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A lengthy post on Steam News announces today marks the previously announced closure of the Steam Greenlight program. Valve goes into the history of Greenlight covering its high points as well as the...

Steam News announces that Housemarque is offering Outland for free on Steam between now and June 8th. Anyone who adds it during that time will have permanent access to this game they once described...

Mikey Neumann tweets that he is leaving Gearbox Software, where he has served as chief creative champion at the developer (thanks GameInformer). Mikey suffered a stroke back in 2011, and health...

DiRT 4 is not to pull out of the pits until Friday, but Codemasters paves the way for the release with a launch trailer from the new installment in the off-road racing series. Here's the description:...

A new E3 2017 trailer from Dauntless shows off more of this co-op action/RPG currently in development at Phoenix Labs. The clip shows off a new behemoth, a fourth weapon class, and armor/weapon...

Summer is still a couple of weeks off, but the GOG.com Summer Sale is now underway, offering up to 90% off on the DRM-free games in their catalog. They are also giving everyone a free copy of Rebel...

Curve Digital and iFun4all announce Serial Cleaner will officially launch for Windows, Linux, and macOS this summer. We missed something along the way, because we thought this was just a console...

Indie developer Behold Games announces Galaxy of Pen and Paper, an upcoming RPG expected for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android on July 27th. This is their follow up to Knights of Pen & Paper,...

The Battleborn website announces a free trial for Battleborn is now available for Windows and consoles. This is not time-limited and includes the ability to earn premium unlocks, but they are...

A playable Windows demo for Styx: Shards of Darkness is now available on Steam, offering the chance to sample the stealthy adventure game. The Windows edition is on sale for the next week, and word...

The Return of Way of the Rodent - Book and Online Archive by Richard Koworld Kickstarter. "Bringing back the original spirit of classic videogaming writing - restored, remastered and remixed as...

A Thank You to All Our Fans: New Gold PS4, 9 Days of Epic Deals. Aven Colony Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One. DiRT 4 Is Now Available For Xbox One. The Town Of...

League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 06.06 - 06.09. Mark of the Ninja on Steam. Save 80%. Orwell on Steam. Save 40%.

Heroes of the Storm PTR Notes June 5, 2017.

A new trailer shows off Under Pressure, the upcoming Episode Two of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series. The episode is to launch tomorrow for Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox...

Announced today at Apple's WWDC are new Kaby Lake iMacs, said to offer better VR potential. To go with that, Ars Technica has details on a "quickfire presentation" on gaming that included word that...

Jagex now offers Menaphos: The Golden City, calling this the first of their large-scale expansions for RuneScape, the old-school MMORPG. Most of the new content will be for higher level characters,...

Blizzard announces Diablo III players will get a bigger clothes closet/junk drawer among other bonuses as part of the purchase of the upcoming Rise of the Necromancer pack for the action/RPG. Word is:...

CapCom Unity announces the Mega Man Legacy Collection 2, a bundle coming in August to PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. This bundles the four games of Mega Man 7 through Mega Man 10, and they show...

EA announces Cristiano Ronaldo is the global cover star for EA SPORTS FIFA 18, and saying to expect a September 29th release of the next installment in the association football/soccer series. They...

IBM's breakthrough: World's first 5nm chip that one day could power Samsung phones. Evidence of an official iOS file manager hits the App Store ahead of WWDC.

Friday the 13th finally patched on Xbox One: it fixes EVERYTHING. PlayStation to sponsor London Pride 2017. Switch owners to get free Shaq Fu after NBA Playgrounds hiccup.

Matt Chat 378: Tim Lang on New World Computing and M&M Legacy.

New Threat To Traditional Sports Leagues: Millennials Prefer Watching eSports. Thanks Ant. Overwatch Stream Shows Tournament Through Eyes Of A Pro.

GfK Chart-Track offers their latest charts tracking game sales in the U.K., tracking all platforms as well as PC game sales. Here's their summary, where word is "Bandai Namco debut at No1 on the...

A second video developer diary from Raiders of the Broken Planet offers more on the four-versus-one shooter set in space, where no one can here you say that this title seems vaguely familiar. Here's...

Psyonix announces the second anniversary of the launch of Rocket League will be on July 5th, saying they will celebrate with an anniversary update. This will add a new arena called Champions Field,...

A Facebook post promises a "first look" at FIFA 18 today, calling either the association football/soccer simulation or the sport itself "the world's game." The post offers a game logo and a link to...

Spigen accuses Andy Rubin's company Essential Products of trademark infringement. Thanks HARDOCP.

Chinese Company Behind Adware That Infected Over 250 Million Computers. Thanks HARDOCP.

You can now get Wi-Fi connectivity on Mount Everest. Thanks HARDOCP.

'Our streets are made for people'- San Francisco mulls ban on delivery robots. Thanks Hypothermia. Motorola Announces the Moto Z² Play. The 'Lenovo Moto' Brand Is No More, Motorola CMO Suggests.

Prey Steam Update v1.04 - Patch Notes. Thanks DSOGaming. Team Fortress 2 Update Released.

Sheltered on Steam. Save 75%.

Here's Valve's accounting of the 10 bestselling games on Steam for last week: PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition Friday the 13th: The Game Grand Theft...

This post from Monolith reveals October 10th to be the new release date for Middle-earth: Shadow of War in most territories, after being announced with an August 25th release date (thanks TweakTown)....

Officers bust Florida man during Facebook Live.

The Galaxy Note 8 might launch sooner than we thought.

The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 6-6-2017.

How Mad Catz used up its last life Eurogamer.net.

Richard Garriott Reassures Shroud Of The Avatar Backers About Their $11 Million.

News - Dota 2 Update - June 2nd, 2017. Drunk or Dead Summer Update adds the ability to go outside. Northgard - Multiplayer is here! + Patchnotes: #12 v0.2.4967. Phantom Halls Patch Notes! v0.05 is...

Publisher Perfect World Entertainment and developer Cryptic Studios announce Tomb of Annihilation is coming to the Windows version of Neverwinter on July 25th as an expansion for the free-to-play...

A post on Fig has a development update on Consortium: The Tower, marking the first anniversary of the crowdfunding campaign for the upcoming first-person sci-fi game. Interdimensional Games provides...

A new trailer shows off gameplay from Destiny 2, the upcoming shooter sequel. Here's word from Bungie on the clip: Bungie has released a standalone trailer of Commander Zavalas prelude that was...

Publisher Deep Silver and Warhorse Studios offer a new E3 teaser video for Kingdom Come: Deliverance, the upcoming open-world RPG we've seen described as Dungeons & Dragons without the dragons. Here's...

SOEDESCO announces AereA is now available, offering a music-themed action/RPG. The Windows, macOS, and Linux versions are on Steam, and they call this a timed exclusive that will come to other...

Gears of War 4 website has details on a free trial for Gears of War 4 that begins a week from today, and will run for a week (thanks Jayson). This will give both Windows 10 and Xbox One gamers the...

Nival Interactive announces the full launch of Blitzkrieg 3 following a run on early access for the World War II real-time strategy sequel. The Blitzkrieg 3 website has the links to purchase a copy,...

Also free on Steam this weekend is SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition, following the annoucement of a December release date for SpellForce 3 (thanks Ant). Here's word on the game: SpellForce 2 -...