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The Remedy Entertainment-developed action game Control has been revealed as the latest Xbox Free Play Days drop. Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate members can try the title over the weekend.

Payday 2 is Starbreeze Studios' popular crime and theft-themed shooter. It's available now for free to download and keep from the Epic Games Store for the next week, until Thursday, June 15.

Geoff Keighley is back with another edition of Summer Game Fest, and the kick-off showcase event is later today. Here are all the details on how to catch the show and what we may see.

The first update for Valve's upcoming multiplayer shooter sequel also adds Workshop Tools for mod makers, adds GPU accelerated raytracing for previewing new maps in the level editor, and more.

The big Trails and Tales update for the popular sandbox game has a new biome, new creepers, and more. Minecraft is also available natively for Chromebooks running on Google's ChromeOS.

Paradox Interactive is planning a grand re-reveal of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 later this year. The RPG's new developer is slated to be announced during this reveal event too.

BioWare is reportedly going to concentrate on its work on its upcoming Dragon Age and Mass Effect games for EA, so it will transfer the development of the Star Wars MMO to Broadsword Online Games.

The latest Steam Client Beta update fixes a crash on Linux that was being caused by Nvidia GPUs when hardware acceleration was switched on. There were also a bunch of other non-related fixes.

Netflix has announced five games that will be coming to its gaming platform. Games are included as part of your Netflix subscription but you'll need a smartphone or tablet to play any of them.

The 2013 PC horror game Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs is available for free until June 9 on GoG.com to help celebrate the launch of the newest game in the series, Amnesia: The Bunker,

With the action-RPG sequel now officially on sale, Blizzard Entertainment says that Diablo IV early access gamers have already played a total of 93 million hours in the game so far.

The special Starfield Xbox controller, which has, among other things, a rainbow streak surrounding its main Xbox button, is reportedly not supposed to go on sale until Monday, June 12.

In this week's Deals with Gold you'll find discounts on games such as NBA 2K23, PGA 2K23, World War Z: Aftermath, Bioshock Infinite, and more. The savings range anywhere between 10% and 90%.

We have updated this upcoming game streaming event list to include the just-announced Capcom Showcase, which will happen on Monday, June 12 starting at 3 pm Pacific (6 pm Eastern).

World of Warcraft players that use the Battle.net Authenticator will earn four extra bag slots and the Core Hound Pup in-game pet. If you want to turn on the authenticator, read on for instructions.

The FTC says Microsoft violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by illegally collecting personal info from children on its Xbox service without their parent's permission.

The remastered version of the classic 1990s FPS will be released on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch platforms, with the original Rise Of The Triad, all its expansions, a new episode and more.

Blizzard has released a second PC-only patch for Diablo IV, along with some server-based hotfixes. Players of the game can look forward to at least two expansions of the action RPG.

The highly-anticipated 2023 Xbox Games Showcase will present actual in-game gameplay or in-engine footage for upcoming first-party Xbox titles. No "full CG trailers" will be present this time.

Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida says that right now, the "technical difficulties are high" for cloud gaming, even as the CMA rejected Microsoft's deal to buy Activision Blizzard over cloud gaming concerns.

The first major patch for Blizzard's action-RPG sequel is now out for all platforms, and it contains so many balance changes to Diablo IV's classes that the developer felt the need to explain them.

The 8Bitdo Arcade Stick is the first such wireless controller approved for Microsoft's Xbox consoles and Windows 10 and above PCs with 30 hours of play on a single charge. It's available for preorder.

There's an issue currently with some PlayStation Diablo IV players who cannot sign into the game. Some gamers have found a workaround, but the bad news is that it costs them money.

According to the latest report from Valve, Windows 11 continues to get more popular among gamers. Although it is nowhere near Windows 10, in May 2023, the OS reached its all-time high of 34%.

Today's Meta Quest Gaming Showcase either revealed or offered some new info on over 20 upcoming VR games for the Meta Quest headsets, including some adaptations of some older PC games.

Amazon and Newegg are offering huge discounts on a variety of storage options. You can get the 4TB Samsung T7 Shield SSD at only $219 or check out other SSD deals from SanDisk and WD.

Microsoft is offering Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members three games to try this weekend as part of the Free Play Days program. It includes Ghostrunner, Rainbow Six Siege, and more

The release of Redfall from developer Arkane Austin, Bethesda Softworks, and Microsoft in May ended up as a major disappointment, and a new report seems to show a lot of issues at the developer.

Radeon hardware owners looking to jump into Diablo IV today with the special edition early access offers have a driver waiting for them from AMD. A specific AI model improvement is included too.

Battlefield 2042 - Season 5: New Dawn is right around the corner, and we got to test out the new content a little early. Here's our thoughts on the new content drop, and the future of the game.

Samsung has now expanded its Gaming Hub portfolio to nearly 3,000 videogames after a partnership with Antstream and Blacknut. The partnership also brings exclusive benefits to Samsung customers.

Intel has released its new Arc and Iris Xe beta graphics driver 31.0.101.4382 on Windows. It is optimized for Diablo IV, Street Fighter 6. Aside from that, it also brings some performance gains.

The latest Xbox app for Windows update also has some improvements in customizing its accessibility settings and a way to see your friends list, chat, and party windows even if you are in a game.

Microsoft has kicked off its latest Games with Gold offering with a copy of Adios for Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate holders. Interestingly, Windows users can also claim the game this time.

The development team behind the Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu has announced a new platform has gained official support. Android devices can now run the emulator, though there are high requirements.

A new post on the official Xbox Twitter account is likely a hint that we may finally learn a lot more about the previously announced Fable reboot at the Xbox Games Showcase on June 11.