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A tweet from the Battlefield tells us of the chance to check out some squad-based play in the Battlefield V alpha at 2:00 pm EDT today. Word is: "Tune in to your favorite streamers in the ultimate...

A job posting for a Senior Level Designer indicates Turtle Rock Studios is working on an unannounced new game in a "globally known game franchise" (thanks ResetEra via VG247). The Left 4 Dead...

Microsoft's Classic IntelliMouse Is A Modern Take On Its Legendary Predecessor. Thanks Slashdot. Old VC firms hold entrenched position in fundraising despite fresh entrants. 3D Cell Model: "The...

YouTube apologizes to LGBTQ creators over issues with its policies. Instagram wants to make it even harder to ignore your friends' Stories.

Nintendo Applies For GameCube And Fire Emblem Trademarks. PlayStation Blogcast 299: Moonlighting in Detroit.

Summer Games Done Quick 2018 raises over $2.12 million for Doctors Without Borders. Hearthstone - July 2018 Ranked Play Season Put Your Faith in the Lightforged.

Steam Intergalactic Summer Sale Day 10. Steam Intergalactic Summer Sale Day 11.

Star Citizen Alpha 3.2 Available. Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr Patch v1.0.5. Thanks DSOGaming. Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr Hotfix for June 29.

Here's Valve's accounting of the 10 bestselling titles on Steam for last week: PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Grand Theft Auto V Event Pass: Sanhok FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION Jurassic World...

So the event teased for yesterday in Fortnite indeed turned out to be a rocket launch in the survival shooter. This article has a recap of the festivities, including links to videos of the action....

Warner Bros. Says Bethesda's Westworld Lawsuit is "Unsubstantiated." Doesn't look like anything to me. Electric car buyers claim they were misled by Nissan. Inventor of email appeals ruling that...

Thanks Ant. Rowhammer returns, Spectre fix unfixed, Wireguard makes a new friend, and much more. Ticketmaster security breach caused by JavaScript on payments page. UK.gov's long-awaited, lightweight...

Nvidia SLI vs AMD CrossFire- are the multi-GPU technologies toast?

Friday's Comcast Outage Was Caused by Cut Fiber Cables. Call before you dig. Bitcoin Bloodbath Nears Dot-Com Levels as Many Tokens Go to Zero. Thanks Ant via LinkedIn.

Google invests $22M in feature phone operating system KaiOS. T9 comeback confirmed. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Engineers Develop Electric Car Battery That Can Heat Itself During Winter. Galaxy Note 7...

Bethesda's Todd Howard Suggests Sony Preventing Fallout 76 Crossplay.

How Dying Light 2 is inspired by The Witcher 3 and Game of Thrones - GamesRadar+.

The QuakeCon Website is now offering registration for QuakeCon 2018, the latest installment in id Software's annual gamer gathering that kicks off in Dallas on August 9th. There are four tiers from...

Destiny 2 Is Free This Weekend On PlayStation 4. Wolfenstein 2- The New Colossus is now available on the Switch. NBA LIVE 19: THE ONE EDITION Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download...

Interview: Rand Miller talks Myst 25th Anniversary - GOG.com.

Steam Intergalactic Summer Sale Day 9. GOG.com Weekend Sale: Men under fire, up to 90% off.

Dota 2 Update - June 29th, 2018.

The Rocket League Website offers details on previously announced plans to celebrate Rocket League's third anniversary next month with a live party in San Diego's Petco Park. Word is attendance is...

Atari announces a July 17th release date for Tempest 4000, the reboot of the arcade classic Tempest they announced last year. Their press release on the news just mentions the Xbox One and...

Activision announces the release of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy for Windows, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, with the PC version available on Steam. This includes remastered versions of Naughty...

Fortnite is now offering double experience points all weekend. Unfortunately this will not apply to Playground mode, as Epic tweets they are still not able to resolve the issues with this LTM, saying...

ADLs Plans to Take on Gamergate, Hate in Gaming. Facebook and Google accused of manipulating us with dark patterns.

China's Xiaomi raises $4.72 billion after pricing Hong Kong IPO at bottom of range. SD cards could soon hold 128TB of storage. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Razer Keyboard Switch - The All New Razer Opto-...

Peele Plans YouTube Sci-Fi Comedy Series. Patreons pornapocalypse is back on.

Motorola has a Big Announcement Scheduled for August 2. Expect phones to start shipping with true wireless earbuds in-box.

A new "Around the Verse" video for Squadron 42 shows off some of the core technology from one of the upcoming Star Citizen games (thanks DSOGaming). This mentions they are "getting closer" to their...

With the Battlefield V closed alpha underway, the chance to get a look at the shooter sequel is upon us. USgamer, for example, offers this trailer with 15 minutes of gameplay highlights. The clip...

Old school gamers who get misty-eyed about the Myst series will be happy to note that Myst III and Myst IV are now available on GOG.com. This means the entire series is now available on the DRM-free...

Steam News announces that The Crew 2 is now available for Windows on Steam, offering Ubisoft's motorsports game set in an open-world depiction of the U.S.A. There was an issue activating the game at...

Steam Intergalactic Summer Sale Day 8. League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 06.29 - 07.02.

Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition 2.5 Patch. Black Hole Patch Notes version 1.1. Star Citizen Alpha 3.2 Flyable Ships.

Deep Silver announces they will be the publisher of Pathfinder: Kingmaker, the upcoming RPG based on the Pathfinder series which (fairly) recently completed its Kicksterter campaign. The announcement...

Ubisoft announces that Season 2 of live activities for Steep will begin on July 1st, which not unwelcome, since this is not the time of year one expects to be seeing snow in these parts. This trailer...

Kickstarter update for Shenmue 3 offers system requirements for the RPG sequel (thanks GameWatcher via VG247). These are pretty modest except for a fairly large disk footprint: System Requirements...

Blizzard offers details on plans to rework two of the characters in Heroes of the Storm. This comes in the form of an Azmodan Rework Spotlight Video showing off changes to the this specialist from...

Blizzard follows up on their Overwatch rodent hero reveal with more details on the next character coming to the shooter, confirming that this is Hammond the hamster, Winston the Gorilla's friend from...

Next Up Hero is now officially launched on Steam, following an Early Access run for this Gauntlet-style dungeon-crawler. This post celebrates that news, announcing that this new phase of the game...

More new tools are available from Valve to allow Steam users to keep better tabs on their accounts, which is likely further fallout from the recent GDPR ruling. There is now a page where you can...

Laina Interactive announces The Slater, a stealth/action game coming to Steam later this year. This trailer offers a first look at the concept, and we're still coping with the disappointment that...

Those interested in MapleStory 2 may want to head over to the Official MapleStory 2 Website, where Nexon America is now accepting signups to beta test the upcoming MMORPG sequel. The plan for closed...

Ultimate Custom Night is now available on Steam, offering a new free game called the ultimate Five Nights At Freddy's mashup (thanks USgamer). Here's word on what you get in return for your nothing:...

Publisher Focus Home Interactive and developer Cyanide Studio announce the launch of the official games of Tour de France 2018 with the release of Pro Cycling Manager 2018 for Windows and Tour de...

This announcement on Steam covers the release of Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter Two, a free version 3.1 update for Elite Dangerous, Frontier's space combat and exploration game. The news is...

A tweet from Overwatch announces "The champion revealed," as Blizzard follows up on their recent tease. It looks like the rolling ball seen in the teaser is a vehicle for a gun-toting rodent coming...

Facebook won a pair of legal victories yesterday in a follow-up to the ruling last year that called for them to pay Zenimax $500 million in damages for copyright infringement over virtual reality...