by a passionate team that wanted to...

Starbreeze, Skybound Entertainment, and 505 Games kick off closed beta testing of OVERKILL's The Walking Dead, the new co-op multiplayer shooter that is unrelated to the Telltale's episodic The...

Steam Daily Deal - Super Mega Baseball 2, 40% Off. Steam Daily Deal - Stories Untold, 75% Off. Weekly Sale: Quality time - Up to 75% off - GOG.com. League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 10.09 -...

Halfquake Trilogy, three Half-Life modifications with 15 hours of gameplay, available for free on Steam. Thanks RedEye9.

Microsoft Cloud Gaming Revealed.

This trailer puts the spotlight on Mal'Ganis, who Blizzard reveals will be the next hero to join Heroes of the Storm, their MOBA. This describes the character's history from World of Warcraft, and...

Steam now offers new Porsche DLC for Car Mechanic Simulator 2018, the Windows auto repair and tuning game. This adds the following four cars and four engines from the iconic German automaker:Porsche...

With just over a week to go before the release of SOULCALIBUR VI, BANDAI NAMCO offers a new trailer called Swords and Souls that's part one of a series on the rise of the fighting series. Here's an...

The Fighter Collection & Eagle Dynamics announce the F-14 Tomcat is the next aircraft coming to DCS World, their aerial combat simulation. The DCS E-Shop has loads of details on the plane, and it is...

New Viper Trails DLC is now available for Antigraviator, adding new content to this Windows high-speed zero-gravity racer. Our dream that this would uncover the chemtrail conspiracy were dashed when...

Intel's commitment to making its stuff secure is called into question. Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. iFixit Confirms You Can Still Repair Your Own iMac Pro...

Intel Fall PC Desktop Event Live Blog (Starts at 10am ET-14-00 UTC). "Run as Administrator": What Does It Mean? 20 of the Worst PC Setups - September 2018 - ThinkComputers.org. HyperX Launches New...

How to get all your stuff out of Facebook before deleting it. Kanye West deletes Twitter and Instagram accounts - again. Upload your art to the online Banksy Shredder.

Thanks Ant. Canadian Music Group Proposes 'Copyright Tax' on Internet Use. Thanks Slashdot. Piracy On The Rise Again Due To SVOD. Mass action against Google over iPhone data blocked by London court.

The Minecraft Website offers some of the Java code for Minecraft as an open-source libraries (thanks Kotaku Australia). Of course this doesn't mean just anyone can make a game as modern as Mojang's...

Liveblog: Googles annual hardware launch event. Tomorrow at 11:00 am EDT. Differences in early 5G services will make it a 'marketing headache.' As long as it's compatible with my HDR TV.

16 League of Legends pros have been punished for toxic behaviour. As 16 million amateurs flame each other at this very moment.

GfK Chart-Track offers the following outlook on their new charts tracking last week's videogame sales in the U.K.: "The start of Q4 sees FIFA 19 retain the top spot while Ubisofts Assassins...

Democrats unveil "Internet Bill of Rights": transparency, privacy, control, notification, Net Neutrality, competition, accountability.

Intel to Hold PC Desktop Event on Monday, October 8th.

The Internets keepers? Some call us hoardersI like to say were archivists.

Daylight saving time is reportedly causing Apple Watch Series 4 reboots. Fortnite has earned $300 Million on iOS since its release.

Fortnite event will give creators real money for V-Bucks spent by players. Two Events Celebrate Text Adventures, Roguelike Games. Thanks Ant.

Variety reports that Skybound Entertainment will complete development of The Walking Dead: The Final Season, the episodic adventure that was in danger of not being completed following the shutdown...

Valve's list of this week's bestselling games features the return of a familiar glitch, as it includes four listings for the same title, making this week's top 10 more of a top seven. Here's a look...

Steam Daily Deal - Gorogoa, 45% Off.

Ballistix Tactical Tracer RGB PC4-24000 4x8GB RAM on APH Networks. Crazzie Pro Gear GTR-1 PC Bags on Modders-Inc. Gamdias Achilles RGB Gaming Chair on TechPowerUp. HyperX Savage EXO SSD External...

Feds to judge: We still think we can put GPS trackers on cars entering US.

Microsoft pulls Windows 10 October 2018 Update after reports of mass file deletion. Thanks [H]ardOCP. Assassins Creed Odyssey will not work on CPUs that do not support AVX. e.g., first-gen Intel i3,...

Thanks Ant. How Russian Spies Infiltrated Hotel Wi-Fi to Hack Their Victims Up Close. Instagram explores sharing your precise location history with Facebook. Thanks Slashdot.

October Daggerfall Unity Build. Thanks Pr0ZaC.

Tate Multimedia (hopefully run by advertising legend Larry Tate) announces a November 7th release date for Steel Rats, their motorbike combat racing game. You can learn all about the game from its...

Square Enix, Eidos-Montreal, and Crystal Dynamics announce The Forge will be the first DLC for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and it will launch on November 13 for the action/adventure on all platforms....

The GWENT website announces that GWENT Homecoming is now available on the PTR, allowing players to test this rework of GWENT: The Witcher Card Game (thanks USgamer). Those interested in participating...

Red Dead Redemption 2- PS4 Early Access Content Revealed. PS Now Adds 10 New PS4 Games, 7-Day Trials Reset. The Drop: New PlayStation Games for October 9, 2018. This Week On Xbox: October 05, 2018.

Team Fortress 2 - Tip of the Hats 2018. Weekend livestream for charity underway.

"We aren't curing cancer. There's a human cost to making games" - GamesIndustry.biz.

This! Is! Sparta! Ubisoft now offers Assassin's Creed Odyssey, the new installment in their stealth/action series. This page can direct you where to get a copy, and this page has the launch trailer...

A free weekend is underway on Steam for Totally Accurate Battlegrounds, the Windows battle royale parody with a title that isn't totally accurate (thanks Ant). The game began as an April Fool's joke,...

Steam Daily Deal - Little Nightmares, 70% Off. HITMAN: The Complete First Season, Hollow Knight, and 7 Days to Die are the new Humble Monthly Early Unlock games.

Out of the Park Developments announces the release of Franchise Hockey Manager 5, a new installment in this officially licensed NHL hockey series. They say this "delivers new community-requested...