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Steam's Free Weekend kicks off this Thursday, running until November 25th. Five games are participating in the promotion: Across the Obelisk, Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop, Oxygen Not Included, F1 24, and Victoria 3.

The Golden Joystick Awards 2024 winners have been announced! The ceremony saw Black Myth: Wukong crowned Game of the Year by gamers, while critics chose Helldivers 2.

The latest free game giveaway on the Epic Games Store is now live and runs until November 28th. Epic has also announced next week's free offering.

The mobile version of the strategy game Total War: Empire, previously only available on PC, has been released on Android and iOS. The game is available for purchase at $20 on the App Store and Google Play.

Jokes about the unchanged iPhone design may become irrelevant with the release of the new line. According to insiders, Apple plans to abandon some traditional elements in favor of bold decisions.

Various game reviewers have released final previews of the RPG action Avowed from the creators of Fallout: New Vegas and The Outer Worlds. Overall, journalists had positive impressions of the game.

Eric Hauter's YouTube channel has released an hour and a half of Avowed gameplay, a new role-playing game from Obsidian Entertainment. The blogger showed an early build of the game with various mechanics and content from the very beginning.

Surprisingly, even changing the engine from X-Ray to Unreal Engine 5 did not help S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl get rid of some old bugs. For some reason, one of the bugs familiar to fans of Call of Pripyat migrated to the sequel.

Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski has revealed the release date for his upcoming Witcher novel. The book will go on sale on November 29, and readers of the latest issue of Nowa Fantastyka will get a sneak peek with the first chapter available tomorrow.

Yesterday, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, a realistic open-world flight simulator, was released on PC and Xbox Series X/S. The game received a lot of negative reviews at the start, but there is a downside to the situation — funny bugs.

It turns out that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 wasn't crafted solely by GSC Game World—Russian director Ilya Naishuller also contributed to the project. Known for films like Hardcore Henry and Nobody, Naishuller's name appears in the game's end credits.

Despite the fact that more than a year has passed since the release of Baldur's Gate 3, the game maintains a fairly high online presence on Steam and consoles and even breaks its own records. The director of the publishing house Larian Studios hinted that the studio is not finished with the project yet.

Early players of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl are already sharing fascinating discoveries from their journeys through the game. A fan community admin on X (formerly Twitter) reported finding the rookie village and encountering Sidorovich himself.

The live-action adaptations have grown: the first photos from the set of the film based on Moana have been shown online. The pictures show what the demigod Maui and Moana will look like, played by Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Laga'aia.

Luma Island, a cooperative farming simulator, has officially launched on Steam, offering players the chance to build and grow their own farm on a cozy and mysterious island inhabited by magical creatures called Lumas.

Deadline has revealed details about an upcoming film in the DC Extended Universe. According to the outlet, Warner Bros. is planning to adapt the story of Sgt. Rock—a World War II soldier who fought in many of history's pivotal battles.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has finally launched, and with it, the first wave of mods has arrived. While many players are currently frustrated with the game's poor optimization, a community effort seems to have found a solution.

Recently, Sony updated the list of games available for PS Plus Extra and Premium subscribers. Over ten new titles have been added to the service, and gamers can start playing them right away. Additionally, it has been revealed which games will be removed from the subscription in December.

A new rumor has surfaced online regarding the price of the yet-to-be-announced NVIDIA RTX 5090 graphics card. According to these reports, the new flagship GPU might be cheaper than initially expected.

Following the release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, videos showcasing the game's performance on various hardware configurations have started to surface online. Specifically, you can see how the game runs on NVIDIA GTX 1650, RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 4070, Radeon RX 6600, and more.