This weekend's PC game deals include a hefty Star Wars game giveaway from the Epic Games Store, a freebie marking winter promotions from Humble, a Zombie free weekend, and much more.
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Another game slated for an early 2021 launch has been hit with delays, as Ubisoft has pushed back the planned February release of its latest extreme sports game Riders Republic indefinitely.
The second wave of the January 2021 Games with Gold is now available, offering Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members access to Dead Rising and Breakdown as the latest bonus games.
Humble has begun another major sale with its winter promotions finally kicking off, and as usual for the PC game store, it has also attached a freebie to it. Bomber Crew is free to claim currently.
Hogwarts Legacy, the Harry Potter universe-set RPG that was announced last year, is no longer releasing in 2021. The studio pushed the game back to 2022 today, saying it needs more development time.
In another surprise announcement by Lucasfilm Games, there is a new Star Wars game under development at Ubisoft and its The Division studio Massive Entertainment. The game will be open-world.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 impact, British developer Frontier Developments has made the decision to delay the upcoming space legs and planets bringing Odyssey expansion for Elite Dangerous.
Bethesda and Lucasfilm Games are collaborating on an Indiana Jones game. The surprise announcement arrived today with a teaser trailer. MachineGames will be developing the project.
Respawn Entertainment delivered a new update for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order today on consoles. The optimization update brings hefty performance improvements to the new Xbox and PlayStation consoles.
Microsoft today announced a brand new Xbox Wireless Controller variant that's joining the three patterns already available. Pulse Red will be available for purchase starting February 9.
This weekend's PC game deals include what looks to be the start of another year of freebies from the Epic Games Store, a new build your own bundle from Fanatical, and plenty of other specials.
The first Nvidia graphics driver of 2021, WHQL-certified 461.09 Game Ready driver, doesn't carry any game optimizations, but it does have security updates and a handful of bug fixes.
This weekend's PC game deals include the arrival of the latest Humble Choice titles, the continuing freebies of the Epic Games Store, which is now Dinosaur related, and even more winter sales.
Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers now have two more games they can add to their libraries this new year. Little Nightmares and The King of Fighters XIII are the latest arrivals.
Epic Games Store has brought forth Jurassic World Evolution for its daily freebie finale, with it giving away the dinosaur theme park management title by Frontier Developments for a week.