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BUNDLE STARS' 'DOLLAR ULTRA BUNDLE' PACKAGES 46 GAMES FOR JUST $1
http://www.pcgamer.com/bundle-stars-dollar-ultra-bundle-packages-46-games-for-1/
If you've got $1, Bundle Stars has a package of 46 videogames it would like to sell you: The Dollar Ultra Bundle, featuring "everything from sci-fi space runners and immersive RPG to flesh-eating zombies and turbo-charged pugs," with individual Steam keys for all of them.

>>A list with all the games is in the article.

 

OCULUS IS CUTTING $100 OFF THE PRICES OF BOTH THE RIFT AND TOUCH CONTROLLERS
http://www.pcgamer.com/oculus-is-dropping-the-price-of-the-rift-and-touch-controllers-to-600/
The Oculus Rift was $600 when it launched in spring 2016, and now that's the price of the Rift and the Oculus Touch controllers, which previously cost an extra $200. Oculus announced on Wednesday that it's lowering the price of the headset and controllers by $100 each, making the new combined price $600 (technically $598, as the Rift is now $499 and the Touch controllers are $99).

>>I don't know how they're going to pay Zenimax the money they owe them if they lower the price of the thing. Or maybe theyare  lowering it because they need to sell more in order to pay them... or simply to sell, because it looks like Vive is wining.

 

FORTNITE, EPIC'S MINECRAFT-MEETS-TOWER DEFENSE MASH-UP, WILL BE OUT THIS YEAR
http://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-epics-minecraft-meets-tower-defense-mash-up-will-be-out-this-year/
Remember Fortnite? It was revealed in 2011 as a sort of Team Fortress 2 meets Minecraft hybrid, and there was an alpha test in 2015, which was also the year it was supposed to be out. We've heard little about it since then outside of alpha updates, though—until today, when Epic Games co-founder Tim Sweeney said during a talk at GDC that it's set to ship "in the year ahead."

 

NIER: AUTOMATA VIDEO SHOWCASES 28 MINUTES OF 'EXPLORING EARTH'S DISTANT FUTURE'
http://www.pcgamer.com/nier-automata-video-showcases-28-minutes-of-exploring-earths-distant-future/
Square Enix has released a new Nier: Automata trailer that showcases nearly a half-hour of uninterrupted gameplay. The video focuses on the game's systems and RPG elements, including "immersive questlines, 17 different pod skills, the 'Plug-In Chip' system, and how players live and die as androids in this post-apocalyptic world."

 

MIRAGE: ARCANE WARFARE CLOSED BETA BEGINS LATER THIS MONTH
http://www.pcgamer.com/mirage-arcane-warfare-closed-beta-begins-later-this-month/
Mirage: Arcane Warfare, the online multiplayer FPS that's most easily described as "Chivalry, but magic," will begin closed beta testing on March 27. Developer Torn Banner Studios said the closed beta will run in a "long-term format," meaning that it will remain playable until close to its full release later this year.

 

THE MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA MULTIPLAYER BETA HAS BEEN CANCELLED [UPDATED]
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-mass-effect-andromeda-multiplayer-beta-has-been-cancelled/
As reported last year by Gamespot, Mass Effect producer Fabrice Condominas indicated on N7 Day last year—that's November 7—that a Mass Effect: Andromeda multiplayer tech test would take place prior to the release of the game. Today, however, BioWare said in a blog post about its presence at the upcoming PAX East that the plan has been scrapped.
Update: In response to my inquiry, BioWare sent over the following statement. "Our team worked extremely hard building, testing, and balancing multiplayer, and we ultimately determined that a tech test would not be necessary."

>>I hope, for their own safety, that everything works fine at launch. Or maybe not, so I can put a Nelson and laugh at them.

 

BOSSA'S 'BRADWELL ELECTRONICS' WEBSITE TEASES A 'BETTER, BRIGHTER' MYSTERY
http://www.pcgamer.com/bossas-bradwell-electronics-website-teases-a-better-brighter-mystery/
The Bradwell Electronics website makes a bold promise. "Better. Brighter. For everyone." Better and brighter what, exactly? It does not say. But it says there's a new company site coming soon, and provides a link to sign up for more information. And when you do, things start to get a little weird.

 

80 DAYS DEVELOPER UNVEILS OPEN-WORLD ADVENTURE GAME HEAVEN'S VAULT
http://www.pcgamer.com/80-days-developer-unveils-open-world-adventure-game-heavens-vault/
Inkle, the developer behind globetrotting narrative game 80 Days and Fighting Fantasy adaptation Sorcery!, has revealed its next project at GDC. Heaven's Vault is a "character-driven graphic novel crossed with an open-world adventure game" that Inkle describes as its "most ambitious, beautiful and complex game to date."

 

MACHIAVILLAIN IS THE SIMS MEETS DUNGEON KEEPER MEETS RIMWORLD
http://www.pcgamer.com/machiavillain-is-the-sims-meets-dungeon-keeper-meets-rimworld/
Wild Factor and Gambitious Entertainment have unveiled MachiaVillain—a civilian/undead management sim that's said to be inspired by "classic gaming experiences" such as Dungeon Keeper, as well as age-old horror cinema tropes. It's due this autumn and celebrates the reveal with a trailer.

 

OVERWATCH STORMS GDC AWARDS, NO MAN'S SKY PICKS UP 'INNOVATION' PRIZE
http://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-storms-gdc-awards-no-mans-sky-picks-up-innovation-prize/
Overwatch was crowned Game of the Year at last night's annual Game Developer's Choice Awards 2017—held as part of this year's Game Developer's Conference currently being held in San Francisco.

 

QUADRILATERAL COWBOY TRIUMPHS AT IGF AWARDS 2017
http://www.pcgamer.com/quadrilateral-cowboy-triumphs-at-igf-awards-2017/
Last night's GDC Awards 2017 saw Blizzard's multiplayer shooter Overwatch clinch top prize, however it was nice to see a number of indie games feature as finalists. The Independent Games Festival Awards focuses on smaller games—in both team size and budget—and also took place in San Francisco yesterday evening.
Blendo Games' Quadrilateral Cowboy came out on top to clinch the Seumas McNally Grand Prize—fending off competition from Inside, Stardew Valley, Event[0], Hyper Light Drifter and Overcooked—and also won the ceremony's Excellence in Design category.