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Awesome Games Done Quick 2018 starts this Sunday
http://www.pcgamer.com/awesome-games-done-quick-2018-starts-this-sunday/
The 2018 rendition of the speedrunning extravaganza Awesome Games Done Quick will begin with a preshow set to start at 11:30 am ET/8:30 am PT this Sunday. Following that, the action will move straight into a week-long, non-stop show featuring more than 150 speedrunners and the games they like to play.

 

2018 Independent Games Festival award nominees announced
http://www.pcgamer.com/2018-independent-games-festival-award-nominees-announced/
The 2018 Independent Games Festival—the 20th one, as it happens—will be held on March 21 ahead of the 2018 Game Developers Conference. Nearly 600 indie games were evaluated this year, but as the festival's organizers announced today, only 35 made the cut for the annual awards ceremony.

 

Binding of Isaac dev delays turn-based puzzle RPG Legend of Bum-bo
http://www.pcgamer.com/binding-of-isaac-dev-delays-turn-based-puzzle-rpg-legend-of-bum-bo/
The Legend of Bum-bo is Edmund McMillen's latest collaboration with designer and filmmaker James Id, who handled promotional materials for The Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy. It was first teased in March 2016 as "a turn-based puzzle RPG thingy that's randomly generated," and we haven't heard much since. That is, until a recent tweet from McMillen, which gave a much-needed, albeit bittersweet, update

 

Hellbound horror game Agony teases ghastly Red Goddess
http://www.pcgamer.com/hellbound-horror-game-agony-teases-ghastly-red-goddess/
Agony is a first-person survival horror game that's set in hell. Created by Polish outfit Madmind Studio, what we've seen so far looks positively terrifying—and now the developer has teased one of the game's central characters, the Red Goddess.

 

Smite unveils new Conquest map, Cerberus god, incoming pantheons
http://www.pcgamer.com/smite-unveils-new-conquest-map-cerberus-god-and-incoming-pantheons/
Smite developer Hi-Rez Studios has announced a number of new features heading to its third-person MOBA Smite—including a new Conquest map, an upgraded art style, a new playable character, and the introduction of two new pantheons later this year.

 

Paladins announces battle royale game mode named 'Battlegrounds'
http://www.pcgamer.com/paladins-announces-battle-royale-game-mode-named-battlegrounds/
Announced today at Hi-Rez Expo 2018, Paladins: Battlegrounds bills itself as "the first-ever hero shooter battle royale", that combines "ability-driven combat with survival gameplay and a fantasy setting to create something new."