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Chalk up a win for creative artists against AI companies. On Wednesday, the UK government abandoned its previous position on copyrighted works. It’s currently working on a data bill that, if unaltered, would have allowed AI companies like Google and OpenAI to train models on copyrighted materials without consent. Artists and other copyright holders would only have been offered a mere opt-out clause. After significant backlash, the UK backed off from that position. "We have listened," Technology ...

Game World Guesser lets you put your video game expertise to the test by applying GeoGuesser's rules to games like Baldur's Gate 3.

Industry analyst Matthew Bell predicted a rise in in-game advertising last month as publishers pursue new revenue streams, but Strauss Zelnick doesn't see it happening.

Microsoft is rolling out a number of Xbox Series X|S updates to those on its Xbox Insiders program, and one of them has been requested by the community for years. You’ll soon be able to disable the Quick Resume feature for specific games, meaning they'll boot up fresh each time you launch them. As a reminder, Quick Resume is a feature that Microsoft introduced with its current generation of consoles. It lets you suspend a number of games simultaneously so they’re running in the background even w...

The iOS 26.4 update that Apple plans to release as soon as next week includes improvements for the built-in iOS keyboard. In its notes for the software, Apple says iOS 26.4 offers "improved keyboard accuracy when typing quickly." It's not entirely clear what Apple means by improved keyboard accuracy, but it's likely a fix for an iOS keyboard bug that was highlighted on YouTube late last year. When typing some words, the autocorrect keyboard sometimes inexplicably inputs the wrong letter even tho...

The free Cities Skylines 2 anniversary update adds an arena and is joined by two new DLC creator packs, Office Evolution and City Stations.

Three familiar faces join the fight. After teasing the three returning big bads over the course of last year, SEGA has today revealed the release date for SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance's 'SEGA Villains Stage' DLC, and we don't have long to wait. As announced in the awesome new animated trailer (above), the DLC will arrive on Switch on 3rd April, with Sonic's Dr. Eggman, Yakuza / Like A Dragon's Goro Majima and Golden Axe's Death Adder all stepping up to face off against Joe Musashi.

Street Fighter 6 is the real king of fighters, but Capcom needs to do more to see the series reach its full potential.

Take on Shadow Pokémon in this GameCube classic!

Exodus was announced as a fulsome narrative experiment with time dilation, aided and abetted by extremely non-AI-generated Matthew McConaughey – a story told over millennia-long time jumps, featuring super-evolved versions of human beings. But let's face it, some of you are just here for the Mass Effect parallels raised by the presence of former BioWare devs on the ticket. The new sci-fi RPG's latest footage, below, certainly leans into them.

Hollow Knight: Silksong devs Team Cherry have put out what they're aiming to be the "last significant update" prior to the Metroidvania's first major expansion, Sea of Sorrow, arriving at some point this year. As with a fair few of Skong's post-launch patches, it's largely focused on translations.

Apple today seeded the release candidate versions of upcoming watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4 and visionOS 26.4 updates for testing purposes. The software comes a week after Apple released the fourth betas. Release candidates are the final updates that will be provided to the public in the near future if no final bugs are discovered. The software updates are available through the Settings app on each device. tvOS 26.4 and watchOS 26.4 are available to public beta testers and developers, while visionOS 2...

Apple today provided the release candidate version of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4 update to developers and public beta testers for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after Apple seeded the fourth beta. The release candidate represents the final version of ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 that will be provided to the public if no additional bugs are found. Developers and public beta testers. can download the ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 update by opening up the System Settings app, selecting the General ca...

You have until the end of March to download it, and until June 15 to play it in VR.

"Just explain to me how it is that you've decided, 'No, no GTA 6, not interested?'"

Double Fine is following up on Keeper — one of our favorite games of 2025 — with Kiln, a “multiplayer online pottery party brawler.” The game was showcased during Xbox’s Developer Direct stream in January and now it has a release date. It’s coming to Xbox Series X/S, Xbox on PC, Xbox Cloud, PlayStation 5 and Steam on April 23. Xbox said Kiln will be Handheld Optimized from the jump.  In Kiln, you'll use a virtual pottery wheel to shape a piece of clay into a vessel and then decorate it. The size...

Apple today seeded the release candidate version of upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers and public beta testers, with the software coming a week after Apple provided the fourth betas. The release candidate represents the final version of iOS 26.4 that will be provided to the public if no additional bugs are found. Registered developers and public beta testers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Softw...

The world is a rather miserable place right now, but at least video games are cool. In the face of endless layoffs and AI slop, plenty of studios and small developers continue to find success, and sometimes we even come across particularly wholesome bits of news such as this one.

We just got our first trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the next big Marvel film. This is the fourth installment led by Tom Holland and follows the multiversal shenanigans of Spider-Man: No Way Home. I'm about to get into some spoilers, for those still working through the MCU catalog. No Way Home ended with the entire world forgetting about the existence of Peter Parker, so this new movie will deal with the fallout from that. His whole support system is gone, though it looks like he still c...

The Triple-i Initiative stream is returning for its third year, and it will feature a new look at Castlevania: Belmont's Curse.

Rebuilding the past. When I step out of the starting cave for the first time in Pokémon Pokopia and look across the barren, dried-out grass, the withered trees, and abandoned caves, it all feels rather uncanny.

Crusader Kings 2, eat your heart out.

Tangy TD was ignored by major YouTubers only to blow up on social media and make six figures on Steam, says creator Cakez

Apple recently updated the iPad Air, narrowing the gap with the iPad Pro, but how different are the two product lines and which should you buy? Apple has now refreshed the ‌iPad Air‌ with the M4 chip, representing a small update over the previous model from 2025, which introduced the M3 chip. While the upgrade brings improved performance and efficiency, it does not significantly alter the feature set or overall positioning of the ‌iPad Air‌ within the lineup. By contrast, the ‌iPad Pro‌ continue...

Is it all about Intel's new performance BOT?

Sega announces release date for Shinobi Art of Vengeance boss stage DLC, featuring Death Adder, Dr. Robotnik (Eggman) and Yakuza's Goro Majima.

Content creator Taalia Vess just revealed a new Deadpool Secret Lair drop coming to Magic: The Gathering.

Exodus, a new space-faring RPG from Archetype Entertainment, is starting to look more like a new Mass Effect game.

I was five minutes into the excavation of my very first, procedurally generated Lucid Blocks map when I struck Dogblock, Catblock and S'more, in that order. I didn't excavate them, actually. I conjured them by feeding gobbets of occult, dreamlike material into the "Apotheosis" magic circle that is possibly this sort-of-survival game's crafting screen, and possibly a gateway to some astral sphere.

Five years after the movie’s much-hyped release, Zack Snyder's Justice League hasn't changed Hollywood in the ways many thought it would

Stop me if you've heard this before: Meta has a new program to lure top creator talent to Facebook and it comes with hefty bonus payments. The company is launching a new initiative aimed at popular creators who already have large followings on TikTok, YouTube or Instagram and offering them bonuses up to $3,000 a month just for posting on Facebook. Meta's goal is to lure more top talent to its Content Monetization program, which pays creators based on views and other engagement metrics across Sto...

The post Double Fine’s Pottery Party Brawler Kiln Arrives April 23 (Plus a Direct Look at the First Public Play Sessions) appeared first on Xbox Wire.

The Resident Evil Requiem speedrun boards are now open, and runners are making light work of even the most unforgiving difficulty on offer.

While SpongeBob goes back to Switch 1. THQ Nordic has announced that four "fan favourite" titles will be heading to new Nintendo Switch systems this year. Three will be making the most of the latest hardware's improved specs as they jump from Switch 1 to 2, while one Switch 2 title will be expanding its reach with a fresh Switch 1 release. Let's talk about those coming to the latest system first. Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed will join Destroy All Humans! and Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed in ...

WhatsApp is rolling out a redesigned tab bar on iOS that swaps out the familiar Settings gear icon for a new "You" tab featuring your profile photo. The change is arriving with version 26.10.73, which is now available on the App Store. The tab itself still opens the same account and privacy controls. The main reason for the switch is that Meta is laying the groundwork for multi-account support. Meta has been developing multi-account functionality for WhatsApp for some time, and the profile tab i...