Join us Thursday, August 6 at 9 a.m. PDT for a special World of Warcraft event streamed live from gamescom 2015 in Cologne, Germany—where we’ll be unveiling the next chapter of the World of Warcraft saga. . . .

Tune in again Sunday, August 9 at 8:00 a.m. PDT for a World of Warcraft developer chat before the show ends, and find out more about what’s in store.

Stay tuned to our dedicated gamescom page for further details on the live stream. Those who are able to join us in person at gamescom can visit us at the Blizzard booth in hall 7.1. We hope to see you there!

We recently issued a new round of account suspensions and bans to StarCraft II players who were in violation of the Battle.net Terms of Use for cheating and/or using hack programs while playing. In addition to undermining the spirit of fair competition that’s essential to play on Battle.net, cheating and hacking can lead to stability and performance issues with the service.

As always, maintaining a stable, safe, and secure online-gaming experience for legitimate players is a top priority for us, and we'll be continuing to keep watch on Battle.net and take action as needed.

Enter the world’s best strategy card game with Magic Duels, an all-new digital experience!

Immerse yourself in the world of Magic: The Gathering’s exciting new Origins campaign as you play through the stories of five iconic Planeswalkers. Hone your skills and build your deck of spells from an ever-growing library of collectible cards, then take on your friends or thousands of AI opponents in Battle Mode.

Enjoy virtually endless gameplay with regular card and content updates, quests and achievements, multiple play modes—including fan favorites like Two-Headed Giant—and fully earnable content. The new Skill Quest training system and enhanced Deck Builder with step-by-step guidance ensure an epic Magic experience for new and veteran players alike.

Today, Ubisoft announced that Toy Soldiers: War Chest will release worldwide on August 11, 2015. The third installment of the popular franchise created and developed by Signal Studios offers a hybrid blend of action strategy gameplay mixed with tower defense mechanics. Toy Soldiers: War Chest will be available digitally and at retailers on Xbox One, PS4 and PC.

Toy Soldiers: War Chest Hall of Fame edition will be available as a digital-download and at retailers. The Hall of Fame edition includes four licensed armies in addition to the four armies included in the standard edition. Toy Soldiers: War Chest (standard edition) will be available as a digital-download only. Players will also be able to download each individual licensed armies from the Hall of Fame edition or all four together in the Legendary Heroes pack.

G.I. JOE
Marching into the toy box is a highly trained special mission force, code name: G.I. JOE. Led by brave field commander Duke and armed with an arsenal of weapons and overflowing with fighting spirit, this team works together on the front lines to stop evil in its tracks.

He-Man
Enabled by the power of Grayskull™ is the Masters of the Universe™ army led by He-Man™, The Most Powerful Man in the Universe™. Gifted with unimaginable strength and fearless courage, He-Man, Battle Cat™ and his Eternian warriors team up to protect the Eternia toy box from the forces of darkness.

Cobra Commander
Trained in explosives and martial arts, and backed by the support of a fanatical army comprised of a deeply loyal infantry, the Cobra Commander army will not hesitate to take on any opposing faction. With a mix of brute force, advanced technologies and fierce tenacity, the Cobra Commander army is a force to be reckoned with on the ground and in the skies.

Ezio
Gifted with a prowess in parkour, stealth and charisma, Ezio and the Assassin’s brotherhood team up to create a fierce alliance of justice and protection. An ancestor of Desmond Miles, the charming Florentine Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a master with the hidden blade and the ladies.

Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's. The object of the game is to become the dominant major power throughout the world. Players can be one among six of the great powers of the time: Great Britain, Germany, France, USA, Japan or Russia.

Today sees the first release in the JUST CAUSE 3 dev diary series. This first video offers insight from Avalanche Studios about who Rico Rodriguez is, what new skills and abilities he’s bringing to the table for his third outing, and how the team have brought him to life.

“He’s gotten older,” explains Game Director Roland Lesterlin in the video, “he’s got his scars from his years in Panau and San Esperito. We wanted to give him that background. What would it be like if you set off a nuke? Twice?”

Hi guys. First of all, I wanted to thank the community in general for the huge outpouring of support through emails and in the forums. I know a lot of you are concerned about me or think that I’m stressed out. It’s true that I’m stressed a little; but it’s ok because the result was good. I’ve worked very hard this year, almost non-stop, to produce good games for this series. Even though there may be some debate as to how “good” the games are, I did my best to provide some good scares and a good story. All I can do is judge from the Steam reviews that I’ve been mostly successful; so I’m very happy about that.

It’s true that there has been a lot of hate toward me lately; on the forums, on youtube, etc. And I’ll be honest, it’s difficult. It’s difficult when people seem to dislike you only because you’ve found success with something. I think some people have this idea that I spend my days swimming in gold coins like Scrooge McDuck, cranking out games with no effort, then laughing all the way to the bank. The reality is quite different, and I think that people who hate on me for being successful are misguided.

Did you know that last year I was working at Dollar General? I worked as a cashier. I had three bosses who were all still in high school. Before that I worked at Target in the backroom freezer, unloading frozen foods. I haven’t had a successful life; and now that God has blessed me with some success, I’m doing my best to be responsible with that success. I don’t party on weekends, I don’t get drunk or sip martinis. I spend my evenings playing Megaman 3, buster only, with my kids. And I try to good with what's been given to me.

• Heroes of the Storm Weekly Sale- July 28 – August 4, 2015.
• Retro City Rampage DX on Steam. Save 70%.

• Minecraft snapshot 15w31a.

• 'Peter Molyneux was a broken man': Meet the new CEO that plans to fix him.

• Firaxis' second annual Firaxicon kicks off in October.

• Xbox committed to slow growth in China.
• Firefall MMO confirmed for PS4 launch.
• How to Stream Games from Your Xbox One to Your Windows 10 PC or Tablet.
• Squid Hero for Kinect is Now Available for Xbox One.
• '5 Star Wrestling' developer apologizes for buggy launch with free DLC.
• Godzilla Review on Zero Punctuation (NSFW).

• T-Mobile's new iPhone promo solves the “buy now or wait” dilemma. Thanks Ant.
• DomiNations on Google Play and iTunes.

• Windows 10 Mail- It has bugs and missing features, but it looks nice.
• Arrested Development: Netflix still planning season 5.

• Windows 10 Launch Day GPU Support Summary.
• The AMD Radeon R9 Fury Is Currently A Disaster On Linux.
• Intel and Micron unveil 3D XPoint, a brand new memory technology.
• The mortifying, terrifying Windows promo videos of years past.

• Wi-Fi Sense in Windows 10: Yes, it shares your passkeys; no, you shouldn’t be scared.
• How Many Times Has Your Personal Information Been Exposed to Hackers? Thanks HARDOCP.
• Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target. Thanks HARDOCP.
• Notorious Team Fortress 2 Hacker Says He Regrets What He's Done.

• Twitter Sued for Failing to Remove Copyrighted Photo. Thanks HARDOCP.

• Xbox on Windows 10: What it is, what it isn’t, and what’s missing…
• Sploot is a VR and desktop game that allows the player to live the dream of playing a seagull with diarrhea…

TACTICAL ‘MECH COMBAT RETURNS TO THE PC.

Harebrained Schemes is pleased to announce their return to Kickstarter this Fall to partner with Backers in co-funding the creation of BATTLETECH. Jordan Weisman, the creator of BattleTech and MechWarrior, is back with the first turn-based BattleTech game for PC in over two decades. Steeped in the feudal political intrigue of the BattleTech universe, the game will feature an open-ended Mercenaries-style campaign that blends RPG ‘Mech and MechWarrior management with modern turn-based tactics.

“For Dying Light: The Following we’re adding a number of bold game-changers to create one massive expansion. Something big that will give the game a brand-new flavor. The new map alone is the same size as all the previous maps from Dying Light combined, so there is a lot we’re packing in here.

We also kept a close eye on player feedback to help tailor what we’ve created here. Hopefully people will see that this new expansion is first and foremost, for the fans.”

– Tymon Smektala, producer, Dying Light: The Following

NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO), a worldwide leader in online games, today announced its Korean subsidiary, NEXON Korea Corporation, has entered into a game development and publishing agreement with Electronic Arts Inc. (“EA”) to bring a PC online version of the critically-acclaimed, first-person shooter game, Titanfall™, originally developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by EA, to players in Asia.

Respawn Entertainment – which was co-founded by Vince Zampella, one of the co-creators of the multi-billion dollar franchise CALL OF DUTY™ and co-founders of its development studio, Infinity Ward – is an independent video game development studio located in Los Angeles, California.

“With its pilot vs. titan gameplay, among other innovations, Titanfall is a uniquely intense game experience. We look forward to working with the talented teams at Respawn and EA and leveraging Nexon’s free-to-play expertise to deliver a new and engaging online game based on Titanfall to the Asian market,” said Owen Mahoney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nexon.

Today, roughly 85% of our library is labeled as compatible with Windows 10. These games were fully playable with no significant performance or graphical issues during our testing process and are ready to go right now. You can filter through Windows 10 games in our catalog, and the compatibility will be labeled on every game card.

Moving forward, we plan to continue our work to bring as many of the remaining games as possible over to the new OS. As new updates and features are released, we hope to see improved backward compatibility and new tools to work with, but it's always possible for new issues to come up along the way. If you do suspect that a game should not be labeled Windows 10 compatible, we'll appreciate your help in getting to the bottom of things, but you can always rely on your 30 Day Money Back Guarantee.

The most important thing to stress is that Windows 10 is a brand new operating system, and that means we're still in the middle of a transition period. The coming weeks or months may be rocky as the first wave of patches hits the OS, so we'll constantly monitor the situation to quickly put out any fires.

• Heroes of the Storm Hotfix Patch Notes -- July 28, 2015.
• The Repopulation version 15.7.1 Patch.

• Zeratul Banned From Heroes Tournament After Exploit Emerges. Exploit already hotfixed.

• Six of the Coolest Things the Xbox App on Windows 10 Can Do for You. Top six list with four entries.
• Wii U lifetime sales crack 10 million.
• Microsoft is working on enabling Windows 10 game streaming to Xbox One.
• British tanks invade War Thunder on PS4.
• King’s Quest – Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember is Now Available for Xbox.

• Captain Sabertooth on Google Play and iTunes.
• Hanger World on the App Store on iTunes.
• Warhammer: Arcane Magic on the App Store on iTunes.

• Windows 10 is on Windows Update now, the free upgrades start today.
• The Witcher 3 version 1.07 under Windows 10 with 25 different graphics cards. German.
• Windows 10 is the best version yet—once the bugs get fixed - Ars Technica.
• Windows 10 Impressions - TimeDoctor.org.
• For the first time, sensors and a computer play umpire in a pro baseball game.

• 60 Seconds on Worth a buy?
• InfiniFactory on Worth a buy?
• The Magic Circle on Just Adventure.
• Sunset on Worth a buy?
• Way of the Samurai 4 on PC Gamer.

• BitFenix Aegis Micro-ATX Tower Chassis on TweakTown.
• Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4 2666MHz 16GB Kit on pcGameware.
• Lenovo ThinkPad T450s Laptop on TechSpot.
• MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6G on Hardware Canucks.
• NVIDIA Quadro M6000 Graphics Card on Techgage.
• Palit GTX 980 Ti Super JetStream 6 GB on techPowerUp.
• QNAP TS-453mini NAS on Mad Shrimps.
• Rosewill Hive 850W PSU on AnandTech.
• Seagate Backup Plus Slim on HardwareHeaven.
• SilverStone TD02-E Liquid CPU Cooler on ThinkComputers.org.
• Tt eSports Shock 3D 7.1 on Vortez.
• ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme Edition Video Card on TweakTown.

• Adopt a Big Cat in Runescape to Support WWF's Conservation Work. And more related festivities…
• Top-down arcade shooter TeraBlaster is now available on Steam for Windows and OS X…