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E3 2016: Tim Schafer Interview - GameSpot.

A new post on Bandcamp Daily covers "The Cottage Industry of Indie Game Soundtracks" (thanks nin). This offers a history lesson on the topic, a lot of interesting detail on how this aspect of indie...

Thanks to 1badmf for pointing out we missed linking to the Mass Effect Andromeda video from EA Play 2016 the other day. This shows off a bit of the game as well as some behind-the-scenes glimpses at...

Battleborn Patch Notes for June 14, 2016. Dayz 0.60 Update. Thanks PCGamesN. SMITE: Expelled From Hel - 3.11 PTS Patch Notes.

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Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan replied to a forum question asking about the future of Overwatch, explaining in detail what they are working on and where their focus lies for the multiplayer shooter. He...

Stardock announces the release of Rise of the Terrans, the new DLC for Galactic Civilizations III, adding a new prequel campaign and more to their 4X space strategy sequel. This can be picked up from...

Stardock announces the release of Rise of the Terrans, the new DLC for Galactic Civilizations III, adding a new prequel campaign and more to their 4X space strategy sequel. This can be picked up from...

A new trailer from E3 where Dominic Guay discusses Watch Dogs 2, and the comments from the game's senior producer are illustrated by footage of free-roaming missions in a virtual San Francisco. Here's...

E3 2016: Razer HDK2 VR Interview - GameSpot. E3 2016: Battlefield 1 Interview with Producer Aleks Grandal - GameSpot. Bungie talks Destinys 10 year plan, schedules and giving fans what they want -...

E3 Video Game Trade Show Kicks Off Under Cloud Of Real-Life Violence - All Tech Considered - NPR. Splyce picks up Overwatch team. The Week in StarCraft II Esports (June 14 - June 20).

UbiBlog has a preview of Underground, the first paid expansion for The Division that's coming to the third-person shooter at the end of this month. This is penned by Ubisoft senior communications...

Update: We're now informed that the Survival Mode update will not launch today as planned due to "last minute unforeseen circumstances." The setback is not otherwise explained, and it's not clear at...

Steam now offers a playable demo for Trackday Manager, a simulation from Arctic Hazard Game Studio they call "a new category of skill based race car management in a multiplayer online environment."...

Focus Home Interactive announces tomorrow as the release date for Pro Cycling Manager 2016, Cyanide's official PC game of the Tour de France, which comes alongside Le Tour de France 2016, the console...

There's a preview of Phoenix Point on Rock, Paper, Shotgun with some first details about this recently revealed game from Julian Gollop, creator of the original X-COM (thanks Task). They caught up...

Stoic announces the release of a new free update for Banner Saga 2, adding a Survival Mode to the tactical RPG. This is automatically available on Steam, and here are some details about what the...

E3 2016: Alienware Demoes OLED Gaming Notebook.

Nintendo Highlights The Legend of Zelda- Breath of the Wild During First Day of E3. Photos of Nintendos The Legend of Zelda Extravaganza at the Nintendo NY Store. Xbox One S won't give games a...

8-Bit Armies on Steam. Save 15%. Farming Simulator 15 on Steam. Save 50%. Heroes of the Storm Weekly Sale- June 14 - 21, 2016.

Diablo III Patch 2.4.2 PTR Patch Notes. Galactic Civilizations III v1.8 Update with Asteroid Mining and More Now Available. League of Legends Patch 6.12 notes. Overwatch first balance patch released....

Digital Extremes announces details on Lunaro, a new game mode coming to Warframe, their online third-person shooter. This will go live this week for the Windows edition of the game, and will come to...

TaleWorlds Entertainment celebrates E3 with the release of a couple of trailers from Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, showing off siege gameplay in the upcoming installment in the Mount & Blade series....

Slitherine announces a reworking of Order of Battle, saying this wargame is now being offered as a free-to-play game called Order of Battle: World War II. Windows and OS X downloads are available...

The Battleborn website announces plans to update Battleborn on Thursday with a patch that introduces a premium currency system and adds microtransactions to the multiplayer shooter. Gearbox Software...

A new update is now live in Heroes of the Storm, adding a new hero to Blizzard's MOBA along with competitive mode changes that lead to the launch of season one, a new unranked draft mode, and more....

Blizzard tweets an announcement that Overwatch now has more than 10 million players, the news coming less than two weeks after they announced the game had reached the seven million player milestone....

UbiBlog announces details about a virtual reality edition of Just Dance that they are showing off to attendees of E3 this year. This sounds a little odd, as this doesn't involve dancing, but they do...

The tiny Build GAMES blog announces Mr Shifty, a top-down heist game coming next year to Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 next year. The game's Steam Page is already online, and this trailer...

Indie developer 34BigThings announces Redout, a VR racing game they say is in development for Razer's upcoming OSVR headset, and will come to Steam and Xbox One in September. Here's a gameplay...

Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson announces that preorders are now being accepted for Forza Horizon 3, confirming along the way the rumors that a PC edition of the racing game is coming, as they tout this as...

Capcom Unity has the expected announcement of Dead Rising 4, a new installment in the zombie killing series they say is coming to Xbox One and Windows 10 this fall. They offer an announce trailer...

The Oculus blog announces more than 30 made-for-VR games will launch this year for Oculus Rift, with more than 20 of them specifically supporting the features of Oculus Touch controllers. This is an...

Capcom Unity announces Resident Evil 7 biohazard, offering a new trailer from a new installment in their survival/horror series coming to Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on January 24, 2017....

Those disappointed that Bethesda did not announce a new Elder Scrolls game for E3 will be happy to see a report on IGN that follows up on this by confirming with Bethesda's Todd Howard that Elder...

Heroes of the Storm Ranked Season 1 Roll and Rewards. Manila Champions, TI Qualifiers and 6.88 Gameplay Update - Dota 2. StarCraft II 2016 Ladder Season 2 Has Locked. SonicFox wins a third ESL Pro...

Xbox Live Gold Not Required for New PC-Xbox One Cross-Buy Program. Hideo Kojima announces Death Stranding, his first game since leaving Konami. Related photo (thanks nin). Sony gives PlayStation VR...

Ubisoft announces Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Wildlands will march forth on March 7th, setting an official release date for the next installment in the tactical shooter series. Here's word: Today,...

Tripwire Interactive also now offers a new Bulls-Eye content pack for Killing Floor 2, enhancing the arsenal in the early access zombie game with a new female character, new weapons, and the long...

The Crackdown website has word that Windows 10 will be one of the platforms for Crackdown 3 when the action/adventure sequel is released next year (thanks DSOGaming). The announcement mentions the...

Microsoft has unveiled a new "Xbox Play Anywhere" program which makes Windows 10 part of the anywhere you can play. Word is Gears of War 4 will come to Windows 10 as well as Xbox One, and players...

Ubisoft announces Trials of the Blood Dragon, and without missing a beat has also now released this latest installment in the Trials series for Windows and consoles. They offer this over-the-top...

Boss Key Productions showed off a new trailer at E3 today which explains the process for alpha testing the upcoming shooter. They say the game's first dedicated closed alpha test will take place this...

Tripwire Interactive announces Killing Floor Incursion, a virtual reality game based on their Killing Floor series of survival/horror games in development for Oculus Touch, the upcoming motion-control...

The Ubisoft Club announces that to celebrate Ubisoft's 30th anniversary, they are giving away one game per month for the next seven months. This will require a Uplay account, but other than that the...

Here's an E3 2016 trailer from Vampyr, the upcoming vampire gaym from DontNod coming next year to Windows and consoles. The clip is accompanied by a description of the moral and practical decisions...

Here's an E3 2016 trailer from Mirage: Arcane Warfare, the upcoming title from Chivalry: Medieval Warfare developer Torn Banner Studios. Torn Banner also takes the occasion to announce the game is...

This video is the E3 trailer for Mafia III, the upcoming open-world crime sequel set in the vintage New Orleans-inspired city of New Bordeaux. Word on this is: "Theres only so far down a man can go....

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment sends a note about the games they are showing off this week at E3. This includes what we believe is the first official confirmation of plans for a PC version of TEKKEN 7,...

UbiBlog has a post about Just Dance 2017, saying the rhythm franchise will hit the PC for the first time when the game is released this fall. Here's an announcement trailer and here's word: The best-...