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June 30
- Left 4 Dead developer hiring for unannounced AAA game in 'globally-known franchise'
- Bethesda would 'love' crossplay for Fallout 76, but Sony is dragging its heels
- Watch Fortnite's rocket crack open the sky
- Star Wars: Battlefront 2's Clone Wars update will be spread out over the rest of 2018
- Slay the Spire adds third game mode, reaches one million copies sold
- Epic will not reinstate Fortnite's Playground mode until next week
- Sea of Thieves adds exploding skeletons event for a limited time
June 29
- Watch a cartoon Geralt hunt a griffin in this Samurai Jack-inspired short
- Myst 3 and 4 finally come to GOG, Cyan is planning new games in the series
- Ys: Memories of Celceta is coming to PC this July
- Mothergunship launch date trailer shows off a bevy of big guns
- Fortnite's 50v50 mode is back, Playground is hopefully coming soon
- EA will disclose FIFA 19 Ultimate Team loot pack drop rates
- Overwatch players are already doing ridiculous things with Wrecking Ball
- Judge cuts $500 million award in ZeniMax's lawsuit against Oculus in half
- Comcast and other ISPs experiencing widespread outages (Updated)
- Almost everything on eBay is 15% off, including lots of PC hardware
- Thermaltake tweaks its wall-mountable case for better cooling
- There might be a big drop in graphics card prices next month
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night story trailer teases in-game footage
- Warner says Bethesda's Westworld allegations are 'as surprising as they are unsubstantiated'
- Valve on Steam opportunities: 'We're not the taste police'
- Steam had 13.5 million 'new first-time purchasers' between January and May
- Cyberpunk 2077 frame by frame trailer series explores political side of Night City
- BioWare dev opens up about Mass Effect: Andromeda reception
- State of Decay 2 DLC brings Revolutionary War-themed zombies
June 28
- Bungie details Destiny 2's new prestige raid lairs and Crucible changes
- The Halo live-action television series is finally, actually happening
- Pathologic 2 progress report details lockpicking, autopsies, and lucid dreams
- Isometric RPG Pathfinder: Kingmaker is coming this year, published by Deep Silver (Updated)
- Dear lord, even MapleStory 2 has a battle royale mode
- Mario-themed mod Doom: The Golden Souls 2 is basically an entire game
- Get MSI's GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Duke card and a $20 Steam code for $420 today
- Brave is testing Tor-powered tabs to bolster private browsing
- Oculus tells Rift owners they should upgrade to Windows 10 or miss out on features
- Razer built a light-based key switch for its newest mechanical keyboards
- Shenmue 3 system requirements confirmed
- This LG 24-inch 1080p monitor is just $100 right now
- PUBG, Dying Light, Battletech going cheap in Fanatical's Red Hot Sale
- Hearthstone's next ranked season is bringing Legend matchmaking improvements
- Valve is developing tools designed to be 'more accurate and more useful' than Steam Spy
- How to follow Fortnite's Haunted Hills treasure map in this week's challenge
- Visceral's Star Wars game is now 'pretty different', Amy Hennig has left EA
- PC Gamer UK August issue: Serious Sam 4
- Australian Senate backs loot box investigation
- Dark Souls 3 cut content suggests it could have had a PvP 'battle royale' mode
- Ultimate Custom Night is a new, free Five Nights at Freddy's game
- Sony is "looking at possibilities" for total cross-platform play
June 27
- David Hayter returns as Snake in Super Bomberman R
- Overwatch's new LFG system is receiving glowing praise from the community
- Former Bungie composer Marty O'Donnell could be coming back to Halo
- BioWare would like to make smaller, more 'experimental' games
- Fortnite may have surpassed $300 million in revenue in a single month
- Destiny 2 fans uncover new Exotic Catalysts and 'Armsweek' event details
- AMD clears up confusion over rebranding FreeSync 2 to 'FreeSync 2 HDR'
- Fallout 76 trailer shows off C.A.M.P. basebuilding
- Get a Dell gaming laptop with a Core i7-8750H, 256GB SSD, and GTX 1060 for $880
- Cyberpunk 2077 demo at E3 was 'earlier' than alpha, full release could be years away
- Corsair makes a major move into streaming with Elgato Gaming acquisition
- Fortnite player destroys Tilted Towers in one shot
- H1Z1 releases a new 8x8km map called Outbreak
- PUBG reportedly drops Fortnite copyright lawsuit
- PUBG makes Event Pass system fairer following player feedback
- Fortnite adds Playground mode and dual pistols
June 26
- Modder finds way to play Dark Souls as a Crystal Lizard
- Unravel 2 gets a ten-hour free trial on Origin
- 'Too Many Cooks' creator takes on YouTube and Twitch culture in a nightmarish new video
- We Happy Few is getting a second chance in Australia
- Blizzard wants to patent Overwatch's 'Play of the Game' feature
- World of Warcraft begins phasing out artifact weapons and other Legion-specific features
- Enter the Gungeon speedrunner gets absolutely demolished by the RNG gods
- Realtek is building a high-end SSD controller for ultra-fast NVMe drives
- Beta test signups for Stalker-inspired battle royale game Fear the Wolves are now open
- Fortnite's mysterious missile may launch on July 1
- Nvidia dishes out a 'Game Ready' GPU driver optimized for The Crew 2
- Oculus Go standalone VR headset is now available in Europe and Canada
- GTA Online's Motor Wars gets triple experience, in-game cash this weekend
- OpenAI's Dota 2 bots aim to 'beat a team of top professionals' at The International
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance adds Hardcore mode, From the Ashes trailer
- Valve bans Dota 2 team from The International for using programmable mouse
- CD Projekt Red breaks down Cyberpunk 2077 trailer frame by frame in new series
- South Korean court sends Overwatch hack creator to jail
- The team behind Alien: Isolation is working on a first-person tactical shooter
- Overwatch teaser points to new rolling hero
June 25
- What the hell is going on with Hearthstone's matchmaking?
- Epic is suing a former Fortnite tester for leaking season 4 secrets in April
- This Dark Souls mod lets you play the whole game as your favorite boss
- Agony Unrated isn't going to happen
- Star Control creators launch $2 million campaign to support legal fight against Stardock
- Edmund McMillen's next game is a multiplayer strategy take on The Binding of Isaac (Updated)
- Get a mid-tower case with integrated liquid cooler and $20 Newegg gift card for $80
- Massdrop is selling a revised Sennheiser HD 650 headset for $200
- Ubisoft's games are actually political, says CEO
- AVerMedia’s new capture card lets you stream 4K HDR gameplay from your laptop
- Nvidia helps US regain supercomputing crown for the first time since 2012
- GTA Online's new Nightclubs will feature real-world performers
- Conan Exiles DLC introduces buildings and armour from Khitai
- The Walking Dead's final season may be the last to use the old engine
- Fortnite's creative Playground mode is coming soon
- Descend into Overload's custom levels
- Redout: Space Assault swaps racetracks for space battles
- Forza Horizon 4 was downloaded four months early
June 24
- Black Mesa's Xen chapters in 'final polish' stage
- Cybernetic implants come to Fallout 4 in this new mod
- This Fallout 4 mod adds griefing, random nukes to mimic what life may be like in Fallout 76
- Somebody has turned the famous dancing baby GIF into a Quake sprite, and why not?
- Overwatch designer dispels myths about matchmaking and skill rating changes
- Summer Games Done Quick speedrunning marathon kicks off today
June 23
- New campaign, biome and enemy types coming soon to Fortnite's Save The World mode
- Inmates can escape over walls using ropes made of uniforms in latest Prison Architect update
- You can buy every Valve game on Steam for $15/£11.50 right now
- NHS will focus on 'gaming disorder' in its first internet addiction clinic
- Free Pillars of Eternity 2 DLC adds new crew members and ship upgrades
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition's end game revamp adds 130,000 words
June 22
- Hearthstone pro sets ridiculous new ladder win streak record
- Halo's legacy forums will be missed, especially The Flood
- Unavowed is a retro-adventure about demonic possession and what comes after
- World of Warcraft invites lapsed players back with a 'Welcome Back Weekend'
- Digital adaptations of Viticulture and Charterstone board games in the works
- Friday the 13th gets permanently axed
- Ni No Kuni 2 difficulty update fixes its biggest problem
- Bethesda sues Warner for ripping off Fallout Shelter in its Westworld game
- AMD makes a ‘heavy metal’ video teasing launch of its 32-core Threadripper CPU
- Corsair’s newest mechanical keyboards come with a bunch of Cherry MX options
- Life is Strange 2 will land in September
- EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti bundle with PSU, case, and cooler is on sale for $900
- PES 2018 has an unofficial player-made World Cup mode
- Watch SpecialEffect's games industry PUBG livestream, donate to a good cause
- PUBG Sanhok map is live (Updated)
- Resident Evil 2 remake PC system requirements
- Red Dead Redemption 2 PC temporarily appears on Rockstar LinkedIn profile
- Why Bethesda announced The Elder Scrolls 6 at E3
June 21
- Bethesda says Fallout 76's nukes are hard to get and easy to avoid
- Find easy Fortnite Battle Stars between a bear, crater, and refrigerator shipment
- Where to find all 14 hungry gnomes in this week's Fortnite search challenge
- Overwatch League All-Star Game starting lineups revealed
- Big changes come to Battletech in the 1.10 update
- The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game will arrive in Early Access by summer’s end
- Meet the man inside this incredible Doom cosplay
- Epic reaffirms building and shotgun nerfs: 'Not every encounter should have to end in a build-off'
- Shadowrun Returns Deluxe Edition is free on the Humble Store
- Crucial releases its first firmware update for MX500 series solid date drives
- Overwatch Twitter account teases something, possibly new event or hero
- Discord adds a new, Steam-like Games Tab hub
- Steam Link is on sale for just $2.50
- US Supreme Court ruling enables states to collect sales tax from more online vendors
- PayPal closes account of Active Shooter publisher
- The Steam Summer Sale 2018 has begun
- Dark Souls Remastered save files corrupted by antivirus software, Bitdefender responds (Updated)
- EU votes on copyright law that could kill memes and open source software
- Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigns after breaking company dating policy
- Gears of War 5 'built from the ground up for PC'
- Discord adds Colorblind Mode
- Xenonauts 2 successfully crowdfunded in half a day (Updated)
- Dell Australia has a big End of Financial Year Sale
June 20
- Valkyria Chronicles 4 will be out in September
- Fortnite brings back shopping carts, then disables them again 2 hours later
- Fortnite earned $100 million on iOS in just 90 days
- Mojang's Scrolls has a new name, and is now free with player-run servers
- Logitech's window-rattling Z906 5.1 speaker system is on sale for $199
- Larrabee GPU designer is joining Intel’s graphics team under Raja Koduri
- The Itch.io Summer Sale offers some sweet indie deals
- Purported 32-core Threadripper 2990X hits 4.1GHz and rips through Cinebench
- CS:GO and Dota 2 trading disabled in the Netherlands after loot box crackdown
- GOG Easter egg lets you play Pong and Snake using the Konami code
- PUBG compensates wrongly banned players with 20,000 BP
- A coder spent 1,200 hours reverse-engineering Diablo's source code
- PUBG announces 'Event Pass' progression and reward system
June 19
- EVGA's GTX 1060 6GB is now just $229
- Fallout fans are building their own Fallout 76 map using scattered info
- How Leisure Suit Larry bootlegs infected the European banking system
- CS:GO's new Panorama UI is now live in beta
- Astroneer 1.0 will increase co-op beyond four players and add player customization
- Steam now has developer and publisher 'Homepages'
- Read up on everything in Cyberpunk 2077's E3 pamphlet
- Red Shell analytics software causes privacy uproar, over a dozen developers vow to drop it (Updated)
- Countdown shows up in Fortnite, Inca prophecy suspected
- Logitech’s G Pro mouse with RGB lighting is on sale for $29
- Mod brings Cyberdog Rex from New Vegas to Fallout 4
- Intel responds to AMD’s trolling over Core i7-8086K sweepstakes
- For the first time, PUBG is on sale on Steam
- Zotac's GTX 1080 Mini has dropped to $500 again, comes with The Crew 2
- Scammers are selling Cyberpunk 2020 roleplaying books for crazy prices, but new ones are just $30
- Cooler Master launches a pair of sub-$100 mechanical keyboards
- This 8GB Sapphire RX 580 is $280 for today only
- Frostpunk's new 'Survivor Mode' makes it likely that you won't
- GTA Online gets 7 new Italian Job-style races with double money and experience
- Rocket League's premium Rocket Pass cosmetic reward system will cost $10
- This Dell ultrathin 27-inch IPS monitor is $320 ($380 off) right now
- Get an Acer 15.6-inch laptop with a GeForce GTX 1050 for $600
- Ark: Extinction teaser shows drones, synthetic dinos, and massive tamable Titans
- Escape from Monkey Island arrives on GOG
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey wanted actors 'who are Greek or have Greek ancestry'
- Dead Cells dev plans to add basic mod support before launch
- Fortnite content update v4.4 adds stink bombs, Final Fight mode (Updated)
- MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries delayed into 2019
June 18
- This Steam page lets you check how much money you've spent on video games
- Games industry pushes back against new 'Gaming Disorder' classification
- Xaviant addresses The Culling 2 gameplay leak and sequel concerns
- Ninja partners with Red Bull, announces 'Rise Till Dawn' Fortnite duos tourney
- Android: Netrunner to end after next card set
- Epic says it will remove an 'unintended' swastika in Fortnite (Updated)
- Rocket League's Jurassic World goal explosion might be its most obnoxious yet
- Quake Champions free-to-play offer extended into next week
- Lenovo's new 15" IdeaPad is $350 ($100 off) for today only
- West Virginians hopeful that Fallout 76 will drive tourism
- G.Skill Ripjaws KM780R mechanical keyboard is on sale for $60 today
- Dead or Alive 6 aims to be less jiggly than previous games
- AMD trolls Intel with offer to swap Core i7-8086K CPUs for a Threadripper 1950X
- Bandai Namco is working on a new 'Tales' game
- AMD is limiting Raven Ridge APU graphics updates to four per year
- Team Fortress 2's annual community jumping competition is underway
- Cyberpunk 2077 E3 demo PC specs revealed by CD Projekt Red
- Beyond Good and Evil 2 aims for 'playable beta for the end of next year'
- The Witcher 3 Enhanced Reshade mod is stunning
- Football Manager 2018 marks England's first World Cup game with a 66% sale
- World of Tanks gets a Rocket League-inspired mode to celebrate the World Cup
- There's an Unreal Tournament demake for Atari 2600 you can play in your browser
- PUBG clarify misunderstandings about their use of store-bought assets
June 17
- OMDO is what happens when you turn DOOM into a Magic Eye puzzle
- Watch six minutes of Strange Brigade's co-op shooting, supernatural puzzles and branching levels
- Watch a 25-minute disaster film set purely in Cities: Skylines
- Deep Rock Galactic update adds new mission type, makes beards more glorious
- Build your own Humble Bundle out of 2K games such as Bioshock Infinite, XCOM and Civilization 5
- Klei quietly began the open beta for Hot Lava during E3
- Map updates suggest Fortnite's next season might begin with a rocket launch
- Some joker has registered 'theelderscrollsvihammerfell.com' already
June 16
- Beyond Blue is an underwater exploration game inspired by BBC's Blue Planet 2
- Arma 3 adding new singleplayer scenario this year, wants third-party paid-for DLC next year
- Grab Invisible Inc for $5, Don't Starve Together for $7.50 in Klei Steam sale
- Valve says it's 'really easy' to spot devs manipulating reviews, bans them 'all the time'
- Watch Anthem running in glorious 4K
- Devil May Cry 5 will be out before April next year
June 15
- Shadows: Awakening characters and gameplay revealed in 7-minute video
- Steam will restrict 'fake games' which exist solely for achievement farming
- World of Warcraft Classic will be built on the 1.12 'Drums of War' patch
- The Steam Link app could be closer to arriving on iOS after both Apple and Valve make changes
- Ace Combat 7's E3 trailer showcases high-flying combat and awkward wording
- Telltale is being sued by its former CEO
- Fortnite player brutally murdered by the little shopping cart that could
- Get a Dell XPS Tower desktop with a 6-core CPU and GeForce GTX 1070 Ti for $1,035
- Microsoft tells how it rolled out its April 2018 Update to 250 million users in record time
- Colorful is working on an incredibly wide 49-inch all-in-one PC with discrete graphics
- Cyberpunk 2077 will have diverse relationship options
- Cryptocurrency mining profits have plummeted since last year
- PUBG map selection scaled back following Sanhok testing
- Here's 18 minutes of murderous Metro Exodus gameplay footage
- Resident Evil 2 remake will include Tofu, Hunk and that big bastard alligator
- The Long Dark adds new region, overhauls cooking system
- Final Fantasy 7 remake skips E3, director vows it's 'not just in early concept stages'
- The Underhollow, Dota 2's battle royale with cheese, is now live
- Metro Exodus' day-night cycle changes NPC behavior, dynamic weather can mask footsteps
- The Division is only $10 on the Ubisoft Store right now
June 14
- The Battlefield subreddit is such a mess that mods have banned posts about ‘historical accuracy’
- The Witcher 3's 'Bloody Baron' writers are working on Dying Light 2
- Fallout 76's 'Country Roads' will be sold on iTunes to raise funds for charity
- Black Ops 4's DLC maps are locked in a season pass, and players aren't happy
- BioWare's Casey Hudson says relationships are 'in the cards' for Anthem
- Where to score each goal in Fortnite's soccer pitches challenge
- How to follow Fortnite's Pleasant Park treasure map in this week's challenge
- Get an Alienware 25 monitor with 240Hz refresh rate and $100 gift card for $330
- Lenovo stuffed a 6-core CPU and 128GB of RAM into its newest VR-ready laptop
- The Culling 2 is coming
- Intel discloses ‘Lazy FPU’ vulnerability that is similar to Meltdown but less serious
- A digital version of Scythe, the hit board game, has launched on Steam Early Access
- Xbox app for Windows 10 will be 'more reflective of PC community' after rework
- AMD's latest GPU driver promises better performance in Warhammer: Vermintide 2
- Frontier elaborates on why Jurassic World Evolution doesn't have mod support
- Resident Evil 4 HD Project mod has a release date
- Cyberpunk 2077 concept art illustrates the trailer's beginnings
- Fortnite adds new assault rifle and soccer stadium, re-enables shopping carts (Updated)
- Nioh 2 will not be a dramatic departure from the original, says director
- Fortnite on Nintendo Switch supports crossplay with PC
June 13
- Defiance 2050 launches in July, open beta begins next week
- Telltale is working on a Stranger Things game
- Fallout 76 is based on plans for Fallout 4 multiplayer
- Id Software boss says original Rage was 'every shade of brown'
- Bethesda says Fallout 76 'is not just a full-on PvP game'
- The Resident Evil 2 remake is looking like fantastic, gruesome survival horror
- ORNL's Summit is the most powerful supercomputer in the world
- Lenovo's mixed reality headset is on sale for $199 right now
- Get a Crucial MX500 500GB for $96
- The psychological horror game Layers of Fear is free on Steam
- Watch this live read of Grim Fandango starring the original cast (and Jack Black)
- AOC is rolling out three affordable and fast 144Hz monitors with FreeSync support
- Destiny fans built a shrine to Cayde-6 at E3
- Hearthstone players can claim a free Golden Classic Pack today
- Maingear upgraded its Pulse 15 with a 144Hz display and RGB mechanical keyboard
- Soulcalibur 6 release date set, watch Geralt in action
- Fortnite World Cup 2019 announced, Epic not allowing the sale of teams or franchises
- Bomber Crew, Human Fall Flat, Stealth Bastard going cheap in Humble Curve Sale
- Cyberpunk 2077 won't ship with multiplayer, but it's a possibility after launch
- Anthem won't have player-to-player trading at launch
- Ninja and Marshmello win Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am, winning $1M for charity
- Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am Twitch channel breaks 700,000 concurrent viewers
June 12
- Intel is planning to launch its first discrete GPU in 2020
- Steam will drop Windows XP and Vista support at the end of the year
- Roll20 is getting a built-in character creator
- Valve releases a new and very improved chat client for Steam
- Cyberpunk 2077 has a 'cool' stat
- You can play Cyberpunk 2077 as a woman or a man
- Cyberpunk 2077 is an FPS
- Backlash against women in Battlefield 5 'is not OK,' EA executive says
- Upgrade to a 2TB solid state drive for $254
- Fallout 76 will have 'real-time' VATS
- Ruin your friendships again in Overcooked 2 this August
- Logitech built a GX Blue mechanical key switch for gamers who like it loud
- GTA Online heists get double experience and in-game cash this week
- Bungie confirms that Year 1 gear will carry over into Destiny 2 Forsaken
- BioWare: 'Mass Effect is certainly not dead'
- FMdB mobile app brings Football Manager's database to your pocket
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey lets you romance whoever you so choose
- Anthem 'has a climax and conclusion but the game continues after that'
- Nioh 2 announced at Sony's E3 press conference
- Cayde-6 gets killed in a dark Destiny 2: Forsaken story trailer (Updated)
- Watch the Resident Evil 2 remake debut trailer
- Control is Remedy's new third-person adventure, coming in 2019
- Telltale shows off in-game footage of The Walking Dead's final season
- Valve and Perfect World are bringing Steam to China
June 11
- Check out Hitman 2's dazzling Miami level in this new trailer
- Friday the 13th content development halted over ownership dispute
- Rapture Rejects is a 2D battle royale game based on webcomic Cyanide & Happiness
- Get a fresh look at Anno 1800 with this world exclusive trailer
- Ooblets go to battle by busting sweet dance moves in a new trailer
- See an exclusive new trailer from Two Point Hospital
- Noita is a hilarious, horrifying wizard death experiment where every pixel is simulated
- Don't Starve: Hamlet expansion gets a gameplay trailer
- Overkill's The Walking Dead flaunts head-popping trailer, due this November
- Just Cause 4 shows off its shiny new engine at the PC Gaming Show
- Space disaster sim Genesis Alpha One gets a September release date
- New Star Citizen trailer teases Alpha 3.2
- Sable trailer shows gorgeous futuristic exploration
- Watch the new trailer for suave noir adventure game Night Call
- Stormland trailer shows robot exploration in VR at the PC Gaming Show 2018
- Bravery Network Online is a fast and frantic Pokemon-style RPG
- Killing Floor 2's Summer Sideshow update adds an airship map on Tuesday
- Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami coming to PC
- Warframe's highly anticipated story update, The Sacrifice, coming this week
- Watch the creepy new trailer for The Sinking City
- See Hunt: Showdown's new crossbows and wet, wormy monster in the latest update trailer
- Star Control: Origins teases new in-game footage, is releasing in September
- The Forgotten City is a new standalone game based on the award-winning mod
- Beta signups for 1,000-player battle royale game Mavericks: Proving Grounds open now
- Satisfactory is a factory-builder that echoes Ark, Subnautica, Factorio
- Will The Division 2 have a battle royale mode? 'Nope,' says Ubisoft
- For Honor is yours for free on Uplay if you download it before June 18
- For Honor announces its biggest expansion: 4 new heroes, new story, new 4v4 castle siege
- The Crew 2 open beta kicks off next week
- Ubisoft's psychological thriller Transference ditches VR requirement, is coming this fall
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey releases in October, is set in Ancient Greece and has dialogue choices
- Beyond Good and Evil 2 teases explosive in-game footage
- Skull & Bones gameplay video shows pirate combat, ship customization and more
- The Division 2 will have 8-player raids and a year of free expansions
- Trials Rising coming next year
- Beyond Good and Evil 2 teases the return of Jade
- Bethesda is '100 percent committed' to Fallout 76 mod support
- Bethesda's Starfield 'is playable,' Elder Scrolls 6 is in 'pre-production' says Todd Howard
- Lenovo refreshes its gaming laptops and desktops to look less ‘juvenile’
- LawBreakers is closing in September, will be free-to-play until then (Updated)
- The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is 'your first steps into the world' of Life is Strange 2
- Net neutrality died today as FCC’s vote to repeal rules goes into effect
- Monster Hunter: World is coming to Final Fantasy 14 in a new crossover this summer
- Square Enix announces The Quiet Man with the worst trailer of E3 so far
- Babylon's Fall is the latest game from Platinum
- Just Cause 4 video shows off extreme weather and new stunt tools
- Dragon Quest 11 trailer tells 'The Legend of the Luminary'
- A professional overclocker cranked a G.Skill DDR4 memory kit to 5.5GHz
- The roguelite FPS Ziggurat goes free in the GOG Summer Sale
- Battlefield 5 cosmetics 'need to be believable, need to fit with the era', says EA
- Devolver Digital's E3 2018 show included gore, a homage to Robocop, actual game announcements
- Metal Wolf Chaos XD, a lost From Software classic from 2004, is getting a remaster
- Bethesda announces space-faring RPG Starfield
- The Elder Scrolls 6 announced
- The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a free-to-play RPG coming to PC and mobile this fall
- Bethesda reveals Skyrim Very Special Edition for Alexa, and it's real (Updated)
- Fallout 76 is an online game, and you can nuke other players
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood is a co-op game starring B.J. Blazkowicz's twin daughters
- Prey: Mooncrash DLC available now, multiplayer mode coming this summer
- Elder Scrolls Legends trailer shows off the game's forthcoming revamp
- Doom Eternal announced at E3 2018
- Rage 2 trailer shows off cars, guns, special powers, and a weird post-apocalypse
- Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition coming to PC this winter
- William Gibson doesn't think Cyberpunk 2077 is cyberpunk enough
June 10
- Cyberpunk 2077 trailer secretly confirms there will be no microtransactions
- A new Battletoads game is coming next year
- Gears Tactics is a 'turn-based strategy' game set 12 years before Gears of War
- Dying Light 2 announced and Chris Avellone is designing the story
- Watch the Cyberpunk 2077 E3 trailer here
- Gears of War 5 coming in 2019, stars Kait from Gears 4
- Just Cause 4 is coming in December, features scary weather
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider E3 trailer shows gorgeous jungles
- Jump Force is a new Shonen Jump mash-up fighting game, see the trailer
- Tunic trailer shows off adorable fox combat
- Devil May Cry 5 debuts at Microsoft E3 press conference
- Cuphead is getting The Delicious Last Course DLC
- PUBG teases a fourth map with snow in E3 trailer, due this winter
- First footage of The Division 2 shows an overgrown, devastated Washington, D.C.
- We Happy Few out in August, Microsoft acquires developer Compulsion Games
- Battlefield 5 War Stories trailer shows off the first chapter
- Microsoft has acquired Hellblade studio Ninja Theory
- Forza Horizon 4 is going to the UK, watch the trailer
- Metro Exodus E3 teaser nails down a February release date
- Fallout 76 is 4 times the size of Fallout 4
- New Sea of Thieves location, Forsaken Shores, coming in September
- Crackdown 3 gets an explosive new gameplay trailer at E3 2018
- From Software announces Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, watch the debut trailer
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps gets a beautiful new E3 gameplay trailer
- Halo Infinite is coming to PC, watch the first trailer here
- Just Cause 4 image leak reveals new wingsuit and jungle environments
- Leaked Assassin's Creed Odyssey screens show dialogue options, world map and ship combat
- The Division 2 will be set in Washington, D.C.
- Totally Accurate Battlegrounds no longer free, has amassed three million downloads
- Origin Access offering week-long free trials until June 17
- Watch demons play beer pong in seven-minute gameplay video for Afterparty
- 40K game Inquisitor—Martyr is adding endgame progression and Dark Eldar
- Watch the new trailer for espionage game Phantom Doctrine
June 9
- Watch the Anthem gameplay trailer
- Anthem will not have offline play
- Cthulhu: Death May Die unites two of tabletop gaming’s biggest designers (Updated)
- Anthem will not have romance options
- BioWare is 'figuring out' Dragon Age 4, intends to 'get back to' Mass Effect
- Anthem release date announced, coming in February
- Anthem will have no loot boxes and 'no ability to pay for power'
- New Battlefield 5 gameplay footage posted by Nvidia
- Look at what EA has done to Command & Conquer
- Watch the new Anthem cinematic trailer
- Sea of Solitude, a beautiful game about a woman turned into a monster, revealed at EA Play
- Madden 19 is coming to PC, watch the debut trailer
- The Clone Wars are coming to Star Wars: Battlefront 2
- Unravel 2 revealed at EA Play, available today
- EA announces Origin Access Premier, an all-in-one subscription where you can play all its new games at launch
- Watch the Battlefield 5 multiplayer gameplay trailer
- FIFA 19 will feature UEFA Champions League, watch the new trailer
- Respawn announces Star Wars game Jedi: Fallen Order, and it's coming in Fall 2019
- Watch a tank bust up a house with Battlefield 5's new destruction system
- Ubisoft concept artist shows off a Dark Souls, Alien crossover that we wish was real
- Snap up Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2 and all DLC for $20 on Origin
- Rollcage-inspired racing game Grip will be out this autumn
- Fatherhood will be a 'big theme' in Spelunky 2, Derek Yu says
June 8
- Watch Cao Cao drop the hammer in this Total War: Three Kingdoms gameplay video
- Overkill's The Walking Dead trailer reveals the game's final survivor
- New Gundam Breaker delayed on PC
- AIDS Simulator and other games removed from Steam, Valve clarifies 'trolling' policy
- This 960GB solid state drive is available for just $149
- This PC is the size of a damn credit card
- MSI unveils a couple of stylish thin and lightweight laptops with discrete graphics
- Intel's Core i7-8086K anniversary edition CPU is now available for a limited time
- Twin Mirror is a 'story-driven investigation game' from Life is Strange studio Dontnod
- Blizzard walks back Hearthstone update following fan backlash (Updated)
- Dead or Alive 6 announced for PC, due 2019
- PUBG adds one-shot kill War Mode
- Subnautica celebrates World Oceans Day with a weekend sale
- Crackdown 3 delay confirmed by Microsoft, due in 2019 (Updated)
- Zotac brought the biggest graphics card I've ever seen to Computex 2018
- Just Cause 4 confirmed, thanks to early Steam advertisement
- Moss, a former PSVR exclusive, is now on Steam
June 7
- Battletech developer resigns following multiple accusations of sexual harassment
- Brilliant executives launch tech start-up called XCOM
- NASA finds ‘ancient organic material’ on Mars, continues search despite Doom’s warnings
- JJ Abrams and Tencent team up for Bad Robot Games
- A new Strange Brigade trailer showcases pulpy co-op combat
- Where to find all 16 posters in Fortnite's spray paint challenge
- Finger Lickin' Geraldo mod makes The Witcher 3's Geralt even more handsome
- Mad Max developer Avalanche is working on an open-world shooter set in 1980s Sweden
- Grab an Intel Core i7-8700K and Gigabyte Z370 Gaming 5 motherboard for $464
- Find easy Fortnite Battle Pass points between a playground, campsite, and footprint
- A Battalion 1944 player threatened the developers, so they put a dick on his gun
- Oops, Blizzard accidentally made Symmetra the most powerful character in Overwatch
- Nvidia releases a GPU firmware update tool to support 4K HDR monitors
- Hitman 2 announced for November, see the first trailer
- Wargroove reveals its final three commanders, and one is a dog in uniform
- Get a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Ti for $419
- Intel’s Core i7-8086K anniversary CPU gets delidded and overclocked to 7.24GHz
- The games industry reacts to Valve's divisive Steam Store curation policy
- Stalker meets battle royale in the E3 trailer for Fear the Wolves
- Fortnite duo ride Shopping Cart to Spawn Island
- Skyrim mod adds God of War Leviathan Axe
- PUBG Sanhok map testing extended again due to 'interesting performance problems' (Updated)
- Itch.io creator says Steam's new hands-off curation policy is 'ridiculous'
June 6
- Cooler Master is working on a successor to the legendary Hyper 212 EVO
- AMD is 'definitely bringing 7nm to gaming GPUs' but don't expect them any time soon
- New Jersey bill proposes a ban on some esports betting
- The Crew 2 Year 1 will include three free expansions and 22 new vehicles
- Dungeons & Dragons has a peppy new trailer, announces upcoming adventures
- Fortnite's shotguns finally nerfed, traps buffed back up
- Eldritch sex adventure Lust for Darkness releases next week
- Valve says it will no longer police what's on Steam unless it's illegal or 'trolling'
- Totally Accurate Battlegrounds is battle royale but with beatboxing and punchable cheese
- G.Skill just took extreme RAM to the next level with a DDR4-5066 memory kit
- Hi-Rez's battle royale game Realm Royale is now available on Steam Early Access
- Battlefield 5 minimum requirements were incorrect, have been removed
- EVGA is tacking on two extra years of warranty coverage for new PSU purchases
- Save 20 percent (up to $100) on almost everything on Ebay today
- Chrono Trigger's latest PC patch targets UI and quality of life improvements
- This ZOTAC GTX 1070 Ti is just $368 for today only (Update: Sold out)
- Get an MSI GTX 1080 for $399 today only (Update: Sold out)
- Telltale's The Walking Dead final season release date set
- Total War: Three Kingdoms first in-engine cinematic reveals Cao Cao and a delayed release
- Dead Cells, Salt and Sanctuary going cheap in Steam's 'Not a Metroidvania' sale
- Indiegogo says debt collectors will 'recoup funds' paid by Sinclair ZX Vega+ backers
- Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness DLC launch trailer combines stealth and slaughter
- Threadripper 2 announced: AMD one-ups Intel with 32-core Ryzen Threadripper CPU
- AMD announces Radeon 56 Vega Nano graphics card is available now
- Roccat's new Vulcan keyboard is striking, with short keycaps and exposed switches
June 5
- Rainbow Six Siege 'Para Bellum' update will remove Tower from Ranked playlist
- Overwatch is getting a 'looking for group' feature and tools to reward good behavior
- Overwatch's Symmetra rework is finally playable on the PTR
- Battlefield 5 will launch with two playable factions, more will join as the war unfolds
- Evolve dev says '4v1 caused more problems than we ever imagined'
- The Humble Daedalic Bundle 2018 has more than just adventure games
- Paradox Interactive acquires Battletech studio Harebrained Schemes
- Blizzard is working on a 'new, unannounced Diablo project'
- Get an AMD Ryzen 5 2400G and MSI B350 Gaming Pro motherboard for $185
- AMD nudges FreeSync into the living room on select Samsung QLED TV models
- Destiny 2 July update bringing 6v6 quickplay, prestige raid lairs, new seasonal event
- Check out this semi-closed loop liquid nitrogen cooler
- Destiny 2: Forsaken bringing a new multiplayer mode, weapon slot changes, 9 new supers
- Nvidia pushes out GPU drivers optimized for Vampyr and Jurassic World Evolution
- Sign in to GTA Online this week and next to get $250,000 of free GTA money
- Intel's limited edition Core i7-8086K can hit 5GHz without overclocking
- Watch the Destiny 2: Forsaken reveal right here
- Fortnite's new Bouncer Traps send shopping carts skyward
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider teases pretty fire and water effects
- Surviving Mars dev 'made a straight honest to god mistake' by overlooking tutorials
- Intel teases a ludicrous 28-core CPU at Computex, due late 2018
- PUBG adds longer market restrictions to fight 'abusive behaviour of the system'
- Dark Souls mod plunges the entire game into darkness
- In Win's 2018 concept case marries PC hardware and fine art
- Here's an area of Dark Souls recreated in LEGO Worlds
- Code Vein gameplay trailer finally reveals a release date
- Samsung's 860 Evo 1TB SSD is currently $250, an all-time low (Update: Now $153)
- Hitman 2 logo leaks on Warner Bros. website
June 4
- NBN chief blames poor peak hour internet on gamers, will consider throttling them
- Rocket League players say the new Salty Shores map is too damn bright
- Watch the gorgeous teaser for Europa, the tale of the last sentient android
- Developers fear for Mac gaming as Apple deprecates OpenGL support
- Riotoro’s Project Morpheus case converts from a mini-tower to a mid-tower
- Red Faction: Guerrilla 'Re-Mars-tered' edition set for release in July
- Warframe's June expansion trailer has players scrambling to decrypt its hidden messages
- WoW's infamous Alterac Valley battleground is coming to Heroes of the Storm
- Temtem looks to be as close to a Pokémon MMO as legally possible
- Gigabyte's Aorus RGB DDR4 kit fills those empty DDR4 slots
- Li Lian made an RGB power cable because there’s not much left to light up
- Destiny 2's September expansion is called Forsaken, full reveal coming tomorrow (Updated)
- Jurassic World Jeeps are coming to Rocket League
- Nvidia CEO says it will be 'a long time' before next-gen GeForce GPUs
- Microsoft is making a giant open source play by acquiring GitHub for $7.5 billion
- Corsair introduces a tempered glass case for small form factor builds
- Save big with the GOG Summer Sale PC Gamer Collection
- Samsung and Lenovo's Windows Mixed Reality headsets are steeply discounted today
- Amazon's Fallout 76 preorder page originally indicated a July release date
- Get Xenonauts free in GOG's Summer Gaming Sale
- Rockshot looks a lot like a free-to-play Devil's Third Online spiritual successor
- Asus takes aim at mobile gamers (and Razer) with a feature-packed gaming smartphone
- Asus' new ROG Strix laptops deliver a thinner bezel, 144Hz IPS screen and improved cooling
- Asus leads the charge to 802.11ax networking with new routers
- God of War 3, Nier, Uncharted 2 progressing well on PC with PS3 emulator
- Devil May Cry 5 domain name registered
- Lords of the Fallen 2 is still in development, but now a new studio is involved
June 3
- This FTL-inspired BattleTech mod boils the campaign down to 8 hours
- Former Sony CEO and Epic Games team up to fund PC-first indie projects
- Demolition derby racer Wreckfest is leaving its four-year Early Access stint this month
- Watch this Fortnite recreation of Childish Gambino's 'This is America'
- The Banner Saga and sequel among free games for Twitch Prime subscribers this month
- Hearts of Iron 4, Blackwake and Portal Knights are early unlocks for July's Humble Monthly Bundle
- Where the Water Tastes Like Wine adds 15 more stories and automatic walking
- State of Decay 2 just received a 20GB patch
- For over a decade a bug in Steam meant someone could take over your PC
June 2
- Evolve shutting down dedicated servers and free-to-play branch in September
- New Vegas prequel mod Fallout: New California gets October release date
- Path of Exile launches time-bending Incursion league
- Snap up Fallout 4, Dishonored 2 and Wolfenstein 2 for cheap in Fanatical's Bethesda sale
- Insurgency: Sandstorm will launch in September
- Murderous Pursuits gets party system, update roadmap, and two-for-one weekend deal
June 1
- Bungie partners with Chinese gaming company to create 'new worlds'
- Sky Noon Early Access launch date set
- Fortnite brings back competitive play with Blitz Showdown
- Warhammer: Chaosbane brings action-RPG combat to the Warhammer Fantasy universe
- BioWare teases an Anthem reveal at E3
- Battlefield 5's 'Airborne' mode will parachute players into the fight
- Get an Intel Core i7-8700 and Gigabyte Z370 Aorus motherboard for $370
- Asus unveils a 24-inch 240Hz gaming monitor that's all about speed
- AMD's latest GPU driver fixes a crashing issue in Sea of Thieves
- Depth of Extinction is kind of like XCOM but with fewer pixels and more submarines
- Where to find easy Battle Pass points in Fortnite's Greasy Grove treasure map challenge
- Fallout 4 enemy spawn mod drops 50 Behemoths into the wasteland at once
- BlazBlue dev combats spoilers with 'non-negotiable' streaming guidelines
- Total War: Warhammer 2, Vermintide 2 going cheap in the Skulls for the Skull Throne sale
- Paradox CEO 'would love to' make a baseball management game
- League of Legends 'Rift Rivals' tournament is coming to Sydney's State Theatre
- Just Cause 3 is under $5 on Steam right now