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XDefiant, the free-to-play shooter that Ubisoft has been working on for a few years, will finally launch in its "preseason" mode on May 21 for the PC, Xbox, and PlayStation platforms.

The 2024 edition of the THQ Nordic Showcase will stream on August 2 and will include info on a number of the publisher's upcoming games, including Titan Quest II, the Gothic 1 Remake, and more.

Stardock has launched The Political Machine 2024, the latest version of its US presidential election sim game series. It adds new features like primary elections, candidate debates, and more.

Respawn Entertainment's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is a part of Microsoft's latest Xbox Free Play Days promotion, and it's available for all Xbox Series X|S players to try for no extra cost.

The latest giveaway for PC gamers from the Epic Games Store brings copies of Orcs Must Die 3 and Cat Quest II to claim, two titles with cooperative play. The giveaway lasts for seven days.

The Nvidia GeForce NOW cloud gaming service will add seven new games this week, including Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. It also has a new method to make it easier to start playing on the Steam Deck.

The Patch 2.19 for Ghost of Tsushima released on April 30, has reportedly broken the game resulting in freeze, lag, and rendering issues on PS. Thankfully, the developers have fixed the issue.

A report claims that Intercept Games, the developer of the space sim Kerbal Space Program 2, will be closing its doors in late June, putting the future of the game's development in question.

Starfield's biggest update yet is landing in May with upgraded maps, new gameplay tweaking options, graphics options for Xbox Series X players, and more. A land vehicle is in development too.

Microsoft has released a new video for its hit sandbox game Minecraft to celebrate its 15th birthday. It shows people in the real world doing things that normally only happen when playing Minecraft.

Meta and Warner Bros. have announced Batman: Arkham Shadow, a brand-new entry into the ArkhamVerse coming later this year. It will be exclusive to the Meta Quest 3 virtual reality headset.

Microsoft's LinkedIn has just launched its first three games that are available for free. These puzzle games have been designed to not just be fun to play but to also try to connect its players

Developer Ironclad Games and publisher Stardock will make their 4X space-based strategy game Sins of a Solar Empire II available on Valve's Steam PC game store sometime later this summer.

Internal Microsoft emails have revealed the company feared it will fall behind Google in AI development in 2019. The CTO's emails showed that he believed Microsoft was years behind Google's AI.

A new report claims Microsoft has a schedule of when it plans to release its major first-party gaming titles for the rest of 2024. That includes games like the next Call of Duty title and more.

Microsoft has finally confirmed when the Xbox Games Showcase of 2024 will happen. The showcase will have reveals from Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda, and Xbox Game Studios, plus a surprise.

Another Xbox Game Pass wave is almost here, and it is carrying Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Little Kitty, Big City, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and Kona II: Brume as new arrivals.

Rare has officially brought Sea of Thieves to PlayStation 5, and with it Season 12 has launched for the hit pirate adventure game. It has ziplines, a new cannonball, throwing knives, and more.

Paradox Interactive has reconfirmed it's long-delayed people simulator game Life by You will finally become available for PC gamers on June 4 as an Early Access title on Steam and Epic Games Store.

Bethesda Game Studios' director Todd Howard has confirmed that the Starfield: Shattered Space expansion is coming sometime this fall. More updates for the game are coming soon as well.

Microsoft's latest ID@Xbox Digital Showcase today revealed, among other things, that the hit game Palworld will get a major update in June, adding four new "Pals" to the game and more.

Microsoft will hold another of its ID@Xbox Digital Showcase streaming events today, Monday, April 29. We have the info on when and where to stream it and what to expect from the event.

The historical city builder Manor Lords, created by just one developer, has already sold over one million copies since it launched on Friday. It also reached over 170,000 concurrent Steam users.

This weekend's PC game deals include a bundle for automation and management fans, a double giveaway from the Epic Games Store, Earth Appreciation Festival discounts, and a lot more.

343 Industries will release the next update for its sci-fi shooter Halo: Infinite on April 30. It will add a new in-game item store, The Exchange, for getting customization content via Spartan Ponts.

Developer Mojang has announced that the next free update for its sandbox game Minecraft will officially be known as the Tricky Trials update when it rolls out sometime later this year.

Bethesda Game Studios released its big 'next-gen" update for Fallout 4 this week. However, the update also came with a number of bugs across its PC, Xbox, and PlayStation platforms.

The Razer Kaira HyperSpeed wireless gaming headset works with Xbox consoles as well as PCs with 50 mm audio drivers. It's hit a new all-time low price of $89.99 at Amazon for a limited time.

Mojang just added three more perks to its Realms Plus server hosting service for Minecraft Bedrock Edition. This includes monthly access to character items, additional world render distance, and more.

Colossal Order's new update for Cities: Skylines 2 is carrying the promised Beach Properties DLC content for free, DLSS 2 support for Nvidia players, as well as performance improvements and bug fixes.

Microsoft's latest Free Play Days event for Xbox players brings Railway Empire and Prison Architect for Game Pass Core subscribers, while TramSim is available for any Xbox player to try out.

Bethesda has pushed out the next-gen update for Fallout 4 right on schedule. It carries native Xbox Series X|S and PS5 versions, wide-screen support, Steam Deck verification, and more.

This week, the Epic Games Store is offering copies of Industria and LISA: Definitive Edition to keep for free to PC gamers. The double freebie drop will run until next Thursday, May 2.

The Nvidia GeForce NOW cloud gaming service is adding more older Blizzard games to its library this week, along with the highly anticipated historical city builder game Manor Lords, and more.

Blizzard Entertainment is now hiring for a number of positions for a new but currently unannounced game, a few months after its survival game was canceled after several years of development.

New strings of code in the latest version of Google Maps suggest that the generative AI feature could soon be heading toward Labs, meaning the feature will no longer be exclusive to just Local Guides.

Bethesda has announced that the Fallout franchise saw almost five million players in a single day across its games. The most recent entry, Fallout 76, saw one million players enter its online world.

The Armored Paws update for Minecraft has gone live, and it carries the Mob Vote winner armadillos as a brand-new animal, eight wolf variants, and even fresh armor to keep them safe.

Razer has launched its newest high-end gaming PC mouse, the Viper V3 Pro. It has a 35,000 DPI optical sensor and is very lightweight at just 54 grams. It's now available for an MSRP of $159.99.