A former Valve writer might have just revealed Half Life 3 plot

Letter written by 'Gertie Fremont' sounds an awful lot like the next Half Life story

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Ubisoft reveals next entry in the Anno series

French firm pencils in 2018 release date for the city sim title

Sega studio Relic is making the next Age of Empires game

First entry in the series to not be handled by Ensemble

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Layoffs looking likely at SkySaga maker Radiant Worlds

Future of the studio looking unclear as SkySaga publisher Smilegate puts the project on hold

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Atomhawk opens shop in Canada

Vancouver office to be run by creative director Maurice KImball

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Final Fantasy XV is coming to PC next year

Launches with Nvidia GameWorks, which allows for fancy hair and shadow effects, among other things

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1m copies of Football Manager 2017 have been sold

Sports Interactive chief Miles Jacobson reveals this is the fifth Football Manager game in a row to hit this milestone

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There’s a Definitive Edition of ReCore on the way

HDR and 4K support added, set to launch on August 29th

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Cross platform play confirmed for Sea of Thieves

Developer Rare details the challenges of Xbox One and Windows 10 gamers playing together; confirms both versions will ship in Early 2018

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Frontier is making a Jurassic World video game

Planet Coaster's take on the dinosaur theme park genre set for launch next summer

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Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds has sold 8m copies

Has shifted 4m units since June

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No Man’s Sky returns to Steam Top Ten following Atlas Rises update

Prey comes in at fourth place following free trial

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1m people have played Epic’s Fortnite

Firm announces milestone via Twitter, players have doubled since start of August

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Slime Rancher has sold over 1m copies

Follows full release at start of August

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Quake Champions has launched onto Early Access

Released with four modes and 11 characters

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