A Warcraft Classics Sale on Steam offers discounts on a wide range of PC games based on the Games Workshop franchise. This includes seven games new to Steam and a dozen more returning to the service following an absence.
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4A Games and Deep Silver announce Metro 2039, the next installment in this post-apocalyptic first-person shooter series. This is a preliminary reveal, and the full announcement is planned for Thursday.
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Prop Sumo is now available for free on the EGS as its weekly giveaway. You have a week to add this Windows fighting game to your library and its yours to keep. You can also still grab TOMAK for free. Next week's freebie will be The Stone of Madness.
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New Terran Armada DLC is now available in Starfield along with the promised major Free Lanes update for Bethesda's sci-fi RPG. Each is now available for PC, Xbox Series, and, for the first time, PlayStation 5.
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Unconfirmed reports say RobotCache is closing. Customers will reportedly lose access to purchases, even through this digital videogames store launched with the promise of ownership that would allow users to sell their old games.
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Undead Labs is accepting applications for playtesting that will get underway next month for State of Decay 3. Word is this test of the zombie-infested sequel will feature four player co-op and "a whole lot of combat."
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Season 3 is now officially underway in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty: Warzone. Along with new seasonal content, this launches with limited-time free access to the Endgame content in the military shooter sequel.
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Clone Drone in the Danger Zone and the rerelease of 2001's TOMAK: Save the Earth Regeneration are now free on the Epic Games Store as its weekly giveaways. To keep these you must act before Prop Sumo launches next week as the store's next freebie.
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Eidos Montréal announces 124 layoffs, saying these are "a result of changing project needs and impacts." Also departing is long-time studio head David Anfossi.
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Havendock (Windows, macOS) and Hyper Echelon (Windows) are currently free on the Epic Games Store. They're for keeps if you collect by next week, when the store will begin handing out free copies of Clone Drone in the Danger Zone.
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Bungie is changing the windows for Ranked Play and the Cryo Archive in Marathon so that they will no longer overlap. The developer says it will continue to refine the schedule for the extraction shooter based on player feedback.
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Daybreak Studios announces EverQuest Legends, a reimagined version of the original EverQuest from 1999. This will be the original MMORPG with some updates, designed to be playable solo. Beta test signups are underway.
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Epic Games announces over 1000 layoffs, saying these reflect industry changes as well as a downturn in Fortnite engagement that began last year. They come alongside $500M in other cost-cutting measures Tim Sweeney says will put the company "in a more stable place."
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22cans announces closed beta testing of Masters of Albion, the upcoming god game from Peter Molyneux, the father of the genre. Signups are underway until Wednesday, and the game will launch on April 22nd, so the test should get underway soon.
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An unannounced game based on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time book series is in the works at Initiate Entertainment, a media company co-founded by Thomas Vu, formerly of Riot Games.
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The Windows edition of DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH is now available. This offers PC gamers the previously PlayStation 5-exclusive action/adventure sequel designed by Hideo Kojima.
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Double Fine Productions announces Kiln will launch for PC and consoles on April 23rd. Signups are underway for a closed beta, and an open beta for the multiplayer pottery-party brawler will run April 9-11.
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A free trial is underway for Battlefield 6 on PC and consoles, offering access through the free-to-play Battlefield REDSEC for the next week. This offers five modes, including the "signature all-out warfare in Conquest."
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NVIDIA announces DLSS 5, saying the next iteration of its upsampling and image enhancement tech arrives this fall. It promises photorealism, though the first images have drawn some criticism for appearing AI generated.
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The Pan European Game Information (PEGI) announces new minimum age ratings for "interactive risk categories." This covers games with in-game purchases, loot boxes, and unrestricted communication. Included are several ways to trigger a mandatory PEGI 18 rating.
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Valve responds to NY State's lawsuit accusing it of promoting illegal gambling via loot boxes. In addition to laying out its defense, it also addresses the NYS AG's remarks about violent video games and children.
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Epic Games announces that on April 16th Fortnite: Save the World will go free-to-play, just like the game's Creative and Battle Royale modes. In the meantime, a promotion is underway now for existing STW players to earn a community reward.
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EA confirms IGN's reporting of layoffs across the development studios for the Battlefield series, just months after the successful launch of Battlefield 6. It is not specific, saying it has "made select changes within our Battlefield organization."
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Valve follows up on reports of possible delays to Steam hardware by clarifying its statements on the topic. After implying Steam Machines and their ilk might not arrive until 2027, Valve confirms its hardware offerings are still expected this year.
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Valve offers an update on its upcoming hardware releases of the Steam Controller, Steam Frame, and Steam Machine. This includes a warning that due to storage shortages, these may not arrive this year as previously planned.
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Microsoft teases Project Helix as the next generation Xbox console, saying it will also play PC games. This will be discussed at next week's Game Developers Conference, so we may learn more then.
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Turnip Boy Robs a Bank for Windows is free on the Epic Games alongside a free content pack for Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms. These are for keeps, but the giveaway only lasts a week. Next Thursday the store will hand out copies of Isonzo and Cozy Grove.
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Satisfying widespread rumors, Ubisoft officially reveals Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, an upcoming updated version of the nautical installment in the Assassin's Creed series. There's just a teaser image for now, so we'll have to wait for details.
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An unconfirmed report has surfaced saying that Sony plans to stop releasing its single-player PlayStation 5 games such as Ghost of Yōtei on PC. This will reportedly not impact third-party titles like Death Stranding 2 or multiplayer games.
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