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'Even though I threw out my back from overworking, I'm feeling high in spirits': Slay the Spire 2 sold 3 million copies in its first week

PC Gamer icon 29 days, 21 hours, 43 minutes ago by Justin Wagner

'Even though I threw out my back from overworking, I'm feeling high in spirits': Slay the Spire 2 sold 3 million copies in its first week

Players have attempted over 25 million runs.

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Black Ops Royale solos are on the way, but they need to get here fast

PCGamesN icon 29 days, 21 hours, 49 minutes ago by Ken Allsop

Black Ops Royale solos are on the way, but they need to get here fast

Call of Duty Warzone’s new Black Ops Royale mode is adding a solo queue option, alongside increased redeploy towers and activity spawns.

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Meta is reportedly planning to cut up to 20 percent of its staff in upcoming layoffs

Engadget icon 29 days, 22 hours, 32 minutes ago by Jackson Chen

Meta is reportedly planning to cut up to 20 percent of its staff in upcoming layoffs

Meta could be preparing for one of the largest layoffs in its history, according to a Reuters report. The tech giant is planning to cut about 20 percent of its workforce, according to the outlet's sources. According to the report, neither a date nor the exact number of layoffs has been finalized yet. However, Reuters reported that Meta's top executives have told "other senior leaders" to start "planning how to pare back." In its latest financial report, the company's employee headcount was 78,86...

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The RAM crisis could completely change the way developers make games

Polygon icon 29 days, 22 hours, 40 minutes ago by Giovanni Colantonio

The RAM crisis could completely change the way developers make games

At GDC 2026, game developers expressed anxiety over current memory shortages and debated how it could impact gaming.

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Asset reuse in videogames is essential, and we need to embrace it, says Assassin's Creed and Far Cry director: 'We redo too much stuff'

PC Gamer icon 29 days, 22 hours, 41 minutes ago by Jeremy Peel

Asset reuse in videogames is essential, and we need to embrace it, says Assassin's Creed and Far Cry director: 'We redo too much stuff'

Is that developer actually lazy for leaning on an old reload animation, or are they simply smart?

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My latest obsession is this vampire cathedral PC mod, so I spoke to the creators: 'We can do Bloodborne on the PC—not on PC, on the PC'

PC Gamer icon 29 days, 22 hours, 41 minutes ago by Jess Kinghorn

My latest obsession is this vampire cathedral PC mod, so I spoke to the creators: 'We can do Bloodborne on the PC—not on PC, on the PC'

PC cases that warm my cold, undead heart.

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Digg shuts down for a 'hard reset' because it was flooded with bots

Engadget icon 29 days, 23 hours, 2 minutes ago by Mariella Moon

Digg shuts down for a 'hard reset' because it was flooded with bots

Digg has shut down, for now, just a few months after its open beta launched. Justin Mezzell, the company’s CEO, has explained on the home page that it noticed hours after the beta launched that it was already being targeted by SEO spammers. “The internet is now populated, in meaningful part, by sophisticated AI agents and automated accounts,” he wrote. Apparently, the Digg team wasn’t ready for the scale and the speed at which bots found and started flooding the website. Mezzell said Digg banned...

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Invincible's showrunners reveal the brutal truth about 'superhero fatigue'

Polygon icon 29 days, 23 hours, 10 minutes ago by Jake Kleinman

Invincible's showrunners reveal the brutal truth about 'superhero fatigue'

Invincible's co-showrunners Robert Kirkman and Simon Racioppa don't buy into the theory that audiences have moved on from superhero stories.

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Marathon's release signals the dire state of shooters in 2026

Polygon icon 29 days, 23 hours, 40 minutes ago by Ari Notis

Marathon's release signals the dire state of shooters in 2026

Extraction shooters like Arc Raiders and Marathon cater to one audience, but leave another behind.

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Get up to 85% off the Dead Space games in EA's franchise sale, including Motive's excellent remake that will probably never see a successor

PC Gamer icon 29 days, 23 hours, 41 minutes ago by Rick Lane

Get up to 85% off the Dead Space games in EA's franchise sale, including Motive's excellent remake that will probably never see a successor

Dead cheap.

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Get the New Book 'Apple: The First 50 Years' on Sale for Launch Week

MacRumors icon 29 days, 23 hours, 55 minutes ago by Mitchel Broussard

This week, tech columnist David Pogue launched a new book called "Apple: The First 50 Years." On Amazon, you can get the new book for $39.30 in hardcover, down from $50.00, the best price we've seen so far on the book. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. The book explores the first five decades of Apple's history, including interviews with 150 key people who shaped Ap...

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THX 1138 is still one of George Lucas’ most intriguing worlds

Polygon icon 30 days, 40 minutes ago by Brian VanHooker

THX 1138 is still one of George Lucas’ most intriguing worlds

55 years later, the sci-fi cult classic THX 1138 remains a must for Star Wars fans

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The creator of Stephen's Sausage Roll has released a new puzzle-platforme​r where you play as an egg, in the latest example of a developer fallen to the sunny side

PC Gamer icon 30 days, 41 minutes ago by Rick Lane

The creator of Stephen's Sausage Roll has released a new puzzle-platforme​r where you play as an egg, in the latest example of a developer fallen to the sunny side

But should you give Oeuf a fry, or ovoid it entirely?

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Pokémon Go Scorbunny Community Day event guide

Polygon icon 30 days, 1 hour, 10 minutes ago by Julia Lee

Pokémon Go Scorbunny Community Day event guide

Our Pokémon Go Scorbunny Community Day event guide lists the event perks and explains how to get the best Scorbunny.

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$80 video games may not be the inevitability we assumed

Polygon icon 30 days, 1 hour, 40 minutes ago by Oli Welsh

$80 video games may not be the inevitability we assumed

Game pricing was headed for a new $80 standard, but now games priced below $50 are the selling more than ever

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Throwback XCOM successor Xenonauts 2 leaves early access in April, though the developer says the milestone 'doesn't mean our work is done'

PC Gamer icon 30 days, 1 hour, 41 minutes ago by Rick Lane

Throwback XCOM successor Xenonauts 2 leaves early access in April, though the developer says the milestone 'doesn't mean our work is done'

"We're planning to continue improving and patching the game after launch."

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Top Stories: Apple's 50th Anniversary, New and Upcoming Products, and More

MacRumors icon 30 days, 1 hour, 41 minutes ago by MacRumors Staff

Top Stories: Apple's 50th Anniversary, New and Upcoming Products, and More

After Apple's big week of announcements, this week saw all of the new products officially become available, so reviewers and general users alike are now getting their hands on them and putting them through their paces. Apple also started ramping up plans for celebrating the company's 50th anniversary coming up on April 1, with Tim Cook sharing a letter addressing the milestone and the company even hosting a brief musical appearance by Alicia Keys at its Grand Central Terminal store in New York C...

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Slay the Spire 2 will give you the option to hide its most unsettling enemies

PCGamesN icon 30 days, 1 hour, 48 minutes ago by Ken Allsop

Slay the Spire 2 will give you the option to hide its most unsettling enemies

Mega Crit isn’t committing to a Slay the Spire 2 update timeline, but plans to add phobia accessibility and Steam Workshop support next.

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The Man in the High Castle is now on Netflix, but just watch the first two seasons

Polygon icon 30 days, 2 hours, 40 minutes ago by Samantha Nelson

The Man in the High Castle is now on Netflix, but just watch the first two seasons

Amazon's alt-history series drops off in quality for its final two seasons, but it's definitely worth watching the beginning.

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22 years later, this classic Half-Life zombie survival mod shambles onto Steam with all new features

PC Gamer icon 30 days, 2 hours, 41 minutes ago by Rick Lane

22 years later, this classic Half-Life zombie survival mod shambles onto Steam with all new features

Zombie Panic! arrives with a new fatigue system, reworked maps and "zombie vision".

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Arc Raiders has been cutting back its AI voices: "A real professional actor is better than AI, that's just how it is."

PCGamesN icon 30 days, 3 hours, 5 minutes ago by Ken Allsop

Arc Raiders has been cutting back its AI voices: "A real professional actor is better than AI, that's just how it is."

Embark CEO Patrick Söderlund says the studio isn’t “replacing humans with AI all the time,” and the AI voices in Arc Raiders have decreased.

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Hooked codes March 2026

PCGamesN icon 30 days, 3 hours, 10 minutes ago by Joshua Brown

Hooked codes March 2026

Redeem these new Hooked codes to earn enough free coins to maybe spin for some of the best hooks, skins, and abilities in the game.

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Best video game coffee table books for sale right now

Polygon icon 30 days, 3 hours, 10 minutes ago by Jen Glennon

Best video game coffee table books for sale right now

These video game coffee table books from the Nintendo, Square Enix, and more feature original illustrations, loads of lore, and developer interviews.

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Ball x Pit on mobile, Piece by Piece x2 and other new indie games worth checking out

Engadget icon 30 days, 3 hours, 41 minutes ago by Kris Holt

Ball x Pit on mobile, Piece by Piece x2 and other new indie games worth checking out

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. A bunch of intriguing games arrived this week, including a mobile port of one of the most absorbing things I’ve played in years and two completely different titles with the same name. Let’s get things started with a look at a few projects that were featured in the latest edition of the Future Games Show.Hyperwired (from SidralGames and publisher SelectaPlay) is a 2D roguelike shooter with an interesting resource-management...

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League of Legends voice chat is finally happening, but only if you behave

PCGamesN icon 30 days, 4 hours, 4 minutes ago by Ken Allsop

League of Legends voice chat is finally happening, but only if you behave

Riot Games confirms League of Legends voice chat is coming, but it “isn’t going to happen fast” as the team commits to preventing “jerks.”

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Reverse-engineer​ing Marathon's visual mood board magic

Eurogamer icon 30 days, 4 hours, 36 minutes ago by Christian Donlan

Reverse-engineer​ing Marathon's visual mood board magic

If extraction shooters are games in which you duck out of the fray between matches to look at what you just collected, I guess I'm almost playing Marathon the right way. I struggle to keep up with a team, let alone support other players in any meaningful manner, and I'm truly useless in most gunfights. But when the game is over I'm still eagerly checking through my winnings.

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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (14th March)

Nintendo Life icon 30 days, 4 hours, 41 minutes ago

Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (14th March)

Pokémanz. Hello everyone, and welcome to this newfangled concept called 'the weekend'. It's a strange one, but we're here for it. Before we dive into what we're playing, let's see what's been going on this week, hm? First of all, Nintendo joined hundreds of other companies in North America in suing the government for its extensive use of tariffs. The lawsuit has since been paused, but only pending the results of another case from the Court of International Trade.

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Eldritch Katamari-like In Full Bloom has me fattening up an all-devouring blob creature, and it's eerily therapeutic

PCGamesN icon 30 days, 5 hours, 40 minutes ago by Aaron Down

Eldritch Katamari-like In Full Bloom has me fattening up an all-devouring blob creature, and it's eerily therapeutic

In Full Bloom has you scavenge for edible objects to feed your monster blob baby and help it survive and grow into a planet-chomping beast.

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This indie gem blends Devil May Cry and Darksiders, and it's only $1 right now

PCGamesN icon 30 days, 6 hours, 40 minutes ago by Callum Self

This indie gem blends Devil May Cry and Darksiders, and it's only $1 right now

Drenched in an atmosphere that most soulslikes fail to capture, Soulstice is an excellent indie game with action similar to Devil May Cry, and it’s only $1.

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What we've been playing - "I have learned the hard way that trusting others is a suckers game"

Eurogamer icon 30 days, 6 hours, 41 minutes ago by Robert Purchese

What we've been playing - "I have learned the hard way that trusting others is a suckers game"

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, everyone's playing Pokémon Pokopia apart from Bertie and Connor, who are arguably the staff members with the best taste - an observation I make completely unbiasedly. Connor does appear to have become quite evil, though, so I think it's best I distance myself from him as well.

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Nintendo Shows Off Icon Design Proposals For Switch 2's 'C' Button

Nintendo Life icon 30 days, 7 hours, 41 minutes ago

Nintendo Shows Off Icon Design Proposals For Switch 2's 'C' Button

What could have been... The final design of the C Button In the end, the 'C' button on Switch 2's Joy-Con was revealed as a way of communicating and chatting with friends and family members.

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Apple to Host 50th Anniversary Celebrations Around the World

MacRumors icon 30 days, 10 hours, 8 minutes ago by Joe Rossignol

Apple to Host 50th Anniversary Celebrations Around the World

Apple today announced that it will be celebrating its upcoming 50th anniversary by hosting gatherings "around the world" throughout the month of March. "Each gathering highlights human creativity and ingenuity in action, and showcases the remarkable things people can do when they have the right Apple products in their hands," said Apple. 17-time Grammy Award-winning music artist and producer Alicia Keys kicked off the celebrations today with a surprise performance at Apple's Grand Central store ...

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Donkey Kong Bananza Producer Can't Discuss DK's Future Just Yet, But Is Relieved After Fan Reception

Nintendo Life icon 30 days, 11 hours, 11 minutes ago

Donkey Kong Bananza Producer Can't Discuss DK's Future Just Yet, But Is Relieved After Fan Reception

Seeing people have fun with DK again shows the "potential". After an incredibly long wait, Donkey Kong made his grand return to the 3D platforming space in Donkey Kong Bananza. Making this particular IP one of the main titles for the Switch 2's launch window was arguably a risk for Nintendo but it's paid off, with the title shifting over 4 million units worldwide and becoming the second best-selling Switch 2 title to date. It's also received a bunch of awards since then.

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Marvel Rivals made Blizzard ask 'what if we could just drop 30 new heroes into Overwatch?' and inspired its biggest update ever

PC Gamer icon 30 days, 12 hours, 5 minutes ago by Tyler Wilde

Marvel Rivals made Blizzard ask 'what if we could just drop 30 new heroes into Overwatch?' and inspired its biggest update ever

The competing hero shooter "definitely had an impact" on Blizzard.

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Baby Steps' designers trolled players by placing stacks of cans at the top of 'plausible' climbing challenges they didn't even bother testing, and players managed to climb them all—except one

PC Gamer icon 30 days, 12 hours, 27 minutes ago by Wes Fenlon

Baby Steps' designers trolled players by placing stacks of cans at the top of 'plausible' climbing challenges they didn't even bother testing, and players managed to climb them all—except one

Baby Steps' designers accidentally made an impossible challenge, so players set out to prove it possible.

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