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- October 31
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- The name of the next Tomb Raider game has leaked
- Hearthstone’s ATLC tournament to return (if Amaz’s Kickstarter succeeds)
- Oculus VR made "factually inaccurate" statements in ZeniMax lawsuit, forensic analyst says
- The hellish horror game Agony is looking for help on Kickstarter
- First-person sci-fi horror game Routine gets a release "window" trailer
- Titanfall 2 tanks on UK physical sales charts, despite multiplatform release
- The first Gears of War 4 DLC multiplayer maps will be available for free next week
- Leaks reveal Intel's initial Kaby Lake i5/i7 desktop lineup
- Black Mesa team outlines Xen levels timeline, aims for summer launch
- Hitman season finale has PC-specific support, new trailer
- THQ Nordic buys Delta Force and the rest of NovaLogic's back catalogue
- Little Nightmares teases stealth and puzzle horror with in-browser demo
- EVE Online trailer starts free-to-play countdown
- Rainbow Six Siege's next update teased, and a brief snippet of footage leaks
- ClusterTruck now has ten new Halloween-themed levels
- October 30
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- Project Cars now has a limited free-to-play edition with VR support
- Left 4 Dead 2 modder creates the tools of Hollywood's iconic serial killers
- Here are the minimum specs needed for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
- EA blocks entire country from using Origin, accessing purchased games (updated)
- Halloween video riffs on a PC gamer's worst nightmare
- Nordic horror Through the Woods is out now
- Get Broken Age, Titan Souls and Oxenfree cheap in Humble Day of the Devs Bundle
- Videogame publishers launch website attacking voice actors' union over strike [Updated]
- October 29
- October 28
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- Microsoft enables offline play for Windows 10 games
- Skyrim Special Edition's audio is noticeably worse than the original's
- EA shares dip as analyst predicts "substantially disappointing" Titanfall 2 sales
- Nvidia releases Game Ready 375.70 drivers for Titanfall 2, Skyrim Special Edition
- The 2016 Steam Halloween Sale is live
- Zotac and Thermaltake tag team liquid cooled GeForce GTX 1080 ArcticStorm
- AMD unveils Radeon Pro 400 series of GPUs
- Point-and-click adventure The Little Acre will be out in November
- Hello Games' Twitter account comes to life following hack
- Planet Coaster will rely on sophisticated 'Guest Brains' to determine attendee behaviour
- Echoplex is a creepy puzzler that pits you against a stalking doppelganger
- Civilization 6 mod adds giant Earth map
- Stellaris outlines future, targets 'galactic community' and 'space UN'
- Someone has already beaten Dark Souls 3's hardest DLC boss with his bare hands
- October 27
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- Tyranny trailer reveals multi-structure player stronghold called Spires
- Steep, Ubisoft's extreme sports sandbox, gets a beta next month
- Doom (4) for Doom 2.0 struts its demon-killing stuff in a new trailer
- Offworld Trading Company's new expansion tells "interactive stories" about life on Mars
- Postal director Uwe Boll is quitting the movie biz
- GOG adds Crysis, Crysis: Warhead, and Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
- Astro Gaming's updated A50 wireless headset with base station is now available for $300
- Berserk and the Band of the Hawk drops trio of combat trailers
- Sega working with Valve to reinstate mods pulled from Steam without explanation [Updated]
- Titanfall 2 maps and modes free, no season pass required
- Overwatch to improve reporting system in patch 1.5
- October 26
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- Aldi is selling a surprisingly powerful gaming PC for $2,000
- This Dark Souls Jailer Halloween costume will raise your spirits and drain your HP
- Watch guys get turned to goo in the Brutal Doom 64 launch trailer
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare minimum system requirements revealed
- Built-in game streaming is coming to Windows 10
- CS:GO griefers now face a permanent ban on their second offense
- Sharing a VR headset might give you real life eye herpes
- Blizzard is making major changes for the 2017 Hearthstone Championship Tour
- G.Skill's Ripjaws KM570 MX mechanical keyboard thumbs nose at custom software and drivers
- Cooler Master's over-the-ear MasterPlus Pro headset supports 3D printed side panels
- Microsoft announces a VR headset for $299
- The Overwatch ARG promises something big for November 1 [Updated]
- Warframe's next major update lands next month
- Night in the Woods release date set for early next year
- AMD confirms Zen processors launching early 2017
- Google lays off staff and 'pauses' Fiber in 8 cities
- Lara Croft is heading for the Golden Joystick Awards hall of fame
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare live-action trailer mocks planet earth, heads for space
- Savior is the 'first independent video game' to come from Cuba
- Resident Evil 7 demos green herb application and flesh-puncturing bullet wounds
- Development ceases on Evolve
- October 25
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- The Clockwork Empires launch trailer is a tale of colonial misery and madness
- Elite: Dangerous - Horizons 2.2 update, "The Guardians," is now live
- GTA Online throwing money, motorcycles, and a new mode at you this Halloween
- Intel delays super fast 3D XPoint memory technology
- WoW: Legion Patch 7.1 is out now with a new dungeon, raid, and heaps of new quests
- Claymation "Skyrim Memories" video stars the, wait for it... Play-Doh-Vakiin
- The Gwent closed beta is now underway
- Watch this guy biff it in real life while rock climbing in VR
- WiGig standard is ready to fast track wireless VR
- Overwatch Competitive Play skill ratings are changing in season three
- Emily Kaldwin takes the spotlight in a new Dishonored 2 video
- Cities: Skylines teases in-game footage of Natural Disasters expansion
- Grand Theft Auto 5 rumours suggest full-blown MMO could be built over next four years
- Over 250 people picket EA amid voice actors' strike, union responds to management claims [Updated]
- Crypt of the Necrodancer's award-winning OST to be released on vinyl
- Dark Souls 3's Ashes of Ariandel DLC is out now, here's how to access it
- The Division's update 1.4 is out now
- Blizzard won't talk WoW legacy servers at Blizzcon, despite Nostalrius campaigns
- October 24
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- Sonic Utopia is a fan made, open world Sonic the Hedgehog demo
- Ruin your day with the free demo for VR horror game Don't Knock Twice
- Titanfall 2 goes live-action for a launch trailer
- Civilization 6 team multiplayer can be enabled by editing a single game file
- Take a scenic tour of San Francisco in the latest of many Watch Dogs 2 trailers
- Overwatch director says "troll pick" heroes are sometimes inevitable
- AMD hopes $10 price cut on Radeon RX 470 and 460 will spoil GTX 1050 Ti launch
- Kingston HyperX Alloy mechanical keyboard aims to make you a better FPS gamer
- Battlefield 1 patch 1.02 fixes crashes, freezing, and controller bugs
- Dishonored 2's live-action trailer will give you Halloween costume ideas
- From Darkness is a single-player interactive documentary about African refugees
- Titanfall 2 reveals modest day one patch
- Total War: Warhammer teases brilliantly bearded Grombrindal
- Dark Souls 3 DLC due early following console leak
- Gears of War 4 bumps up credit and XP rewards in Horde mode
- October 23
- October 22
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- Remember when a Battlefield 1 medic won World War I using only a syringe
- Star Citizen is free to play for the rest of the month
- Watch what happens when Michael gains Superman's powers in this GTA 5 mod
- Ghosts 'n' Goblins-like Cursed Castilla out now
- TF2's Scream Fortress VIII event now live
- Powercolor Devil Box brings external graphics to lethargic systems
- October 21
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- JRPG Xanadu Next and cooking rhythm game Senran Kagura Bon Appétit! coming in November
- Shadow Warrior 2 getting free updates that add new missions, modes, and weapons
- Massive DDoS attack knocks out major sites including Twitter, Tumblr, and Reddit
- Indiebox "collector's editions" are coming to Gamestop in November
- Exploration-puzzle game Small Radios Big Televisions gets a November release date
- AMD and Nvidia release new graphics drivers for Battlefield 1, Civ VI
- Ark: Survival Evolved adds procedurally generated maps in latest update
- Get big discounts on The Witcher and Fallout series this weekend
- Skyrim Special Edition unlock times, free upgrade terms confirmed
- Battlerite is getting two new characters and a bunch of Halloween stuff
- October 20
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- Hearthstone patch adds more player-friendly quests, tweaks murlocs
- Data mining sim Orwell will be serialised, and the first episode is out now
- You can listen to the Civ 6 soundtrack on YouTube right now
- Blizzard Voice Chat is now live
- Acer’s 24-inch 1440p Predator monitor overclocks to 165Hz, costs $500
- Here's why DDR4 RAM prices have spiked
- Medieval Engineers "relaunches" with a major gameplay update
- Win Hearthstone card packs in Blizzard's "Choose Your Champion" event
- The Division 1.4 update is scheduled for release next week
- Netgear's blazing fast Nighthawk X10 router includes a 10Gb port for fiber
- Razer Blade Pro now more lethal with GTX 1080, vapor chamber cooling
- Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer drops, Red Dead Redemption 1 coming to PS Now
- Dead Rising 4 DLC brings back timer-based missions, adds mini golf
- Get Cloudberry Kingdom and Valiant Hearts for a fiver in Ubi Steam sale
- Black Desert Online announces Halloween event and new horse racing mode
- Samsung removes YouTube video showing GTA V mod that turns its Note 7 into a bomb [Updated]
- Smash+Grab owners can request refunds following United Front Games closure
- October 19
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- Overwatch's next PTR patch will be "a little different"
- Darksiders Warmastered Edition delayed
- Beyond Good and Evil 2 was playable in 2008 but held back for "technical issues"
- Smite Tactics is a 1v1 tactical spin-off of the popular MOBA
- Nokia tests insanely fast 52Gbps fiber to lucky customers in South Korea
- Doom's new "Arcade Mode" is now live after latest update
- Diablo designer David Brevik joins the Path of Exile team
- BJ Blazkowicz voice actor teases a Wolfenstein sequel
- New Titanfall 2 4K PC footage looks very impressive [Updated]
- Battlefield 1 server rental prices revealed
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided's latest patch targets DirectX 12 issues
- This three-hour Doom 2 level took 300 hours to build
- Dark Souls 3 reshade mod transforms Lothric with surrealist watercolours
- New Assassin's Creed film trailer flaunts its sci-fi leanings
- October 18
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- Dead Star will lose its multiplayer features next month
- The surreal, spooky adventure Rusty Lake: Roots comes out this week
- The new Titanfall 2 story trailer examines the relationship between a boy and his toy
- Accounting, the strange VR game from Squanchtendo and Crows, Crows, Crows, is live and free
- Sci-fi strategy reboot Star Control: Origins is scheduled for a 2017 release
- NZXT unleashes new Kraken all-in-one liquid cooler with quieter pump, more flow
- Origin PC’s Evo15-S is further proof that gaming laptops can be thin and light
- Watch Dogs 2 is delayed on PC, system requirements are out
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti promise affordable 1080p gaming
- Prey trailer explores the dark history of Talos
- Red Dead Redemption 2 announced, but no PC confirmation for the time being
- Total War: Warhammer showcases the Squigs ahead of incoming DLC
- Resident Evil 7 drops more teaser videos that echo series DNA
- Battlefield 1 Companion App out now
- Red Dead Online domain seemingly registered by Grand Theft Auto publisher
- Valve denies wrongdoing in skin gambling legal rumblings: "no factual or legal support for these accusations"
- Code analysis of No Man's Sky praises engine, criticises "unfinished" game
- United Front Games reportedly closed, Smash+Grab no longer available
- October 17
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- Razer levels up audio business with THX acquisition
- Duelyst just nerfed one of its most oppressive cards
- The latest Dark Souls 3 update aims to make poise matter
- Hearthstone’s Heroic Tavern Brawl has players paying $10 to compete for prizes
- Newegg discusses implications of pending Chinese investment deal
- The Civilization 6 launch trailer is an inspirational tale of Sean Bean's family
- Kingpin topples Fire Strike Extreme benchmark record using four Titan X cards
- Samsung launches first ever quantum dot curved gaming monitor
- Overwatch hero D.Va is becoming a StarCraft 2 announcer
- GOG is turning on two-step logins for everyone next week
- Diablo 4 rumours are heating up ahead of BlizzCon 2016 [Updated]
- Stellaris' Leviathans story pack explored in feature spotlight
- Emily is Away Too wants to revisit your youth in client-based chatrooms
- Forza Horizon 3 rolls out latest update, dev promises more moving forward
- Rockstar teases Red Dead artwork [updated]
- Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 delayed to April next year
- October 16
- October 15
- October 14
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- Riot has begun work on a League of Legends "practice tool"
- Farming Simulator 17 is lit in the new "Garage Trailer"
- Final Fantasy 14: Stormblood is slated for a summer 2017 release
- Skywind and Skyblivion mods get sexy new trailers
- Asus teases ROG Swift PG258Q monitor with 240Hz refresh rate
- Massive investment may turn Newegg into a Chinese subsidiary
- See an Overwatch streamer play Winston using a pile of bananas
- Friday the 13th: The Game delayed so developer can add single-player modes
- Mysterious bug prompts MSI to yank Kaby Lake BIOS updates
- Battlefield 1 isn't out yet, but it already has hackers
- Counter-Strike's Inferno map gets revised and redecorated
- Rocket League to get limited time Halloween item drops
- The Witcher 3 goes abstract with this graphics mod
- Battlefield 1 lets you play as a pigeon
- Civilization 6 will allow multiple leaders to represent the same civilizations
- Football Manager 2017 adds social media, improved animations and smarter AI
- Metro 2033 studio has another, non-VR game in the works
- October 13
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- World of Warcraft game director is moving to another Blizzard project
- Dark Souls 3 is getting a dedicated PvP arena, here's a trailer about it
- Catch fish in the sky in Airheart, a "dieselpunk action game" now on Early Access
- Daedalic's new adventure Candle features "demanding" puzzles and gorgeous watercolor graphics
- Smash + Grab goes free for the weekend, even though it's only Thursday [Updated]
- What secrets does the BlizzCon 2016 schedule have in store?
- Tt eSports' new mouse has a fingerprint reader because passwords are bad
- Battleborn's first "Story Op" DLC, Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion, goes live today
- Nvidia's randomly giving away Shadow Warrior 2 codes to GeForce Experience 3.0 users
- Tyranny, the be-the-bad-guy fantasy RPG, is coming in November
- Valve's latest Dota 2 documentary series starts today
- Battlefield 1 features one of the smallest guns in the history of guns
- Telltale's Batman episode three release date set
- Shadow Warrior 2 launch trailer has gore, Lo Wang and Stan Bush
- No Team Fortress 2 Halloween event for second year running, old ones to return
- Transport Fever to arrive on Steam next month
- October 12
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- Valve is adding full DualShock 4 configurability to Steam
- Ambitious space MMO Dual Universe has reached its Kickstarter goal
- Wasteland 3 multiplayer details revealed in new Fig update
- Mutant wolf survival sim The Wild Eight trailer showcases new art and gameplay
- Battlefield 1 "Play First" trial is playable right now
- Valve discusses future of VR at Steam Dev Days event
- ASRock prepares for Kaby Lake with 21 motherboard BIOS updates
- Total War: Warhammer's second Lords pack shores up the Greenkins and Dwarfs
- CCP updates EVE Online license agreement to combat gambling
- Hitman heads to Hokkaido on Halloween, for Episode 6
- The Turok 2 remaster is coming, but not yet
- Kerbal Space Program update adds comms network, better driving
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's 'combat rigs' detailed
- October 11
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- Star Citizen's procedurally generated planets showcased at CitizenCon [Updated]
- Cuphead, the old-school cartoon-platformer, has been delayed to mid-2017
- Lara Croft's chiseled chin returns in Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration DLC
- Titanfall 2 trailer reveals EA's "vision" for its single-player campaign
- Western Digital re-enters the SSD scene, becomes 2nd largest player
- Gears of War 4 update increases match bonuses and lowers Elite Pack costs
- The Overwatch "Halloween Terror" event is live now
- Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary Edition World Tour out today
- Underrail expansion Expedition announced
- Analogue dev's Ladykiller in a Bind out now
- Sunless Sea gets new quests to celebrate Zubmariner launch
- AI War 2 announced, will be 3D and support mods
- Battlefield 1's Spectator Mode to come with new video editing tools
- All Battlefield 1 rental servers will be operated by EA
- Someone has modded the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 into GTA 5
- October 10
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- Take a trip to the "galactic roof" with this new Elite: Dangerous video
- Take a bullet for the "most hated presidential candidate" in this slapstick satire
- The rhythm-action game Thumper goes live today, three days ahead of schedule
- Ashes of the Singularity expansion adds two new campaigns and a strategic zoom option [Updated]
- CyberPowerPC taps AMD for an inexpensive VR-ready Oculus Rift PC
- Hiveswap is coming in January, so here's a trailer
- Skyrim Special Edition system requirements are a lot higher than the original's
- Prey trailer features female Morgan
- Stellaris' Leviathans story pack release date and price set
- Adorable Starcrafts mod turns space war into cartoonish playground, out tomorrow
- Mass Effect: Andromeda release date seemingly leaked
- Star Wars: The Old Republic trailer sets up the story for next expansion
- Payday 2 adds customisable safe houses, free to try this week
- Star Citizen's Squadron 42 campaign won't release this year
- ReCore now has a playable demo on the Windows Store
- October 9
- October 8
- October 7
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- "Fake" Twitter handle in FIFA 17 causes headaches for its real-life owner
- Booster One headset aims to make you a better gamer
- Insane CS:GO double-noscope memorialized as in-game graffiti, and now real tattoo
- Psychonauts 2 prototype gameplay sees Raz return to Whispering Rock
- This is what Oculus' new wireless prototype Rift is like
- BioShock Collection updates are live on Steam
- AMD Crimson hotfix readies Radeon card owners for Gears of War 4 and Mafia 3
- Final Fantasy XV director says it would take more than a year to bring it to the PC
- Asus preps LGA 1151 motherboards for Kaby Lake with dozens of UEFI updates
- Inside used a real life human skull to create its music and sound
- Democracy 3 dev teases first Production Line pre-alpha footage
- Counter Strike: Global Offensive monetises and limits graffiti sprays
- EVE: Valkyrie gets co-op mode in PlayStation cross-platform update
- You can download Dungeon Keeper for free right now
- Someone has travelled between planets using a jetpack in No Man's Sky
- October 6
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- Get the Dark Souls series cheap in this Bandai Namco Steam sale
- It looks like Overwatch is getting Halloween-themed loot boxes
- Maingear builds a tasty looking Coca-Cola themed gaming PC
- See a goblin puke into a drinking fountain in the new Styx: Shards of Darkness trailer
- Clockwork Empires, the eldritch horror colony simulator, will be out this month
- Metro 2033 developer announces Arktika.1, an Oculus Touch-exclusive FPS
- Nvidia releases Game Ready driver for Gears of War 4
- Oculus is developing a new Rift headset with GearVR's mobility [updated]
- The Mafia 3 launch trailer is a stroll through the brutal streets of New Bordeaux
- Sharp's prototype 27-inch 8K 120Hz IGZO monitor with HDR induces pixel envy
- Oculus Touch price and release date confirmed [Updated]
- Dishonored 2 trailer shows crafty, cunning escapes
- Dota 2's Fall Battle Pass is here
- Endless Space 2 lands on Early Access today, celebrates with 'split vision' trailer
- Mafia 3 runs at 30 fps on PC, but a post-launch patch is in the works
- Beyond Good and Evil 2 is happening, original game free on PC next week [Updated]
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night teams up with Payday publisher, demos new test footage
- Big discounts on Soma, The Talos Principle and more in Steam's robot-themed sale
- October 5
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- Overwatch developer update promises a new hero "sooner rather than later"
- Dishonored 2 trailer examines the making of Karnaca
- Syberia 3 has been delayed into 2017
- State regulator orders Valve to halt CS:GO skin gambling through Steam [Updated]
- Forza Horizon 3 update promises to fix stuttering and improve wheel support
- Sidescrolling Doomlike Butcher out today
- Wasteland 3's debut gameplay trailer showcases new conversations and combat
- The latest Civilization 6 trailer welcomes Peter the Great
- Titanfall 2's first free map is Angel City
- Torment: Tides of Numenara trailer offers introduction to the Ninth World
- Endless Legend's Tempest DLC comes crashing down next week
- Mortal Kombat XL hits PC, adds Leatherface and Xenomorph
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location may be delayed because it's too sickening
- The latest Humble Bundle offers the entire Company of Heroes franchise for $10
- October 4
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- Landfall is a new sci-fi RTS built for the Oculus Rift
- Heroes of the Storm is getting its own weekly brawl mode
- Blizzard denies report that World of Warcraft is back to 10 million subscribers [updated]
- Beholder, the game about spying on your neighbors, is moving from closed beta to a full demo
- Outlast 2 demo is now on Steam, but only until November 1
- Buy a GTX 10 series graphics card from EVGA and a get a free PowerLink
- Anno 2205: Frontiers DLC out now, adds cyborgs
- This year's Fall Major brings Dota 2 to Boston
- Rocket League update adds AquaDome, AquaCars
- Supernatural stealth game Aragami out today
- Suda51's The Silver Case out this week
- Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void patch 3.7 detailed
- SteelSeries launches Arctis headset line for gamers tired of gimmicks
- October 3
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- Here's John Romero playing and commentating his recent Doom level
- Battlefield 1 single player campaign showcased in 12 minute video
- Darkest Dungeon is getting a new playable class in The Crimson Court DLC
- Steam's secret Early Access rules reveal Valve's hands-off approach
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson is making a videogame
- Ghost Recon Wildlands shows its quiet side in a new "Stealth Takedown" trailer
- Hearthstone patch makes the game unlaunchable, but there's an easy fix
- Competitive League of Legends quiz game coming to Steam
- Lightweight HyperX Cloud Stinger headset is light on the wallet, too
- Digital Homicide withdraws lawsuit against Steam users, says studio is "destroyed"
- Resident Evil 7 VR is "exclusive to PlayStation VR" for a year
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti strips naked for unofficial photo shoot
- A younger Marc Laidlaw discusses Half-Life, the day after its release
- Serious Sam VR hitting early access on October 17
- Trade, explore and hopefully survive in Daedalic's Caravan
- Doom 2 mod Unloved gets Unreal Engine 4 remake
- Masquerada: Songs and Shadows is a thing you can buy now
- Rhythm action game Thumper out next week
- October 2
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