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Heroes of the Storm Taunts Disabled
A post to the Heroes of the Storm Forums has word that the Mastery Taunts introduced in the version 2.0 update for the MOBA are temporarily disabled while Blizzard investigates desync problems they...
DayZ Beta Nears
A Status Report on the DayZ website from earlier this week outlines progress on the open-world zombie survival game (thanks PCGamesN). This seems to indicate that the next patch to update DayZ to...
Darksiders III Footage
Things travel fast these days. After going from unconfirmed to leaked to officially announced in a single day earlier this week, Darksiders III now has an extended gameplay video. This is available...
Morning Consolidation
Prey Is Now Available For Xbox One. PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds developer already looking to port the game to Xbox One. Bit Dungeon Plus Is Now Available For Xbox One. Dreamfall Chapters Is Now...
Morning Crowdfunding Roundup
Age of Heroes VR by Omnigames Kickstarter. "Age of Heroes is a multiplayer combat VR game that emphasizes physical and intense boss battles. Pick up your weapons, team up with other players, and...
Where Does a 12M Member Crew Hang Out?
We don't know either, but UbiBlog announces The Crew has passed the 12 million player mark on consoles and PCs. They offer personal reflections on the milestone from a dozen members of the...
The International 2017 Battle Pass Adds Dota 2 PvE Content
The Dota 2 blog announces this year's version of The International Battle Pass is now available, offering all sorts of perks for the Dota 2 player that also helps build the prize pool for the big...
How Does Prey Run?
Technical issues with Dishonored 2 raised concerns in advance of today's release of Prey, the new shooter from Dishonored and Dishonored 2 developer Arkane. Earlier this week they noted that Steam...
Rocket League Free Weekend
Steam News announces another free weekend is underway on Steam for Rocket League, the motorized sports game that rewards ballsy driving. For those who enjoy their test drive, the game and its DLC...
Prey Released
Steam News announces the release of Prey, Arkane Studios' new take on this science-fiction shooter series. Here's the recent official launch trailer, and here's word on the release: In Prey, you...
Happy Birthday Wolfenstein 3D
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the original Wolfenstein 3D on May 5, 1992. This not actually 3D shooter was a breakthrough at the time, and there's an interview on Gamasutra where...
MotoGP 17 Adding Management Mode
Milestone announces a new Managerial Career mode coming to the MotoGP series with the release of MotoGP 17 next month. They explain how you can transition from being a rider in the bike racing sime...
Dawn of Andromeda Dawns
Publisher Iceberg Interactive and developer GreyWolf Entertainment announce the release of Dawn of Andromeda on Steam, following an early access run for the space strategy game. The recent launch...
Sudden Strike 4 in August
Kalypso Media announces an August 11th release date for the Windows, OS X, and Linux editions of Sudden Strike 4, saying the PlayStation 4 edition of the RTS sequel will follow on August 15th....
Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade Launches
Stardock announces the release of Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade, expanding their 4X space strategy game with new systems and content. There are full details on what this includes on the...
New Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees
The Strong National Museum of Play announces four new inductees into their World Video Game Hall of Fame. The honorees are Donkey Kong, Halo: Combat Evolved, Pokémon Red and Green, and Street...
Activision Blizzard Financials
Activision Blizzard announces first-quarter 2017 results, saying these were better-than-expected and record setting. Here's word: "For the quarter ended March 31, 2017, Activision Blizzards net...
New AMD ReLive Drivers
AMD Support offers new version 17.5.1 AMD Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition Windows Drivers. These likewise add support for Prey, and list the following issues as fixed: Fixed Issues Fixed an...
New GeForce Drivers
The GeForce website announces the release of new GeForce Game Ready 382.05 WHQL drivers, saying these are optimized for Prey, Battlezone, and the Gears of War 4 multi-GPU update. They offer some...
Morning Tech Bits
Intel Unveils the Xeon Scalable Processor Family- Skylake-SP in Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.
Morning Metaverse
Will Facebook actually hire 3,000 content moderators, or will they outsource? GEs Alexa lamp will be available in September for $200.
Morning Mobilization
Titanfall is coming to mobile as a real-time strategy game.
Morning Interviews
Designing Prey's sci-fi space station to be like a 'mega-dungeon' - Gamasutra. League of Legends Patch Chat with the Playtest Team - Midseason Patch 7.9. Mothergunship PC Interview - GameWatcher.
The Surge Trailer
A new behind-the-scenes trailer from The Surge is now online with a look at this hardcore action/RPG that's coming to Windows and consoles on May 16th. The clip features developer interviews and...
Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days This Month
This trailer offers a first look at gameplay from Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days, the upcoming top-down shooter that's being rushed to market as a tie-in with Quentin Tarantino's breakthrough 1992 movie....
Steam Gifting Changes
Steam News announces Valve is making some changes to how gifts are handled on Steam. The intent is to make it easier to give games to friends more reliably through the service. Here's word on the...
Tom Clancy's The Division Free Weekend
UbiBlog announces a weekend of free play in Tom Clancy's The Division gets underway today, offering the chance to sample the open-world shooter. They offer a scrunched-down graphic with a schedule so...
Evening Patches
PULSAR- Lost Colony Beta 14.3 Release Notes. SMITE: Happy Trees - 4.8 Patch Notes. Yup, Bob Ross.
Empathy: Path of Whispers This Month
Iceberg Interactive offers a launch trailer from Empathy: Path of Whispers, celebrating plans to release the first person adventure game on Steam on May 16th. They explain that the trailer "offers a...
Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns Season 3, Episode 5
The Guild Wars 2 Forums offer the patch notes for the release of Flashpoint, Episode 5 of Living World Season 3 in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. A previously released trailer offers a look at what...
STEEP Winterfest Launches
UbiBlog announces the release of the Winterfest add-on for STEEP, their extreme winter sports game. Here's a trailer showing all the wackiness this brings, and they provide the following details:...
Evening Crowdfunding Roundup
The Executioner a Horror RPG about a monster in every man by Lesser Evil Games Kickstarter. "You're the executioner, and there's a criminal strapped to the chair in front of you. What do you do?...
Quake Champions: New Trailer and Beta Keys Giveway
It seems Bethesda is giving three-packs of Quake Champions beta codes to testers so they can invite friends into the closed beta of id's upcoming arena shooter. I see a post a forum post here where...
Prey Preloads and Launch Trailer
Steam News notes that anyone who has pre-purchased Prey on Steam is now entitled to pre-download the game to be set to play as soon as it unlocks. Speaking of which, a new official launch trailer...
Ubisoft: What Far Cry 3 Tease?
GameInformer got a response from Ubisoft to inquiries about that Facebook post from Ubisoft France mentioned this morning. Though the image and its cryptic French caption was taken as a Far Cry 3-rel...
Morning Mobilization
New zinc battery competes with lithium-ion. Google Maps, Amazon ditched Apple Watch -- and no one noticed. Thanks Ant.
Morning Consolidation
History of NINTENDO CONSOLES- From the FamiCom to World Domination. Thanks Ant. Planetbase Is Now Available For Xbox One. Black & White Bushido Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download...
Morning Interviews
COLINA: Legacy PC Interview - GameWatcher. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion - Producer Interview - Overclockers Club.
Steam Hammer Early Access Next Week
A new trailer for Steam Hammer puts the hammer down with a look at this hardcore steampunk RPG described as "Open Class System meets Jetpacks and Airships in a Massive Sandbox World." Along with this...
Steam Support Statistics
Steam News announces the launch of a new Steam Support Statistics Page with data on help requests and what sort of support backlogs these cause. This reveals they handle some 75,000 support requests...
Far Cry 3 Tease
A Facebook post from Ubisoft France seems to tease something Far Cry 3-related. This shows Rook Island with the decidedly French caption, "Une île que l'on n'a jamais vraiment quittée." The machine...
Time Warner Financials
Time Warner Inc. Reports First-Quarter 2017 Results, with loads of numbers that will make one's head spin. This includes a 6% increase in revenue to $7.7 billion and a 7% increase in operating...
Arkane: Steam Refunds = PC Prey Demo
In an interview on AusGamers, Arkane's Raph Colantonio discusses the imminent release of Prey, the sci-fi shooter remake (thanks DSOGaming). One hot topic that comes up is how console owners have a...
Evening Interviews
"We Doubled Our Thoroughness," Prey Dev Says After Dishonored 2's PC Issues - GameSpot.
Evening Crowdfunding Roundup
Julian Gollop's Phoenix Point funded within a week.
On Sale
Age of Wonders Franchise on Steam. Save 67%. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada on Steam. Save 60%. Darksiders Franchise on Steam. Save 80%. Heroes of the Storm Weekly Collection Update: May 2 - 9, 2017....
Evening Patches
ECHOPLEX Premonition Update is live. League of Legends Patch 7.9 notes. Neverwinter Patch Notes- Version- NW.80.20170417a.3. StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void 3.13.0 Patch Notes.
STRAFECON This Weekend
Devolver Digital continues to enjoy the throwback flavor of STRAFE with the announcement of STRAFECON. This will be an online "convention" this weekend to lead up to the game's May 9th launch. The...
Mirage: Arcane Warfare Beta Updated
Torn Banner Studios announces the release of beta patch 3 for Mirage: Arcane Warfare, their first-person shooter that's set to emerge from closed beta testing in about three weeks. This major update...
ESO: Morrowind Trailer
The Elder Scrolls Online website offers a new video celebrating the 15th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind with a look at the upcoming return to the island of Vvardenfel Bethesda will...
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