A letter from Valve boss Gabe Newell has revealed that an investigation into the "intrusion" that "defaced" the Steam forums on Sunday, November 6, was worse than the company originally believed. Read more

Fledgling 'pay what you want' bundle vendor Indie Royale today launched 'The Difficult 2nd Bundle,' packing Fate of the World, Scoregasm, NightSky, Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Read more

As the Humble Voxatron Debut enters its final days, yet more games have been added to the 'pay what you want' indie bundle. If you buy now, or have already bought it, you'll get three Lexaloffle "minigames" plus Gish. Read more

World of Warcraft subscriptions fell approximately 800,000 this quarter, dipping to 10.3 million. It was just over year ago, the game had welcomed its 12 millionth active subscriber. Read more

This week, I dive headfirst into the latest Humble Indie Bundle to gather some impressions of featured titles Voxatron, The Binding of Isaac, and Blocks that Matter. Read more

Shattered Horizon, Rift, Magicka, Sanctum, and the Tropico and Total War series are going cheap this weekend at digital distributors, along with many more. Read more

Adventure game developer Pendulo Studios is giving its comic muscle a rest, after flexing it in The Next Big Thing and the Runaway series, with "dark thriller" Yesterday. Announced today, it's due in Q2 2012. Read more

Mode 7's tip-top top-down tactical game Frozen Synapse is deploying to iPad, complete with cross-platform play with the original PC, Mac and Linux versions. Read more

Deus Ex: Human Revolution producer David Anfossi has admitted that the boss sequences in the Eidos Montreal-developed title were a misstep, noting: "We knew that would be a weakness for the game." Read more

Valve has revealed more invites for the Dota 2 test will be released soon, as well as extra copies for those invited to bring their friends along for the ride. Read more