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Meta is formally sectioning off Horizon Worlds, the closest thing it has to a metaverse, from its Quest VR platform, according to a new blog post from Samantha Ryan, Meta's VP of Content, Reality Labs. While the decision runs counter to Meta's original plan to own an immersive virtual world that could serve as the future home for all online interaction, it fits with the recent cuts it made to its costly Reality Labs division, and Mark Zuckerberg's public commitment to focus the company on AI har...

Balance patches that tweak guns and spells can enrage players. What if what you're re-balancing is their romantic partner?

Also, beards.

Google has added three new features to the Chrome desktop browser, including split view for multitasking, PDF annotations, and a Save to Google Drive option. Split view for Chrome is a built-in tool that supports using two tabs at the same time side-by-side. Google says that it provides a more streamlined, flexible way to work. There is a split view icon in Chrome that can be clicked to enter the new view. With PDF annotations, the Chrome PDF Viewer can be used to highlight text, insert signatur...

This whole thing is becoming a much bigger deal than anyone expected.

I know there are probably bigger priorities, but come on.

Developer Manavoid Entertainment has announced Rainbow Billy: The Book of Fears, an investigative adventure set in a summer camp where things just don't feel right.

Opus Magnum is a puzzle classic, and soon it's getting DLC that's "around half the length" of the original campaign.

Reigns: The Witcher is being made in collaboration with CD Projekt Red.

The post How Soulslinger’s Indie Team Brought Custom Mocap to Xbox appeared first on Xbox Wire.

Aphelion is a new sci-fi game from Don't Nod, set 50 years in the future on the surface of our solar system's ninth planet. We we hands on.

Don't tell Blizzard!

Super Mega Raids for Mega Victreebel and Mega Malamar will debut a Pokémon Go Tour Kalos, with new features, Niantic reveals.

Apple has inked a deal with EverPass Media to bring Apple TV sports content to EverPass customers in the United States. EverPass is a company that bundles premium sports content for restaurants, hotels, casinos, sports bars, and other businesses that want to air sporting events. EverPass will now be able to offer Formula 1, Major League Soccer, and Major League Baseball content to its customers at no additional cost through the main EverPass Core content package. That package also includes Param...

Ah, good. An audience for my poor decisions.

"Burbank" was set to be a life sim with dramatic storylines.

Slay the Spire 2 will launch in early access next month. This sequel to the hugely popular 2019 roguelike deckbuilder hits early access on Steam beginning March 5, 2026. Along with releasing the teaser trailer above, developer Mega Crit shared some details about its goals for this phase ahead of the game's official release. "Slay the Spire requires a lot of player feedback so we can balance content, add quality of life features, and make sure the game runs without issues," the developers explain...

Maybe we'll eventually get a fantasy drama called Game of Checkers.

Our relationship with the biggest shooters around have contorted from player to investor.

Critical Role and Titmouse Animation have announced a new actual play series, titled Draw Your Weapons, coming to the streaming platform, Beacon.

Wizards swapped Raphael’s sai for a jitte in Magic’s TMNT set. But what is really necessary?

Or play it, and let it consume your whole Steam Next Fest week. I'm not your dad.

The Ubisoft restructuring continues to extract a brutal human toll.

Wax Heads is a puzzle-themed visual novel about running a record shop and embracing live music, and it's a wonderful time.

Sony is closing Bluepoint Games, the studio behind the Shadow of the Colossus and Demon's Souls remakes, Bloomberg reports. Bluepoint's last major project was God of War: Ragnarok from 2022, which it co-developed with Sony Santa Monica.  According to Bloomberg, Sony decided to shut down the studio following "a recent business review." Around 70 employees will lose their jobs as part of the studio closure, which will officially happen in March. "Bluepoint Games is an incredibly talented team and ...

The unexpected shutdown follows the cancellation of a live service God of War game Bluepoint was working on.

If you're hunting insects in Heartopia, here's a list of the various insects, their locations, required weather, and time of day.

Pixar and Disney release the first full Toy Story 5 trailer with the return of Woody and the evil new Lilypad.

Meta is shutting down the standalone Messenger website, according to a company help page. The website will disappear in April, though web users will still be able to send and receive messages within Facebook. "After messenger.com goes away, you will be automatically redirected to use facebook.com/messages for messaging on a computer," the help page reads. "You can continue your conversations there or on the Messenger mobile app." Users will be able to restore their chat history after switching t...

A Mira-cle. Sometimes, I don't realise how much I'm missing out of something until it's right in front of me.

Embark's thoughts on matchmaking, the state of PvPvE, and the future of its ambitious live-service extraction shooter.

Sony shocked the gaming industry today announcing the closure of remake specialists Bluepoint Games with the developers being laid off.

The post Love Eternal’s Uncanny Mix of Precision Platformers and Psychological Horror appeared first on Xbox Wire.

Season 3 of HBO's House of the Dragon is set to arrive in June, according to the show's new teaser trailer

Symfuhny, a popular Arc Raiders streamer, is no stranger to accusations of cheating, and the heat is on him yet again.