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EA announces that open beta testing of Battlefield 1 will begin on August 31st. They confirm last week's report that Battlefield Insiders will get first crack at this: "Battlefield Insider members...

AT&T Brings Gigabit Speeds to Parts of St. Louis. On creating an Internet-ified Hobbit Pinball game. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

PS4 System Software 4.00 Will Feature Folders, UI Refresh, More.

Boss Key Productions announces the conclusion of the first round of alpha testing of LawBreakers. This video discusses the aftermath of testing the upcoming shooter, and talks about its future. Word...

Team Fortress 2 Update Released.

There's an extensive article on UbiBlog profiling Blue Byte's rich history of PC game development. They describe how this will continue with For Honor and how they are collaborating with Ubisoft...

No Man's Sky didn't come out for PCs in time to land on the GFK Chart-Track top 30 chart of U.K. PC game sale for the week ending August 13th. This leave The Sims 4 undisturbed in their home at...

SQUARE ENIX announces a delay for Final Fantasy XV. The next installment in the RPG series was due next month, but is now expected on November 29th. It's not certain this impacts PC gamers, as the...

Major Hyperdrift League website now offers a playable demo for this PC racing game. The demo features one race track, several ships, customization, and online multiplayer. Belgian developer Orbital...

No Man's Sky on PCGamesN and Rock, Paper, Shotgun.

AMD support offers new version 16.8.2 Radeon Crimson Edition reference drivers for AMD graphics cards. These offer support for No Man's Sky and this week's Paragon open beta. The drivers also...

A survey issued by Paradox Interactive offers a glimmer of hope for fans of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (thanks PCGamesN). Paradox recently acquired property owner White Wolf, and the survey...

FourChords Guitar Karaoke on Christ Centered Gamer.

Here are the winners of Valves $20+ million 2016 International Dota 2 Championships. Imitation Guns Banned From Games Convention Over Security Fears. Simply a smashing timeA visual tour of Super...

Infinite Space Battle Poker by Digital Eel Kickstarter. Just over one day remaining to get this funded. In Theory: Can Sony upgrade PlayStation Neo's specs?

No Man's Sky Experimental Branch patch. Professional Farmer 2017 1.1 content update. They just announced this came out two weeks ago.

Valve reports the following nine titles as last week's 10 bestsellers on Steam: No Man's Sky No Man's Sky DOOM Counter-Strike: Global Offensive RimWorld Grand Theft Auto V XCOM 2 Deus Ex: Mankind...

Blizzard reveals they will further refine multiplayer play in StarCraft II. Noting that the Legacy of the Void expansion already brought significant changes to their RTS sequel, they now detail plans...

AMD Radeon RX 460 Graphics Card on Eurogamer.net. ASUS STRIX GAMING GTX 1070 OC Graphics Card on eTeknix. Cooler Master MasterBox 5 Mid-Tower Case on PC Perspective. Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro...

No Man's Sky on Polygon.

Court: US seizure of Kim Dotcoms millions and 4 jet skis will stand. Irish court orders alleged Silk Road admin to be extradited to US.

More airline outages seen as carriers grapple with aging technology. Thanks Slashdot via Ant. Guccifer 2.0 doxes hundreds of House Democrats with massive document dump.

(Japanese article) Watson saves Japanese woman's life by correctly identifying her disease after treatment failed. Thanks Ant. Can 42 US, a free coding school run by a French billionaire, actually...

1C announces Assault Squad 2: Men of War Origins is coming to Windows PCs on August 25th. This is a remake of Men of War, an RTS game set during World War II. This trailer offers a look at what's...

Remedy offers a statement to remedy a misconception they spread about Quantum Break. Following the announcement of Windows 7 plans they stated they would no longer support the Windows 10 edition. It...

Valve tweets about their release of a new teaser trailer from Dota 2. This offers a first look at the Monkey King, a new character coming to the MOBA. The cinematic clip shows off all sorts of monkey...

Hatoful Boyfriend on Steam. Save 40%. Jet Set Knights on IndieGameStand. Pay what you want.

Bossa Studios offers a new trailer for Worlds Adrift. This shows off the ship-building tools in the upcoming MMORPG. The game is set among floating islands, and it turns out Steam has a free island...

Blizzard announces that they are tripling the PC client refresh rate in Overwatch from 21 Hz to 63 Hz. This will improve responsiveness, addressing one of the most frequent complaints about the...

Tripwire Interactive announced a November 18 release date for Killing Floor 2 for Windows and PlayStation 4. The impatient can have it before then, though, as it was released in early access last...

Developers SuperSexySoftware and Deck13 announce The Shattering. This is a first-person psychological horror game coming to Windows in 2018. They call the game's art style "unique," and offer five...

Ubisoft is now accepting preorders for South Park: The Fractured But Whole. Those enamored enough of the RPG to buy it before it's done should head over to the Ubisoft Online Store and pick it up....

No Man's Sky is now available for Windows PCs. The GeForce website celebrates the release with PC graphics settings and some 4K screenshots. Reviews of the space game on Steam are currently "mixed"...

German publisher astragon Entertainment and Portuguese developer Bigmoon Entertainment announce Police Simulator Law Enforcement. This is an Unreal Engine 4 simulation coming to PCs next year. Here'...

Blizzard announces that they are tripling the PC client refresh rate in Overwatch from 21 Hz to 63 Hz. This will improve responsiveness, addressing one of the most frequent complaints about the...

NVIDIA Announces Record Revenue For The Second Quarter Of Fiscal Year 2017. Western Digital to Use 3D ReRAM as Storage Class Memory for Special-Purpose SSDs. Best graphics card - PCGamesN. Sony...

Symmetrical Cable Broadband Speeds Are Coming. Facebook rolls out code to nullify Adblock Plus workaround. War declared.

Xbox One sales spike 75% during S launch week. Prison Architect: All Day And A Night Edition Is Now Available For Xbox One. Lies Of Astaroth Is Now Available For Xbox One.

Twitch's battle to remain the top dog of eSports streaming - MCV.

Blizzard Entertainment at gamescom 2016.

1C announces they will publish Renoir, the upcoming noir adventure game. They will be showing the game off next week at Gamescom and say to expect its release in November. This was announced and...

Nordic Games announces it is no longer Nordic Games. Henceforth the publisher's name is THQ Nordic. Nordic announced a couple of years ago they would one day make use of this brand they picked up as...

Sean Murray tweets a reminder that the PC edition of No Man's Sky will launch today. This tweet says this will be a 2.6 GB download, but that preloads are not available. Finally, he offers a schedule...

Headup Games and Merge Games announce the release Meridian: Squad 22 for PC. The Windows RTS sequel is now officially on Steam following an early access period. Like its predecessor Meridian: New...

Activision announces the release of Descent, the third DLC pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops III. This adds four new multiplayer maps and another chapter in the endless zombie assault. Here's a Gorod...

Here's another new trailer from Mafia III. This look at the open world crime sequel profiles Vito Scaletta, already familiar from the previous game. The description shows how he fits into the story:Vi...

Kalypso 10 Year Anniversary weekend on Steam. League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 08.12 - 08.15. Mafia II on Steam. Save 80%.

AION Free-to-Play: Update "Lost Memories" patch notes. SMITE: Under The Sea - 3.15 PTS Patch Notes.

CD Projekt RED announces The Witcher III: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition. This was first revealed via a leak last month, and is now confirmed. They say to expect this on August 30th, and will...

Steam News announces the chance to get in touch with your inner ruminant animal with a free weekend for Goat Simulator. The game is also now on sale, so here's word on how to join the herd: Play Goat...