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• European Commission's preliminary investigation finds Valve to be in breach of anti-trust laws for geo--blocking

  Valve and five other publishers have been told that they’re in breach of EU competition rules for region-locking games for pricing purposes.

• THQ Nordic acquires Kingdom Come: Deliverance developer Warhorse

  THQ Nordic, through its subsidiary Koch Media, has acquired Warhorse Studios.

• Metro Exodus trailer gives you a look at the nightmare that is Artyom's world

  Artyom is reliving horrors from his past in this new Metro Exodus trailer.

• Steam users are review-bombing Metro series in protest of Exodus' Epic Store exclusivity

  Metro Exodus’ Steam page does not yet allow for user reviews, so players are taking their anger out on other Metro games.

• Metro Exodus timed-exclusivity deal on PC was Koch Media's decision, says THQ Nordic

  THQ Nordic has issued a statement regarding Metro Exodus PC being a timed-exclusive on the Epic Games Store.

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance DLC Amorous Adventures of bold Sir Hans Capon out next week

  Kingdom Come: Deliverance developer Warhorse has provided a release date for the game’s upcoming DLC.

• Onrush reviews round-up, all the scores

  Onrush is one of the biggest releases of June, and it’s about time we had a look at how it’s reviewing.

• Agony’s deleted scenes include interactive infant murder and first-person rape with visible penetration

  Agony recently featured on video game Twitter because the game’s press kit was sent out with a cake modelled after a mutilated, vagina-headed demon torso.

• The Onrush open beta is live all weekend on PS4, Xbox One

  The open beta for Onrush, the next racing game from former Evolution Studios developers, has kicked off.

• Saints Row, Dead Island and Metro publisher Koch Media acquired by THQ Nordic

  THQ Nordic has acquired Koch Media, the parent company of Deep Silver, which owns the rights to Metro, Dead Island, and Saints Row.

• Fishlabs acquired by Koch Media, co-founders to depart

  Mobile developer Fishlabs has been acquired by publisher Koch Media. Co-founders Schade and Lohr are to depart the firm, with no other redundancies.

• Koch Media to distribute THQ titles in Spain and Italy

  Spanish website Revogamers is reporting that THQ will cease distribution of its titles in Spain and Italy. German firm, Koch Media, is taking over distribution duties of THQ-published titles in the regions from this summer, including responsibility of the publisher’s back-catalogue and future games, which includes Darksiders II in August and Metro: Last Light early […]

• Risen video features gameplay footage with Nightwish music

  Risen is coming to PC and Xbox 360 on October 2, and to get you pumped for it, Piranha Bytes has released a new video for the game. It shows off the environments, a bit of gameplay and has Nightwish jamming in the background. Granted, the music seems to fit the theme of the trailer, […]

• Sacred 2 is golden, invades Europe June 5

  The console version of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel has reached gold status, and will release on June 5 for PS3 and 360. The PC version was released in November last year. Sacred 2 will arrive in the states May 12. Press release follows.

• Russell Grant brings Astrology to DS

  Never saw this coming. Deep Silver has released details of Russell Grant’s Astrology, the “infotainment” game for DS. Players will be able to check horoscopes, enrol in the AstroAcademy, and play numerous puzzle games. It’s out this spring.