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Radical Heights dev on lesson of LawBreakers - Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Thanks RedEye9. Designing the stealth, economy, and encounters of Horizon Zero Dawn - Gamasutra.

Overwatch World Cup Committee Formation Begins.

Golem Gates -- Content Update 5/1/2018. Heroes of the Storm Hotfix Notes May 1, 2018. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege -- 1.2 PATCH NOTES. World of Warcraft Hotfixes- May 1.

Gearbox Software announces their fourth community day for Battleborn kicks off Friday. This "day" is actually a four-day weekend, as the festivities will continue until Monday in the first-person...

This video announces the Fortnite Season 4 pass is now available, showing off some of the cosmetic goodies this provides. Word is: "100 tiers. Over 100 rewards. Still 950 V-Bucks! The more you play,...

Blizzard offers a new Heroes of the Storm comic along with a video on the lore behind the Nexus, as they gear up to flesh out the backstory of Heroes of the Storm beyond the basic premise of...

With Conan Exiles set to officially launch next week, Funcom offers a few new videos to celebrate the survival game surviving its early access period. While the game will test your ability to make...

Oculus Go has been released, 32GB and 64GB models available.

Dark Souls: Remastered Network Test Starts Next Week.

Wild Mage - Phantom Twilight by Luna Orion Kickstarter. "Wild Mage - Phantom Twilight is an open-world action/adventure RPG, featuring airships, floating islands, dungeons, and next-gen combat....

Steam Midweek Madness - The Crew, 75% Off. Steam Midweek Madness - Mortal Kombat XL, 66% Off. The Humble CRYENGINE Bundle 2018: CRYENGINE me a river.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III -- Update 27 - Patch Notes. Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition 2.5 patch. League of Legends Patch 8.9 notes.

Mythical City Games now offers Battle Fleet: Ground Assault for Windows and macOS, a new installment in their turn-based strategy series that takes the battle ashore. For a look at this in action we...

Battlefield 1 owners can get a free copy of the They Shall Not Pass expansion for the World War I shooter through Origin for a limited time (thanks VG247). This offers a new Frontlines mode, six new...

Got Amazon Prime? Then you have Twitch Prime. And if you have Twitch Prime, you've got free games, as the May freebies are now available subscribers. This previous post on the topic outlines all the...

Microsoft reveals lots of new Outlook features following Gmail redesign. Comcast wont give new speed boost to Internet users who dont buy TV service. Wrist-cutting company courts cord-cutting...

Battlezone Gold Edition Is Now Available For Xbox One. Super Mega Baseball 2 Is Now Available For Xbox One. Yokus Island Express Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One....

Hearthstone May 2018 Ranked Play Season Garden Party. Imagine Dragons members and management invest in ReKTGlobal and Rogue. Turtle Beach expands esports partnership with Optic Gaming. Amazon's...

Sea of Thieves Patch Notes version 1.0.6.

It is opening day for Super Mega Baseball 2, the arcade sports sequel from Metalhead Software for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, with the PC version available on Steam. This recent action...

Not to be outdone, this announcement on Steam has word that the current season in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS ends today/tomorrow, depending on the territory, and 24 hours later the servers will go...

Epic Games tweets that Season 4 for Fortnite is now underway. The tweet includes the Season 4 announce trailer and these patch notes, which emphasize the impact of the massive comet on the game world...

A new gameplay launch trailer for State of Decay 2 takes a look at the battle against entropy in the upcoming zombie survival sequel. The clip includes a release date, saying this is coming to...

Intel outlines its struggles with 10-nm chip production. Bill Gates told Trump that being his science adviser is not a good use of my time.

Thanks Frans. Mozilla Firefox version 59.0.3. Mozilla Firefox ESR version 52.7.4. AtariVCS Video Game Console & Entertainment System pre-sales begin on May 30th. Twitter announces new video...

Steam Daily Deal - The Wild Eight, 40% Off. Steam Daily Deal - Black Mesa, 60% Off. GOG.com Weekly Sale: Your mileage May vary - Up to 90% off. League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 05.01 - 05.04...

Backbone pixel art detective adventure inspired by noir by EggNut Kickstarter. "Backbone is a pixel art cinematic adventure with stealth and action elements. As private investigator Howard Lotor,...

Super Monday Night Combat is going to close down on May 23rd, as the developers announce it will not be possible to operate the MOBA in compliance with the European Union General Data Protection...

Stardew Valley Website announces how to take part in the Stardew Valley version 1.3 Beta, which is testing multiplayer support that's coming to the game (thanks VG247). They offer instructions on how...

The Forest is now officially available on Steam, offering a first-person survival/horror game for Windows following an Early Access run. This post covers the news, discussing what's changing as the...

AMD Support now offers new version 18.4.1 Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition drivers for AMD graphics cards (thanks Bill). These address issues in Sea of Thieves, Call of Duty: WWII, and Stellaris....

Matt Chat 404: Steve Ince Conclusion.

NBA 2K League Announces New Partnership with HyperX for Its Inaugural Season.

Black Mesa -- Xen Engine Hotfix and Public Release. Thanks RedEye9. The first Light Cruisers in War Thunder.

Outright Games announces Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard, a movie tie-in game for the upcoming animated feature film. This is expected on July 10th, just a few days before the movie is to...

GFK Chart-Track announces God of War reigns supreme on their latest chart tracking video game sales in the U.K. for last week, and that Far Cry 5 retains the number two spot for a second straight...

Electronic Arts announces plans to bring free World Cup Russia Content to EA SPORTS FIFA 18 on May 29th, offering the chance to try to guide the team of your choice to association football/soccer...

Techland explains why the Call of Juarez series is once again available after Call of Juarez: Gunslinger recently went missing from online stores. Word is they won a showdown with Ubisoft over the...

CD Projekt RED is offering a free copy of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition to anyone who subscribes to the GOG.com newsletter (thanks VG247). This also comes with a free card keg for GWENT, the CCG...

Thanks Ant. Quest of Vidhuraa is now available on Steam, offering what is described as "a hard puzzle platformer with a cute story"… PETA Criticizes Far Cry 5 for Fishing But Not Animal...

GIGABYTE H370N WIFI (Intel H370) Motherboard on TweakTown. Samsung 970 PRO SSD on Vortez. XPG SX8200 M.2 SSD on Vortez.

Thanks Ant. Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars on Hardcore Gaming 101. Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight on Hardcore Gaming 101.

GIMP 2.10.0 Released. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

The this is my shocked face edition. Online dating is so awful that people are paying virtual dating assistants to impersonate them. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Fake five-star reviews being bought and...

T-Mobile agrees to acquire Sprint. Tencent Announces A Red Alert Mobile Game, Seems Legitimate. Thanks Ant. Is the world ready for the return of the PDA? iPhones weirdest glitch yet- Ask Siri to...

There are ten different titles on this week's Steam top 10: PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Frostpunk BATTLETECH NieR:Automata Far Cry 5 BATTLETECH Counter-Strike: Global Offensive theHunter: Call of...

The Dovetail Games Forums announce plans to end Flight Sim World, saying the game will be grounded without ever taking off out of early access (thanks Destroy). They indicate the game did not attract...

Norway says four digital games do not comply with EU consumer laws.

Windows USB-stick-of-death, router bugs resurrected, and more. How security firms lead hackers into 'honey pots.'

Bill Gates is donating $12 million to help develop a universal flu vaccine. Thanks [H]ardOCP.