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Monologue: I Am a Successful Streamer and I Believe Racial Slurs Are Essential to Gaming - McSweeneys Internet Tendency (Satirical). "Gamers such as myself often come across heated, high-stress...

How to Watch Apple's 2017 iPhone Event. T-Mobile named fastest U.S. mobile carrier by new Wirefly report. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Samsung wants to launch a foldable Galaxy Note in 2018. Samsung's...

NASCAR Heat 2 Is Now Available For Xbox One. PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2018 Is Now Available For Xbox One. Ruiner Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One. EA SPORTS NHL 18...

Steam News offers a September update for PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, outlining next steps for the battle royale game. This includes an update on the vaulting system, dealing with idle players,...

A new trailer from Middle-earth: Shadow of War introduces the Feral Tribe, one of the factions in Monolith's upcoming Tolkien-inspired action/RPG. The clip includes a description of this group and...

Check before you open the door, as Bloody Zombies are on the loose, as Paw Print Games announces the release of Bloody Zombies for Windows, VR, and PlayStation 4. This is a co-op sides-scroller with...

Best of Indie Legends 2 Bundle. Save 33% on Thimbleweed Park on Steam. Save 50% on STEINS;GATE on Steam. League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 09.12 - 09.15. The Humble Store End of Summer Sale.

Breaking the outrage cycle - GamesIndustry.biz. "The result is this same debacle keeps happening again and again, because this perversely works on some level for all parties involved. Publishers and...

Hearthstone: The Tavern is Open for Oktoberbrawl. Counter-Strike Team Blows $70,000 Championship Match After Being Penalized For Showing Up Late. Hearthstone Global Games Infographic.

Nintendo: Super NES Classic production has been dramatically increased. Journey into Manifest 99s Take on VR Travel Mechanics, Out Tomorrow PlayStation.Blog. NBA 2K18 PS4 Bundle Comes to Canada...

The weekly sale on GOG.com is underway, offering up to 85% off on a large selection of DRM-free games. This offers a bonus besides the sale discounts, as they are offering customers the opportunity...

Batman News has word from Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy saying Warner Bros. has no plans for further games in their Batman/Arkham series (thanks Dark Horizons via Ant. This is not definitive,...

UbiBlog announces Atomega, an online first-person shooter in the works at Reflections, Ubisoft's studio behind Grow Home and Grow Up. Though they are just now unveiling this, it is due on September...

A new trailer from Outcast - Second Contact kicks off a series of videos showing off gameplay from the upcoming Outcast remake. The theme of the clip is exploration, as it shows off the game's open-wo...

Don't want to forget yesterday's list of last week's top 10 games on Steam, which came out while we were celebrating with the children: PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS NieR:Automata XCOM 2: War of the...

The Golden Joystick Awards 2017- a celebration of excellence to 'push the industry forward.'

Tyranny - Bastard's Wound on GameWatcher. Gameplay stream.

Don't Starve Together launches on Xbox One this week.

GFK Chart-Track reports on their latest charts tracking game sales in the U.K. Word is: "Destiny 2 sweeps in to No1, becoming the biggest launch of the year so far. Released on Wednesday 6th...

An interview on Eurogamer.net talks with Chris Roberts of Cloud Imperium Games about progress on Star Citizen, their crowdfunded space game. They ask him if he'd describe the game's current state as...

A recent post by Microsoft support engineer Paul "Jesse Pinkman" Aaron confirmed that stuttering issues playing games in Windows 10 were the result of the Windows 10 Creator Update (thanks DSOGaming)....

This press release announces the launch of the first-ever EPU ("Emotion Processing Unit") for gaming. If you're like us, you are curious about what this means. And if you are like us, reading the...

Tesla flips a switch to increase the range of some cars in Florida to help people evacuate. The Future of Computing Depends on Making It Reversible. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. NVIDIAs performance...

Firefox 57 Will Hide Search Bar and Use a Uni-Bar Approach, Like Chrome. Thanks [H]ardOCP. Even more US adults now getting news from social media, says Pew.

Binge-Watch Every Apple iPhone Announcement Right Here. BYO black turtleneck.

Destiny 2 Has Already Reached 1.2 Million Concurrent Players. Stormlands and the million-man raid: Obsidian's cancelled Xbox One exclusive.

UK Museum To Host Sexism In Games Exhibit. Team Fortress 2 ETF2L Season 13 Highlander Final.

Shortest Trip to Earth - Indiegogo. "A cozy top-down spaceship simulator (survival/roguelike), inspired by FTL & Firefly." A playable demo is available. Thanks PCGamesN.

The Absolver Steam forums have details on a new version 1.05 patch that's now available for the recently released multiplayer combat game (thanks MP1ST). This is from a couple of days ago, and the...

This spotlight trailer from Larian Studios offers a look at combat in Divinity: Original Sin 2, their RPG sequel that's currently in the early access phase on Steam (thanks VG247). The clip runs for...

ASRock Z270 Taichi Motherboard on TweakTown. ASUS VivoBook S15 (S510U) Laptop on Tech ARP. HyperX Alloy Elite Keyboard on APH Networks.

Lyfts strategy- Be the Android of the self-driving car business. Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 has broken presale records despite last year's disaster. Apple iPhone X name revealed in leaked iOS 11...

Destiny 2 PS4 Pro crashes reported. Thanks Rowe.

Diablo III Challenge Rift Champions - Week 10. What To Watch This Weekend- Rocket League, Counter-Strike, And DreamHack.

Equifax lobbied to take away breach victims' right to sue.

Thanks Ant. Equifax's dox of America: Sign up for "free" monitoring, get billed forever. After the Equifax breach, heres how to freeze your credit to protect your identity. Red panic: Best Buy yanks...

DGX Systems Power New Era of Smart Machines for Industry. Thanks Hypothermia. Toshiba's 8 TB X300 HDD Now Available- 7200 RPM Drive For Under $260.

UbiBlog offers a new video titled "Into the Creed" with a 20-minute look at the Assassin's Creed community. This series has attracted many devoted fans over the past 10 years, and the clip is a...

Heroes of the Storm Hotfix Notes September 8, 2017. Portal 2 update released.

Meet Kahuna, the Newest (and Strongest) Disc Jam Character PlayStation.Blog. The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 9-12-2017. This Week On Xbox- September 08, 2017. PS Store: Augusts Top Downloads.

Canadian Gaming Expo in Montreal October 21 and 22. Games writers now eligible for Nebula Award. Dota 2 streamer SirActionSlacks just got married on Twitch.

Save 40% on Kerbal Space Program on Steam.

Phantom Compass announces a release date for Auto Age: Standoff, a car combat game with throwback flair coming to Steam on September 21st. The launch trailer offers a look at gameplay, which they...

Ancestors Legacy is the new title of Destructive Creations' upcoming RTS game that was announced with the simpler title of Ancestors. Publisher 1C Company also now offers a release window for the...

The Steam: Game and Player Statistics page shows another milestone for PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, the runaway hit battle royale game (thanks Eurogamer). The list shows the game hit a peak...

A new listing in the Microsoft Store reveals the first expansion for Destiny 2, Bungie's first-person shooter sequel that's now available for consoles and coming to Windows next month. The add-on is...

Dungeons 3 Pre-Release Campaign on GameWatcher.

Star Citizen Q&A Panel from Dragon-Con 2017. Runs about an hour. Here's a cautionary note from the comments: "My apologies for the audio. The recording was a complete disaster."

Why the Equifax breach is very possibly the worst leak of personal info ever.

New AI can work out whether you're gay or straight from a photograph. Thanks [H]ardOCP.