Klei Entertainment announces Don't Starve: Shipwrecked, an expansion coming this fall to Windows, OS X, and Linux. They illustrate the news with an announcement trailer, and here's word:

Sail to adventure through the treacherous seas of Don't Starve: Shipwrecked!

Klei Entertainment has partnered with our friends at Capy, creators of Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery, Super Time Force and Below; to bring fans of Don’t Starve the latest single-player expansion: Don’t Starve: Shipwrecked!

With new playable characters, biomes, creatures and seasonal effects; Wilson and the whole Don’t Starve cast of characters embark on a sea-bound journey of exploration, adaptation and of course, starvation.

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Mighty No. 9 is delayed until next year after previously being expected this fall, reports GameInformer.com, suggesting developer Comcept is resisting officially announcing this for fear of further disrupting their RED ASH Kickstarter. The release date listed by e-tailers for the crowdfunded Mega Man-inspired game shifted, and GameInformer took advantage of contacts at parent company GameStop to confirm that such changes are publisher-driven, saying:

GameStop (Disclosure: GameStop is Game Informer’s parent company) tells us on background that notification of delays such as this one are initiated by the publisher. This includes placeholder dates that are put in place when a game is first listed or, in this case, delayed. This indicates that the 2016 placeholder was driven by Deep Silver and Comcept, both of whom we've reached out to for comment.

Deep Silver declined to comment on the matter and Comcept did not return our request for a statement by publication. We’ll update should either get back to us.

Patch 1.08 Notes are now available for The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, revealing plans for the next update for CD Projekt RED's RPG sequel. This will help prepare for their upcoming Game + feature and also includes a number of fixes and tweaks, including: "Overall improvements to performance, including some issues that may have been caused by 1.07." Thanks DSOGaming.

A new patch is now available for Assetto Corsa on Steam, updating the VR-friendly racing game (currently on sale for half-off) to version 1.2. This change log has complete details on the patch, while the accompanying post has details on a new free content pack also now available for the game:

New Content
Regarding the selection of the new cars, the Alfa Romeo Mito Quadrifoglio Verde joins the fight versus the 500 Abarth EsseEsse and can also teach a thing or two against some older RWD machinery; the Audi Quattro is a legendary car so loved by car enthusiasts. The Audi had over 300bhp and 4 wheel drive in the mid 80s. A tuned step1 version with locked differentials and more power has been added to satisfy the hardcore car enthusiasts! The Lamborghini Miura SV is the first Lamborghini model officially added in Assetto Corsa. It defined the term supercar back in the 60s and now we give you the opportunity to drive this million value piece of car history. The Toyota GT86 is a very balanced car, and for this reason, maybe is one of the most wanted model included in the new package. This car has been developed in cooperation with RSR Nurburg, that knows each single secret of this modern hachi-roku (eighty six), a car that makes every car enthusiast yell with excitement and every tyre tremble with fear. The Nissan GT-R Nismo introduces in Assetto Corsa the active central differential and it's the second 4WD car now available after the Alfa Romeo 155 DTM.

The Circuit of Zandvoort, a well-known motorsport race track located in the dunes north of Zandvoort, Netherlands, is the latest addition of the new build: the circuit gained popularity because of its fast, sweeping corners such as Scheivlak as well as the "Tarzanbocht" (Tarzan corner) hairpin at the end of the start/finish straight. Tarzanbocht is the most famous corner in the circuit. Since there is a camber in the corner, it provides excellent overtaking opportunities. It is possible to pass around the outside as well as the easier inside lane.

Steam News announces the official release of Dream, which is now out of Early Access, offering a 20% launch discount. The launch trailer came out a couple of weeks ago, and this post details the changes in the release version. Here's a rundown: "Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful." Continue here to read the full story.

Cosmonautica for Windows is now available on Steam, offering what indie developer Chasing Carrots calls "a different kind of space sim," which offers a "funky blend of The Sims and Elite." This is also available for mobiles, and offers cross-platform support. There are two oddities for now, one is that their announcement says OS X and Linux versions are offered, but we don't see them, and they also note that the game should be carrying a launch discount, and they are working with Valve to get this worked out. A new release trailer offers a look at the game, and here's the announcement:

Start the thrusters, chart a course and get in the captain’s chair as award-winning, screwball space simulation game Cosmonautica from independent video game developer Chasing Carrots launches on Steam (PC/OSX/Linux) for $14.99 and mobile (iOS/Android) for $6.99. A wacky and humorous space game that combines elements of trading and crew simulation, Cosmonautica has players start to captain a washed-up space cruiser as they explore a universe filled with colorful characters and funky space tunes.

Cosmonautica releases with detailed and amusing simulation gameplay that users can play at home or on the go thanks to cross-platform play. With a myriad of player feedback from a stint in Early Access, Cosmonautica launches with a bevy of new content, including new game missions, a variety of spaceships and improved gameplay.

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A new trailer from Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces wraps up their "Know Your Units" series with a look at The Emplacements. Word is: "The fourth and final installment in the ‘Know Your Units’ video series for Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces, Relic unveils the Emplacement units. Featuring three variations including a 17-Pounder AT Gun, 40mm AA Gun, and the 3 Inch Mortar, the Emplacements help turn the tide of victory with their versatile anti-aircraft, anti-infantry and support style units." Continue here to read the full story.

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• Mortal Kombat X Bundle on Bundle Stars.
• Square Enix Sale on The Humble Store.
• StrataGems on GOG.com.

• ROCKET LEAGUE version 1.03 patch notes.
• Warframe: Echoes of the Sentient update launches.

• Rob Pardo: Developers 'avoiding the term MMO.'

• The Brackets Are Set for The International - Dota 2. Also, New International immortal treasures are now available for a limited time.
• IGF 2016 Submissions now being accepted.
• Speedrunners becomes an official ESL esport.
• Twitch Announces Sponsors, Interactive Areas and Exhibitors at TwitchCon 2015.
• Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition Style Tournament - Round 2 Results, Round 3 Rules.

• Fortnite on myGamer.

• Today Is Your Last Day For Two Xbox Live Games With Gold Games.
• There are now more than 100,000 achievements on Xbox Live.
• Hundreds of Destiny Cheaters Banned.
• Terraria is heading to Wii U and 3DS in Q1 2016.
• Free Just Dance 2016 Demo.

• BMW’s EnLighten app wants to take away your red light blues.
• First Class Flurry HD - Flight Attendant Time Management Game on the App Store on iTunes.

• Windows 10 upgrade resets your default browser to Edge; Mozilla is very unhappy.
• Facebook: Our drones will use lasers to deliver 10Gbps Internet access. Laser drones. What could be bad?
• Windows 10’s weirdly disjointed music, video, and store apps.
• Kim Dotcom & Mega Trade Barbs Over Hostile Takeover Claims. Thanks HARDOCP.

• Valve VR partner HTC invests $10 million in startup WEVR.
• Is artificial intelligence really an existential threat to humanity?
• Faster booting, smaller footprint make Windows 10 an easy upgrade for old PCs.
• Teslas will soon be able to park themselves, steer on the highway.
• Researchers craft atom-thick version of a junction used in transistors.
• ASUS Launches X99-M WS for Haswell-E Workstations.
• Hisense to buy Sharp America in $23.7M deal. Thanks Engadget via Devicer.
• PC Perspective Podcast #360 - Intel XPoint Memory, Windows 10 and DX12, FreeSync displays and more.
• Expert electrical analysis: $340 audiophile cables test “marginal.”
• What you sound like to a Sysadmin. Thanks HARDOCP.

• Windows 10: Microsoft faces criticism over privacy. Thanks Ant.
• New attack on Tor can deanonymize hidden services with surprising accuracy.
• NSA report shows China hacked 600+ US targets over 5 years.

• Google refuses French order to apply 'right to be forgotten' globally. Thanks HARDOCP.
• Appeals court: Actually, Newegg did win that case.
• Warrantless mobile phone location tracking heads to Supreme Court.
• Google Loses Patent License Dispute With Microsoft. Thanks HARDOCP.

• Derek Smart may not be able to play Star Citizen, but some say it looks like he's in the game as a character. Thanks theyarecomingforyou…
• Matrix Games now offers box upgrades for some of their digital games…

Link of the Day: 1,000 Musicians Perform the Foo Fighters' "Learn to Fly" in Unison in Italy.

The official website for Sébastien Loeb Rally EVO announces a delay to the off-road racing game, saying it is now due early next year after previously being excreted this fall (thanks DSOGaming). Here's the deal:

Milestone announces that Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo, originally scheduled for release on October 2015 on Xbox One®, the all-in-one games and entertainment system, PlayStation®4 and Windows PC/Steam, now will be available “Early 2016”.

“Sébastien Loeb Rally EVO is the biggest project ever made by Milestone since now. We’ve decided to postpone it to focus more on the title development. This release date change will offer to the players a rally simulation that represents a higher quality on the videogame experience”, affirms Luisa Bixio, V.P. Milestone.

Currently in development at Milestone studios in Italy, Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo will be available “Early 2016” on Xbox One, PlayStation®4 and PC/Steam

Blizzard announces a bonus event is now underway in World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, offering bonus rewards in the MMORPG through Monday:

Through the end of the day on Monday, it’s a fine time to venture into Draenor dungeons, as this week’s Bonus Event rewards you with reputations gains when you defeat dungeon enemies on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.

Make sure to pick up the event-only quest Emissary of War in your Garrison before you head out. It rewards an Iron Fleet Treasure Chest (containing one Hellfire Citadel Heroic quality item) that you won’t want to pass up.

Earlier this week, we asked you to choose your favorite boss encounter in Draenor dungeons. Cast your vote here!

Amplitude Studios announces Endless Space 2, an ironically titled sequel to their award-winning 4X space-strategy game. They offer a 20-second amplified reality teaser trailer as well as an interactive video to show off the new game, which will make its official debut next week at Gamescom, though they indicate there are "secrets" buried within the interactive clip that could reveal more of their plans between now and then. Here's word:

Following a huge community effort to uncover clues, award-winning developer Amplitude Studios announced the debut of the fourth game in the Endless series, Endless Space 2. The sequel to the two-time Unity-award winning Endless Space, Amplitude’s latest title features more turn-based, 4X space-strategy that launches players into the space colonisation age of various civilizations within the Endless universe.

Endless Space 2 will make its debut at gamescom 2015 in Cologne, Germany. For media interested in a first-look demo, please contact ICO Partners at pr@icopartners.com.

Amplitude’s GAMES2GETHER community participated in an internet scavenger hunt to collect various clues that eventually lead to the reveal of Endless Space 2 in an “Amplified Reality” trailer. The interactive trailer is available HERE, follow the on-screen instructions to interact.

The “Amplified Reality” trailer offers players the chance to watch a mysterious timeline unravel, with further information on the game revealed through interacting at particular moments. Amplitude’s GAMES2GETHER community has quickly discovered that the trailer links to elements from the original Endless Space, Dungeon of the Endless and Endless Legend. Further secrets are still embedded within the trailer, however. Players can join Amplitude’s GAMES2GETHER programme to become part Endless Space 2’s development, and unlock the first revealed hero for the game.

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Gamereactor UK has first details on Worms WMD, a new installment in Team17's strategy series based around surprisingly well-armed invertebrates, noting that their new conflict will include tanks to drive and buildings to enter. They have a preview along with a video interview discussing the project and showing snippets of gameplay. They also offer some excerpts with the first details on the game, which remains true to its hand-painted 2D roots, though they are redesigning the worms for a slightly new look. "This new worm, he's all new, he is a redesign. We're looking for something that looks a bit more contemporary, something that looks a bit more modern," explains Team17 creative manager Kevin Carthew. "The two art styles are purposefully contrasting; the landscape looks like hand painted images, the worm looks a lot simpler, clean lines. He's a little bit more angular. And that's intentionally done because it makes it visually more easy to read for the player. It's obvious what should be the landscape, and what are the interactive elements."

NCSOFT and ArenaNet announce a beta event will take place next weekend for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, their MMORPG expansion. They explain they will lead up to this by showing off the add-on next week at Gamescom:

NCSOFT and ArenaNet™, publisher and developer of the acclaimed Guild Wars franchise, today announced that the first publicly accessible beta for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns will get a preview on the show floor at gamescom then launch worldwide as the first official Beta Weekend Event for players who pre-purchased the game. The studio will debut a demo showcasing a portion of the content that’s playable in the beta test on the show floor starting on gamescom’s opening day on Wednesday, August 5, and running until the show ends on Sunday, August 9. ArenaNet is partnered with Twitch at gamescom and will have demo stations open to all attendees at the Twitch booth (Hall 9, Booth A-060).

• Competitive video gamers vie for $17M pool in 'World Series' of gaming.
• SpeedRunner Gets Banned On Twitch For Suicide Jokes During SGDQ 2015.

• Hitman on PC Gamer.

• PlayStation UK boss Fergal Gara resigns.
• We Talk Uncharted 4: A Thief's End With Naughty Dog - Skewed 'n Reviewed.
• Xbox One, PS4 Getting Acclaimed Indie Game Brothers in August With Extra Content.
• Magic Duels is Now Available for Xbox One.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist is Now Available for Xbox One.

• Report: New version of Google Glass being “quietly distributed” to workplaces.
• Uber Teams Up with AARP’s Life Reimagined to Offer Economic Opportunities to Members. Thanks HARDOCP.
• Alone on Google Play and iTunes.
• Mammoth Gravity Battles- Amazon.co.uk- Appstore for Android.
• Scout Ahead on the App Store on iTunes. LoL app for Apple Watch.
• Shire Defense on the App Store on iTunes.
• Yikes! Spikes! on Appstore for Android, Google Play, and iTunes.

• New study shows Spain’s “Google tax” has been a disaster for publishers. Unintended consequences not unforeseen.
• Report- New Apple TV and SDK due in September, maybe for real this time.

• AMD accuses Nvidia's Gameworks of being 'tragic' and 'damaging.'
• 14 million PCs upgraded to Windows 10 in the first day.
• Forcing the Windows 10 update to actually, well, update.
• Benchmarking Middle-Earth- Shadow of Mordor On Linux.
• Intel LGA1150 CPU OC Guide.
• Then and Now- Almost 10 Years of Intel CPUs Compared.
• Belarc Advisor version 8.5 released. Thanks DSLReports via Ant.
• EVGA X99 Micro2 Motherboard Launched with USB 3.1 Type-C on mATX.

• Nvidia recalls Shield Tablet over battery fire hazard worry.
• Critical BIND denial-of-service flaw could disrupt large portions of the Internet. Thanks Ant.
• FBI understaffed to tackle cyber threats, says watchdog. Thanks HARDOCP.
• Crypto activists announce vision for Tor exit relay in every library.
• New WikiLeaks Cache Reveals a Decade of U.S. Spying on Japan.

• CISA: the dirty deal between Google and the NSA that no one is talking about. Thanks DSLReports via Ant.
• RIAA and Friends Accuse CNET of Hosting 'Pirate' Software. Thanks HARDOCP.
• Appeals court upholds Microsoft’s legal win over Motorola.
• IT worker who used law firm job for insider trades gets 2 years in prison.

• Homesick on Just Adventure.
• Magicka 2 on gamesTM.
• Sunset on gamesTM.
• The Swindle on AngryCentaurGaming.
• Tembo the Badass Elephant on GameSpot.
• Toukiden Kiwami on True PC Gaming.
• Victor Vran on Eurogamer.

• Addonics AD2U31PX2 USB 3.1 2-Port PCIe 2X Add-On Card on TweakTown.
• Amped Wireless TAP-EX2 AC750 Wireless Range Extender on TweakTown.
• Corsair Obsidian Series 750D Airflow Series on HARDOCP.
• Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4-2666 MHz 4x 4 GB on techPowerUp.
• EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0 on ocaholic.
• G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4 2400MHz 16GB Kit on pcGameware.
• Intel Core i7 5775C on Overclockers Club.
• Kingston HyperX Savage 240gb SSD on Technogog.
• The LG G4 on AnandTech.
• SteelSeries QcK XXL Gaming Mousepad on Legit Reviews.
• Tesoro Lobera Spectrum RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard on Nikk Tech.
• XFX R9 390 Double Dissipation Core Edition on LAN OC.

• Good Game Spawn Point - Series 6 Episode 24. Thanks Ant…
• Rogue employee holds independent YouTube channel hostage, War Thunder CEO intervenes. A bizarre tale…

Some very preliminary talks have taken place about doing some tweaking to the design here, something I like to consider every ten years or so, whether it seems needed or not. Things I would like to accomplish include turning the rarely used side menu to drop-down top menu, consolidating all the other side-content and ads into a single side column, and getting the site to work a little better on smartphones. While change can be jarring, I think all that can be accomplished without significantly harming the look and feel of the site, while still making it a bit less clunky. History suggests that further progress on such an undertaking will be slow (if not nonexistent), so there should be adequate time to offer feedback on the plan. Feel free to chime in.

R.I.P.: Miami doctor James Jude, who pioneered CPR, dies at 87. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

Links:	Thanks Ant and Acleacius.
Play:	Tough Love Machine. My Dolphin Show 7.
Stories:	Golf club hunts mystery man who keeps shitting in the holes. TMI warning. Game of Thrones Could Last Longer Than You Think. Readers hunt for man shitting on their books.
Science:	Humans cling to their primal fear of the dark. Thanks Slashdot. How do ants synchronize to move really big stuff?
Image:	Ruins of ancient Asus civilization.
The Funnies:	Summer in the City Cartoon - Savage Chickens.