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BANDAI NAMCO announces a November 3rd release date for .hack//G.U. Last Recode, a collection of three action RPGs from the .hack//G.U. series, which taught us you can create a game title by dropping...

THQ Nordic says early access to The Guild 3 will get underway starting September 26th, saying they expect the full official release of the life simulation expected in Q2 of next year. They say to...

UbiBlog announces a free weekend for Rainbow Six Siege gets underway tomorrow. This offers the chance to sample the shooter and also grants access to the test servers to check out the upcoming...

As they get set to kick off this year's QuakeCon later this week, Bethesda reveals release plans for their three planned virtual reality titles, saying DOOM VFR, Fallout 4 VR, and Skyrim VR will all...

Inmates is a new psychological horror game (with puzzle elements) coming in the next few months from publisher Iceberg Interactive and developer Davit Andreasyan. A Steam page and an announcement...

new trailer from Call of Duty: WWII introduces Headquarters, a dedicated social space that will be part of the military shooter. This will offer some of the functions you'd expect in such a service...

Publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment and developer CreativeForge Games unveil plans for Phantom Doctrine, a turn-based espionage thriller from the developers of Hard West coming to PCs and consoles...

Steam News announces that BRINK is now free-to-play. It seems this is permanent change, but the announcement is sparse, so this isn't spelled out. Here's a refresher on this shooter from Splash...

Bethesda.net announces Quake Champions is now available in early access through the Bethesda.net launcher and Steam. The game will eventually be free-to-play, but participation at this time requires...

Creative Assembly and Wargaming announce that closed beta testing for Total War: ARENA will get underway on September 1st. They note that alpha test participants are automatically included, and...

GOG.com announces GWENT: Thronebreaker, a new single-player story campaign for CD PROJEKT RED's card game spinoff of The Witcher series. Here's a teaser trailer and here's the announcement:A single...

Steam News announces the release of The Escapists 2, Team 17's jailbreak sequel. This post has a launch trailer and more details. Here's word on the game: Risk it all to breakout from the toughest...

Steam now offers Shadow Warrior 2: Bounty Hunt DLC Part 2, new DLC for Shadow Warrior 2, the first-person shooter sequel. To celebrate, the game is on sale for the next week, and they are also...

The Gamescom 2017 trailer is now online for Police Simulator 18, the upcoming sim that puts you in the shoes of a law enforcement officer (hopefully with good arch support). The clip comes along with...

UbiBlog offers an official release date for The Crew 2, saying the open-world driving, flying, and boating sequel is due on March 16, 2018 for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. They celebrate the...

Publisher astragon Entertainment announces Bus Simulator 18, a transportation sim sequel to Bus Simulator 16 coming to PCs. This is in the works at stillalive studios and is expected in 2018. The...

Get ready to argue about climate change, as developer Colossal Order and publisher Paradox Interactive announce Cities: Skylines - Green Cities. This expansion for Cities: Skylines is coming to...

Publisher Sold Out and developer Toadman Interactive announce Immortal: Unchained, a "hardcore" action/RPG coming to PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 in Q2 of next year. Here's the announcement...

Publisher THQ Nordic and developer Experiment 101 announce BIOMUTANT, an open-world action/RPG coming next year to Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. There's already an official Biomutant website...

MCV tweets the revelation that Anno 1800 will be the next installment in the ANNO series of strategy games. They promise more details soon, but they have not arrived yet. But PCGamesN points the way...

AMD Support now offers new version 17.8.1 Crimson ReLive reference drivers for AMD graphics cards (thanks [H]ardOCP). Here's word on what these do: Support For Radeon RX Vega Series Graphics Quake...

"Dogs and cats, living together!" EA announces a Cats & Dogs expansion pack coming to The Sims 4. They say this is coming to the lifestyle simulation on November 10th, so there's still time to fence...

With Destiny 2 due in a couple of weeks for consoles and on October 24th for Windows, Bungie now offers the official launch trailer for the first-person shooter sequel. Here's the blurb that...

EA announces FE, a platformer in the works at Swedish Studio Zoink Games for release early next year. Here's the plan: -Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced that the EA Originals title...

New Challenge Pack DLC is now available for Motorsport Manager, accompanied by a new free content update called Devil's in the Detail for the racing management simulation (which is currently on sale)....

A new "Obey the Call" trailer for Heroes of the Storm is now online, promoting the upcoming addition of Kel'Thuzad to the Nexus. This takes a different form from their recent hero cinematics, as it's...

"Junkertown: The Plan" is a new trailer from Blizzard for Overwatch. This shows off a new escort map coming to Overwatch that's highlighted further in this Junkertown "coming soon" trailer. They've...

EA announces Battlefield 1 Revolution, a new definitive version of Battlefield 1, as well as Battlefield 1 Incursions, a new mode that's in the works for the World War I shooter. Battlefield 1...

The Age of Empires website recaps a few Age of Empires announcements from Gamescom. First and foremost is the news that Age of Empires 4 is in development at Relic Entertainment. They say they cannot...

The Wing Commander Orchestral Project Volume 2, Phase 1! by George Oldziey Kickstarter. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

Steam now offers the promised launch of Offensive Combat: Redux!, a Windows first-person shooter that revives the offensive combat of the original Offensive Combat (no offense). The game carries a...

Odysseus announces Gappo's Legacy VR will launch into Steam early access on September 7th, offering a home version of this game that's currently playable in "VR arcades around the globe," which are...

InselGames reveals plans to launch Wild Buster: Heroes of Titan for western audiences later this year, calling this a sci-fi action/MMORPG with hack-and-slash combat and MOBA-style skill and hero...

Here's the official Gamescom trailer for LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2, the upcoming brixilated superheroic sequel. Here's word on the clip, and how it will take us on a journey to Chronopolis: Warner...

Publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Haemimont Games now offer a new trailer revealing gameplay from Surviving Mars, showing how this will allow players to science the doodoo out of the red...

Frontier Developments announces Jurassic World Evolution, a management simulation game expected for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 next summer. The film Jurassic World came out in 2015, but a sequel...

Square Enix announces they are bringing FINAL FANTASY XV to PCs with the FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION early next year. They say the Windows version will contain PC-specific enhancements, and the...

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Valve offers the following accounting of the bestselling titles on Steam for last week: PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS No Man's Sky Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Prey Total War: WARHAMMER II...

Moonray Studios announces Debris, calling this "an atmospheric co-op / single player adventure game set in a surreal frozen ocean" (which sounds like ice, but what do we know?). This is set to launch...

Developer Rusty Oak announces Hurl VR, saying this will be released for HTC Vive owners this summer via Steam. The title sounds like a play on virtual reality induced nausea, but it's a pinball game...

1C Company announces Deep Sky Derelicts, saying this combines elements of turn-based strategy, role-playing, virtual cards, and roguelikes, all in one game. This is due in Q1 of next year, but they...

The BioWare Blog offers an update on Mass Effect: Andromeda, saying there will be no more single-player updates for the latest installment in the sci-fi RPG series. Overwatch be warned, however, they...

Steve Bannon returning to Breitbart. Amazon's 1-Click Patent Expires Next Month. YouTube starts delivering breaking news on its homepage across platforms.

Essential Phone Review Round-Up: The Good and The Bad. Samsung Galaxy Note 8 might be out as soon as September 15th. There's a new Tekken game for iOS and Android.

Overwatch getting reporting system on consoles. Xbox One X Enhancements For ReCore Coming In Definitive Edition.

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