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PS Store Must Copy Steam If PC Players' Campaign Against AI Content Succeeds
Steam Next Fest is a disaster. There's currently a huge push for an all-encompassing Steam filter that would allow users to disqualify any game that uses AI-generated assets from their search results. The campaign, which is underway across all of the usual social media platforms like Reddit, X...
Review: Tales of Eternia Remastered is Easy Recommendation for JRPG Fans
Explore the remastered Tales of Eternia to see what the new features and updates encompass in our review.
Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Guide – How To Get The Proving Grounds Compass And Find The 12 Lost Rites Dungeons
Track down the Proving Grounds Compass to unlock the twelve Lost Rites Dungeons with this guide for Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen.
Hearthstone offers a close look at its all-encompassing journey journal
You would be forgiven for believing that firing up Hearthstone and playing is how you experience the digital card game’s expansions. Evidently, you would be wrong, or perhaps more to the point, the game is going to condense the game’s experience into a journal feature that will be arriving on...
Xbox XP is the company’s new film and TV division
Xbox XP will also encompass live events and theme parks.
Becrowned announced for Nintendo Switch 2
Top Hat Studios, along with 13th Street Studio, today unveiled Becrowned for Nintendo Switch 2. The game is set to launch in Q1 2027. Becrowned is a surreal horror experience that encompasses the lurid atmosphere of 1970s and 1980s grindhouse cinema and the surrealist dark satirical humor of 70s...
Xbox Helix is seemingly pulling a Steam Deck, CEO discusses devices for players "on the go"
New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma reiterated plans for Xbox Project Helix to encompass a "family of devices" at a recent company town hall meeting, describing a new generation with a console at its center but also with options for players "on the go," seemingly in the vein of portable systems like Valve's...
Die Shots For Huawei’s Latest Kirin 9050 Pro Chip Show A Much Smaller Footprint, Encompassing A Logic Die On SMIC’s N+3 Process Bonded To An SRAM Die On The N+2 Process
Huawei is relishing some success in reducing the overall footprint of its new chips by using the innovative LogicFolding technique, and the all-new Kirin 9050 Pro SoC is a testament to the eminent viability of this approach, as clearly illustrated by the new die shots of the chip. Huawei's Kirin...
Woman builds compass for fiancé that only points to nearest Taco Bell
A Tech TIkToker has engineered a handheld compass that points exclusively to the nearest Taco Bell.
Woman builds compass for fiancé that only points to nearest Taco Bell
A Tech TIkToker has engineered a handheld compass that points exclusively to the nearest Taco Bell.
Open-world D&D game Warlock doesn't have AAA-standard waypoints because the devs want players to feel that "when they found things, it was based on their actions"
Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons ditches the quest and objective waypoints seen in many large games, and even lets you disable its small compass, to prioritize organic exploration. It's music to my ears. General manager Dominic Guay of Warlock developer Invoke Studios spoke to IGN about the game's...
v.271 Known Issues
The Known Issues section focuses on the major issues that have significantly impacted the game and community, and which our team is actively addressing. Please note that while we aim to cover the most impactful issues, this list will not encompass every reported issue. Check back regularly for...
gamescom 2026 Preview: ONTOS Made Me Question My Own Moral Compass
In the least surprising news ever, ONTOS, the new game from the team behind SOMA, is going to make you question things. Here's our hands-on preview.
Final Fantasy Resonance Demo Arrives On Switch 1 & 2 Today
First dibs. It may have been revealed during Sony's State of Play showcase, but we Nintendo fans can get involved, too — Final Fantasy Resonance is getting a free demo on Switch 1 & 2 today! The demo encompasses the game's entire first chapter, and you'll be able to carry all of your save data over...
Tom And Jerry’s New Movie Is Chinese And It Makes Perfect Sense Why
Polygon has an exclusive look at a new movie, Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass. Learn why Tom and Jerry are huge in Asia
Indie MMO Hollowed Oath bakes in quest trackers and double-jumping
Another week, another significant step forward for throwback-styled indie Hollowed Oath, which patched in V0.23 and a few big features for the fantasy MMO. The dev team said that it incorporated a quest tracker, which helps lead players to objective on both the compass and minimap (and, yes, you...
A 12TB Steam “teraleak” spills more than a decade of lost PC gaming history
Here at Ars, we're intimately familiar with data leaks surrounding Valve's games, hardware, and the workings of Steam itself. But nothing could have prepared us for this weekend's "terarelease" encompassing more than 12TB of content related to seemingly every title available on Steam between 2003...
Xbox CEO Says Project Helix Includes a 'Family of Devices'
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has suggested Project Helix will encompass more than one device, saying that Microsoft has been working on "a great family of devices."
STALKER 2: Compass Legendary Artifact Locations (Best Places to Visit & Farm)
Want to be bulletproof without getting the strongest armor suits in STALKER 2? Grab a Compass.
Crimson Desert updates are slowing down in "scope, scale, and pace" as Pearl Abyss shifts focus to the DLC
One of the odder surprises from Gamescom Opening Night Live was the reveal of Crimson Desert Enhanced. It partly encompasses a brand-new 2.0 update adding substantially more depth to the game's story, but it's a soft rebrand that marks the culmination of all the work developer Pearl Abyss has done...
Game Of Thrones Meets The Witcher In New Dark Fantasy RPG You Can Play Free Now
Game of Thrones fans have been waiting for ages for a proper RPG adaptation that fully encompasses the world of Westeros faithfully. It's surprising there hasn't been a hugely popular or successful modern RPG on the scale of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt set in George R.R. Martin's legendary fantasy...
Gyld raises $1M to roll out Critical Compass games research
Gyld, the games agency behind Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, said it raised $1 million to launch its Critical Compass games research system. Kameha Ventures led the oversubscribed round with participation from industry angel investors at mod.io, indie.bi and ICO Partners. The...
GYLD raises $1m to fund proprietary games research system that marked Clair Obscur as a potential hit
Games publishing and investment agency GYLD has raised $1 million in funding to support its proprietary games research system Critical Compass. Read more
GYLD closes oversubscribed $1m seed round to fund proprietary games research system
Games publishing and investment agency GYLD has closed an oversubscribed $1 million seed round to support its proprietary games research system, Critical Compass. Read more
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