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I wonder if enough thought has been put into where a game gets made. There is surely a special quality in other art forms like film where you might be whisked away to another country, or in theatre where you construct a world on a stage. Games mostly get made in office buildings, which isn't particularly magical sounding. What about a remote Japanese mountain village? Well, this is exactly what Yoshio Nishimura did, a former Capcom and Vanillaware devs with 30 years of experience. Enter stage le...

Apple today provided public beta testers with the first betas of iOS 26.6, iPadOS 26.6, macOS Tahoe 26.6, watchOS 26.6, and tvOS 26.6, with the software coming two days after Apple seeded the betas to developers. After signing up to beta test the software updates on Apple's beta site, public beta testers can download the new software using the Software Update section in the Settings app on each device. iOS 26.6 has a feature that will let you know when you have blocked too many contacts, but the...

Less than 24 hours after the stock was replenished, the stock is gone.

Apple has started preparing for its annual Back to School promotion in the U.S. and Canada, according to backend Apple code seen by MacRumors. Apple holds a Back to School sale each June, providing teachers and students with free accessories or gift cards when purchasing a Mac or an iPad. The added bonus is in addition to Apple's educational discount. Back to School sales typically start around the middle of the month, but we don't yet know the start dates for this year's sale. The sale continue...

Waymo is debuting Ojai, its first purpose-built robotaxi

Have you played The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time? I mean, you have to, right, it's The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of all Time! Or so the video game named The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of all Time (or TROTEOTGOAT as I'll refer to it henceforth) would present itself as, anyway, an investigative deluge of several genres that is out today.

The new Witcher 3 DLC could take place right after the end of the game's story or give players a look into Geralt's past.

Stick it to the drift. Switch 2's Joy-Con seem to be faring much better than on the original Switch, which was plagued with stick-drift issues since its launch in 2017. At the time of writing, there are seemingly no widespread issues with sticks becoming faulty and drifting during gameplay.

YouTube Premium is getting and auto-speed setting just like Overcast

The next Call of Duty is coming to Switch 2

I forgot how much fun playing off tank is.

On the latest episode of The Verge's Decoder podcast, Rivian's software chief Wassym Bensaid explained why the EV maker still refuses to offer Apple CarPlay. In short, Bensaid said Rivian does not want CarPlay to fully take over the software experience. "The challenge with screen mirroring solutions is that they take over every single pixel in the car," he said. Instead, Rivian prefers to offer its own interface with "end-to-end integration." Bensaid added that "deep AI integration into the car"...

Fans desperately wanted to believe Valve wasn't like other profit-driven gaming companies thanks to the company's stewardship by Gabe Newell

The Path of Exile 2 Return of the Ancients update introduces instant quick search for trade, and one of the most useful stash tabs ever.

The indie team behind the action RPG Wingmund was hit with a massive fine after accidentally buying a fraudulent Maya software license.

Why is CD Projekt Red making a third expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, more than a decade after the original game was released? A newly revealed sales milestone of 65 million units probably has something to do with it. That's a hell of an installed base to sell to.

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Keeping you in the loop-de-loop. Atari has announced a Switch 2 Edition of theme park simulator RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic, alongside an upgrade path for owners of the Switch version - and they’re both available on the eShop today. The new version offers mouse controls and “enhanced resolution”, according to a press release, with the upgrade path retailing for £4.50 / $5.00. The standalone Switch 2 edition, meanwhile, will cost £26.99 / $29.99.

Newly-revealed details of the Unknown Worlds acquisition make it look like a very bad deal for Krafton.

By this point, I'm convinced the Call of Duty series is a sick experiment testing the limits of mass deja vu. Infinity Ward, the makers of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare have just announced their new game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. This new game has a linear campaign that sees North Korea bombard South Korean capital Seoul before launching a land invasion of the city. In one strand of the campaign you'll play as a South Korean soldier repelling the invasion, in another you'll play as a Nort...

Truth be told, in the leadup to the proper reveal of Planet Zoo 2, with developer Frontier Developments not so subtly teasing it, my immediate thought was, "didn't that come out already?" Apparently not! For Planet Zoo 2 has in fact now been revealed, and is yet to be released. An announcement trailer shows it off a touch, though not in any mechanical detail, and to be honest my fight or flight is being set off by the human zoo visitors in a way I don't want to sit with.

Oura today unveiled the Oura Ring 5, a significantly smaller smart ring with new health-monitoring capabilities including blood pressure trend detection, nighttime breathing analysis, and tools for GLP-1 medication tracking. The Oura Ring 5 is 40% smaller than its predecessor, measuring 6.09mm wide and 2.29mm thick compared to 7.99mm and 2.88mm on the previous model. Oura says the reduction was achieved by redesigning the mechanical, electrical, optical, battery, and sensing architectures, and t...

Cozy cat cafe sim Calico and sci-fi roguelike Lonestar are free this week on the Epic Games Store, providing two very different experiences.

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Though we'd known about it for quite some time, breezy life simulator Paralives has managed to become one of this month's surprise hits. With over 250k copies sold in less than eight hours, it was off to a great start on Steam earlier this week, and now the developers are promising no paid DLC will be released.

We’re excited to be giving PlayStation players their first chance to go hands-on with NBA The Run in our open beta this weekend. One of our core design pillars from the beginning was to make a game that feels like butter on the sticks. So when you’re pulling off a 720 with Ant, splashing a...

The Game of Thrones writer has updated over 20 years on the next A Song of Ice and Fire book. Here's what he's said.

Everything we know about Modern Warfare 4's multiplayer mode, including maps, modes, weapons, attachments, and more.

This Kong's one hell of a guy!

'No AMD or Intel makes ByteDance go something, something.'

Redeem these Re Aura codes for all the free shards and skins you’ll need to roll for aura-boosting sins in this Roblox Leg Day simulator.

Krafton has been trying to weasel out of making paying the Subnautica 2 developer a bonus for a while now.

At least one person who purchased a Secret Lair Goblin Storm Commander deck claims to have received a different, unannounced deck.

These new Legend Piece codes can get you all the free gems and coins you’ll need to power through the Pirate RNG regardless of your fruit.

There's still time to catch up on Widow's Bay, starring The Americans' Matthew Rhys