This critically acclaimed first-person RPG takes the player on an amazing journey into the fantasy world of Arx. The game mixes intelligent story with immersive and actual medieval surroundings. Arx Fatalis allows the player to feel that all his actions have a direct consequence on those around him.

• Desperados III is a real-time tactics game with the story set before the events shown in Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive. In the demo released exclusively on GOG.COM, we meet Isabelle, a mysterious lady from New Orleans. She’s later joined by John Cooper, Kate O’Hara, and the rest of the band on two dangerous missions.
• Destroy All Humans! is an open world action-adventure game about Crypto, an alien who lands in 1953 America. There, he must harvest human DNA and destroy all potential foes. In the game’s demo, released exclusively on GOG.COM, you’ll have the chance to test Crypto’s fancy weapons and even sit behind the cockpit of the flying saucer.
• System Shock is a remake of a cyberpunk RPG masterpiece. As a hacker stuck on a space station, you must try to survive the machinations of the evil SHODAN A.I. In the 1-hour long demo you can explore the cold corridors of the space station and meet some of the SHODAN’s disgusting minions.
• CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you become an amorphous creature of unknown origin. By consuming people around, this being evolves and becomes even more deadly. In the demo, you are tasked with escaping the research facility in which you are held.
• Spiritfarer is a cozy management game about evanescence. You play Stella, ferry master to the deceased. The demo gives you a chance to upgrade your ferry with new elements, talk with its unusual passengers and… spend some time fishing.
• Vagrus - The Riven Realms is a role-playing game with strategic elements. The game’s prologue serves as an introduction to the dark fantasy world of the game. It puts you in the shoes of the caravan leader leading his crew across a dangerous land to finish various missions.
• Cris Tales is a beautiful indie game with all the best qualities of jRPG. Join Time Mage Crisbell on her journey across a world facing a grim future. In the demo, you witness the beginning of her adventure, as she’s meeting new friends and learning basics of time magic art. This version of the demo has two new characters, five new enemies, and three new time powers in the new Demo Battle mode.

Today, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA), the National Football League (NFL) and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) announced a multi-year renewal to their partnership, marking the biggest and widest-reaching gaming agreement in NFL history. Under the partnership, the EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL franchise will exclusively create authentic football simulation games, and EA SPORTS, the NFL and the NFLPA will partner to develop games in new genres, expanded esports programs, and additional experiences for fans across more platforms.

The agreement comes at a time when the world is playing and watching more Madden NFL than ever before as NFL fandom worldwide continues to grow. Madden NFL 20 is the most successful game in franchise history. Unique players have grown by 30 percent year-over-year, monthly average players have reached an all-time high, more than 330 million hours of the game have been played, and over one billion minutes watched on Twitch since launch. In just the month of April alone, player levels have nearly doubled from last year, and great community and celebrity-athlete competitions broadcast throughout the month led to the equivalent of 2,600 NFL seasons of Madden NFL 20 content watched by viewers around the world. Madden NFL esports also had its biggest year yet, with broadcasts on ESPN, ESPN2, and FS1 bringing Madden NFL competitive programming to tens of millions of fans.

In an effort to get everything ready for Chapter 2 - Season 3, we’re extending Season 2 by one week. The new launch day of Season 3 will be Thursday, June 11. Also make sure to check out a one-time-only live event called The Device, now scheduled for Saturday, June 6 at 2 PM ET (please show up 30 minutes early to help secure your spot, space is limited!).

Before the new Season, don’t forget to complete your Battle Pass Challenges and lock in appearance choices for Brutus, TNTina, Meowscles, Skye, Midas, and Maya. There’s still time to complete the recently-added Location Domination and Storm The Agency Challenges.

Ever Forward is an adventure puzzle game — it is the story of Maya. Maya is lost in a strange world somewhere between reality and imagination. She is alone to confront her despair on her journey of discovery, where she must unlock her memories and confront her fears to unravel the secrets of the world. Players will need to use their observational skills and intelligence to solve multiple puzzles to piece together the mystery of Maya's past and what dark secrets she has buried.

Beatdown Brawler is a zany 3d fighting game featuring four action packed game modes.

Building on the foundation laid by The Crusaders, Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes delivers another seven campaigns of challenging hybrid RTS/action, all backed by a thundering heavy metal soundtrack.

Set in parallel with the original Crusaders storyline, players control seven new generals in Heroes, including the half-vampire Leinhart, massive ogre warlord Urukubarr and the half-elf warrior Ellen. Wade into battle as your chosen leader while simultaneously commanding your army, now including powerful new elemental creatures to command.

Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes blends brutal hack n’ slash action, intense real-time tactical planning and RPG-style customisation of your hero and army. While the hero always leads the charge, players have plenty of opportunity to buy upgrades for their troops and customize what unit types are brought to the field.

The day has come. The Infinite Empire invites you all to enter the world of Resolutiion, an action adventure full of dirty jokes and punishing combat. Resolutiion is out now on Nintendo Switch™ and PC.

In Resolutiion players will slip into the role of Valor, an old killer escorting a curious AI to infiltrate a terrorist network. They will find themselves in a grim dark cyberpunk world where nothing and everything can be real and where they will need to crush a revolt against the dystopian paradise the world has become.

• The winner of Best Art is: Sayonara Wild Hearts from Simogo (Sweden)
• The winner of this year’s Best Fun for Everyone is: What the Golf? from Triband (Denmark)
• The winner of this year’s Best Technology is: Control from Remedy Entertainment (Finland)
• The winner of this year’s Best Debut is: My Friend Pedro from Deadtoast (Sweden)
• The winner of this year’s Best Audio is: Mutazione from Die Gute Fabrik (Denmark)
• The winner of this year’s Best Design is: Baba is You from Hempuli Oy (Finland)
• The winner of this year’s Best VR/XR is: Ghost Giant from Zoink Games (Sweden)
• The winner of Nordic Game of the Year – Small Screen is: Sayonara Wild Hearts from Simogo (Sweden)
• Jury’s Special Mention: Mosaic from Krillbite Studio (Norway)
• The winner of Nordic Game of the Year 2020 is: Control from Remedy Entertainment (Finland)

• Focus Home Interactive - Skulls for the Skull Throne 4 Sale on Steam.

• ASTRONEER -- Update 1.12 is live. Contains new camera drone and Dedicated Server functionality!
• Path of Exile 3.10.2 Patch with Beta of Vulkan Renderer.

• Outriders Supports Character Builds Where You Barely Need Guns at All - IGN.
• David Braben: "Physical games will go away in two to three years" - GamesIndustry.biz.
• Cliff Bleszinski Reflects On The Closure Of His Studio, Boss Key - GameSpot.

• The End of the Sun - The Adventure in Slavic Fantasy World by The End of the Sun Team — Kickstarter. Fully funded.

• YouTube Gaming Creator Tournament - Call of Duty: Warzone (video). Gets underway tomorrow.
• The average LCS player is getting paid about $400k per year.

• Outriders Is a Looter-Shooter With Super Soldier Serum - IGN.

• Star Wars Battlefront II and Call of Duty- WWII are your PS Plus games for June.
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition Hits PS4 August 27 With New Features.
• Evan's Remains Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One.
• Atomicrops Is Now Available For Xbox One.
• 6 Things You Didn’t Know About Project Warlock, Coming to Xbox One June 12.
• Xbox Insider Release Notes - Alpha Skip-Ahead and Alpha Ring (2006.200527-0000).

• A $350 “anti-5G” device is just a 128MB USB stick, teardown finds.

• Facebook will verify identities for suspiciously popular accounts. Thanks Hypothermia.

• HTC co-founder reveals new VR headset and social platform.
• Lucasfilm Announces Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge VR Experience.

• Trump signs executive order targeting Twitter after fact-checking row.
• UK Ad Campaign Seeks to Deter Cybercrime.

• Apex Legends Season 5 Off to the Best Start of Any Season to Date…
• Cate Blanchett cast in Eli Roth's Borderlands movie adaptation…

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
Shoot and loot as you explore the mayhem-filled world of Pandora in BORDERLANDS 2 and the lunar madness of BORDERLANDS: THE PRE-SEQUEL in BORDERLANDS: THE HANDSOME COLLECTION.

BORDERLANDS: THE HANDSOME COLLECTION includes:

• 2 critically acclaimed BORDERLANDS games in one package
• All bonus add-on content, adding hundreds of hours of gameplay at an incredible value*
• Cooperative gameplay for up to four players

SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.
Roam a tiny island stuck on a sludge covered planet as an upcoming tagger GHOST set on staking their claim amongst the graffiti elite. Traverse the corporately branded landscape, chat up other taggers, and discover secrets and idiots along the way.

Will you become the king of the island and tag every open inch, infiltrate sludge-pumping corporation GLUG to find a way out, or just take it all down in flames with you?

Steam Cloud Play is currently in Beta and features are being added over time. We are now accepting a limited amount of games into the service as we continue to build features and server capacity for players. The first service we are connecting to Steam to allow users to play games from their Steam Library from the Cloud is Nvidia GeForce NOW. There are more details below about how to opt your game(s) into the service as well as answers to a few common questions below.

Currently Nvidia GeForce NOW is available in North America, Western Europe and Asia Pacific. Currently, Steam users will need to download the GeForce Now client and connect their Steam account to the GFN service to play their Steam Library. The user may pay a subscription cost to use the GFN service. Customers will continue to acquire games on Steam the same way they do today, and partner payouts will remain the same.

These cloud services enable Steam users to play their Steam library in the cloud, one game at a time, like they can on their local PC. Developers must manually opt-in the games they wish to make available on GeForce NOW.

Going forward, only the games that are opted in will be available on the service, providing confidence in the GeForce NOW game library. Yet some publishers are still figuring out their cloud strategies. Those that haven’t opted in as of May 31 will be removed.

The current list of games playable on GeForce NOW, including mega-hits — like Apex Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Destiny 2, Dota 2, Fortnite, Rocket League, Terraria and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege — can be found here, along with the list of games that will no longer be available.

Brunswick Pro Billiards is the most realistic and immersive billiards game available for any platform. This is an officially licensed Brunswick product featuring real pool tables, pool cues, and billiard ball sets. Compete against friends or other players online for Brunswick Bucks! Use those winnings to upgrade equipment and tables. Players can also hone their skills against A.I. opponents, battle friends in local multiplayer matches, and play single player Challenge Modes offering a variety of gameplay options.

Gamers will be accepted into the closed alpha on a first-come first-serve basis. Those who join will receive a free copy of Field of Heroes on Steam, access to Gamieon's Discord server, and access to pictures of the developer's adorable cat Missy (also known as Megakitty). Once all slots are filled, the closed alpha signup will close until more testers are needed.

Field of Heroes is an online medieval soccer-MOBA hybrid for the Windows desktop platform where players attempt to kick a ball into the other team's goal while fighting opponents with weapons and magic. Players may choose from one of several characters to play as; each with a unique weapon and special ability to foil enemies with. Drawing inspiration from other hit titles such as Pigskin 621 A.D., Altitude and Rocket League; Field of Heroes mixes competitive action with cartoony nonsense in a fun pick-up-and-play sports game.

Set in the sleepy town of Dormont – a town in a spiralling split from the fabric of reality, warped by darkness and the deeds of the citizens who reside within, Those Who Remain is a story-driven, first-person adventure thriller combining a deeply-atmospheric game world replete with tense psychological horror that delves deep into the human psyche.

Edward, a man who had previously enjoyed the perfect life, is attempting to break off an affair to put his life back on track by driving into the night, unaware of the darkness brewing below Dormont and the cause of recent disappearances. Players must confront the unknown horrors reflected by the darkness and survive the night as Edward is faced with a test of his sanity, morality and the shadows of evil that lurks below.

In development for over two years, Those Who Remain from Camel 101 presents a unique atmospheric psychological thriller experience. The game offers a suspenseful sensation throughout the story about the mysterious town of Dormont. Players can keep the darkness at bay and experience an immersive branching narrative with weighted choices and consequences and multiple endings.

Inspired by Source Engine classics like Half-Life 2 and Portal 2, INDUSTRIA is an atmospheric shooter that touches profound subjects concerning our past as well as our future. It questions our scientific responsibility, the nature of the universe's inner workings as well as how far we should go with artificial intelligence and self-learning algorithms. With storytelling being a huge focus in INDUSTRIA and leaning on the work of David Lynch, the game is a surreal journey into a familiar dimension.

Berlin, 9th November 1989 - The streets are full of people. After four decades of division, thousands of cars are rolling across the inner-German border. The Wall is finally open! At the same time, a man by the name Walter seemingly disappears in a secret research facility near East Berlin. His goodbye message reaches you too late and you are forced to track him down.

Every expedition lives or dies by the strength of its crew. You have a diverse array of character traits and skills at your disposal, each opening exciting new options for both combat and story events. As you delve ever deeper, you may also subject your crew to powerful but grisly mutations; the price of survival is high, and no one escapes the abyss unchanged.

The horrors of the void hiding in the deep waters can become too much to bear, and your crew may experience episodes of exhaustion and insanity. Will their psyche get stronger, or will it be forever damaged? Only a game of dice with Fate itself will determine the outcome.

Salvaged resources can be turned into weapons, armor, or other useful supplies – or used to repair and upgrade the Salem, giving your crew a crucial edge in the fight for survival. The more you explore the abyss during the missions, the more chance you have of finding lost treasures of the deep.

In Solar Baron’s world of dwindling resources, the government has privatized the stagnant global space agency in the desperate hope that profit-driven corporations can find a way to acquire the vast wealth available on other worlds and bring it home. As the head of one such company, players will traverse the solar system and deliver what they can extract from other planets and moons back to their home planet – at a profit.

Solar Baron combines the satisfaction of growing your company from nothing with the gratification of designing spacecraft and watching them perform real-world orbital maneuvers using realistically simulated orbital mechanics. With a range of available engines, fuel types, and components to choose from, players must tailor spacecraft to the needs of their missions. Players can extend their reach by constructing orbital spaceports and surface bases at strategic locations. Using a streamlined mission design system, players create tasks for spacecraft to perform while the game’s intuitive system works out the mission details automatically. This gives players time for more important things such as deciding their overall strategy, goals, future missions, and - of course - watching the bottom line.

Epic Chef offers players a unique blend of cooking game and life sim. Alongside a fun and engaging narrative, the game also offers the option to farm, forage and frolic in the laid-back city of Ambrosia. From rearing animals to destroying rival chefs in surreal one-on-one duels, Epic Chef makes sure players will not be short of things to do.

In Blood Rage: Digital Edition, each player controls one of the seven ancient Viking clans: the Wolf, Bear, Serpent, Raven, Ram, Wild Boar, and Stag clan. Each one comes with its unique warriors, leader, and ship. Draft the best cards and use them to gain the advantage in battle. Raid lands, fulfill quests, and upgrade your units to lead your clan to victory! The original miniatures from the board game have been digitized into 3D-animated units using high-res photogrammetry, leveraging more than 100 pictures for each of them.

You must choose your drafted cards carefully at the beginning of each Age. Prepare your winning strategy for the game but make sure to adapt as your opponents take actions or claim allegiance to specific gods. Each god is generous with unique features: Frigga provides resources and support, Tyr strengthens your clan in battle while Loki rewards losing battles or punishes the opposing winner. Deduce their plan and play tactically to counter them. Winning battle is not the only way to victory, as you sometimes gain more victory points by sacrificing your troops!

Brothers in Blood is a unique cooperative first person shooter which will feature both well known and (in some cases) lesser known battles spanning across World War II. You and your friends will need to coordinate your efforts and rely on each other as the bombs fall and enemies engage you on all sides. Thrilling gun fights and an array of weapons to mow down your foes with are all featured in this engaging World War II cooperative experience. Fun first design is balanced out with immersive details throughout the game. We’ll be starting with Allied efforts on the western front before progressing to other areas.

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive adds Warhammer 40,000 Sticker Capsule.
• Derail Valley: Overhauled Is Now Available.
• Endzone - A World Apart - Side Missions Update - Available Now.
• Half-Life: Alyx Update 1.4 released. Adds boozy liquid shader.
• Star Wars Battlefront II - May 28th Patch - Release Notes.

• Desperados III - Kate O'Hara Trailer.
• Lost Treasures: Official Sea of Thieves Content Update Trailer.
• Wholesome Direct - Indie Game Showcase 5.26.2020. Thanks Kotaku via Neutronbeam.

• How Kickstarter Employees Formed a Union. Thanks Neutronbeam.
• Natural Instincts - Interactive Nature Documentary Sim by Games Operators — Kickstarter. "Natural Instincts is an interactive nature documentary sim that offers the player an open world and the ability to manage the actions of different animals. Protect the species and save them from harm – either from human threats or natural predators. Give commands to the animals, observe their rituals, and help them survive. Face various disasters, react to encroaching human presence, and help the animal kingdom flourish in this unique, environmental experience."
• Bake 'n Switch: Couch Co-Op Online with Friends by Streamline Games — Kickstarter. Funded: Cooking up stretch goals.

• Logitech G and McLaren Announces Logitech McLaren G Challenge 2020.
• 16 rosters progress to PCS Europe Charity Showdown Grand Finals - PUBG Continental Series Europe Charity Showdown.
• Advertising Enters Video Games At A New Angle Through Esports.
• ESL India Premiership 2020 to be Exclusively Streamed on Disney+ Hotstar.

• Xbox Series X: The Most Powerful and Compatible Next-Gen Console with Thousands of Games at Launch.
• Discover the Secrets of We Were Here Together on June 5 - Xbox Wire.
• Georifters Is Now Available For Xbox One.
• Let's Sing 2020 Is Now Available For Xbox One.
• Woodle Tree Bundle Is Now Available For Xbox One.
• Charming RPG Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling Is Out Today on PS4.
• Nintendo Download: Really Feeling It.

• Coronavirus: France set to roll out contact-tracing app before UK.
• How AI Helps AVs Perceive Intersection Structure. Thanks Hypothermia.
• Android Now Has A Very Good 3DS Emulator. Thanks Neutronbeam.

• Twitter fact-checks China amid bias row.
• Twitter CEO stands by fact-check on Trump's tweets.
• YouTube ducks questions about “error” that nixed anti-Beijing comments. Thanks Phlegm.
• Twitch, the platform known for live-streaming video games, enters the virtual movie night field.
• Google offers a free Nest Mini to YouTube Premium subscribers.
• Apple will reportedly team up with Martin Scorsese on a $180 million movie - Engadget.
• Regrettable Texts in the Time of Covid-19. Thanks Neutronbeam.

• ASUS introduces a new -clock speed - boost overclocking feature for non-K INTEL processors, known as "ASUS Performance Enhancement."
• Intel's NUC 11 extreme with 11'th Gen Tiger Lake -U processor and a GTX 1660 Ti GPU has been spotted.
• The Raspberry Pi 4 now comes with up to 8GB of RAM.
• New fuzzing tool finds 26 USB bugs in Linux, Windows, macOS, and FreeBSD.
• Peak Performance: Quadro Experience Streamlines Productivity for Professionals. Thanks Hypothermia.
• You can build Linus Torvalds' PC- Here's all the hardware and where to buy it.
• Virtual Reality Emerging As Effective Pain Management Tool.
• World’s largest all-electric aircraft set for first flight.
• Revival of Microsoft Disk Clean-up as open-source with Burnbytes. Thanks DSLReports via Ant.

• How to Identify and Clean 'AnarchyGrabber3' Discord Malware. Thanks Neutronbeam.
• Why zero trust security needs strong hardware foundations.

• Bipartisan opposition leaves surveillance bill in doubt.
• Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou Could Face Extradition to the U.S. Thanks Phlegm.
• Arizona sues Google for tracking users' location even when they turned tracking off.

• Crucible Review - IGN.
• Crucible review - PC Gamer. Thanks Phlegm.
• Crucible Review - MOBAttle Royale, Mo' Problems - Wccftech.
• Crucible Review: Amazon Magicks Gaming Cliches Into Something Fresh - WIRED.
• Mortal Kombat 11- Aftermath Review - IGN.
• Streets of Rage 4 - Christ Centered Gamer.
• Those Who Remain review - a torturous exercise in mediocrity • Eurogamer.net.
• Those Who Remain Review - IGN.

• Asus VivoBook S15 (S533) Review - PCMag.
• Intel Core i5-10400 CPU vs. AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - TechSpot.
• Intel Core i5-10400F CPU Review - Better Value than Ryzen 5 3600 - TechPowerUp.
• Mad Catz The Authentic R.A.T. Air Mouse Review- Call an Exterminator - Tom's Hardware. Thanks Hypothermia.
• Microsoft Surface Book 3 (15-inch) review- more power, more problems - The Verge.
• MSI MEG Z490 Godlike Motherboard Review - TechPowerUp.

• Elite: Dangerous players want to tame the galaxy, and they need your help…
• Riot is renaming Valorant’s confusing top rank for launch…

Lingering Links
Thanks Ant and Neutronbeam.

Breakfast Link

• You Thought Your Cat Was Fancy? The Toyger Queen.

Stories

• The coronavirus death toll, in U.S. historical perspective.
• Lyme Disease Season Is Here. These Are Tips on How to Avoid It. Thanks j.c.f.
• 'It's against nature': illegal wildlife trade casts shadow over traditional Chinese medicine. Thanks Max.

Science

• New material releases hydrogen from water at near-perfect efficiency.
• These tiny, self-assembling traps capture PFAS. Thanks Max.
• The Mysterious Anomaly Weakening Earth's Magnetic Field Seems to Be Splitting.

Media

• VLDL: Not enough experience to pass - Level Up.
• The Insane Engineering of the A-10 Warthog.
• Pussy Lake.

Follow-up

• SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launch is postponed due to inclement weather.