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Third Editions Books: your ultimate gamer library by Third Editions Kickstarter. Shooting for stretch goals with 24 hour left. Thanks nin.

The Battlefield website has a new feature on "the single player of Battlefield 1" (thanks ASLayerAODsk) though the omitted hyphen probably doesn't really mean they expect the game to sell only one...

An Instagram post from Michel Ancel offers a teaser image that's refueled ongoing speculation about possible plans for Beyond Good & Evil 2 (thanks VideoGamer). Nothing is concrete, but his caption...

Battles of Norghan is now available on Steam, offering a sports management and strategy game for Windows. This is set in ancient times where you must recruit, train, and equip a roster of gladiators....

Freedom Fighters, the fifth episode of Hitman is now available for Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Word is: "In HITMAN Episode 5: Colorado, Agent 47 will take on his toughest assignment yet; an...

Clustertruck is now available on Steam, offering a Windows and OS X physics-based platformer. This trailer shows off the fast trucking action this includes. Word is: "To remind you, Supertruck was a...

Social networks drive tens of thousands of voter registrations. Journalists must fork over $200 for Wi-Fi at presidential debate. Disney reportedly eyes Twitter for potential buyout. Thanks HARDOCP....

Here's why you're going to be waiting weeks for your jet black iPhone 7. Thanks HARDOCP. Is Verizon's Data Usage Alert System Broken?

EVERSPACE Is Now Available In Xbox Game Preview. RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One.

Craft The World on Steam. Save 75%. Savage Resurrection on Steam. Save 40%.

UbiBlog announces the launch of a public test server for The Division, allowing players to help test upcoming fixes for the shooter. Here's word on how this works: The Division development team is...

The 24-Year Feud That Has Dogged Star Citizen on Kotaku UK takes a look at the hostilities between the Star Citizen project and former backer and current critic Derek Smart. This is a long form...

Wired productions announces a November 1st release date for Super Dungeon Bros, React Games' upcoming co-op brawler for Windows and consoles. A new trailer accompanies the announcement with a look at...

Early access is now available to Stellar Tactics on Steam, a sci-fi RPG for Windows. This contains the entire early portion of the game, and new content will be added over the course of early access....

Thunder Lotus Games announces Sundered, a horror-themed adventure game from the creators of Jotun. This is coming to Windows, OS X, Linux, and PS4 early next year, and will make its public debut this...

Matt Chat 354- Lawrence Ellsworth on Swashbuckling and SimCity History. Thanks Ant.

EGX Celebrates record-breaking year. Blizzard will overhaul competitive Heroes of the Storm in 2017. MINECON 2016 is over! Finished! Done! Thanks for being part of it.

The Revive Battlefield 2142 website now offers a beta of Revive Battlefield 2142, a fan-made way of playing Battlefield 2142, the sci-fi installment in DICE's shooter series (thanks Joe). This is to...

Fallout 4 is the number one entry on the GFK Chart-Track PC top 30 chart for the week ending September 24th. World of Warcraft: Legion drops to number two, while The Sims 4 creeps back to number...

Yacht Club Games announces that their buddy Shovel Knight will be part of Yooka-Laylee, the upcoming crowdfunded 3D platformer. A new trailer shows off the Shovel Knight as well as other character...

The Mojang website has details on an upcoming patch for MINECRAFT that will update the Windows and OS X editions of the game to version 1.11. They call this the Exploration Update, though it's...

Business Insider quotes Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan explaining plans to change Symmetra, Overwatch's least used character (thanks VG247). He calls her a situational pick, and says that's not their intent...

GOG.com announces they are currently running a back-to-school sale on their game store (thanks Rock, Paper, Shotgun via nin). They also announce another 17 games are part of their GOG.com Connect...

Warner Bros. settles FTC charges over deceptive YouTube influencer campaign marketing of video game. And! it! begins!! Yahoo! sued! over! ultra-hack! of! 500m! accounts.

Apple acknowledges iOS 10 security flaw that makes it easier to access protected iTunes backups.

How to Watch the First Presidential Debate.

Samsung Gear VR Getting Xbox One Wireless Controller Support. New Chrome OS Update Enables Google Play on Acers and ASUS' Chromebooks.

Explore an Ancient World on October 4 in the Minecraft Chinese Mythology Mash-Up Pack.

Riot is finally introducing crowdfunding for League of Legends prize pools. Dota 2 tournament on a cruise ship will rent satellite to keep the stream sailing smooth.

GameInformer.com - Opinion Pac-Man Has Always Been The Bad Guy. Thanks Ant. "At this point, Pac-Man is far from the vindicated Popeye character Iwatani set out to make him. Pac-Man has no excuse...

Valve offers the following accounting of the 10 bestselling titles on Steam for last week, with Cossack 3 hogging two spots on the list: Grand Theft Auto V Battlerite Counter-Strike: Global Offensive...

Lifestream - A Haunting Text Adventure on Just Adventure, LLC-.

Biostar takes aim at PC gaming market with its very first mouse, the $10 AM2. Thanks Neutronbeam.

Snapchat announces sunglasses with built-in camera, coming this fall for $129. Exclusive: Google will introduce Google Wifi, a $129 home Wi-Fi router, on October 4th. Thanks HARDOCP.

Fragmented 16.9.2 Build is Now Live. "Highlights include a slew of new achievements, housing improvements, a number of visual and feedback related upgrades, and the usual assortment of bug fixes and...

Google's Self-Driving Car Damaged Badly In An Accident.

Square Enix announces Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration is gold for all platforms, and will be released on October 11th. They call this the "definitive Rise of the Tomb Raider experience,"...

CapCom Unity reports that the promised September patch for Street Fighter V is now available for the Windows edition of the fighting sequel. This adds the new Urien character, new daily targets, and...

Failbetter Games announces Sunless Skies, an upcoming sequel to Sunless Sea. They are showing this off today at EGX, and say this will take to Kickstarter in February for funding. In the meantime...

No Man's Sky version 1.09. Steam Client Update Released.

A third World of New Bordeaux trailer shows off the arsenal of Mafia III. Word is: "With an entire stockpile of military-grade weapons at your disposal you can pick the right tool for the job. Find...

Free update 3 is now available for DOOM, id Software's first-person shooter. This adds the recently promised deathmatch support. The news is being celebrated with a Double XP weekend that runs all...

This video from Watch Dogs 2 lists 10 ways the sequel will improve upon the original. On that topic, another new trailer takes a look at the story in the upcoming snoopy, hacking sequel. The UbiBlog...

Steam now offers the release of Warhammer 40,000 - Eternal Crusade, an MMO third-person shooter based on the Games Workshop series. BANDAI NAMCO offers this trailer to celebrate the launch. Here's a...

There's a new article on the Dawn of War website about Dawn of War III, the upcoming RTS sequel. This takes a look at the Eldar, who return to the series as a playable race. Here's a bit: "The Eldar...

Kotaku has a follow-up to the news that Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is involved in the Nimble America social media campaign supporting presidential candidate Donald Trump. They report that some...

A new announcement on Steam has system requirements for Sid Meier's Civilization VI. The strategy sequel is highly anticipated for release next month, and here's word on what sort of hardware it will...

Kotaku has a follow-up to the news that Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is involved in the Nimble America social media campaign supporting presidential candidate Donald Trump. They report that some...

Anita Sarkeesian on Life After Gamergate: I Want to Be a Human Again - The Daily Beast. Thanks Matthew.

(3D JRPG) Light Fairytale Episode 1 by neko.works Kickstarter. "Light Fairytale is a turn-based Japanese-style RPG set in a dying underground world ruled by a fierce empire. Inspired by classics...