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Heroes of the Storm Weekly Collection Update- Jan 3 9, 2018.

Destiny 2 HotFix - 1/03/2018. Thanks MP1ST. Team Fortress 2 update released.

Blizzard Entertainment responds to a reddit thread that discusses a fairly significant decrease in average game length in Heroes of the Storm since the most recent update to the MOBA. The post says...

Utomik announces the highlights of the January additions to their streaming game service that now boasts almost 700 choices. This video accompanies the news, which says that they now offer Batman:...

Following today's news that they are now accepting pre-purchases for this month's release of DRAGON BALL FighterZ, Bandai Namco Entertainment now offers the opening cinematic trailer from the...

Steam News announces the winners of the 2017 Steam Awards. This page has more detail, and here are the honorees: The Choices Matter Award: The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt The Moms Spaghetti Award:...

Monster Hunter World was announced for PCs, but from the start CapCom said this version of the co-op action/RPG was "coming at a later date" than the console versions, which are due soon. Now this...

2018 Independent Games Festival announces Main Competition finalists.

Id like PUBG to become a universal media franchise, CH Kim, the CEO of PUBG Corp. Thanks Kotaku.

'Esports' offer opportunity to earn scholarship money by playing video games.

Successful video game projects on Kickstarter flatline while tabletop spikes.

Fortnite Silenced Pistol Update. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS hotfix. Thanks VG247.

Steam now offers pre-purchases of DRAGON BALL FighterZ, the Windows edition of the upcoming Dragon Ball brawler. Here's a few quick hits to explain what this involves: DRAGON BALL FighterZ is born...

Nexon announces January 17th is the official release date for Hyper Universe, their four-vs-four MOBA played from a side-scrolling perspective. They offer an official launch trailer celebrating the...

A tweet from Rocket League announces the sports game continues to soar since its launch, and now boasts over 40 million players worldwide (thanks DSOGaming). Here's what they say:Rocket League now...

The Nexon Q3 2017 Investor Presentation came out close to two months ago, but the news that drew attention at the time was their acquisition of a new mobile studio. DSOGaming notes that at the time...

Making Life on the Road Easier for Truckers with AI-Infused Autonomy. Thanks Hypothermia.

Railway Empire Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One. This Weeks Deals With Gold And Spotlight Sale.

The Game Awards 2017 Ultimate Giveaway Powered by AMD. UGC League Announces Winter Season 2018.

Ars Technica - Is gaming addiction a disorder or a junk diagnosis? "Similar concerns led a group of 28 experts in the field, including Ferguson, to write an open letter to the WHO in 2016 urging...

League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 01.02 - 01.05. Steam Winter Sale 2017 Continues! Plus, Final Day of Voting for The Steam Awards.

A new patch is now live on the Public Test Realm for Heroes of the Storm, offering the chance to test the latest changes before they go live in Blizzard's MOBA. There are two main focuses to this...

A developer update video for Overwatch features Jeff Kaplan looking back at Overwatch in 2017 and ahead to what 2018 holds for Blizzard's multiplayer shooter. He talks about how fired up they are for...

GamesIndustry has a response from the Entertainment Software Association to reports that the World Health Organization is considering classifying videogame addiction as a recognized issue called "gam...

Apple will replace old iPhone batteries, regardless of diagnostic test results. This App Collects Spare Change to Bail People Out of Jail.

Mutant Football League kicks off the New Year with a console launch. PlayStation Developers Pick Their Most Anticipated Games of 2018 and Beyond. A Peripheral For Switch Owners Who Don't Embarrass...

Interview with artist Walter Costinak. The man behind our logo, among other.

Attack of the Evil Poop - Indiegogo. "Not another crappy game!"

Farmer's Dynasty is now available in early access on Steam, offering an agrarian life simulation/RGP for Windows (disappointing those hoping for an RPG about grinding for Dynasty gear). This trip...

The Overwatch website announces that competitive season 8 is now underway in Overwatch, so brace for incoming QQ posts over lost rank in the multiplayer shooter. Ironically they are removing personal...

Sumo Digital announces the acquisition of CCP Games' Newcastle studio, or as they put it, they have "taken on" the EVE Valkyrie developer. That makes it sound like they've adopted a stray cat, which...

A tweet from Need for Speed reveals an online free-roam mode is coming this year to Need for Speed Payback (thanks MP1ST). Here's the brief announcement: Online Free Roam coming 2018, Happy New Year...

Why new phones will never come with removable batteries ever again. Samsung acknowledges Galaxy Note 8 battery problems, says very few phones are affected. WhatsApp rings in the New Year with global...

Nintendo Italy Briefly Updates Nintendo Online Service As Delayed To Fall 2018. Miyamoto Gives Insight Into Nintendo's Hiring, Says He Looks For "Designers Who Aren't Just Super Passionate Game Fans....

Level Design Deep Dive- Making an I Expect You To Die VR puzzle level on a budget - Gamasutra.

Rocket League Player Argues With Tournament Over Plane Ticket To Scotland. Hearthstone - January 2018 Ranked Play Season Frostfire Ferocity.

Weekly Sale: War Games - GOG.com. Steam Winter Sale 2017 Continues! Plus, Vote For The Steam Awards.

KINGArtGames offers a new trailer from Iron Harvest 1920+, showing off tech and controls from an internal build of this upcoming alternate history RTS game (thanks DSOGaming). We don't recall seeing...

The Best of 2017 on Steam categorizes the 2017 sales performance of games by top sellers, top new releases, top VR games, and top Early Access graduates, along with a list covering games with most...

Probably last thing Destiny 2 players want to hear about is another progression issue with the first-person shooter sequel, but a thread on reddit discusses an undisclosed glimmer cap that kicks in...

Twitter pulls conspiracist's verified badge after celebrity outrage. 14 times Mark Hamill was the most awesome person on Twitter. Paris Hilton rings in 2018 with the most Paris Hilton tweet...

All 50 states vote yes on AT&Ts $40 billion emergency response network FirstNet. Thanks [H]ardOCP. The DHS has illegally stuffed America's airports full of $1B worth sh*tty, malfing facial-recogniti...

Ad targeters are pulling data from your browsers password manager. China's new army of nationalist trolls is an all-volunteer force. Forward your spam to sp@mnesty.com and a bot will waste the...

This is your last chance to get Windows 10 for free. Thanks Ant. One of Samsung's latest Inventions Supports Microsoft's Vision of Next-Gen Modular Desktops. Thanks [H]ardOCP.

All that stuff that was -killed by the net-- The real culprit was hedge funds. Telegram is shutting down a channel that called for violent protests against Irans government. Thanks Slashdot via Ant....

Apple's $29 iPhone battery replacements are available a month early. Google Pixel 3: powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 845.

Diddy Kong Racing 64 Unreal Engine 4 Remake is now available for download. Mafia Remastered adds new HD textures, improves water & 3D models, enables widescreen & more. RealRTCW 2.2 - Released....

Valve lists the following as the bestselling titles for last week on Steam, their digital marketplace: PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Grand Theft Auto V Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Divinity:...

The Grandfather Machine is now available on itch.io, offering the chance to test your old-man strength in a first-person puzzle/maze game (thanks PCGamesN). This is labor-of-love that's offered for...

Happy sixth day of Christmas! Just a heads up to check on those six geese you may have received for the occasion, as word is they are a-laying. Also, happy new year's eve eve. Time to stock up on the...