This weekend's PC game deals include a bundle full of remastered classics, Farming Sim and Warhammer freebies to claim, a whole lot of specials from DC hero games, Elder Scrolls entries, and more.
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Oxide Games has announced it will be holding its third Technical Alpha test in June for the upcoming strategy game Ara: History Untold sometime in June for members of the game's Insider program.
The families of the Uvalde school shooting victims have filed lawsuits against Activision and others this week. The families allege Activision's Call of Duty games influenced the shooter.
The long-rumored Doom Year One has reportedly turned into Doom: The Dark Ages. The latest leaks say that the game will be announced at the Xbox Games Showcase, and will feature medieval elements.
AMD has launched a new version of its Radeon Adrenalin Edition drivers that add support for Radeon Anti-Lag 2, a new version of its low latency tech that's being tested with Valve's Counter-Strike 2.
Games Workshop announced a bunch of upcoming updates for many of the video games in its Warhammer franchise today, including a beta for the Speed Freeks vehicle combat game and much more.
Microsoft is giving Xbox Game Pass Core and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers access to nine Warhammer-themed video games for free from now until the end of the day on Sunday, May 26.
This week, the Epic Games Store's Mega Sale mystery freebie has turned out to be a copy of Farming Simulator 22. The latest entry in the hit modern farming franchise is free for the next seven days.
Activision has confirmed that the next game in the Call of Duty first-person shooter series will be titled Black Ops 6. The reveal was first made today via full-page ads in newspapers like USA Today.
The Nvidia GeForce NOW cloud gaming service has added Senua's Saga: Hellblade II to its library of supported titles. It's available for Steam game owners as well as for PC Game Pass subscribers.
DOTA 2 update 7.36 has delivered drastic changes to the popular MOBA by Valve. This includes giving brand-new Innate and choice-based abilities for all 100+ heroes to shake up the playing field.
A website that looks like a teaser for the next game in Activision's Call of Duty series has gone live. It includes a video that shows Mount Rushmore getting an interesting change.
Johan Pilestedt, the founder of Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead, is leaving the CEO role to become its new chief creative officer. Shams Jorjani, who previously worked at Paradox, is the new CEO.
Crytek will launch a major update for its competitive multiplayer FPS Hunt: Showdown on August 15. It will include an engine upgrade that will cause it to lose Xbox One and PS4 support.
A new website has launched with a list of PC games to show if those titles will be able to run on Windows PCs with Arm-based chips, like the upcoming Snapdragon X Series-based laptops.
Square Enix has announced that after three years, the Kingdom Hearts franchise on PC will be shedding its Epic Games Store exclusivity. Almost the entire series is hitting Steam in June.
Microsoft showed off a new feature of Copilot, an AI game assistant for Xbox and PC games like Minecraft. In a demonstration, a player asked Copilot how to make a sword in Minecraft.
Paradox has once again delayed the launch of its upcoming The Sims rival Life By You. The publisher says the title needs more development time before it's ready for Steam early access.
Microsoft has released the final launch trailer for Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, the third-person action-adventure single-player game from developer Ninja Theory that will be released on May 21.
Player First Game released a new trailer for the MultiVersus game ahead of its May 28 launch. It reveals two new characters: Jason from the Friday the 13 movies and The Matrix's Agent Smith.
This weekend's PC game deals include bundles for Monster Hunter and beat 'em up titles, freebies on Epic Games Store and Steam, cooperative free events to try, rare Minecraft discounts, and more.
Ubisoft has revealed the final PC hardware recommendations for its upcoming free-to-play shooter XDefiant. Also, preloads are available for both the console and PC versions ahead of its May 21 launch.
Playground Games has announced a new free content update for Forza Horizon 5. Dubbed "Horizon Retrowave," it brings new cars, fresh synthwave music, neon lights, new character items, and more.
Star Citizen is hosting a massive free-fly event, offering everyone access to its sci-fi universe as well as almost all its ships and vehicles. The free-to-play promotion lasts for 12 days.
Developer Arkane Austin will release one final update for its vampire shooter Redfall. The update will add a much-wanted offline mode to the game along with single-player pausing and more.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft has decided to launch Activision's 2024 Call of Duty game as a Day One title for the Xbox Game Pass subscription service for an October launch.
The Creative Assembly development team is reportedly working on three more entries for its long-running Total War RTS game series. One of those games is allegedly based on the Star Wars universe
Leaks on social media have reportedly shown a new third-person shooter called Deadlock. This is rumored to be the next major new game from Valve, and it may be officially announced soon.
Intel 31.0.101.5522 WHQL driver is now available for download with optimizations and support for the upcoming Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, Starfield May Update, XDefiant, and Wuthering Waves.
The Summer Game Fest X account has announced that the live-streaming event will officially reveal a new title from 2K Games that's part of one of its "biggest and most beloved franchises" on June 7.
As part of its quarterly financial report, publisher Take-Two Interactive stated that Grand Theft Auto VI from Rockstar Games will launch in the fall of 2025 for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Sega and Amplitude Studios have kicked off a giveaway on Steam, offering strategy fans the fantasy 4X entry Endless Legend to keep for free if they claim it within the next seven days.
Activision, now owned by Microsoft, has opened a new game development studio called Elsewhere. The team is working on an all-new "narrative-based and genre-defining AAA franchise."
Xbox Free Play Days has two games for Xbox Game Pass Core and Ultimate members to try for no extra cost this weekend: The theme park building title Planet Coaster and the co-op entry Killing Floor 2.
The Epic Games Store's first mystery giveaway from its Mega Sale promotion has turned out to be Dragon Age Inquisition - Game of the Year Edition. The BioWare RPG is free to claim for an entire week.
Palworld, the surprise game hit of 2024, is now available on the Nvidia GeForce NOW cloud gaming service for Steam owners of the game. Four other games were also added to GeForce Now this week.
Minecraft, one of the most popular modern games, is celebrating its 15th birthday. To mark the occasion, Microsoft put the game on sale, allowing you to save up to 70% on different platforms.
AMD's latest WHQL-certified driver, 24.5.1, lands with support for Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, and F1 24, as well as AI acceleration and development support.
Tomorrow is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and Microsoft is using the occasion to officially reveal the Proteus Controller, a third-party modular Xbox game controller that's coming this fall.
Ubisoft has canceled the 2021-announced The Division spin-off entry Heartland. The development resources from the free-to-play survival game are being diverted to Rainbow Six Siege and XDefiant.
