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This weekend's PC game deals include a freebie from the Epic Games Store for fans of 90s nostalgia, free events from Grounded and Golf with Friends, an FPS festival, Xbox specials, and more.

Warhorse Studios has officially confirmed Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, and it's coming later this year to PC and consoles. The medieval RPG will be continuing Henry of Skalitz's storyline.

The Xbox Free Play Days promotion is back with three more games for Xbox Game Pass Core and Ultimate members to try out, and this time it's Dungeons 3, Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, and I Am Fish.

Razer has just released a new mobile phone and tablet game controller, the Razer Kishi Ultra. The design is similar to what PC and console gamers get in a controller. It's now on sale for $159.99.

The Big Con from developer Mighty Yell is the latest game that has gone free to claim from the Epic Games Store. The title offers a cross-country road trip adventure where you rip people off.

The Nvidia GeForce NOW cloud gaming service is adding six more games to its library this week However, League of Legends will soon be removed from the service due to an upcoming game update.

Cities: Skylines II's launch hasn't exactly gone as smoothly as Paradox Interactive had hoped. Alongside refunds for Beach Properties DLC, development is changing focus to improve the base game fully.

Void Interactive has now confirmed that a hacker attack resulted in the theft of the source code for its PC tactical shooter game Ready or Not, along with console builds of the game.

Beta and Delta Xbox Insiders, along with PC Gaming preview users, can get new updates that include a list of additional Xbox Cloud Gaming titles that can be played on mice and keyboards.

Blackbird Interactive has lowered the PC system requirements for its upcoming space-based RTS sequel Homeworld 3. It's also revealed some details about the first year of its post-release content.

Rare has announced that its pirate adventure game Sea of Thieves has seen 40 million players across Xbox and Windows since its launch six years ago. The title is just about to launch on PlayStation 5.

Sony has revealed the system requirements for the PC edition of its historical third-person action game Ghost of Tsushima, along with other features, ahead of its release on May 16.

Game publisher Take-Two Interactive has confirmed plans to lay off 5 percent of its total workforce by the end of 2024. It also will cancel the development of a number of its upcoming games.

Supergiant Games has announced the beginning of the Hades II Technical Test. Players can now sign up to get a chance to test out a slice of the game ahead of the upcoming Early Access launch.

Microsoft's Flight Simulator team has delivered its sixth City Update for Flight Simulator. The latest update brings visual upgrades and better detail to seven cities in the region.

CD Projekt RED is offering PC players a chance to try out its upcoming The Witcher 3 REDkit modding tools early. Steam Workshop support has also been announced as a surprise for the popular RPG.

Nintendo will launch its latest livestream event, Indie World, on Wednesday, April 17, featuring news and gameplay from a number of upcoming indie game titles that will come to the Switch console.

Ori-developer Moon Studios' No Rest for the Wicked, and medieval strategy game Manor Lords are what are officially supported in Nvidia's latest 552.22 GeForce Game Ready driver release.

SMITE 2, the sequel to the popular MOBA game, is currently the best-selling game on Steam, thanks to developer Hi-Rez Studios launching paid Founder's Packs for the upcoming free-to-play game.

Microsoft is expanding Xbox Game Pass's available games list again, this time adding seven new titles to its services. At the same time, Xbox Game Pass Core library is expanding by three games.

Valve has launched a new sale on Steam, a week-long FPS Fest, with big discounts and demos for all sorts of different first-person shooters and other games. The sales event runs through April 22.

The achievements for Betheda's Xbox version of Fallout 4 don't currently unlock for players of that version of the RPG. Bethesda is " currently investigating" this bug, but there's no word on a fix.

Many games in the Fallout franchise are seeing big sales and player increases on Valve's Steam services. It's likely a combo of deep discounts on those games and the launch of the Fallout TV show.

Developer Landfall gave away its newest game, Content Warning, when it launched on Steam. Over 6.6 million gamers received it, and even after the free game giveaway, it still sold 1 million copies.

The KingKong 3 Max is the result of what gamers asked for since the KingKong 2 Pro released. A few quirks aside, the KK3 Max offers a 1000Hz 1ms wireless experience with oodles of customisation.

Nightdive Studios has released a new update for 2023's Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition. It finally adds cross-platform multiplayer to this remaster of the cult classic 1990s FPS.

Developer Oxide Games has posted its latest video dev diary for its upcoming strategy game Ara: History Untold. This time, we get some answers about the game's terrain generation, its AI, and more.

This weekend's PC game deals include bundles for drifting and deckbuilding fans, a Ghostrunner freebie from Epic, plenty of Fallout on discount, and one to play for free, among many more specials.

IGN has announced its first IGN Live in-person event will be held in Los Angeles from June 7-9, around the time the game industry would have normally participated in the now canceled E3 show.

The closed beta test for the PS5 version of Sea of Thieves has started for people who pre-ordered any version of the game, and it's already experiencing a "a high volume of new players".

Larian Studios' acclaimed fantasy RPG Baldur's Gate 3 won the Best Game category and four others on Thursday night as part of the 2024 BAFTA Games Awards. Alan Wake 2 won two awards as well.

The Kingdom Come: Deliverance universe may finally be about to expand. Developer Warhorse Studios has announced a reveal event from a new game, which insiders say is a sequel to the popular RPG.

After a major delay, Bethesda is finally launching the "next-gen" update for the 2015-released RPG Fallout 4. It carries Performance mode and Quality modes, ultra-wide screen support, and more.

Microsoft is offering Bethesda's multiplayer experience, Fallout 76, for all Xbox players to try this weekend. Meanwhile, PGA Tour 2K23 and Classified France '44 are joining Xbox Free Play Days.

Ghostrunner is back as a giveaway on the Epic Games Store. The slick cyberpunk action game has you taking the role of a ninja that can even deflect bullets with a katana. The giveaway lasts a week.

EA has reportedly pulled the plug on future Dead Space plans after the remake failed to reach expectations. Developer Motive is working on an Iron Man game and future Battlefield titles instead.

Developer PocketPair released a very brief teaser trailer today to show off the upcoming Arena PvP mode for its surprise hit game Palworld. No release date was revealed during the trailer.

Microsoft is allowing some members of the Xbox Insider Program to try out fresh Xbox Cloud Gaming features, specifically a new user interface for accessing profiles, achievements, and more.

In an unusual team up, Ubisoft and Dead Cells studio Evil Empire have announced a partnership to develop a new action Roguelike titled The Rogue Prince of Persia. Out next month on Steam.

The EA Play Standard and EA Play Pro subscription services are going through a price hike for monthly and yearly members. The changes are affecting EA App, Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms.