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Free Weekend for Two VR Games [Updated]
Steam News announces a free weekend is underway for Racket: Nx, an early access VR sports game for the HTC VIVE. Not to be outdone, though probably coincidentally, the Oculus Store is offering a free...
On Destiny 2 Networking
A post on Bungie.net has further details on networking Destiny 2, following up on the news that the upcoming shooter sequel will not feature dedicated servers. They call how this works a "hybrid"...
Free Weekend for Two VR Games
Steam News announces a free weekend is underway for Racket: Nx, an early access VR sports game for the HTC VIVE. Not to be outdone, though probably coincidentally, the Oculus Store is offering a free...
Evening Interviews
Remedy on life after Xbox exclusivity Eurogamer.net. Planet Nomads devs on building exciting new worlds - GOG.com.
Evening Patches
DCS World version 2.1.0. Thanks VaranDragon. Oculus Rift version 1.15. Features improved 360° tracking and roomscale support. Thanks HARDOCP.
Evening Crowdfunding Roundup
Vostok Inc. - Steam Greenlight. " Are you ready to blast your way through armies of galactic space aliens as a corrupt, greedy, narcissistic yuppie while accumulating billions, trillions [NO, WAIT!...
Nadia Was Here is Here
Steam now offers Nadia Was Here, a crowdfunded RPG for Windows and macOS that harkens back to the glory days of 8-bit and 16-bit graphics. The release trailer shows this off, and this post from the...
StarSmashers Launches
StarSmashers is now available on Steam, offering a turn-based action/strategy game featuring space exploration and combat in giant starships. You can get a look at how this plays out in this video,...
Titanfall 2 DLC Next Week
A new trailer from Titanfall 2 shows off gameplay from Monarch's Reign, a new DLC pack coming to the mech shooter. The Frontier News Network has word that this is coming on May 30th, and offers...
EVERSPACE Launches
EVERSPACE is now available in full release on GOG.com and Steam after an early access run for the sci-fi roguelike-like. This post has all the details on what's changed between the end of EA and...
More on Far Cry 5
There's another update on Far Cry 5 on the UbiBlog following today's big info dump on the upcoming shooter sequel. This includes today's sixth new video on the game featuring an interview with...
Morning Consolidation
Tropico 5 Complete Collection - Xbox One Trailer.
Morning Interviews
Matt Chat 377- Tim Lang on the Tragic Tale of Might and Magic 9. Thanks Ant.
Super Mega Baseball 2 in September
Metalhead Software announces a September release for Super Mega Baseball 2, their sports sim sequel. This timing seems odd, since the Major League Baseball season will conclude at the end of that...
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Patched
After announcing a delay to their planned monthly patch, a tweet from PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS says the new patch is now live for the battle royale game (thanks Bludd). Invoking Professor...
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Trailer
A new official full-length trailer for LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 offers a cinematic romp through the upcoming action/adventure sequel. This features a mix of the characters featured heavily in the...
RiME Time
Publishers Grey Box and Six Foot and developer Tequila Works announce the release of RiME, their puzzle/adventure game for Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, saying a Switch version is expected...
Overwatch Free This Weekend
The GeForce website reminds us that a couple of weeks ago Blizzard announced this weekend Overwatch is free-to-play on all platforms. That previous announcement says the free weekend for the first-per...
Far Cry 5 in February
Ubisoft officially announces Far Cry 5, saying the first-person shooter sequel is "coming to America's heartland" on February 27, 2018. This confirms the recently revealed setting of Hope, Montana,...
SUPERHOT VR Adds VIVE Support
Sorry about all the lower case characters that crept into that headline. Anyway, SUPERHOT VR now supports HTC VIVE HMDs, after launching with support for Oculus Rift headsets. Somewhere along the way...
Acaratus Released
Steam now offers Acaratus, a turn-based tactical RPG for Windows. This features medieval combat in steampunk mech suits, so it's ripped straight out of the history books. The launch trailer shows...
MidBoss Released
MidBoss is now available on itch.io and Steam, offering a Windows, macOS, and Linux game that combines roguelike elements, a monster trainer, and a possession mechanic. You can get a look at how this...
Hanako: Honor & Blade Early Access in October
+Mpact Games announces October 9th is the early access release date for Hanako: Honor & Blade, their upcoming sword combat game set in feudal Japan. Word is this project has a touching symbolism to...
GTA Online: Gunrunning Next Month
Rockstar Games announces GTA Online: Gunrunning, yet another expansion for the multiplayer side of Grand Theft Auto V, the open-world crime game. This is expected to launch next month, and will give...
Vanquish Released
SEGA announces the launch of Vanquish for Windows on Steam, offering a sci-fi first-person shooter from PlatinumGames. This carries a 25% launch discount for owners of Bayonetta, the hairy action...
Heroes of the Storm Turning Two
Blizzard announces they will kick off a celebration of Heroes of the Storm's second anniversary next week. For the duration they will offer a loot box per day for completing a single match, and some...
Rising Storm Game of the Year Edition for Free
Humble Store is offering Rising Storm Game of the Year Edition with a 100% discount, making the military shooter free until Saturday afternoon. Here's a reminder of what this is all about: Rising...
Morning Consolidation
Xbox Game Pass Launches June 1 With 100+ Games; Early Access For Gold Members Starts Today. Hello Neighbor Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One. Gwent: The Witcher...
Morning Interviews
Sudden Strike 4 PC Interview - GameWatcher.
Hover : Revolt Of Gamers Next Week
Publisher The Sidekicks announces that Hover : Revolt Of Gamers will be officially released on May 31st after a two-plus year early access run (and jump) for this parkour game. Word is the release...
Sonder. Episode ONE Early Access
Sonder. Episode ONE is now available for Windows on Steam as an early access release (and we see they've replaced the lowercase "s" in the title with an even more unconventional period along the way)....
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Patch Delayed
This tweet announces that the patch for PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS that was expected today is being postponed until next week (thanks PCGamesN). Here's word: Due to several major issues w/ the...
Free Witcher 2 for GWENT Testers
GameInformer.com has good news for those who participated in closed beta testing of GWENT: The Witcher Card Game now that it is in open beta, saying these testers are entitled to a free copy of The...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Multiplayer DLC Trial Pack Next Week
A Call of Duty blog post has word that on May 30th they will offer the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Multiplayer DLC Trial Pack, a 30-day free trial of the DLC for the shooter sequel. This will happen...
Grim Dawn Sells 1M Copies
Crate Entertainment announces Grim Dawn has now sold more than one million copies since the release of this crowdfunded action/RPG for Windows. Calling this an "epic milestone," they have put the...
Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade Ludicrous Update
Stardock is now offering the "Ludicrous update" for Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade, saying this fulfils the frequent fan request for larger maps in the 4X strategy expansion (though it sadly...
Dead Alliance Announced
Maximum Games, Psyop, and IllFonic announce Dead Alliance, a competitive first-person shooter coming to Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on August 29th. The Dead Alliance website is home to all...
Zombasite: Orc Schism Announced
Soldak Entertainment announces Orc Schism, the first expansion for Zombasite, their zombified action/RPG for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The plan is to release it this summer, though they will stick...
Conarium in June
Publisher Iceberg Interactive and developer Zoetrope Interactive announce a June 6th release date for Conarium, their Lovecraft-inspired horror game. The game's official launch trailer accompanies...
Divinity: Original Sin 2 in September
Larian Studios announces a September 14th release date for Divinity: Original Sin 2, their upcoming RPG sequel. This will mark exactly one year of early access for the game, as the beta version...
Fallout 4 Free Weekend
Bethesda.net announces a free weekend will get underway tomorrow for the Windows and Xbox One editions of Fallout 4. They include a new trailer to celebrate the news, and explain that the post-apocal...
Awesomenauts Now Free-to-Play
Steam News announces the promised free-to-play era is now underway for Awesomenauts. You can find all the details on how this works in this post, and here's the announcement: Awesomenauts is Now Free...
GWENT Open Beta
GOG.com announces open beta testing of GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. The announcement features a new extended cinematic trailer, a new gameplay trailer, and some details on testing and the run up to...
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Patch Plans
An Early Access Month 2 Update for PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS has details on the next patch for the battle royale game (thanks Blahman). They say this will go live on the test server at some point...
Dota 2 Client Improvements
The Dota 2 blog announces today's release of more fixes that cap a spate of improvements in client performance in Valve's MOBA. Here's the explanation: No matter which aspect of Dota captures your...
DiRT 4 Rallycross Trailer
A new trailer from DiRT 4 shows off some on-road racing for off-road sequel, "showcasing the games incredible rallycross content across various classes and circuits." Here's word on this game mode:...
TrackMania 2 Lagoon Demo on Steam
The TrackMania 2 Lagoon demo is also now offered on Steam (thanks Frans). This is also ManiaPlanet as mentioned in yesterday's news of Lagoon's release, but this will make it easier for some to check...
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai for Linux
The promised release of the Linux editions of Total War: SHOGUN 2 and the Fall of the Samurai expansion are now available. These are available on the Feral Interactive website where they offer these...
Gold Rush! 2 for Linux and macOS
The Linux and macOS editions of Gold Rush! 2 are now available on Steam along with the previously release Windows version of the adventure sequel. Sunlight Games also announces that a boxed retail...
Tekken 7 Intro Video
Here's the opening cinematic for Tekken 7, paving the way for next week's release of the fighting sequel. The introduction to this is short and sweet: "The blood feud intensified, and the world was...
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