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Fig acquires Ownage to publish blockchain games. Crowdfunded blockchain. Now with 100% more buzzwords.

A launch trailer for The Piano is now available as a tune-up for Monday's planned release of this noir horror game. Word is: "The trailer gives players a taste of the [sic] The Piano's eerie,...

Fatshark announces a free content update is now available for Warhammer: Vermintide 2 on Steam, adding new cosmetics like skins and hats along with daily challenges and mod support for the melee...

The TSA has a secret enemies list of people who've complained about screeners.

The Tech Report System Guide: summer 2018 edition.

Simone Giertz, creator of 'Shitty Robots,' undergoes surgery to remove brain tumor. Thanks RedEye9.

FOX n FORESTS Is Now Available For Xbox One. STAY Is Now Available For Xbox One.

This trailer from Bus Simulator 18 shows off multiplayer support in the transportation sim. If you imagine this involving some players serving as passengers on a bus, you've come up with something at...

These patch notes outline a new update that's now live in League of Legends, updating Riot's MOBA to version 8.11. Along with other changes, this introduces Pyke, the Bloodharbor Ripper to the game,...

GamesIndustry.biz has word that Nordisk Film has acquired Avalanche Studios, developer of Just Cause, Mad Max, and the upcoming RAGE 2. They were previously a minority shareholder in the Swedish...

Bethesda.net reveals that their Fallout tease was to whet everyone's appetites for news on Fallout 76, a new installment in the Fallout series of post-apocalyptic RPGs in the works at Bethesda Game...

Zynga Acquires Leading Global Mobile Game Developer Gram Games; Team Behind Hit Titles Merge Dragons! and 1010!. Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon XR1 reference design for standalone AR and VR headsets....

Microsoft lays off Xbox support staff in favour of unpaid volunteers - report. Nintendo News: New Pokémon Experiences Announced for Nintendo Switch. Knights Of Pen and Paper +1 Deluxier Edition Is...

E-sport events are a throwback to simpler time in spectator sports.

Queen's Wish: The Conqueror by Spiderweb Software Kickstarter. From the creators of the Avernum series. "Queen's Wish will be a huge fantasy role-playing game for Windows, Macintosh, iPad, and...

Fortnite version 4.3 Patch Notes. Adds shopping carts. FoxTail -- Update 1.2.362.2039. Hunt: Showdown -- Hot fix #4 for Content Patch #1. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS -- PC 1.0 Update #14. Rocket...

A new preorder trailer for Mega Man 11 shows off the next installment in the platformer series. It also touts preorders for the game, saying it will land on PC and consoles on October 2nd. Word is:...

Publisher Focus Home Interactive and developer Cyanide Studio offer a new video from Space Hulk: Tactics, the upcoming tactical RPG based on the Warhammer 40K series. The clip includes the first look...

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, The LEGO Group and DC Entertainment (and probably others) announce LEGO DC Super-Villains is the next installment in their series of toy/comic book...

Steam Midweek Madness - OKAMI HD - 大神 絶景版, 40% Off. Steam Daily Deal - Steamworld Dig 2, 40% Off. Steam Daily Deal - EVE Online, New Bundle. The Humble ARMA 2018...

Call of Duty: WWII - Game Update May 29. Destiny 2 Update 1.2.1. Diablo III Patch 2.6.1a Update Now Live. Dota 2 Update - May 29th, 2018. Hunt: Showdown -- Localization Patch #2 - 29th May 2018....

Steam now offers The Broken Alliance, a new DLC pack for Battlestar Galactica Deadlock, the Windows strategy game based on the science fiction TV series. Slitherine celebrates the occasion with this...

Steam now offers the promised Army of the Republic of Vietnam content as a free update for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, Tripwire Interactive's military shooter sequel. This post has a changelog for the...

This post announces the release of a free update for SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics on Steam adding multiplayer enhancements, VR support, macOS and Linux support and more to this throwback...

The Sea of Thieves Website has details on the promised launch of The Hungering Deep, the first free content update for Sea of Thieves, Rare's seafaring action game. This adds new customization...

Madmind Studio announces the release of Agony for PC and consoles, with the Windows edition of the survival/horror game available on Steam. They celebrate the news with this post offering a launch...

Bethesda Game Studios tweets a "please stand by" message in the unmistakably duck and cover style of their Fallout series. It remains to be seen what comes of this, but E3 is on the horizon, so...

Game biz analyst Michael Pachter takes on E3, esports madness, and cloud gaming - GamesBeat. Thanks Dark Horizons.

Europa Universalis IV: The Grandest LAN-party. Second edition this November.

GFK Chart-Track reveals that Detroit: Become Human is the 10th different PlayStation exclusive title so far this year to reach number one on their all-platforms chart tracking videogame sales last...

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment offers a new trailer for ONE PIECE: World Seeker, the upcoming action/adventure based on the popular hat-wearing manga. The clip shows off the setting of Jail Island, and...

Steam now offers a playable demo for Soulblight, the top-down action roguelike recently launched by indie developer My Next Games. In addition to providing a sample of the full game, this offers the...

This announcement on Steam has word that testing of the Sanhok map for PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS resumes this week: As discussed in last weeks dev letter, weve been hard at work improving all...

Origin now offers system specifications for Battlefield V (thanks PC Gamer). They don't specify these as minimum or recommended, so we expect them to be updated at some point. Here's word: System...

PUBG Corporation is suing Epic Games in Korean court, accusing them of copyright infringement in Fortnite for copying the battle royale genre which they did not invent from PLAYERUNKNOWN'S...

FBI to World+Dog- Please, try turning it off and turning it back on. Buggy software could lock a Jeep's cruise control.

Pandora now offers a Premium Family plan for $14.99 a month. How WIRED Lost $100,000 in Bitcoin.

Xbox 360s system was just updated for the first time in two years. H1Z1 PS4 open beta surges ahead with 4.5 million players.

Whats next for Clash? - League of Legends.

League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 05.29 - 06.01. Weekly Sale: Who wants a slice - Up to 80% off - GOG.com. Steam Daily Deal - Deus Ex Franchise, Up To 86% Off.

Creepy Road -- FIRST UPDATE. Dota 2 Update - May 27th, 2018. Egypt: Old Kingdom -- Version 1.0.11 Urgent fixes of game's logic bugs. PULSAR- Lost Colony -- Beta 18.6 Release Notes. Thanks Ant.

A listing on GameStop.de for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 states, in German, that a code for at least three days of early beta access is included with preorders of the military shooter sequel. They also...

A thread on the Star Citizen Forums discusses The Legatus Pack, a new bundle for Star Citizen that is allegedly being sold for a whopping $27,000 USD (thanks MMOPulse via MisterBenn). We can't say...

We had a very successful cookout yesterday. Everything turned out well, even the pile of marinated chicken breasts MrsBlue sprang on me at the last minute. These can be tricky, and I've experimented...

Tesoro Gram XS Keyboard on Vortez.

Location-based virtual reality is increasing its footprint in the U.S. Why Facebook engineered the Half Dome Varifocal VR headset. Hello World Canada: The Rise of AI. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

Thanks Ant. Google zooms by Amazon in smart speaker shipments, report says. Thanks Slashdot. Study- All Major ISPs Have Declined in Customer Satisfaction. Thanks Slashdot.

Valve reports the following as the bestselling titles on Steam for last week: DARK SOULS: REMASTERED PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Raft House Flipper Wizard of Legend Conan Exiles Stellaris: Distant...

Mac Rumors has a quote from Apple's Phil Schiller explaining why the iOS App Store recently rejected Valve's Steam Link app (thanks [H]ardOCP). Amid speculation that this is out of concerns of...

NIS America and Grasshopper Manufacture announce killer7 is coming to Steam this fall, offering PC gamers a crack at this action/adventure first released on consoles in 2005 (thanks PCGamesN). This...