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Lost Fragments Found
Lost Fragments is now available for Windows on Steam, offering the chance to put your wits to the larcenous test as you work your way through a mansion attempting to purloin everything that is or isn'...
Still More Steam Demos
Rolling right along. Children of the Sun (Windows). "On a deadly road trip into darkness, control the path of a single bullet and unleash a fury of vengeance on the sinister cult that ruined your...
On Sale
Create & Elevate- Amazing Art Tools from Corel Encore (pay what you want and help charity).* Save 30% on DREDGE on Steam. Save 33% on LoveChoice on Steam. Save 25% on Ember Knights on Steam. *Blue's...
Biz Buzz
Devolver Digital's CEO has stepped down with immediate effect.' Video Game Industry Is in Trouble - Just Like Movie Business. Why (may require registration or subscription)? Wizards deny reports...
Issues & Activism
Introducing GamesIndustry.biz's Black Voices Progress Report.
Evening Patches
Official patches. Coreborn - Settlers' Dawn.
Get Doors - Paradox for Free
Doors - Paradox is now available for free on the Epic Games Store as its promised latest weekly giveaway. Here's a trailer with a look at this puzzle game's 3D dioramas. This is yours to keep as long...
KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS Espionage Game Revealed
KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS reveals plans for a new espionage game, saying it will be a new IP, while not revealing a title. But it's early yet, as the announcement states it will not enter full production...
Last Train Home: Legion Tales Released
THQ Nordic and Ashborne Games announce the release of Legion Tales on Steam, adding new DLC for Last Train Home, the historical RTS game for Windows (which is required). Train your eyes on the...
More Steam Demos
Here are more demos from this week's and next week's Steam fests. As before many, if not all, are time-limited, so budget your time accordingly: Chicken Police- Into the HIVE! (Windows, macOS). "A...
Rockstar Games Launcher Ends Windows 7 and 8.1 Support
The Rockstar Games Launcher Title Update Notes 1.0.84.1829 (thanks RockstarINTEL) reveal that Rockstar has dropped support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 7 four years...
Rumor Mill
Tencent Reportedly Seeking to Purchase Dungeons & Dragons Video Game Rights From Hasbro.
Biz Buzz
Devolver-owned studio Artificer reportedly cuts half its staff. Supermassive Games' co-founders have left the company. GameSpot lays off portion of staff. Thanks Neutronbeam. NETGEAR gets new CEO....
Game Crossovers
'Among Us' Animated Series Drops First-Look Teaser Image.
Morning Patches
Fabledom - A Wedding in a Chateau Update is LIVE. Palworld - 2024/02/01 Update Patch v0.1.4.0. Official patches. Unofficial games, patches, and mods. This mod adds functional cars to Red Dead...
PC Until Dawn Announced
The PlayStation.Blog announces an enhanced edition of Until Dawn, saying this version of the 2015 PlayStation narrative horror game will also come to PC via Steam when it launches later this year....
Palworld Passes 19M Players; Shares Roadmap
Pocketpair announces that creature hunting, collecting, eating game Palworld has now surpassed 19 million players since its Early Access launch less than two weeks ago. This includes 12 million sales...
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS Announced
SEGA announces SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, a new Sonic game racing onto PC and consoles this autumn. Besides an all-new campaign, this will include a remastered version of the original Sonic...
DAVE THE DIVER Godzilla DLC Announced
PlayStation.Blog has word from today's PlayStation State of Play of plans for Godzilla add-on coming to DAVE THE DIVER. Word is the diving/restaurant game is coming to PlayStation in April and free...
On Sale
Controller'd Chaos (pay what you want and help charity).* Save 35% on The Case of the Golden Idol on Steam. The Storyteller's Festival 2024 on Steam. Save 35% on Hi-Fi RUSH on Steam. Save 25% on...
Biz Buzz
Chinese video gaming firms continue to look overseas for growth, shrugging off geopolitical tensions, survey finds.
Issues & Activism
The Dwarf Fortress team really want players to prove Steam wrong.
Evening Patches
Official patches. Alan Wake 2 update 1.15 notes. Thanks Console General. THE FINALS Mid-Season Update 1.6.0.
Get The Beast Inside for Free
The GOG.COM New Year 2024 Sale* continues on, as the good old gamers continue to operate on a different calendar that resulted in our confusion that this is celebrating the Lunar New Year. It turns...
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Deluxe Edition Compensation
Owners of the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Deluxe Edition are being compensated by Warner Bros. for repeated outages during the Early Access period for the pricier edition of the comic book-...
More Steam Demos
The mishmosh of demos from this week's Steam Storyteller's Festival and next week's Steam Next Fest continues to spill out. As before, many of these are only available for a limited time, so be sure...
SnowRunner Season 12: Public Energy Rolls Out
Season 12: Public Energy is now available for Windows on the Epic Games Store and Steam, as well as for consoles, adding new content to SnowRunner, the frosty offroading game. This requires the base...
Speed Crew Races Out
Speed Crew is now available for Windows and consoles, offering an action/sim where players take on the high-pressure job as part of a pit crew working on in-race car repair and maintenance. The PC...
Eastward Octopia Released
Octopia is now available for Windows and macOS on Steam and on Switch, new crop of DLC for Eastward (which is required), adding a standalone cosy farm simulation to the adventure game. For a look at...
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Driver and Reviews
SUPER! Thanks for asking! NVIDIA announces the new GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER graphics cards along with the launch of new version 551.31 WHQL-certified GeForce drivers to support the new GPU, which are...
Quoteworthy
Why Kurt Russell turned down voicing Snake for Metal Gear Solid. The Witcher Remake Devs Not Afraid to Remove Aspects Which Are 'Bad, Outdated, and Need to Be Remade.' EA CEO Suggests an EA Sports...
Electronic Arts Financials
Electronic Arts Reports Strong Q3 FY24 Results, but of course such results are always characterized as "strong." In this case, the company can back up the claim with growth figures. "EA SPORTS FC...
Spec Ops Delisting Permanent
Xeets from Stephen Totilo follow up on the news that Spec Ops: The Line is no longer available on Steam. It remained on other stores, prompting speculation it will return to Steam, but it turns out...
Age of Wonders 4: Primal Fury Next Month
Paradox Interactive and Triumph Studios announce Primal Fury will arrive on February 27th for Age of Wonders 4, the fantasy strategy sequel for Windows and consoles. The news includes a full list of...
Dead by Daylight Gets Alan Wake Chapter
This announcement on Steam reveals the new Alan Wake Chapter is now available on Steam for the Windows edition of Dead by Daylight, Behaviour Interactive's multiplayer horror game. The Official...
Interstellar Space: Genesis Terrains Pack Released
A new Terrains Pack is now available on GOG.com* and Steam for Interstellar Space: Genesis, the 4X space strategy game for Windows. Here's a Terrains Pack Trailer with a look at how this redecorates...
On Sale
Quebec Games Celebration 2024 on Steam. Thanks Rhialto. Save 60% on Cruelty Squad on Steam. Save 35% on Hi-Fi RUSH on Steam. Sonic Franchise Sale on Steam. Save 80% on Warhammer 40,000- Inquisitor -...
Biz Buzz
Microsoft lays off most of Activision Blizzard esports organization.
Issues & Activism
Fans Are Pretty Mad About One Batman Scene in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Steam Demos
The Storyteller's Festival 2024 on Steam is underway as a week-long celebration of narrative games, featuring presentations, a big sale, and time-limited demos. This leads up to the larger Steam Next...
Project HORNET Revealed
ANTISTATIC STUDIOS announces HORNET is the codename of the first game from this new studio staffed by former Cyberpunk 2077 and BioShock developers. HORNET is a tactical PvE co-op shooter with a...
Diablo Re-Released on Battle.net
Blizzard News announces it's time to party like it's 1997 with the re-release of the original Diablo on Battle.net. With every new Diablo game fans ask Blizzard to do more to honor the original...
Warcraft II Re-Released on Battle.net
Here's another re-release from Blizzard, as this announcement reveals that Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is also now available on Battle.net, offering the chance to play this RTS game that first...
Balls of Steel Re-Released
And here's one more reissue, as Steam now features the return of Balls of Steel, a "fully updated and optimized" re-release of the pinball simulation originally launched in 1997 by Apogee....
Spec Ops: The Line Delisted
The Steam Listing for Spec Ops: The Line reveals that this third-person military shooter from 2K and YAGER is no longer for sale on Steam. There is no accompanying explanation, so it's not clear if...
Apple Vision Pro Reviews
First evaluations have arrived for the Apple Vision Pro. Here's what reviewers are saying about Apple's pricey new headsets, and whether or not we're "there" yet: Apple Vision Pro review- The future...
Rumor Mill
Fortnite leaks claim Pirates of the Caribbean crossover coming in the future.
Blizzard Introduces New President
Blizzard announces February 5th is the first day for Johanna Faries as President of Blizzard Entertainment following the departure of Mike Ybarra along with hundreds of other former employees....
Eidos-Montréal Layoffs
A post from Eidos-Montreal announces the layoff of 97 employees. This theoretically supports today's rumor of a cancelled Deus Ex game, but does not mention those reports or any cancelled projects....
New Ryzen APU Reviews
Here's a roundup of reviews of Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G, AMD's new entry-level APUs. AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G Review- Zen 4 APUs with RDNA3 Graphics - AnandTech. Ryzen 8000G review-...
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