Borderlands 4 is a mayhem-fueled looter shooter, jam-packed with billions of weapons, outrageous enemies, and intense co-op action. Explore a dangerous hidden planet Kairos as one of four new badass Vault Hunters.

Break free from the oppressive Timekeeper, a ruthless dictator who dominates the masses from on high. Now, a world-altering catastrophe threatens his perfect Order, unleashing mayhem across the planet. Ignite a resistance and blast your way through mechanical monstrosities, bloodthirsty bandits, and vicious beasts, with new traversal mechanics like: double jumping, gliding, dodging, fixed-point grappling, and more.

Speaking today at the DICE Summit in Las Vegas, Fergusson concluded his talk by discussing the team's plan to strengthen its relationship with its community by taking a leaf out of the books of both Diablo Immortal and World of Warcraft and releasing content roadmaps. He said that soon, we should expect to see a content roadmap for Diablo 4's 2025 plans, outlining seasons and updates at roughly the times they would show up throughout the year.

However, he said that the game's next expansion wouldn't be on that roadmap. It's not coming until 2026.

"In 2025, or just before Season 8, we will have a 2025 roadmap for Diablo 4. Now, our second expansion won't be on that roadmap, because our second expansion is coming in 2026, but at least players will have the road ahead."

Season 15 launches on February 18, and with it, the start of the 2025 Competitive Season! This season will feature a ranked reset, and new competitive Galactic Weapons designed to give players the power of the stars, competitive rank Weapon Charms, and new Player Portraits, all allowing you to display your skills in and out of matches.

After Season 15 kicks off, you will be able to take part in a new 6v6 competitive queue as well as Overwatch Classic: GOATS, one of the most notorious and memorable periods from Overwatch’s history.

Sign up for the Exoborne Playtest to be one of the first players to visit Colton County from February 12 - 17. Fight, loot, and scavenge for 60 minutes to receive two invitation keys for your friends and complete your squad.

Exoborne is an open-world, tactical extraction shooter set in a world torn apart by extreme forces of nature. Customize powerful exo-rigs to gain strategic advantage in ever-changing weather conditions. Face hostile factions, enemy players, and Mother Nature herself in intense high-stakes sessions.

Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. Twelve light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone.

Hunted by an alien organism capable of mimicking its prey, the crew of the Cassiopeia must outwit their pursuers to make it home alive. As they battle to survive, they are confronted with the hardest choice of all: to save themselves, they must risk the lives of everyone on Earth.

In Splitgate 2, you’ll play as an elite Ace, a futuristic athlete competing in the most popular sport in the galaxy. In your arsenal, you’ll not only have some of the sickest weapons you’ve ever seen, you’ll have a portal gun. We’ve also got unique abilities, equipment, perks, and more, all designed to keep each game exciting and fresh. So, for example, say you’re trying to capture the Hotzone when an enemy throws down a Smart Wall and opens fire, you can counter by opening a portal and flanking them from behind.

While we work to bring this game we love to the next level, it’s also important to us to stay true to where we started: a portal shooter with amazing movement and incredibly satisfying gunplay that’s fun as hell to play. To that end, we’re continually adjusting based on feedback from internal and external playtests to make sure that our portal mechanic, killer movement, and unparalleled gunplay remain at the core of what sets us apart from every other FPS out there.

1922. Miss Mulligatawney's School for Promising Girls is one of the best boarding schools in England. You are Verity Amersham, here on a scholarship - and today you're going to be expelled for attempted murder.

d! From the creators of Overboard! and A Highland Song comes a highly replayable detective game with a wicked twist. Can you escape expulsion through fair means - or foul? Can you find the culprit - or someone else to take the blame?

The Urban Myth Dissolution Center – your one-stop solution for dissolving and dealing with cursed relics, monstrous oddities, and dimensional anomalies!

Take on cases revolving around urban myths as Azami Fukurai, the heroine, under the supervision of Ayumu Meguriya, Level S psychic and Center Director...

The game takes you on an episodic digital mystery adventure, exploring various urban myths that haunt the internet, all presented in stunning psychedelic pixel art.

Lavos, the transmuter, acted as a jailer to an unnamed rogue Orokin alchemist on Venus. He grew close to the prisoner and eventually became his pupil. When the prisoner’s execution day came, the pupil instead transmuted his teacher into a serpent and grafted him onto Lavos’ left arm.

Lavos consumes enemies with serpent whips, crashes through enemies with a frozen trail of broken vials, launches transmutation probes to transform pickups into universal items, and catalyzes combatants with gallons of fiery gel.

• Twisted Tower on Steam (Windows). "Blast your way through an abandoned theme park crawling with fairy-tale mascots, twisted puzzles, and deadly traps. Uncover the dark secrets of your past as you race to the top to win the prize and the love of your life."

• Save 50% on Teardown on Steam.
• Save 25% on Mind Over Magic on Steam.
• Save 20% on Mouthwashing on Steam.
• Save 50% on 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel on Steam.
• Capcom Arcade Classics & Fighters Pack - Humble.*

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• Corsair Announces Planned Retirement of Founder and CEO Andy Paul and Appointment of Thi La as Company’s Next CEO - Business Wire.
• Corsair Gaming Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results - Business Wire.

• DAVE THE DIVER- Ichiban's Holiday DLC Official Trailer - Coming this April.

• Kingdom Come- Deliverance 2 Official Mod Support on the Way - IGN.

• Civilization 7 Mod Makers Are Already Tinkering With Its UI, Map Size, and More - IGN.

• Assassin's Creed Shadows- PC & New-Gen Features Trailer.

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows Tech Q&A - Ubisoft.

• Lies of P DLC Overture Announced, Releasing This Summer - Wccftech. No mention of a PC edition yet.
• PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for February- Star Wars Jedi- Survivor, TopSpin 2K25, Lost Records- Bloom & Rage – Tape 1 and more - PlayStation Blog.
• Days Gone Remastered announced for PS5, launches April 25 – PlayStation.Blog.

• Apple TV+ crosses enemy lines, will be available as an Android app starting today - Ars Technica.

• Duolingo’s cute owl mascot is dead. It is an ex-owl - CNN Business. Buried somewhere with the Twitter birdie. Thanks Neutronbeam.

• What are the biggest chip producers in the world? - Quartz.
• Cable maker advises against using old 12VHPWR cables with RTX 50-series GPUs - Tom's Hardware.
• 4 Reasons Why Linux Mint Is the Best Windows 11 Replacement - How-To Geek.
• Apple robots could enter mass production by 2028 or later, says analyst - Neowin. Every single thing that will ever occur in recorded history will happen "by 2028 or later."

• Emojis can be hacked to hide data or messages, unicode Characters also susceptible - Tom's Hardware. 😎 Thanks Neutronbeam.
• Trump's NCD pick has never held a cybersecurity role • The Register.

• Tesla is suing drivers who complain about their cars after accidents – and winning - The Independent. Thanks Matthew.
• Serial “swatter” behind 375 violent hoaxes targeted his own home to look like a victim - Ars Technica.

Like so many of our peers, we aren't immune to the complex, unfavorable market dynamics that have hit our industry these past several years. It pains us greatly to share today that we must lay off an estimated 15% of our around 400 employees. The layoffs affect development teams and shared services. This has not been an easy decision to make, as we deeply appreciate the hard work of our talented teams. After putting the development of the next Crysis game on hold in 03 2024, we have been trying to shift developers over to Hunt: Showdown 1896.

While Hunt: Showdown 1896 is still growing, Crytek cannot continue as before and remain financially sustainable. Even after ongoing efforts to reduce costs and cut operating expenses, we have determined that layoffs are inevitable to move forward. Crytek will offer affected employees severance packages and career assistance services.

Teaming up in squads of three – or daring to go solo – players must choose one of eight Nightfarers, each with different abilities, to outlast a three day-and-night cycle. Players must make split-second decisions about combat and exploration across a map that can fluctuate with different biomes, weapons, and enemies in order to become stronger, and outrun the encroaching circle of fire to be able to take on terrifying bosses at the end of each day. This culminates on the third day, where if players were successful in surviving the night must take on one of the Nightlords – new bosses for this version. Nightfarers must learn to cooperate to take down these challenges, combining their unique abilities together for an unparalleled experience in the ELDEN RING universe. All is not lost for those who fall in defeat. Unsuccessful runs will grant players relics to allow them to customize and upgrade their characters tailored to their personal play styles.

BREAK FREE from your creator. The objective of I, Robot is simple: take control of the ox-headed robot and outwit the all-seeing eye. But, remember, AVOID THE EYE at all costs, or else it’s GAME OVER, MAN.

You’ll navigate across a 3D kaleidoscopic visualizer in each level by flipping tiles to open up pathways to escape. Make sure you don’t jump while the eye’s watching, or you’ll be ZAPPED away in a flash. If you make it across the tiles, you’ll have to race down a tube and BLAST away any enemy shapes that move into your path and try to stop you. Don’t get too comfortable, chump. Minter periodically mixes things up with arena levels that will ignite your synapses with onslaughts of lethal enemies.

"We have two established own franchises, Control and Alan Wake, which are linked through the Remedy Connected Universe. Remedy will self-publish upcoming games, in which Remedy owns the IP. Growing and expanding the two franchises will be a key part of our future. In addition, we work with a partner franchise Max Payne that was originally created by Remedy," said the company, discussing its long-term prospects.

"By 2030, we aim to be a highly regarded creative studio with sustainable, significant commercial success. We have set ourselves the following financial targets: 1) Double the 2024 revenue by 2027 with continued growth beyond this milestone and 2) EBITDA margin of 30 percent by 2027 and maintain that minimum level throughout the strategy period."

We are contacting you because you recently launched PirateFi (3476470) on Steam. The Steam account of the developer for this game uploaded builds to Steam that contained suspected malware.

You played PirateFi (3476470) on Steam while these builds were active, so it is likely that these malicious files launched on your computer.

We’ll be removing Daggerfall Unity - GOG Cut from our store on February 12th at 2 PM UTC.

We’ve made this decision because, at this time, the pack is outdated and no longer fulfills its purpose of providing a hassle-free modded experience to the game.

Rest assured, anyone who already has it in their library will, of course, keep it.

We’re also working on a solution that will allow us to publish and maintain such projects better in the future, so stay tuned!

• Backrooms Level X on Steam (Windows). "Enter the disturbing world of Backrooms Level X, a first-person narrative survival horror game that immerses you in an endless labyrinth of desolate and liminal spaces. 13 levels and giant enemies await you in this unique experience."
• BLUMA on Steam (Windows). "Join Bluma in this cozy puzzle-platforming adventure where you make the platforms. It’s up to Bluma and her magical tail to unite the elemental realms by solving physics-based puzzles and farming vegetables."
• ChessFinity Demo on Steam (Windows, macOS). "ChessFinity: Its chess but as you have never seen it before. Try it now for free. Our demo has VS AI play for our 4 main modes ( Classic , Modded , Mana and 4 Player ) with a load of customisation to boot. Do you have what it takes to play in three dimensions?"
• Dunebound Tactics on Steam (Windows). "Lead your band of survivors on a perilous trek across unforgiving sands in search of a new home. Battle ruthless factions, scavenge dwindling resources, reshape the terrain to your advantage and make life-or-death choices in Dunebound Tactics, a Roguelite Turn-Based Tactical RPG."
• The Knightling on Steam (no platforms listed). "The Knightling is an open world, action-adventure where you play as an aspiring knight in search of their missing mentor, Sir Lionstone. Equipped with only a legendary shield, you’ll brave your way through the lands of Clesseia to become the unlikely hero." Here's a trailer.
• Ruffy and the Riverside Demo on Steam (Windows, Linux). "In Ruffy and the Riverside, you wield the magic SWAP to Copy & Paste textures - turn ice into lava or waterfalls into vines! Explore, fight, skate on straw bales, and unleash your imagination in this quirky open-world action game. Dive into an adventure that lets you literally change the world!"

• Jumpship co-founder Dino Patti reacquires studio from Thunderful - Game Developer.
• Did you know the top brass at ARMA and DayZ studio Bohemia Interactive bought a 'disinformation outlet' in 2023? - Game Developer.

• Monster Hunter- World sold over a million copies just in the last 3 months, despite being 7 years old - AUTOMATON WEST. Thanks Reddit.

• Mortal Kombat 2 Drops First Look At Karl Urban As Johnny Cage, And I'm Loving The Puns That Came With It - Cinemablend. Looks like AI Brad Pitt.

• HELLDIVERS 2 - PATCH 01.002.104.
• NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black - NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black Update Details Ver1.0.7.0.
• No Man's Sky Worlds Part II - 5.55.

• PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Weekly Bans Notice (02/03~02/09).

• Omni One expands to 55 full-body VR titles with Arizona Sunshine 2 and Into the Radius - VentureBeat.

• New Call of Duty- Black Ops 6 Update Breaks Season 2 Battle Pass - GameRant.

• Atomfall - Features Trailer.
• Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered - Official Teaser Trailer.

• From Humble Storefront To Unstoppable Curator, I Had the Honor of Speaking to GOG About Their Ongoing Game Preservation Mission (Interview) - Vice.
• Elden Ring Nightreign: Answering 20 Burning Questions - Xbox Wire.

• Elden Ring Nightreign- First Impressions of the Network Test Build - IGN.

• ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 – Next Gen Announcement Trailer. Are four year-old consoles still "next gen?"
• Xbox Omega Ring (2502.250206-2200) Update Preview Release Notes - Xbox Support.
• Xbox Delta Ring (2502.250206-2200) Update Preview Release Notes - Xbox Support.
• Xbox Beta Ring (2502.250206-2200) Update Preview Release Notes - Xbox Support.
• Xbox Alpha Ring (2502.250206-2200) Update Preview Release Notes - Xbox Support.
• Xbox Alpha Skip-Ahead Ring (2504.250206-2200) Update Preview Release Notes - Xbox Support.

• MIT builds swarms of tiny robotic insect drones that can fly 100 times longer than previous designs - Live Science. Thanks Max.

• UnitedHealth hired a defamation law firm to go after social media posts criticizing the company - Fortune.
• Here's How All Online Maps Are Handling the ‘Gulf of Mexico’ Name Change - WIRED (may require registration or subscription).
• Apple now lets users migrate purchases between Apple Accounts - 9to5Mac. Thanks Ant.

• AMD Rumored To Unveil A 32 GB Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU This Year, And No, It's Not A PRO GPU! - Wccftech.
• When software updates actually improve—instead of ruin—our favorite devices - Ars Technica. Thanks Neutronbeam.
• Silicon Valley’s Macho Makeover Was a Warning, Not a Trend - WIRED (may require registration or subscription). Alpha male cosplay.
• Visual Studio Code version 1.97.1.
• Evernote version 10.126.5.

• Trump administration declares 'most powerful' AI chips will be built in America - Tom's Hardware.
• FTC Finalizes Order with DoNotPay That Prohibits Deceptive 'AI Lawyer' Claims, Imposes Monetary Relief, and Requires Notice to Past Subscribers. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.
• Google's AI image remixing tool 'Whisk' is now available in 100+ countries - Neowin.
• Adobe Firefly AI video generator debuts—the most 'IP-safe' AI tool yet? - VentureBeat.

• Subnautica 2 dev sounds foghorn about 'fraudulent links' being sent to community members- 'We will never contact anyone by Steam DM for any potential playtests' - PC Gamer.
• This Ad-Tech Company Is Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel - WIRED (may require registration or subscription).
• Meta warns users not to fall for romance scammers posing as celebrities - Engadget. The warnings people need.
• Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2025 Edition – Krebs on Security.

• The Trump administration restores federal webpages after court order - The Verge.
• Microsoft proposes new Office and Teams pricing to avoid massive EU fine - TechSpot. Thanks Neutronbeam.

• In Civilization VII, Empires Rise and Stereotypes Start to Fall - The New York Times (free account required).
• Light de Deux - Christ Centered Gamer.
• In The Stone of Madness, Outcasts Band Together - The New York Times (free account required). Thanks Neutronbeam.
• Urban Myth Dissolution Center review - Eurogamer.net.

• Case: Asustor LockerStor 6 Gen 3 AS6806T NAS (6x HDD-SSD - 4x NVMe) - A Wicked AMD powered NAS - Guru3D.
• Gaming Chair: Secretlab Titan EVO NanoGen Edition Review - PCMag.
• Headset/Earbuds: Lime Ears TERRA Universal-Fit In-Ear Monitors Review - TechPowerUp.
• Keyboard: Corsair K70 PRO TKL Review- A Perfect Keyboard For Taking PC Gaming to the Next Level - How-To Geek.
• Keyboard: Gamakay TK101 wireless gaming keyboard review - PC Gamer.
• Keyboard: Lemokey L5 HE 8K Review- The most customizable 75-percent- - Tom's Hardware.
• Laptop: Asus Zenbook Duo 2025 review- Newfound power with one caveat - Laptop Mag.
• Laptop: HP Pavilion 16 review- Economical AMD CPU in a stylish multimedia laptop - NotebookCheck.net Reviews.
• Laptop: Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition Review - PCMag.
• Laptop: MSI Prestige 16 AI Evo review - The multimedia laptop with a speedy Arrow Lake CPU and impressive runtimes - NotebookCheck.net.
• Motherboard: ASRock B860 Steel Legend Wi-Fi Review - TechPowerUp.
• Mouse: Endorfy LIV Plus Wireless - OCinside (German).
• PSU: ASRock Steel Legend SL-1000G PSU Review - Tom's Hardware.

Rock and Round-up
Thanks Ant, Neutronbeam, and Max.

Stories

• Monty the giant schnauzer wins Westminster dog show - NPR.
• Wes Anderson's Next Film 'The Phoenician Scheme' Sets May Release - Variety.
• 'Ne Zha 2' smashes box office records, becomes first non-Hollywood film to hit 1 bln USD - Global Times.
• More Than 175 World War II Practice Bombs Found at Playground in England - The New York Times (free account required).

Science

• Study reveals direct gut-brain communication via vagus nerve - Medical Express.
• Paleontology Shaken- Organic Molecules Found in 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Bones - SciTechDaily. Chaos theory.

Media

• What's Inside The World’s Worst eBike- Reevo Teardown - Berm Peak Express. Thanks The Flying Penguin.

Creature Features

• Adorable pig comes running for his breakfast - Boing Boing. Eats like a pig.