French left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon declares 'Players have rights too!' over the death of physical discs

Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging 'unreasonable and excessive noise' from data center

Elder Scrolls Online developer left reeling by Xbox layoffs—with teams gutted, senior talent gone, and roadmaps 'shifting' as a result

Bethesda Game Studios and ZeniMax hit hard by Xbox layoffs, says union

Arkane temporarily spared in Xbox bloodbath thanks to French law, but its future is up in the air

Microsoft says 'cryptographically relevant quantum computers could arrive sooner than previously expected' as it bumps its QSP timeline to 2029

Xbox's CEO wants its games to cater to 'more than a billion people each day', or 24 times more than the peak population of Steam, which is delusional

Compulsion Games is returning to independent management amid sweeping Xbox reorganization: 'Our immediate priority is to support our team'

Hardware creator makes hat that is both a 'functioning art piece' and also uses a Noctua fan to deliver six-hours of personal cooling

Chinese-made YMTC SSDs have been spotted in Lenovo's latest ThinkBook laptops, as the memory crisis continues to bite

Xbox is laying off 3,200 people and dumping 4 studios in 'the most significant restructure in Xbox history'

Cheaters have infested Meccha Chameleon as dishonest players scan images and auto paint their models

Some days I fondly recall Warhammer 40k's first Inquisitor was called 'Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau' and he's still too powerful to be retconned

WoW server suffers outbreak after a debuff breaches containment, giving me flashbacks to a 21-year-old incident so large Covid-19 researchers referenced it

This China-only RTX 4080 GPU combines laptop silicon with desktop hardware, and draws a fraction of the power of a more traditional graphics card

A second OG Steam Controller prototype has been found at Goodwill

'I find it really sad': Hideo Kojima laments the current state of the videogame industry as companies turn away from physical discs

Google's AI Studio lead has vibe coded a port of Command & Conquer for iOS

Watch Night of the Living Dead and other public domain horror movies inside this creepy dollfest

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Steam Week in Review: Steam just got its first 'dopamine site', so you can fatten a fake backlog without spending a cent

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Another self-own for Sony: Marvel Tōkon's PC version is unavailable in over 100 countries thanks to our old friend PSN again

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Danganronpa 2x2 remaster will include a 'slayhem' alternate story mode with '20% more content' and a 3D world map, but it's been delayed to 2027

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One of our favorite Half-Life 2 mods is getting a stealth game prequel where you're a Combine assassin preying on the human resistance

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Brigador devs think it's crucial that their abrasive, hardcore mech sims aren't for everyone: 'I think we make boy slop, but that's okay'

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What was the first videogame song that you ever heard?

Meccha Chameleon celebrates 15 million sales by teasing a 'collaboration with a famous Japanese star'

Marvel Rivals players suspect Captain America's summer sausage has already been downsized

Hasbro should stop looking for a Baldur's Gate 4 studio and take a leaf out of Larian's book by trying something new

Darktide's new Skitarii class is its most unique yet, but it also advances our understanding of Warhammer 40k lore

'Chibi tumba loonuck' may sound like gibberish, but The Sims have their own language. Can you translate the simlish phrases in our latest Sims series quiz?

The launch of Commodore's social media-free privacy-first 'dumbphone' was apparently responsible for 'Our biggest week'

Researchers studying ChatGPT conversations surprised to find one power user churning out thousands of Doki Doki Literature Club pregnancy fics

Counter-Strike 2 might be the biggest game on Steam, but Global Offensive is breaking player count records since it went standalone again

Crossfire is actually the second singleplayer shooter named after Korea’s Counter-Strike—and the last one was made by Remedy

Modders made a Fallout 4 quest in a weekend for charity, and it features iconic Elder Scrolls actor Wes Johnson

Dragon Age setting creator David Gaider is pitching a heist RPG that's 'make or break' for his studio

Somehow, the $1,000 Asus ROG Ally Xbox X is the best value gaming handheld I can think of right now

This little orb's going to be sitting on my minimap for the rest of WoW's current expansion, and I couldn't tell you why

Epic reaches lawsuit settlement with former contractor who was also a notorious Fortnite leaker

Mouthwashing's follow-up is self-described 'friendsweat' where 3 players struggle to operate a tank in a defiled city: 'We're definitely not quite at Peak, but we're not trying to make Arma either'

Sand publisher celebrates 300,000 copies sold: 'We getting a half hour of air conditioning tonight!'

One of the best sci-fi strategy games of 2004 is free in GOG's Summer Sale

The latest Chinese PC gaming hit is an indie game that spent the last 8 years growing into something you've never played before

Cyberpunk 2077 has now sold more than 40 million copies, 'a testament to what CD Projekt does best'

EVE Online studio Fenris follows through on yearslong promise to make its in-house game engine fully open source

New Sims 4 update cuts back on excessive notifications—you can finally silence your phone, and the grim reaper will try to recruit you less

Another player has swiped a colossal discount on GTA 6, paying just $2 thanks to a forgotten Best Buy card

Remember your Paradox account? No? Well you might want to look into that because it could be deleted next year

Where to find the Festival Loop speed zone in Forza Horizon 6

Razer Seiren V3 Pro microphone review