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The first chapter in Star Control: Origins' new Earth Rising season pass is now available. Aftermath brings along a new storyline where humanity is expanding its empire across the galaxy.

The latest update to hit Bethesda's Fallout 76 brings in some of the highly-requested features by the PC community, bringing a field of view slider, push-to-talk support, and more.

Firaxis has added Canada to Civilization VI: Gathering Storm's roster as a new faction that it will be bringing along next year. The civilization will have a difficult time starting wars.

The system that deals out automatic bans to Rainbow Six Siege players using inappropriate language is being removed today. Ubisoft is implementing a new chat filtering system to take its place.

It's time for another Tom Clancy universe crossover for Ghost Recon Wildlands. The new update will bring in characters from Ghost Recon: Future Soldier with prototype cloaking gadgets and more.

Capcom has announced that Monster Hunter World is set to get its first expansion next year in the form of Iceborne. The studio is also working with CD Projekt RED for a crossover with The Witcher.

It hasn't taken much time for Skybound Games to start The Walking Dead: Final Season back up, with it now announcing that the third episode, Broken Toys, will be releasing in January 2019.

Even more games for the Xbox Game Pass have been announced today, with Microsoft saying that it is adding Mortal Kombat X, Pro Evolution Soccer 19, Shadow Warrior 2, and more during December.

The newest map announced for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is set in a snowy mountainous island. Vikendi has already landed on PC test servers, with full launches planned for later.

Avalanche Studios and id Software's upcoming Rage sequel finally has a release date attached to it. The open-world title will launch in May next year featuring a very different wasteland.

The long-time-coming indie action title Ashen from Aurora44 has finally released. The game is now available on Xbox One as well as PC, with the latter arriving through the new Epic Games Store.

Mortal Kombat is returning in 2019 with its 11th title in the series. The game will be releasing simultaneously on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. A beta is planned for March.

BioWare revealed that the Dragon Age franchise will be officially returning sometime in the future. During The Game Awards today, the studio released a teaser trailer for the next entry.

A brand new edition of the hit 2013 indie game The Stanley Parable is coming next year from the same developers. The new edition will include new content and also arrive on consoles this time around.

Supergiant Games announced and also released its newest project during The Game Awards today. Hades arrives as a rogue-like dungeon crawler exclusively available via the Epic Games Store right now.

Obsidian Entertainment's newest RPG is The Outer Worlds, a sci-fi single-player title set at the "outer edges of the galaxy". The title is heading to PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.

The Far Cry series' newest entry was revealed in full today. Players will be returning to Hope County in a post-apocalyptic setting, featuring a pair of twins as the main villains this time around.

Activision's Call of Duty entry of this year Black Ops 4 can now be picked up for just $30 on PC. This new version lacks the co-op zombie mode but comes with multiplayer and battle royale modes.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now completely free-to-play on Steam, letting anyone jump into the multiplayer modes. The game has also received a battle royale mode with 10-minute rounds.

The Game Awards is back for a fifth year, heralding accolades for the best games of 2018 as well as brand new game announcements, new trailers, and more. Here's how to watch the show later today.

The latest Lara Croft adventure from Square Enix now has a free trial attached to it on all platforms. The trial gives complete access to Shadow of the Tomb Raider's first few levels.

The Typhon Hunter update to Prey: Mooncrash will be available next week, with it bringing a Prop Hunt style multiplayer mode and a VR campaign set before the events of the base game.

An issue with the Bethesda Support website had leaked personal customer information to the public yesterday. Bethesda apologized today and elaborated on the data that was on display for everyone.

A strange new driver release from AMD today named Radeon Software 18.12.1.1 doesn't have any game optimizations, but does provide support for Epic Games' upcoming digital game store.

Two Point Studios just pushed out the first DLC pack for its hospital management title, Two Point Hospital. The Bigfoot DLC comes with three new hospitals, 34 illnesses, and a range of decorations.

Ubisoft's Far Cry franchise could soon be heading post-apocalyptic judging by a new teaser trailer that released today. The full reveal will come during The Game Awards later this week.

The creative director behind the popular Dragon Age franchise of BioWare is now working on an unannounced new project at Ubisoft Quebec, the studio that developed Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Three Xbox 360 games published by 2K arrived for the Xbox One Backward Compatibility program today. The games are Duke Nukem Forever, The Darkness, and The Bureau: XCOM Declassified.

A very early-game strong civilization was announced for Civilization VI: Gathering Storm today. The Maori begins the game in the ocean and comes included with sailing and shipbuilding technologies.

Epic Games is building a brand new digital game store where developers can take home 88% of the revenue that their games make instead of the usual 70% that other distribution networks offer.

It looks like the bag issue surrounding Fallout 76 is finally coming to an end. Bethesda has said that it will begin sending the originally promised item to Collector's Edition owners who reach out.

Almost a year after Psyonix announced Xbox One X enhancement plans for Rocket League, they have finally arrived. The Xbox One X can now run the game at native 4K resolution with HDR enabled at 60fps.

Games selling in the millions will now have to give Steam less of a cut according to a new revenue share tier system announced by Valve today, aimed at keeping the platform attractive to developers.

Bethesda has delayed its upcoming Elder Scrolls mobile game, Blades, to 2019. The free-to-play RPG is slated to release on iOS and Android devices, and early access pre-registrations are still open.

A brand new driver update from AMD for their Radeon graphics cards is now available. The Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.1 driver brings along support for Avalanche Studio's Just Cause 4.

Strange Brigade, Mutant Year Zero, and more games are heading to the Xbox Game Pass program in December. Before that, however, The Gardens Between is available to subscribers right now.