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• Save 25% on a PC copy of Vanquish today at Humble

  Over at Humble today, you can grab Vanquish from PlatinumGames, with an extra 25% off. This one ends soon, though, so be quick.

• Hunt: Showdown trailer provides a condensed look at what to expect in Early Access

  Hunt: Showdown will hit Steam Early Access soon, and the latest trailer shows a smidgen of what to expect.

• WW2 shooter Day of Infamy is free to play this weekend on Steam

  Day of Infamy, one of the best WW2 shooters available today, is having a free weekend.

• Iconic Counter-Strike: Global Offensive map Dust2 is getting an updated version

  Valve will soon release an updated, refined version of the classic Dust2 map in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is close to hitting 2 million concurrent players on Steam

  After beating every record in Steam’s history, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is now setting new and unprecedented records.

• "We have sometimes been conducting our business with practices people may call shady," says fake game publisher whose Steam games got nuked

  The developer whose games were removed from Steam for being nothing more than asset flips, says its reputation was “destroyed beyond repair”.

• The original Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is now playable online once more

  The classic, 2005 Star Wars: Battlefront 2 had its multiplayer shut down when GameSpy was shuttered.

• Nioh: Complete Edition minimum and recommended PC specs revealed

  Now that we know for sure Nioh is coming to PC, it’s time to see what sort of PC specs the game will require.

• PUBG gets over 15,000 negative reviews in a day thanks to an in-game ad for a VPN in China

  Over the last couple of days, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was hit was a large number of negative reviews mostly from Chinese players.

• Think Cuphead is hard? Watch someone beat all 28 bosses without taking damage

  Side-scrolling shooter Cuphead is being labelled as tough, but that doesn’t make it impossible.

• PUBG for PS4 likely after Xbox One release - report

  Sony is “in talks” with developer Bluehole for a PUBG release on PlayStation 4.

• The original Fallout is free on Steam for today only

  You can celebrate Fallout’s 20th birthday without spending a single cap.

• A PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds bandana is selling for almost $1000

  Even virtual economies don’t always make sense.

• Valve will let fans sell 3D-printed merch for Dota 2, CS: GO, Portal, Half-Life, and Team Fortress 2

  If you thought Valve turning game submissions over to fans was a big deal, buckle up.

• Steam removes over 170 fake games from known asset flipper

  Valve has cracked down on one publisher known for selling cheap, poorly-made games on Steam.

• LawBreakers is free to play this weekend on Steam

  If news of LawBreakers’ low population numbers scared you off this solid shooter, maybe a free weekend will change your mind.

• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has a new concurrent players record, 1.5 million

  PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds just can’t stop breaking records, this time surpassing the concurrent player record it set just a few weeks ago.

• Pick up PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds with 11% off this week using a code

  PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is officially so popular and so successful that it flat-out doesn’t need discounts to make you buy it. Here’s one anyway.

• Valve introduces histograms to Steam reviews to combat review bombing

  Valve has made some changes to the way game reviews work on Steam to prevent the trend of review bombing from affecting a game’s general image.