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STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT FREE TRIAL BEGINS ON MAY 4

http://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-battlefront-free-trial-begins-on-may-4/

May 4 is coming, and if you say it out loud—“May the fourth”—you will will realize, in a sudden burst of clarity leavened with an internal chuckle at the wonderful cleverness of the modern marketing, that it is Star Wars Day. And at 11 am PT on that day, you will be given the opportunity to leap into Star Wars Battlefront and play it for free, for four hours.

>>Oh, and The Old Republic will also have something new.

 

OVERALL WINDOWS DESKTOP SHARE DIPS BELOW 90 PERCENT

http://www.pcgamer.com/overall-windows-desktop-share-dips-below-90-percent/

It was a bit of an odd month for Windows in April, one that saw its total share of the desktop OS market fall below 90 percent for the first time since actively tracking such things, according to data collected by Net Applications. We’re not really sure what to make of this, so we’ll file it under the ‘Things that make you go hmm’ category for the time being.

>>That's surprising.

 

INSOMNIA HAS A NEW, PLAYABLE PROLOGUE CHAPTER AND KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN

http://www.pcgamer.com/insomnia-has-a-new-playable-prologue-chapter-and-kickstarter-campaign/

It’s been two years since Andy wrote about InSomnia, the creepy “dieselpunk” RPG set on a floating, intergalactic space colony. The concept remains as appealing as ever, except Mono Studio needs a bit more money to get it finished. You may remember they raised around $90,000 back in 2014 (in addition to their own funding), but now they need another £50,000 to keep going.

 

MODS WILL REIGN SUPREME IN STELLARIS, SAYS PARADOX

http://www.pcgamer.com/mods-will-reign-supreme-in-stellaris-says-paradox/

Stellaris may already be the grandest space adventure to grace PC, but mods will take it to infinity and beyond. That's the plan, anyway. Just weeks after Paradox announced that Hearts of Iron 4 would be its most moddable game yet, Stellaris looks set to rival it.

 

DISHONORED 2 RELEASE DATE REVEALED

http://www.pcgamer.com/dishonored-2-release-date-revealed/

After a long period of stealth, Dishonored 2 is on the radar again with a release date announcement: November 11, 2016.