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- August 31
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- Hitman: The Complete First Season will be out at the end of January
- Peter Moore shoots down hopes for a Mass Effect remaster
- The Division is getting a Public Test Server
- Enter the Gungeon update adds: "a gun shaped like a bullet that shoots guns"
- The new Titan Quest Anniversary Edition is free on Steam for owners of the original
- British Telecom sues Valve over Steam patent infringement allegations
- Acer's crazy big Predator 21 X laptop wields a curved display and two GTX 1080s
- EVE Online to offer free play using limited characters in November
- Forza Horizon 3 system requirements detailed
- Echo is a third person sci-fi action puzzler with evil clones
- Battlefield 1 open beta is now live
- The Final Station arrives with launch trailer
- Europa Universalis 4’s Rights of Man release date set for October
- August 30
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- The PlayStation Now PC streaming service is live, here's what it looks like
- Elite: Dangerous pilots discover a strange alien crash site
- Gandhi returns to lead India in Civilization 6
- Torment: Tides of Numenera trailer shows Earth one billion years from now
- Warren Spector shares the first System Shock 3 details
- Samsung ports quantum dot technology to new curved gaming monitors
- GOG launches a new, DRM-free payment system called GOG Wallet
- Intel unveils 14nm Kaby Lake processors but you'll have to wait for desktop chips
- This War of Mine studio announces new, morally-fraught survival game Frostpunk
- H1Z1: King of the Kill will leave Early Access on September 20
- Hacknet to get new 'Labyrinths' expansion later this year
- System Shock 3 reveals ‘dream’ development team
- Metal Gear Solid 5 to get ‘Definitive Experience’ edition
- Starward Rogue devs pull latest game from Steam after just three days
- Fallout 4 Nuka-World dev diary talks gangs, quantum paddle balls
- August 29
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- Watch Dogs 2 gameplay video features hacking, driving, and bounties
- Arcanum, Quest for Glory, and other "Sierra Classics" are now on Steam
- Hearthstone teen prodigy defends pro gaming in Ted x Youth talk
- The World of Warcraft: Legion launch trailer warns you'd better not screw this up
- The Witcher 3 Game of the Year edition launch trailer and patch notes are out
- Samsung pegs higher bandwidth GDDR6 release for 2018
- Ubisoft is picking The Division players to send to Sweden to help with the next patch
- Valve isn't making special exceptions to its refund policy for No Man's Sky
- Overland's "First Access" opens to the public tomorrow
- Hot Lava is a first-person parkour-survival game from the maker of Don't Starve
- Asus arms new motherboard with dual 10 GbE LAN ports
- The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker: a "Lovecraftian FMV murder mystery"
- Avadon 3: The Warborn out September 14
- Prepare for Burly Men at Sea on September 29
- RimWorld alpha 15 adds tutorial, drugs
- Battleborn's latest hero is a big pink hen
- Here's when World of Warcraft: Legion will unlock in your region
- Halo 5: Forge system requirements are here, and Windows 10 Anniversary is required
- August 28
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- August 26
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- No Man's Sky may be erasing player discoveries [Updated]
- Dear Esther update will be free for owners of the original
- BioShock Collection Let's Play video shows off the original game's gloriously remastered intro
- Ghost Recon Phantoms is closing its doors
- Intel taps 3D NAND to push PCIe-based SSDs into the mainstream
- Blizzard rolls out livestreaming from Battle.net to Facebook
- Corsair cranks up the brightness on new line of LUX mechanical keyboards
- Lenovo's Y27f curved display bumps AMD FreeSync monitor tally to over 100
- Rick and Morty co-creator teams with Gears of War producer to found VR studio
- Endless Legend unveils next expansion
- Prison Architect gets final update, dev tools and cheats available to all
- The Long Dark reveals new locations in story mode update
- Vampyr pre-alpha footage broods in the moonlight
- Ashes of the Singularity, Offworld Trading Company discounted in Stardock sale this weekend
- Mortal Kombat XL coming to PC, free open beta this weekend
- August 25
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- HTC hints at dropping League of Legends sponsorships over marketing beef with Riot
- Killing Floor 2: Tactical Response update is now live
- Ubisoft delays the next two Division expansions to focus on fixing the game
- A new Duke Nukem game may be announced soon [Updated]
- Check out this faithful adventure game tribute to Stranger Things
- Adata's Ultimate SU800 SSDs pack 3D NAND memory and up to 1TB of capacity
- The Church in the Darkness gameplay trailer demonstrates a jungle rescue gone wrong
- Owlboy release date set after nine years in development
- Minecraft gets second Great Fire of London map
- Civilization 6 to get 25th anniversary edition
- Cities: Skylines modder to craft city-builder’s next DLC
- Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove partners with Adult Swim, due 2017
- August 24
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- EA promises Titanfall 2 tweaks in a multiplayer tech test update
- No Man's Sky's player count has dropped 88 percent, but that's not unusual
- The Overwatch ARG now has a strange forum post counting down to something [Updated]
- Halo 5: Forge comes to Windows 10 in early September
- Cooler Master’s ambidextrous MasterMouse Pro L fits different grips
- The first Deus Ex: Mankind Divided patch addresses "critical issues"
- Dark Souls 3 Ashes of Ariandel DLC release date revealed with trailer
- Battlefield 1 DLC and Premium Pass detailed, French and Russians en route
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s PC port suffers technical issues, backlash over pre-order bonuses
- Fallout 4 dev stream shows opening hour of Nuka-World DLC
- Road Redemption delayed due to Louisiana floods
- August 23
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- Philip II defends the faith for Spain in Civilization 6
- Pathologic remake is delayed into the second half of 2017
- Smash + Grab is a 3v3 online gang warfare game from the makers of Sleeping Dogs
- Gigabyte's tri-slot GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming is one cool card
- The Dota 2 Dark Rift update brings Vrogros the Underlord to life
- Duelyst is now available through Steam
- Sony confirms PS Now is coming to the PC
- GTA 5 Redux graphics mod has been delayed by hackers
- Astro Boy: Edge of Time, a Tezuka-themed CCG, is now on Kickstarter
- Total War: Warhammer’s The Grim & The Grave DLC due next month
- XCOM 2 modders release update video for ambitious co-op mod
- Ex-BioShock dev to create interactive autobiography via a Doom 2 mod
- Cities: Skylines used by Swedish city planners to design new city district
- Mortal Kombat XL could be coming to PC after all
- Overwatch's new Eichenwalde map pays tribute to Dark Souls
- Disgaea 2 is coming to Steam early next year
- August 22
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- No Man's Sky mod lets you fly your ship close to the ground, inside caves, and underwater
- Installation 01 is a fan-made Halo game hoping to avoid shutdown
- ZeniMax accuses John Carmack of theft in amended Oculus Rift lawsuit filing
- Allison Road, the PT-inspired horror game, is back in development
- You can play Overwatch’s first new map on the PTR right now
- Bethesda to livestream Fallout 4’s Nuka-World DLC tomorrow
- Lost Ember’s teaser trailer is gorgeous
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided season pass contents and unlock times announced
- Agony to bring its hell-bound horror in 2017
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 launches on Steam Early Access next month
- Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade release date is bad news for foes of the Emperor
- Puzzle platformer Little Nightmares is as cute as it is terrifying
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance trailer shows stealthy slaughter
- Facebook is working on an "all-new PC gaming platform" with Unity
- August 21
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- August 19
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- Ubisoft announces launch date for Steep, the open world extreme sports mountain game
- New Europa Universalis IV expansion will bring the Rights of Man to Renaissance Europe
- Emily Kaldwin kills everything in this Dishonored 2 gameplay video from Gamescom
- AMD on approach for Zen landing
- Valve explains why it's restricted coaches at CS:GO tournaments
- Lian Li's latest standing desks trades built-in case for lower price
- New Prey gameplay trailer demonstrates the value of turning into a coffee cup
- Watch nine minutes of Risen devs’ open world sci-fi RPG Elex
- No Man’s Sky’s PC patch is out now
- Eve Online is free to try on Steam this weekend
- Mafia 3 trailers introduce the Marcanos and frontman Lincoln
- Oceania’s largest competitive Overwatch play-off starts this weekend
- August 18
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- Stylish roguelike Below has been delayed
- Overwatch could be getting a free trial mode
- Gears of War 4 graphical settings revealed at Gamescom
- Sorcerer King: Rivals, a standalone expansion to Stardock's 4X strategy game, is coming next month
- Obsidian's Tyranny RPG is built on more than 600,000 words
- Nvidia throws $200 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB into the ring
- Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Eagle Flight, and Werewolves Within will all be out by year's end
- Overwatch animated short "The Last Bastion" debuts at Gamescom
- Konami opens up a little about what Metal Gear Survive actually is
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s launch trailer shows cyberpunk sparring, stealth
- Yooka-Laylee trailer is full of 90s platforming nostalgia
- Natural Disasters are coming to Cities: Skylines
- CS:GO coaches banned from helping teams during competitive matches
- For Honor closed alpha scheduled, PC port detailed
- Watch Dogs 2 players will fight each other in new Bounty Hunter mode
- August 17
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- Bandai Namco's first-person thriller Get Even has a bizarre new trailer
- The Crew is getting a cops versus crims expansion this November
- If you type 'gg ez' in Overwatch, prepare to look like even more of a loser
- Star Wars Battlefront's new Battle Station mode will let you blow up the Death Star
- Lenovo and HP chase serious gamers with new high-end desktops
- Overwatch PTR patch rolls out major changes to ranking system, new emotes
- Nier: Automata is coming to Steam
- New Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord gameplay surfaces in "Siege Defense" video
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will not support DirectX 12 at launch, but it's coming
- Microsoft plans for all Windows 10 PCs support HoloLens in 2017
- No Man's Sky creator walks back "no paid DLC" statement
- Acrobatic minimalist puzzler N++ set for Steam launch next week
- Dead Rising 4’s pre-order details, price revealed
- GTA 5 Redux graphics mod looks better than ever ahead of next week’s release
- Football Manager 2017 release date set for November
- Metal Gear Survive is a co-op stealth game set in an alternate timeline to Ground Zeroes
- Resident Evil 7 trailer teases new character, setting, stalker
- See Rapture before and after in BioShock: The Collection Remastered comparison trailer
- August 16
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- PANIC at Multiverse High! may be the most ridiculous visual novel yet
- After 15 years, a cancelled Game Boy RPG finds life on PC
- Agony gameplay trailer showcases a first-person crawl through the bowels of Hell
- EA exec drops hints that a remastered Mass Effect could be on the way
- Here's the Titanfall 2 multiplayer beta trailer
- Inkle's Sorcery! concludes in September with The Crown of Kings
- Sean Murray says the No Man's Sky patch will make people very happy
- Gears of War 4 system requirements, 4K gameplay footage revealed
- Overwatch's first new map will be a huge German castle
- Nvidia’s releases 372.54 drivers for GeForce GTX 10 series notebooks and No Man's Sky
- No Man's Sky player maxes out ship, exosuit, and crafts an Atlas Pass without leaving his starter planet
- Gamescom pranked by 'Half-Life: 3' sign
- EVGA SC17 gaming laptop wields a 4K display and GeForce GTX 1070 GPU
- Watch 3 minutes of Dead Rising 4 in-game footage, new screens
- Paragon enters free open beta today
- New Bordeaux, bank robbing and bad guy blasting in Mafia 3’s Gamescom trailer
- Microsoft to rival Steam by bringing Early Access-style initiative to Windows 10
- Watch 15 minutes of sci-fi Souls-like The Surge
- Oculus Rift to launch in UK and Europe next month
- Sunless Sea’s Zubmariner expansion release date set for October
- Logitech's new Pro Gaming Mouse aims for lightweight purity
- Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom video showcases six whimsical characters
- What's up with No Man's Sky's mysterious fireworks?
- August 15
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- League of Legends' Twisted Fate has been temporarily disabled
- Big changes are coming to Overwatch in season two
- The Battlefield 1 open beta gets underway at the end of August
- AMD Crimson 16.8.2 drivers add support for No Man's Sky
- Titanfall 2 multiplayer beta is not coming to the PC
- Cooler Master’s MasterLiquid Maker 92 puts unique spin on AIO liquid cooling
- You can finish Dishonored 2 "without killing a single person"
- Nine Parchments is a new co-op shooter from Trine devs Frozenbyte
- Watch Fallout 4’s Nuka-World add-on in action
- Failbetter Games’ founder now writing for Stellaris
- StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void to welcome big multiplayer design changes
- Skyrim total conversion mod Enderal: The Shards of Order out now
- No Man's Sky data miner finds possible player avatar and a Half-Life logo
- August 14
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- August 12
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- Bethesda: Elder Scrolls 6 won’t be revealed until it's ready to release
- 212,620 people playing No Man's Sky at once makes it the biggest Steam launch this year
- Outcast - Second Contact coming in March 2017, first screens released
- High-bandwidth support is being rolled out to Overwatch at this very moment
- Halo Wars 2 PC beta won't happen until early 2017
- The PC version of No Man’s Sky is a mess for some players
- Killing Floor 2 lines up for a full release in November
- Shadow Warrior 2 release date set for October
- Take a look at the PC graphics options for No Man's Sky
- Corsair and MSI tag team liquid cooled GeForce GTX 1080
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole demos nose-mounted Nosulus Rift
- The Shattering is a psychological horror game from the Lords of the Fallen devs
- Nordic Games rebranded as THQ Nordic, refers to 13 unannounced projects
- Reigns is a fun medieval monarchy management sim, out now
- Here’s when No Man’s Sky unlocks on PC
- No Man's Sky will be patched in the near future to address launch concerns
- GoldenEye: Source receives first major update since 2013
- New Dota 2 hero Underlord revealed at The International
- Battlefield 1 gameplay video focuses on vehicular warfare
- Titanfall 2 campaign is inspired by the latest Wolfenstein and Doom instalments
- August 11
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- We have seen the future of watching esports, and it is good
- Lichtspeer trailer reveals penguin Vikings, wurst zombies, and Das Walrus
- You can write stuff that might appear in the spiritual sequel to Maniac Mansion
- Doom's deathmatch mode is still on the way, id would have released it earlier in hindsight
- New Warhammer 40K: Inquisitor-Martyr trailer showcases "Blood and Gore"
- Riot sues League of Legends botting service "LeagueSharp"
- Zotac’s liquid cooled GeForce GTX 1080 gives Pascal a chilly reception
- Dell dishes up 24-inch G-Sync and 27-inch FreeSync gaming monitors
- Eidos reveals Deus Ex: Mankind Divided system requirements
- Endless Space 2 gunning for Early Access this summer
- The Witcher 3: Game of the Year Edition is out this month
- Broken Sword creator and Pewter Games unveil The Little Acre
- Gears of War 4 multiplayer footage looks pretty sleek
- No Man’s Sky limited edition box has online play icon hidden under sticker
- Mafia 3 spotlights untrustworthy ally Cassandra
- Master of Orion will leave Early Access later this month
- Rainbow Six Siege player base has almost doubled since launch
- August 10
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- Evolve Stage 2 is getting a co-op vs. AI playlist and a deadlier Orbital Drill
- Rayman Origins is the next free "Ubi 30" game
- Telltale is teasing a Mr. Robot project
- A new Overwatch animated short will debut next week
- The purpose of No Man's Sky's mysterious Atlas Stones has been discovered
- The Gwent closed beta has been delayed into October
- Lian Li's modular 550W and 750W SFX-L PSUs bring big power to mini-ITX gaming PCs
- BitFenix Aurora case flaunts tempered glass side panels and RGB lighting
- Bundle Stars Summer Sale drops deals on Mad Max, Space Engineers
- Quantum Break is coming to Steam and retail in September [Updated]
- Demons descend on World of Warcraft, new cinematics reveal major lore details
- Just Cause 3: Bavarium Sea Heist expansion available from tomorrow
- Titanfall 2’s matchmaking is based on skill and contribution to matches
- World of Tanks joins FACEIT tournament platform
- Collectible card game Faeria goes free-to-play this month
- The newest Humble Bundle is all about survival
- BioShock: The Collection trailer shows a slightly nicer looking Rapture
- Dota 2 forums reportedly hacked, usernames and passwords exposed
- August 9
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- Two No Man’s Sky players manage to meet, but apparently can't see each other
- Northgard is a Viking strategy/exploration game from the makers of Evoland
- Dead Rising is coming to the PC in September, system requirements revealed
- The Overwatch ARG takes a new direction as the search for Sombra continues
- Take a look at 50 different planets in No Man's Sky
- Engage in open-world deep sea exploration and submarine combat in Diluvion, out this fall
- Free Shadwen update adds 14 "re-worked" levels and improved AI
- AMD Crimson 16.8.1 driver bumps up max memory overclock for Radeon RX 480 cards
- Nintendo issues DMCA notice against that really good Metroid II fan remake
- Scythia is Civilization 6's first brand new civ, and I’m terrified of them
- Watch the No Man’s Sky launch trailer
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 dev diary showcases new character creation
- Orwell is a surveillance thriller about the ethics of data mining
- Stellaris details Heinlein patch 1.3, due October
- League of Legends spotlights newest champion Kled, patch due tomorrow
- Over 2000 Amiga games are now playable for free in your browser
- Bethesda hints at The Evil Within and Rage sequels
- Hearthstone lead designer explains why new Priest card is so bad
- League of Legends OPL grand final hits Brisbane this weekend
- No Man's Sky AMA reveals likely release time, FOV slider work and more
- Enderal, the Skyrim total conversion, is coming next week
- August 8
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- Watch Sean Murray play an hour of No Man's Sky
- JFK survived in Prey's alternate reality, so now you have to fight aliens
- Gears of War 4 gameplay trailer introduces the Deebees
- Blizzard warns against using the Lucioball character-changing exploit in Overwatch
- Cloud storage outfit ranks hard drives on reliability; Seagate is worst
- Quadrilateral Cowboy's source code has been released to the public
- Vlambeer dev explains why the huge No Man's Sky day-one patch is a necessary evil
- Leaked specs show GTX 1070 mobile wielding more CUDA cores than desktop GPU
- SteelSeries Siberia 840 gaming headset brings the boom with Bluetooth support
- No Man's Sky "maybe isn’t the game you imagined," says Hello Games founder
- Suda 51’s The Silver Case getting remastered, free demo out now
- Watch Berserk’s combat in full swing
- Hitman could get two more seasons
- Resident Evil 7 teases green herbs and the possibility of in-game vendors
- Ashes of the Singularity update improves unit movement, adds new maps
- Earth Defense Force 4.1 to get Time of the Mutants missions DLC today
- August 7
- August 6
- August 5
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- Sean Murray confirms that No Man's Sky will release on PC three days after PS4
- Outreach promises a sinister mystery aboard an 80s-era Soviet space station
- Battlefield 1 trailer reveals old weapons brought to a modern videogame
- Latest Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare trailer introduces the Captains
- StarCraft HD is reported to be in the works
- Id Software doesn’t know yet if Quake Champions will be free-to-play
- Take-Two boss says he's not giving up on Battleborn
- Steam hardware survey shows GeForce GTX 970 still holding strong
- Dishonored 2 had a QuakeCon demo, here's what was in it
- Hitman heads to Bangkok for Episode 4
- Valve adds new Steam gifting restrictions to combat cheating
- Fallout 4 update 1.7 lets players murder Jun and Marcy Long
- Here's a new look at Manifold Garden's lovely architecture
- 'Role-playing shooter' Slayer Shock is basically Buffy: The Video Game
- It's possible to play Overwatch's Lucioball as any other hero, thanks to a bug
- Rockstar is definitely working on something other than GTA Online
- Overwatch World Cup 2016 announced, finals will take place at Blizzcon
- August 4
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- Mafia 3 video introduces anarchic Irish Syndicate leader Thomas Burke
- Overwatch has earned half a billion dollars, breaking records for Blizzard
- Watch the first Quake Champions gameplay trailer
- Prey lets you transform into a mug
- Watch the Doom: Unto the Evil trailer that didn't quite play during QuakeCon
- The Elder Scrolls: Legends is now in open beta
- Get Doom and Fallout 4 for 50% off during Steam's QuakeCon sale
- Black Desert Online players protest 'pay-to-win' changes with in-game picket signs
- New Prey gameplay trailer revealed at QuakeCon
- No Man's Sky "Roundup" trailer is a highlight reel of intergalactic exploration
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is free on Steam for the weekend
- Finding Paradise, the sequel to To the Moon, is confirmed for 2017
- Steam VR tracking technology now available to third parties
- F1 2016 Multiplayer Career Mode will support 22 racers over an entire season
- Stellaris launches first official DLC: Plantoids Species Pack
- The official No Man's Sky soundtrack can be streamed free on YouTube
- Watch 20 minutes of ‘super pre-alpha’ Battletech in-game footage
- Puzzle adventure Pan-Pan from the Shelter devs looks wonderful
- Sudden Strike 4 bringing WW2-inspired real-time strategy next year
- Three classic 16-bit Disney platformers are now available on GOG
- Platinum Games co-founder hints at Vanquish PC port
- Quadrilateral Cowboy to get new, free missions in coming weeks
- FIFA 17 system requirements revealed
- Imitation weapons not permitted at Gamescom 2016, organisers warn
- Overwatch game director reiterates position on Summer Games loot items
- August 3
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- The first No Man's Sky patch is done, will bring new "features, balances and content"
- Batman: The Telltale Series patch is out, new graphics option added
- Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 ten-hour trial returns later this month
- The Evolve Stage 2 "Shear Madness" event is now underway
- Prey's "Secrets From the Announce Trailer" video teases something in the coffee cup
- Sean Bean will be the voice of Civ 6's tech tree quotes
- Overwatch Summer Games trailer hides a mysterious secret
- Shadow of the Colossus comparisons are “flattering but terrifying,” says Prey for the Gods devs
- Watercolour puzzler Hue gets August launch date
- Chaotic kitchen simulator Overcooked out now, serves up launch trailer
- Watch ten minutes of Rare’s Sea of Thieves in motion
- Telltale's Batman flooded with negative Steam reviews
- Activision details Marvel Ultimate Alliance fixes, offers free DLC
- New LawBreakers videos focus on the rocket-wielding Titan
- GTA Online gets a track editor for its Cunning Stunts mode
- Battle.net is currently being hit with a DDoS attack
- The Division film is definitely happening, Jake Gyllenhaal confirmed to star
- Fan video recreates Firewatch scenes in real locations
- August 2
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- Blizzard releases World of Warcraft: Legion "extended preview" trailer
- "Augs Lives Matter" banner in new Deus Ex concept art draws criticism
- Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 trailer showcases stabbing, punching, and some sniping, too
- Major gambling site CSGO Lounge makes awkward move toward legitimacy
- Biostar boards the hype train into SSD territory with G300 series for gamers
- Overwatch update adds Lúcioball game mode and "Summer Games" goodies
- Ark: Survival of the Fittest is once again a part of Survival Evolved, no longer available for free
- Here’s how your city would look in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s 2029
- New Grim Dawn DLC arrives tomorrow
- New turn-based Warhammer 40K game in the works
- Big Robot’s next game is The Signal From Tölva
- Dying Light devs announce Pure Farming 17: The Simulator
- No Trace is Hitman meets Hotline Miami, out this year
- Slain! is reborn following a poorly received launch
- August 1
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- The latest Overwatch banwave inspires tears, threats, and hilarity
- Outlast 2 delayed until 2017, still promises to "scare the crap out of you"
- The HTC Vive just got more expensive in the UK
- Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Skull Rain trailer showcases interrogations and the tactical crossbow
- Atlas Reactor, Trion's turn-based tactical combat game, is adding a "free mode"
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance fixes are "on the way" [Updated]
- Star Trek New Horizons mod boldly revamps Stellaris
- Telltale’s Batman local multiplayer designed for up to 12 players, not 2000
- Fan-made Star Wars Battlefront successor blocked by EA, LucasFilm
- FIFA goal of the year winner to quit football for esports
- YouTuber replaces every Dark Souls 3 texture with Nic Cage and Shrek