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GameStop announces GameStop Retro locations, which are primarily focused on retro consoles and games. This is an imaginative solution to the slowdown of retail videogame sales by hearkening back to a...

H1 2024 Earnings from CD PROJEKT are online with the latest financials from the developer. There's a highlights trailer discussing the earnings, but it's in Polish, which is all Greek to us. Which is...

SMITE 2 is now available for Windows on Steam, kicking off what this post describes as 24/7 closed alpha testing for the third-person MOBA sequel. Here's a trailer showing off gameplay between the...

The Land of the Magnates is now available for Windows on Steam, offering an action/RPG from Permanent Way Games and indie.io. Rhis is a platformer steeped in Middle Eastern mythology where you play...

An Official Reveal Trailer from last week (happy gamescom!) unveils Barkour, an action/stealth game in the works at VARSAV Game Studios for release next year (thanks Wilhuf). You may have already...

Isometric RPG Sale 2024 on Steam. Save 45% on Wartales on Steam. Save 50% on I Was a Teenage Exocolonist on Steam. Save 75% on Death in the Water 2 on Steam.

A post on the BLUE PROTOCOL Website discusses "the future of BLUE PROTOCOL," the Japanese MMORPG from Bandai Namco Online that Amazon planned to publish in the west. Word on the game's future is that...

Steam now features a playable demo for The Casting of Frank Stone, the recently announced Dead by Daylight spinoff. Supermassive Games and Behaviour Interactive offer this post with the news, which...

Steam now features the launch of Supermoves, a free-running parkour game from Makea Games that launches with a 10% discount. The Launch Trailer implores us to "never stop running." Here's word on...

With an open beta coming this weekend, the Call of Duty Store listing for Black Ops 6 now offers system requirements for the next installment in Activision's military shooter series. According to...

Lost Turnip announces Run From Mummies, an upcoming 2D action/adventure that will let you work on your cardio as you escape the onslaught of mummies, which are not generally known for giving high-spee...

Very Early Crysis Next Gameplay Reveals Unannounced Battle Royale Project Seemingly Canceled in Favor of Crysis 4 - IGN.

God of War star Christopher Judge brings the hammer down on Amazon exec's -we don't really have acting- in video games AI defense, praises The Last of Us 2 performance - GamesRadar+.

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard accused of 'bad faith bargaining' by Raven Software union workers - Game Developer. Global video game revenue to reach $257 billion by 2028, outpacing combined...

Game historians Digital Eclipse announces Tetris Forever, an upcoming celebration of 40 years of the Tetris series coming to PC and consoles this holiday season. This "interactive documentary" is...

Seekers of the Storm is now available on Steam, expanding Risk of Rain 2 by adding new survivors and stages to the third-person shooter from Hopo Games and Gearbox. In an interesting twist, only one...

With season 2 of its Rings of Power series premiering this week, Amazon is offering a couple of free games for Prime subscribers. Between now and the end of September Prime Gaming offers free copies...

Outright Games announces The Patrick Star Game, a family-friendly sandbox game starring SpongeBob SquarePants' best friend coming to PC and consoles on October 1st. Here's the Announce Trailer and...

Sports: Renovations on Steam (Windows). "Give sports facilities a second life in this relaxing first-person simulator! Restore the glory of old gyms, courts and pitches as you try to make enough...

Greedfall 2 production allegedly underwater" just weeks before launch - PCGamesN.

'This game is going to easily-and I mean easily-take over'- Major streamers, early fans, and esports players share their Deadlock hype after Valve opens the floodgates - PC Gamer. Smite 2 is a full-o...

Tripwire Publisher Sale 2024 on Steam. Frogwares Publisher Sale on Steam. Save 60% on Hero's Hour on Steam. Save 45% on Never Mourn on Steam.

The War Within is now available for World of Warcraft, Blizzard's perennial fantasy MMORPG. Here is the Launch Trailer with a look at the launch of the game's new Worldsoul Saga and the previous...

Core Keeper is now officially available for Windows and consoles, after a couple of years of Early Access for this sandbox mining adventure, and the PC edition is on GOG.com* and Steam with a 20%...

Resident Evil 2 is once again available for Windows with the re-launch this survival/horror game on GOG.com.* This is the 1998 original, rather than the more recent 2019 remake, but is described as...

A playable demo for Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is now live for PC and consoles, offering a sample of this remade version of this 3D platformer. You can download the Windows edition on Steam. Here's...

Today new routes to get back to Moria open up, as The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is now available on Steam and Xbox Series X|S following its launch 10 months ago on the Epic Games Store and...

KOEI TECMO and Gust announce FAIRY TAIL 2 will come to PC on December 11th and to consoles two days later, launching what's being called the "final battle" (as if) for the action/RPG series. A shouty...

Greenheart Games announces November 5th is the Early Access date for Tavern Keeper, saying that's when the service industry game launches on Steam. The news comes with an Early Access Release Date...

Sabotage Studio announces Throes of the Watchmaker, free DLC coming this spring to Sea of Stars, the turn-based RPG for PC and consoles. The add-on and the game's decidedly throwback style are on...

Bandai Namco announces a closed network test for SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada will run September 13-16 to help pave the way for this upcoming extraction shooter featuring mechs and AI companions. There was...

Steam now features the launch of Debtors' Club, a Windows resource management game from mecagames and indie.io. This comes with a 10% launch discount, which is moot, because gamers will happily go...

FAIRY TAIL: DUNGEONS is now living the fairy tale, as this deck-building rogue-lite featuring characters from the Fairy Tail comic series is now available for Windows on Steam. Kodansha and ginolabo...

Solo developer Two Tiny Dice and publisher Indie Asylum announce September 13th is the release date for Pyrene, a roguelike dungeon-crawler for Windows and macOS. The Launch Trailer is here to...

Cloud Solutions Architect Pro Pack (pay what you want and help charity).* Save 35% on Beasts of Bermuda on Steam. Toplitz Publisher Sale 2024 on Steam. Save 45% on Wartales on Steam. Save 75% on...

Valve's newly announced Deadlock hits peak of near-90K players - Game Developer. Underrated Half-Life game gets huge new Steam record 23 years later - PCGamesN. Oh dear, Concord's launch numbers are...

Take an Auditory Adventure with Music from The War Within - World of Warcraft.

Drug Dealer Simulator - Free Visual Update is here. Official patches. Unofficial games, patches, and mods. Black Myth- Wukong Mod Brings Dragon Ball Z Connections Full Circle and Lets You Play...

A Back to School Sale on GOG.com* is a stark reminder that end of the northern summer approaches, celebrating with savings of up to 95% off over 5800 games. That's not counting the 100% discount...

Steam's Charts Overview reveals that over the weekend Steam entertained 37,243,421 concurrent users, a new record for the service (thanks DSOGaming). On July 1st we reported Steam topped out at a...

Early Access is now underway GOG.com* and Steam for Endzone 2, a post-apocalyptic survival sequel for Windows from Gentlymad Studios and Assemble Entertainment. Word is: "Assemble Entertainment has...

Here's a roundup of reviews for Star Wars Outlaws in advance of this week's launch of Ubisoft's open-world, Force-adjacent action game: Star Wars Outlaws Review- Immerse Yourself in the Galaxy Far,...

Atari announces Fatal Run 2089, an upcoming remake of Fatal Run, a combat racing game for Atari consoles from 1990. This is to come next year to PC via Steam and Epic Games Store as well as for...

Former Concord Developer Calls Haters as -Talentless Freaks,- Blocks People and Locks Account - MP1st.

Isometric Sale by Meta Publishing on Steam. Here's a video.

Valve's Deadlock Instantly Rockets To 90,000 Players After Official Announcement - Forbes.

SAG-AFTRA announces another picket, saying union members will be demonstrating at the offices of WB games in Burbank, CA on Wednesday. Picket lines originated as a way to disrupt operations. But a...

New Half-Life 3 is Real - Huge Leak - Everything You Must Know - Gabe Follower (video). Thanks PCGamesN. Crash Bandicoot 5 was cancelled in favour of live service games, it's claimed - VGC.

The Great Escape Room Bundle (pay what you want and help charity) - Humble.* Ukrainian Games Festival 2024 on Steam. Save 90% on Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun on Steam. *Blue's News may...

Why is this Chinese video game causing such a stir - BBC. Black Myth- Wukong' Devs Told Streamers to Avoid Politics in Their Playthroughs. It Backfired - WIRED (may require registration or...