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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.

The 16-inch Samsung Galaxy Book3 Windows 11 laptop weighs just 3.44 pounds and includes an AMOLED 2X display. It's currently discounted at Amazon down to $944.99 or $805 off its $1,799.99 MSRP.

Currently, the S90C Series OLED 4K Smart TVs, with Alexa built-in, are available at huge discounts on the 65 inch, 77 inch, and 83 inch variants so get them from Samsung and Amazon while stocks last.

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.

A fresh leak shows the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE in the UK carrier EE's database indicating that the wallet-friendly phone with flagship features from the Korean giant could launch in the UK in future.

After skipping last year, Samsung is rumored to launch the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, the battery capacity and other details of which, have been spotted on the TUV and BIS certification websites.

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.

Today, you can get your hands on the 2TB Samsung 980 PRO NVMe Gen4 solid-state drive with heatsink at a great price, which is further supplemented by a coupon from both Amazon and Newegg.

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.

The Biden administration has announced dedicated R&D centers to push for semiconductor research to equip the country with domestic chip production capabilities and a solid workforce.

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.

Samsung's 2024 flagship, the Galaxy S24 Ultra, is now available for $200 off in this limited-time deal on Amazon. The best part is that you don't need any coupon or card to avail of the offer.

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.

Massive and Ubisoft have pushed out an update for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and it carries a new 40FPS targeting performance mode for consoles, Intel's XeSS upscaling tech for PC, and more.

To promote the current Disney+ Marvel animated series X-Men 97, Microsoft is giving away a custom Xbox Series X console with art that's also an exclusive X-Men 97 comic book story.

Samsung announced the beginning of mass production of its 9th-generation V-NAND memory chips. They are 50% denser than the previous generation and offer up to 33% input/output speed increase.

A latest tip suggests that the upcoming Samsung, Galaxy Z Fold 6 and the Galaxy Z Flip 6 could debut in new colors. However, the storage options are rumored to remain the same as earlier.

Manor Lords, the city builder game from the one-person dev team Slavic Magic. has reached the 3 million wishlist milestone on Steam before its April 26 release for PC and Microsoft PC Game Pass.

EA is finally adding the grand Star Wars adventure Jedi: Survivor to its EA Play basic subscription program. This also means Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass members are also gaining access.

Meta announced its Meta Horizon OS, used for its Meta Quest mixed reality headsets, will be used by third parties to make their own VR products, including Microsoft on an "inspired by Xbox" device.

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Series is now available on the company's Certified Re-Newed program. All of the devices on this program are like-new but still technically second hand, meaning lower prices.

Microsoft will hold another of its ID@Xbox Digital Showcase streaming events on Monday, April 29. It will be streamed on IGN's site and social networking accounts starting at 1 pm Eastern Time.

The popular third-party game mod hosting site NexusMods has been experiencing heavy traffic in the last few days, which, it says, is due to the Fallout TV show that has boosted Fallout player numbers.

The Turtle Beach REACT-R wired Xbox and PC game controller comes with quick-access audio controls and two extra mappable buttons. It's available at a new all-time low price of $29.99 at Amazon

Now that it has finished its reorganization, Embracer Group has revealed plans to break itself up into three standalone and publicly traded companies, each with different gaming properties.

Samsung is reportedly developing the Galaxy S24 FE. Previously launched FE models hit shelves about six months after the S series, but according to reports, the S24 FE may see a late 2024 release.

7 Days To Die, the zombie-themed survival game from developer The Fun Pimps, will get to version 1.0 in June on Steam. That means it will finally leave Early Access after launching in August 2013.

At £41, the X10 is not only affordable, but the specs are respectable, too, and the craftsmanship and performance reflect that of more expensive controllers. There must be a catch though, right?

Uncapped Games officially revealed itself this week. The Tencent-owned studio has veteran RTS game developers and plans to fully reveal its "paradigm shift" RTS game in June during Summer Game Fest.