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Dota 2 Update - February 5th 2018.

Steam now offers a Shoppe Keep 2 Character Creator Preview for Windows, providing a free chance to sample character creation in Strange Fire's upcoming commerce game. There are a couple of...

Iceburg Interactive announces the release of the macOS and Linux editions of Conarium, their Lovecraft-inspired horror game. As is always the case with Steam games, these versions are bundled with...

Techland offers a new video noting that this month is the third anniversary of the original release of Dying Light. The clip celebrate "three awesome years," and promises a series of events as a...

HP Windows Mixed Reality Headset, Professional Edition, Coming March. No, Windows 10 hasnt beaten Windows 7s market share. Not for sure, anyway. 20 of the Worst PC Setups - January 2018 -...

Thanks Ant. Banks in Britain and U.S. ban Bitcoin buying with credit cards. Apple Music is about to overtake Spotify in the US. Why experts are worried about Tether, a dollar-pegged cryptocurrency....

Intels new Vaunt smart glasses actually look good. This Apple Watch clone has GPS and 45 days of battery life for $99.

New PlayStation Gold Wireless Headset Hits Store Shelves Later This Month.

Matt Chat 397- Leonard Boyarsky on Arcanum, Diablo 3, and VTM- Bloodlines. Thanks Ant.

New Luxor arena could prove Las Vegas is the perfect place for esports.

The new charts tracking last week's game sales in the U.K. are now online at GfK Chart-Track. Here's the write up of all the results, noting Monster Hunter World propels Capcom to a second week at...

Indie Scottish developer Team Junkfish announces plans to release Attack of the Earthlings on February 8th, offering what they call an "eclectic" turn-based alien adventure. You can see this in...

Apple's iOS 11.3 may use iCloud as a single sign-on for websites. Apple launches free repair program for 'No Service' iPhone 7 bug. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Hyundai's self-driving fuel cell cars...

Pro driver gets suspended from iRacing for wrecking his rivals. PGL PUBG Spring Invitational Date & Location Revealed.

Steam Daily Deal - Bastion, 75% Off.

Thanks Ant. Command & Conquer Renegade-X Patch 5.31 Released. Fortnite Patch V.2.4.1 released. Thanks DSOGaming. Project Reality- BF2 v1.5 Released.

We're used to the Steam top 10 sometimes including fewer than 10 titles due to how multiple SKUs and regional differences occasionally cause the same game to be listed more than once. This week,...

A new trailer shows off gameplay from Worlds at War, a virtual reality combat game coming to Early Access on Steam later this month. Here's a description of the game: Worlds At War thrusts the player...

Frontier announces they are accepting signups for Distant Worlds II, a daring Elite Dangerous expedition to form a fleet to boldly go where no one has gone before (thanks K). This will get underway...

A tweet from Marcus Sellars offers an unconfirmed rumor that the next Call of Duty game will be Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, which will be set in the modern era. Marcus is a reviewer/editor for...

Thanks Ant. NIH study links cell phone radiation to cancer in male rats. Google Chrome: Beware these malicious extensions that record everything you do. PSA: Stop uploading your bitcoin wallet keys...

Americas Top 20 most-hated companies. Facebook (#18) and EA (#5) more hated than The Weinstein Company (#20). Thanks MP1ST.

How Facebook stole the news business.

Monster Hunter: World patch update 1.04 (PS4) / 1.0.0.9 (Xbox One).

Video Games, Esports Revenues Reached $108.4B In '17.

Publisher Digerati Distribution and developer Weckr Industries announce the official release of Violet Cycle on Steam, following an Early Access run for this indie action game. Word is: "Violet Cycle...

KIRO-TV follows up on their report of Valve designer and Counter-Strike co-creator Jess Cliffe's arrest for sexual exploitation of a child, offering details that were not part of the original story....

An update on Steam for PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS discusses the continuing war against those who cheat in the battle royale shooter. They say an update will roll out next week with some...

#DeleteHQ- Trivia players are angry with HQ since it's raising $15 million with Peter Thiel's Founders Fund.

Step Back Into the Octagon With EA SPORTS UFC 3. Yakuza 6 Delayed Until April 17, 2018. The Drop- New PlayStation Games for 2/6/2018. This Week On Xbox- February 02, 2018.

HyperX Sponsors PGL PUBG Spring Invitational.

Humble Monthly subscribers- Februarys games are ready for download. DARK SOULS III + Ashes of Ariandel DLC is the new Humble Monthly Early Unlock. Steam Daily Deal - Late Shift, 40% Off.

Fortnite Version .2.4.0 Patch Notes. Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Head Start Patch Notes v74.8156. Space Engineers Update 1.186 - Major Overhaul of Visuals, Audio and Wheels. Here's a video.

Ubisoft announces details about the season pass for Far Cry 5, giving details on three surreal DLC packs this will bring, as Far Cry 3 Classic Edition, a remastered version of the single-player...

Kalypso Media announces new Once Upon a Time DLC is now available for Dungeons 3, the latest installment in this series where it's good to be bad. Here's a launch trailer, and here's word: Evil spell...

Steam News announces a limited-time opportunity to pick up a free copy of Cortex Command. Here's word on this Windows and macOS side-scrolling strategy game: A project over eleven years in the making,...

The New Definition Of "Pro Gamer" In Japan. Bangkok Says Sawadee (Hello!) to the Hearthstone Championship Tour.

A tweet from Overwatch announces the Lunar New Year event is returning on February 8th, celebrating the Year of the Dog. The tweet includes a 10 second video that will not change your life. Blizzard...

A new teaser trailer from Insurgency: Sandstorm takes a look at this upcoming modern combat first-person shooter. The clip is filled with fast cuts of war imagery that make it feel a bit like a PTSD...

Wreck Tangle Games (I see what they did there) announces the release of Alaska on Game Jolt, saying the adventure game will make its way to Steam on February 9th. They describe the game's...

A new weekly update from Bungie offers a new roadmap for updating Destiny 2, covering plans to patch the shooter over the coming months. Here are some details: Update 1.1.2 went live on Tuesday,...

Ubisoft offers information on Operation Chimera for Rainbow Six Siege, which will kick off the first season of year three content for the tactical shooter. Accompanied by this trailer, the post...

Blood Bowl developer Cyanide Studio announces a further collaboration with Games Workshop on development of Space Hulk: Tactics, a turn-based tactical game they call "a brand new take on the Space...

Jess Cliffe, the Valve designer who co-created Counter-Strike, was arrested yesterday for sexual exploitation of a child, reports KIRO-TV. The report says he was booked, and is awaiting a bail...

Rebellion announces a March 1st release date for Battlezone: Combat Commander, their upcoming remastered version of Battlezone 2, the strategy/shooter hybrid. Those who can't wait should head over to...

The Dota 2 Blog announces it's spring cleaning time in Valve's MOBA. This is mostly bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements, though there are some gameplay tweaks as well. This page has an...

Stardock now offers the Secret Missions for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation, a new DLC pack adding new units, new scenarios, and new maps for both single-player and multiplayer modes. In...

Steam now offers Early Access to BATTALION 1944, a new World War II shooter for Windows from Bulkhead Interactive. This recent trailer features gameplay footage to show off what to expect. A post on...

Speaking of FINAL FANTASY, the promised FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION Benchmark is now available, to see how FINAL FANTASY XV runs on various Windows systems. This comes as SQUARE ENIX opens up...

As noted above, Steam now features FINAL FANTASY XII: THE ZODIAC AGE, offering Windows gamers the chance to play this installment in the RPG series that first came to PlayStation 2 in 2006. Here's a...