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The Steam Spring Sale is here, and now that the dust has settled, we've identified a few Steam Deck Verified games that you need to play. As a bonus, they have discounts of up to 90% off thanks to the seasonal sale, so there's no excuse not to give them a try. The Steam Deck is still the best handheld gaming PC for most gamers looking for a portable alternative to their stationary gaming rig. While Valve's Verification system has come under fire in recent months, especially with known incompatib...

The European Commission today announced a long list of changes that Apple is legally required to implement in future iOS 19 and iOS 20 updates. The announcement clarifies interoperability requirements that Apple is required to adhere to in the EU, under the Digital Markets Act, which has been fully enforced since March 2024. The changes will further open up the iPhone and its technologies to competing companies and devices, and Apple is really unhappy about it. We will be publishing an in-depth ...

Lightweight, and light on price too.

With how many new games land on Steam every day, it would be easy to overlook Nubby’s Number Factory. The new roguelike strategy game from solo developer MogDogBlog Productions boasts an old-school aesthetic that feels like a throwback to the days of Windows 95 and browser-based Flash games. Lurking under the surface here, however, is a powerhouse of number-crunching that’s ready to sink its hooks under your skin in much the same way as LocalThunk’s Balatro, and it’s already proving a winner on ...

"We know how many times Xbox's talked about a potential release timeframe."

United Videogame Workers was announced today as a local of the Communications Workers of America.

The launch of the latest expansion for Magic: The Gathering, Tarkir: Dragonstorm, is right around the corner. To commemorate the April 11 launch date, Wizards of the Coast has commissioned a Secret Lair drop celebrating the five Elder Dragonlords of Tarkir, but with an adorable twist. The series of five reversible cards features a grown-up...

Call me back in 2035 when things are getting real.

The iPhone 16e includes Apple's first custom-designed C1 modem, and since it's a new chip category for Apple, there have been questions about how the C1 measures up to the Qualcomm modems that Apple has been using for years. As it turns out, the ‌iPhone 16e‌ performs almost as well or better than the iPhone 16 in many speed tests that compare sub-6GHz performance, but it does vary by network. According to cellular performance data shared by Ookla, Verizon and AT&T ‌iPhone 16e‌ users saw better m...

It’s been almost a decade since Fallout 4 blessed PCs across the world, and while Starfield only launched back in 2023, it doesn’t scratch the same apocalyptic itch that a fifth game in the iconic Fallout franchise will hopefully offer one day. While we’ve still got some time to kill between now and an eventual sequel, Rebellion’s Atomfall could be a great stopgap between entries - and if you’ve been meaning to pre-order it, Fanatical is offering a special discount.

Whatever it is, it doesn’t sound like the game’s current coterie of big rigs.

New Half-Life games make me do stupid things. When Half-Life 2 came out on PC, I trekked to GameStop to trade in my Xbox, controllers, and games. I had hoped to score hundreds in trade-in credit, but the associate discovered my console was soft-modded and quartered the quote as a result — barely enough to...

The EU is moving forward with competition-based regulatory actions against Google and Apple. The European Commission (EC) announced two preliminary charges against Google for failing to comply with Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulations related to Google Search and the Play Store, which could lead to fines of $35 billion. The regulatory body also ordered Apple to make iOS more open to third-party devices like smartwatches, headphones and TVs. The decisions come in the face of US President Donald ...

Anyone who's recently wrapped up a playthrough of new co-op staple Split Fiction and is looking for another great multiplayer option to dive into is in luck. When it launched in the summer of 2023, Remnant 2's blend of Elden Ring-style action and Borderlands 3 or Destiny 2's gear chasing immediately made it one of the finest choices for a horror-tinged action RPG game to play with friends. And now, thanks to an ongoing Steam sale, it's less expensive than ever before to pick up a copy and try ou...

Logistics. That’s why you’re here. You’ve read the headline, and because you come to your favorite strategy games for acute organization and planning, you’re interested. Well, that’s what the upcoming Worldwide Rush is all about. It has the global approximation of Flight Simulator, the networks of Victoria 3 and Europa Universalis, and plenty of decision-making. If that sounds like it’s for you, get it added to your wishlist pronto.

It's part of the latest Insider Preview build, but soon to roll out fully.

AI spy with my little eye. We Switch fans are no strangers to AI-generated software — heck, we hardly bat an eyelid at it when opening the eShop any more — but seeing it used to promote hardware still catches us a little off guard. Sure, the product likely exists, but can we assume that it actually has any of its promised features if even the images have been tampered with? That's how we arrived at UGR Tech's 'Wireless Controllers for Nintendo Switch with RGB Lights' (as spotted by Yanko Design)...

Apple just introduced its first proprietary cellular modem, the C1, as part of the recently-launched iPhone 16e. Ookla, the company behind Speedtest, just ran the C1 modem through a series of benchmark tests and it did surprisingly well, even when compared to the Qualcomm chips that accompany the pricier iPhone 16 handsets. The C1 misses out on mmWave 5G support, but can still hold its own in the speed department. The company found that the iPhone 16e offered average download speeds of 560Mbps f...

GOG have launched their 2025 Spring Sale and with there's plenty of discounts for those of you who prefer the DRM free store.

Pokémon Go developer Niantic has discussed the game's future following its impending sale to Monopoly Go maker Scopely, which is owned by the Saudi-backed Savvy Games Group, in a deal worth $3.5bn.

Inkle once again makes being a monster magnificent.

Racing games have been central to video game culture since day one, yet this genre still sometimes flies under the radar. Many of the games play to specialized, niche audiences, yet the genre is also vastly popular — Nintendo’s Mario Kart 8 is the fifth-best-selling game of all time. There’s also a general perception of...

Skate Story has been one of my most anticipated games ever since I first clapped eyes on it all the way back in 2020, so it was great to get an update on it as part of Sony's annual PS Indie Day. It's been confirmed that the striking skateboarding adventure is coming to PS5, as well as PC. Publisher Devolver Digital plans to release it later this year. Solo developer Sam Eng describes Skate Story as "a game about a demon made of glass who needs to skate the Underworld and consume The Moon to ful...

Kotick alleges articles were written with the "malicious purposes of causing further harm."

Half-Life 2 is one of the best loved FPS games in the genre's history, even with its cliffhanger story still unresolved nearly two decades since its last episodic expansion launched. Unsurprisingly, then, fans of Valve's shooter series have been eager to see its most recent, non-VR entry return in any form. Following projects like Half-Life 1 remake Black Mesa and spin-off Half-Life: Alyx, Half-Life 2 returned with fresh updates from Steam celebrating its 20th anniversary last autumn and, as of ...

Pokémon Go’s “Deep Depths” event is focusing on water- and dark-type Pokémon and runs from March 19-24. The event also has a halved hatch distance bonus for all eggs put into incubators during the event, so make sure to do so if you’re keen on hatching eggs. Clauncher is making its shiny debut with “Deep...

Palmaxxing.

Ruffy and the Riverside could be one of the best platformers of 2025, and it's going to release with Native Linux support on June 26th.

Not a great sign.

Players can customize their armor appearance in Palworld following March 2025’s update v0.50, which also introduced crossplay and the Global Palbox. The cosmetic armor system will allow you to change the appearance of your armor without affecting any of its stats. However, the system does come with its own limitations — such as not being...

Blackwell will beget Rubin and only then will we get Feynman

On Tuesday Wizards of the Coast revealed Tarkir: Dragonstorm, the next set for Magic: The Gathering. It revisits a setting of giant dragons and warfare, one that is now beset by magical maelstroms that literally give birth to monsters in the sky. Three new cards, revealed today exclusively on Polygon, expand the game in new...

Mira Mira, on the wall. Had enough Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition content? No..? Good, 'cause we're not done just yet. Ahead of the game's launch on 20th March 2025 (yes, tomorrow), we thought we'd give you one last glimpse with some direct-feed gameplay. 11 minutes of it, no less! No commentary, no quips, just straight gameplay to give you a nice feel for what to expect from Monolith's remarkably sprawling epic.

Sigil, the Unreal Engine 5-powered virtual tabletop built to support the latest version of Dungeons & Dragons, arrived in a less-than-complete state just a few weeks ago. On Tuesday, a team member went to LinkedIn to report that 90% of the Wizards of the Coast staff who supported it have allegedly been laid off. That...

In the age of streaming, you have to become accustomed with living with a helluva cliffhanger. Even if your show is renewed — and, let’s face, those odds are never quite as sure as you want it to be — you might have to wait years and years to see the resolution. So it’s up...