RAM, Shmam. These are things to get genuinely excited about this year.
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It's a countdown to... something?
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One of the most impressive set pieces in Fallout 3 took months of work to get right.
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It's time for more speedrunning (and other shenanigans) with the Games Done Quick (GDQ) crew. The first event of the year, Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ), kicks off on Sunday, January 4, with Super Mario Sunshine. Donations for this year's shindig will benefit the Prevent Cancer Foundation. AGDQ 2026 has a whole week of 24/7 speedruns on tap. You'll see slots for some of 2025's biggest games: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades II are part of the festivities. Metal Ge...
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You read that right. A Clair Obscur player turned a day off into an 8-hour slugfest with one of Expedition 33's toughest bosses.
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Ahead of Grim Dawn Fangs of Asterkarn expansion, Crate Entertainment reveals its free UI update and a massively improved stash system.
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Studio Wildcard says it can shrug its reputation for missed deadlines and massively enhance Ark Survival Ascended with its new roadmap.
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"Dare to peek into the darkness". Bloober Team has become really bloomin' prolific in recent years, having released Cronos: The New Dawn and a Switch 2 port of Layers of Fear in 2025, with none other than Silent Hill 2 the year prior. It's currently hard at work on a remake of the original Silent Hill with Konami alongside an original title simply called 'Project M' for the time being for the Switch and Switch 2. Speaking of which, it's entirely possible that Project M is the focus of a new teas...
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LG just announced some new Gram AI laptops ahead of CES 2026. These are incredibly portable laptops that the company says are the "lightest in their class." This is largely thanks to a proprietary material that LG has dubbed Aerominum. This material reportedly "reduces the laptop's weight while reinforcing" structural strength. In other words, these computers are both light and durable. Each model offers improved scratch resistance, while providing a "sleek metallic finish." The laptops have als...
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Apple plans to introduce a 12.9-inch MacBook in spring 2026, according to TrendForce. In a press release this week, the Taiwanese research firm said this MacBook will be aimed at the entry-level to mid-range market, with "competitive pricing." TrendForce did not share any further details about this MacBook, but the information that it shared lines up with several rumors about a more affordable MacBook, which is expected to be equipped with a version of the iPhone 16 Pro's A18 Pro chip. Apple is ...
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2025 was an overwhelming year. Let's savor those positives in unlikely places.
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Wizards of the Coast worked with the Jim Henson Company on a puppet short set in Lorwyn-Shadowmoor. Polygon has an exclusive behind-the-scenes
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Every confirmed Switch 2 game. Switch 2 released on 5th June 2025 with over 25 launch games. Loads more have launched since then, with new game announcements coming on a near-daily basis. How many new games, though? We've compiled the following list of all confirmed Switch 2 games, including a section with rumoured releases.
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Matt Firor announced his split from ZeniMax Online Studios the same day Microsoft laid off roughly 9,000 employees and cancelled multiple game projects.
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Redeem these three Genshin Impact "Luna 4" livestream codes for some free Primogems.
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A fresh new Humble Bundle to begin 2026 with some quality games and they're highly rated too, and they should all work on Linux / SteamOS.
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Time flies (like a Javelin suit): there are only 10 days left to play BioWare's ill-fated multiplayer game Anthem before the servers are switched off, presumably forever.
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The tabletop community has lost one of its older members this New Year's Day. Tim Kask, one of the first of TSR's employees, has passed away at 76.
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Physical copies of the PS4 version of Star Wars Racer Revenge are going for hundreds of dollars on eBay as fans chase the possibility of PS5 piracy
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January is historically a quiet month for video games, but that's far from the case in 2026. Here are all the big new video games in January 2026.
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With all the great titles 2025 has graced us with, there’s barely been time to put down the DualSense wireless controller these past 12 months. No matter what genre you favor chances are you’ve been eating well, whether it’s been big budget blockbusters like Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Ghost of Yōtei, or...
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It's Dragon Quest's 40th anniversary this year, and Square Enix says some announcements are incoming in order to celebrate the occasion.
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"This will most probably be the final large update for [Baba is You]."
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The D7VK project for providing Direct3D 7 support on Linux with Wine / Proton has expanded in the version 1.1 release to add experimental Direct3D 6 support.
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Developer and publisher AdHoc Studio has confirmed another big sales milestone breakthrough for adventure game Dispatch, and the studio has shared some more fun stats as well.
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Much like Epilogue did with the GB Operator for playing actual Game Boy cartridges, they've recently revealed the SN Operator for the SNES.
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William Gibson's sci-fi magnum opus deserves a vivid, imaginative anime adaptation instead of the live-action treatment.
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You’ve probably heard people say it’s impossible to go back and correct some error from the past. To those people, you should raise a middle finger in defiance (they are miserable, after all), and then point them to the tale of Pebble’s unlikely revival. The smartwatch pioneer’s return was a surprise of 2025, and now the company has resurrected one of its last great triumphs. It’s announcing the Pebble Round 2, and company founder Eric Migicovsky is looking to put right what once went wrong. The...
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The series has always been inspired by historical conspiracy theories, but the reference to the town of Montauk doesn't allude to a future sequel.
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We’re gearing up for CES 2026! Engadget will be on the ground, once again, to dive into the latest TVs, wearables and other wild tech from the world’s biggest consumer electronics show. In this episode, we chat about some new products we expect to see, like Micro RGB LED TVs and AI devices, and peer into what’s ahead for the rest of 2026.Subscribe!iTunesSpotifyPocket CastsStitcherGoogle PodcastsCreditsHosts: Devindra HardawarProducer: Ben Ellman Music: Dale North and Terrence O'Brien This articl...
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Now that 2025 is done and finished with, we can see what the most popular games were overall on Steam, and for Steam Deck the list is no big surprise at all.
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Apple today announced a number of updates to Apple Fitness+ and activity with the Apple Watch. The key announcements include: New Year limited-edition award: Users can win the award by closing all three Activity Rings for seven days in a row in January. "Quit Quitting" Strava challenge: Available in Strava throughout January, users who log 12 workouts anytime in the month will win an Apple Watch badge in the app. New multiweek programs: From January 5, the "Make Your Fitness Comeback program" wi...
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Apple's Vision Pro headset is still failing to see appeal among consumers, according to a new report from the Financial Times. Data from IDC claims that Apple shipped 390,000 Vision Pro units in 2024. IDC expected Apple to ship just 45,000 new Vision Pro units in the latest quarter of 2025. The Financial Times stressed that this compares to millions of iPhones, iPads and MacBooks sold each quarter. Luxshare, the Vision Pro's assembler, apparently halted production of the headset at the start of ...
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HoYoverse has announced that Genshin Impact Version Luna IV will be arriving in just a couple of weeks, bringing a new character, a "dramatic climax" for an ongoing story arc, and more.
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The company behind the BlackBerry-like Clicks Keyboard accessory for the iPhone today unveiled a new Android 16 smartphone called the Clicks Communicator. The purpose-built device is designed to be used as a second phone alongside your iPhone, with the intended focus being communication over content consumption. It runs a custom Android launcher that offers a curated selection of messaging apps like Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, and Gmail directly on the home screen. "Communicator is to a smartphon...
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