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Ubisoft is celebrating gamescom by hosting a free-to-play week for its city-building strategy game Anno 1800. The next two pieces of DLC heading to the game were also detailed today.

Today at gamescom, independent studio V1 Interactive, founded by Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto, announced that its sci-fi FPS Disintegration is coming out next year for Xbox One, PS4, and PC.

Twitter is banning state-controlled media outlets from buying ad space on the service in an effort to keep a healthy and open conversation on the site. The new policy takes effect in the coming days.

A trio of new trailers for Death Stranding was revealed today during the gamescom Opening Night live show, revealing some more weird footage from the PlayStation 4 exclusive action game.

Microsoft today released another pair of Windows 10 Insider Preview builds in the Slow ring, once again with features turned off in one of the builds and turned on in the other one.

A sequel to 2017's EVERSPACE has been announced at this year's gamescom by developer Rockfish Games. Taking on an open-world design with classic RPG elements, the game will launch in 2021.

The developer behind the Ratchet & Clank series and the recent Spider-Man game Insomniac Games is now officially a PlayStation first-party studio, joining the SIE Worldwide Studios group.

During gamescom 2019's opening night live conference, Tarsier Studios have announced the sequel to Little Nightmares, which will be out next year on current-gen consoles as well as PC.

Sega announced Humankind during the gamescom live briefing today, a turn-based strategy game being developed by the studio behind the Endless franchise. The game is coming to Steam in 2020.

CD Projekt RED has announced that the Switch port of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, will be making its way to retailers and the eShop on August 15. The release includes all the DLC and expansions.

A report suggests that users are beginning to be able to start using Microsoft's SMS Organizer messaging app in the US, the UK, and Australia. It was first launched by the Garage India team for India.

In a surprise announcement, Private Division unveiled Kerbal Space Program 2 during the gamescom opening night press event. The game is heading to PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 in 2020.

A new report claims Apple Arcade, the company's new subscription service for games, will cost $4.99 per month, including a one-month free trial. The service is expected to launch on September 10.

Microsoft has announced some new features in public preview for Archive Storage. These include priority retrieval for faster online data access and CopyBlob enhancements, among others.

During its Stadia Connect presentation, Google revealed some more games that are coming to its Stadia service in the future. Highlights include Doom Eternal, Cyperpunk 2077, and Borderlands 3.

Disney today announced new availability details for its Disney+ streaming service, also confirming the devices that it will be supported on. The list includes the Xbox One, Apple TV, and more.

During its Inside Xbox event at gamescom, Microsoft revealed that GearsPOP!, the mobile title based on its Gears of War franchise, will be available later this week, on August 22nd.

By acquiring jClarity, Microsoft aims to make Azure the go-to platform for Java developers and improve the performance and end-user experience of the apps built on the cloud-computing service.

Alongside of new games that are coming to Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft today announced a bunch of new features that are coming to its Xbox app, such as the ability to find friends on other networks.

PUBG Corp. announced today that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is finally gaining cross-play support for consoles, letting Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players drop in and play together.

After Microsoft announced last week that it would be making the Notepad updateable through the Microsoft Store in Windows 10, the Store listing seems to be live. It only works for Insiders, though.

Microsoft today announced during its Inside Xbox gamescom presentation that Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition will be releasing on November 14, coming to both the Microsoft Store and Steam.

As it tends to do, Microsoft today announced two new special edition Xbox Wireless Controllers, including the Night Ops Camo version and a Sport Blue version. They're coming this fall.

Microsoft announced another suite of games heading to its Xbox Game Pass subscriptions on Xbox One and Windows 10 today, including Devil May Cry 5, Blair Witch, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and more.

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Three has taken the first step in rolling out its 5G network. Customers in London can now sign a 12-month contract to get a SIM and router which delivers 5G Broadband to customers homes.

Today, Google announced low light mode for its Duo video chat service. It's meant to improve the experience in areas where lighting conditions can be a problem. It's coming this week.

Today, Dell announced a new model of the Alienware Aurora, but instead of just upgraded internals, this machine has been completely redesigned using the Legend Industrial Design Language.

Nintendo announced today during its Indie World presentation that the originally Microsoft platform exclusive adventure game Ori and the Blind Forest is now heading to its Switch console.

In a few hours gamescom 2019 kicks off with an Opening Night Live event. Just before that, though, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Google will be hosting their own streams. Here's how and when to watch them.

In a surprise announcement, Mojang and Nvidia revealed today that Minecraft is getting real-time ray tracing support on its Bedrock-based Windows 10 version. It will be a free update.

Microsoft has spent the last few months updating everyone to the new Office icon sets, and now it looks like native Windows 10 apps will follow suit with icon makeovers in the style of Your Phone.

There are three new system sizes that customers can rent for zero upfront cost and without a long-term contract. The new options are available in six US states and are coming to Europe next year.

Huawei's upcoming HiSilicon Kirin 990 chipset will finally include support for video capture at 4K 60fps, something that the Chinese firm's competitors have been doing for a while now.

Ubisoft unveiled the next seasonal update coming to Rainbow Six Siege today. Titled Operation Ember Rise, it brings along new South American Operators, a complete rework of Kanal, and more.

Last week at its developer conference in China, Huawei announced EMUI 10, the next version of its Android skin that will ship on its next-generation devices alongside of Android Q.

Announced earlier this month, HarmonyOS is Huawei's in-house OS for all flavors of device families, and the company's Honor Vision TV is the first device to use the new operating system.

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