The MMO genre is perhaps the hardest to break into, but Riot co-founder Marc Merrill believes its League of Legends MMO still has a chance.
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That's a whole lot of paperwork just for a new rig.
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A true phantom pooper.
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Gotta go forward. A lot of Sonic fans are eager to see the likes of Sonic Adventure make a return as a remake or remaster – for some reason. Yet according to a new interview with Automaton, Sonic boss Takashi Iizuka seems keen to focus on new games over remasters or remakes. Essentially, he states that the team's resources are limited, so rather than use such resources recreating an existing game, he would rather produce something completely new.
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Some power efficiency improvements for Steam Frame in the 0.4.3 beta update.
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Grand Theft Auto 6 has received its rating across several countries, giving players interesting information about its explicit content.
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California has joined nine other US states in approving balcony solar installations.
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AI image upscaling is coming to PlayStation 5, Sony has announced, and it's available already in two games: Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei.
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PUBG: Black Budget, an extraction shooter spin-off of Krafton's battle royale, has been cancelled after just under a year of closed alpha testing. Krafton cited a lack of faith that Black Budget's "current direction" would lead to "an experience players could enjoy over the long term" as the reasoning behind their call to end development. Though, they insisted PUBG Studios have learned valuable lessons that'll serve future games.
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My kingdom for a reasonably priced and readily available bit of kit.
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Hellraiser Revival isn’t a game for the faint of heart. I showed my mom the trailer ahead of Gamescom, and it didn’t go down well.
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New Mexico's attorney argued that the penalties Meta has to pay need to be significant enough to make an impact on the company.
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The GOG Preservation Program is expanding once again, on October 8th both OCTOPATH TRAVELER and OCTOPATH TRAVELER II will arrive on GOG
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NVIDIA revealed a bunch of new games coming to their cloud gaming service GeForce NOW during October, plus we had a small fix in the Linux app
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Ghost in the Shell still defines cyberpunk sci-fi, and you can experience it now on YouTube.
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Valve just released SteamVR Beta version 2.18.2 - and with it, another healthy dose of bug fixes
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The new Pyrowave video codec is seeing rapid improvements in the Steam Client Beta, with an update for October 1st now available
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Well - that didn't take long. Minecraft Dungeons II launched with it completely broken on Steam Deck / SteamOS, but the initial issue is now solved
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Valve are working quickly to improve their new Steam Frame VR kit running SteamOS Linux, with another major Beta now available
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The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for September 2026 is here, showing another swing for Simplified Chinese as a language on Steam
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Enter the Sift. The world of Minecraft just got a little bigger this week with the release of Minecraft Dungeons II on Nintendo's systems and other platforms. If you haven't already tried out this new entry in the action RPG series, we've now put together this round up to help give you a better idea of what to expect. At the time of writing, the critic score on Metacritic is 75/100, with a user score of 8.2. Over on OpenCritic, the sequel has an average critic score of 77/100.
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iZombie is free to stream on YouTube, making now the perfect time to revisit this creative twist on the zombie genre.
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The team made decisions and optimisations "one by one". If you've experienced Monster Hunter Wilds on other platforms, especially during its launch window, you might already be aware of the game's technical woes. Despite this, these troubles hasn't stopped Capcom from bringing the game to Switch 2. We already know the game's performance and resolution, but to get the latest entry running "without compromising the experience of Monster Hunter Wilds", the team has had to make decisions "one by one...
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The Switch 2 port arrives next March. Although the Switch 2 port of 007 First Light has been delayed until next year, IO Interactive is still pushing out new content for the game on other platforms. With this mind, this week it's launched "extended operations free DLC", which comes with new missions, a photo mode, new game+, new weapons, outfits and more. When the Switch 2 version arrives in March 2027, all of this additional content should be available.
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In a text message sent to customers today, AT&T acknowledged that some iPhone 18 Pro Max devices on its network are experiencing cellular issues. AT&T said that customers should immediately update to iOS 27.0.1, despite the fact that many affected users have said that the update does not resolve the issues. There are now at least thousands of users that have experienced this problem, according to discussion topics across the Apple Support Community, Reddit, and MacRumors Forums. Here is what the...
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Alinea Analytics points out that Steam's not slowing down.
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But Switch 2 owners might have to wait a little longer. Geralt returned in The Witcher 3 Remastered earlier this week, and while the remaster is in a playable state, various issues have been identified across all platforms. CD Projekt Red has already addressed some launch bugs on other platforms, and as for the Switch 2 version, players can apparently expect an update for the Nintendo release at some point in the future.
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Digger's first big twist ruins the movie. The second one saves it. Let's talk spoilers.
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Including three $70 games that are now under $50.
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Spot the difference. Following a surprise announcement in July, Square Enix has officially released Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler 2 on the Switch 2 this week. If you are wondering how the HD-2D RPG series looks on Nintendo's new hybrid system compared to the old one, side-by-side graphics comparison videos are now being uploaded online. As previously mentioned, the Switch 2 versions come with "improved resolution and framerate". There are also improved load times, but overall, the Swit...
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Verity ending explained: what Lowen discovers in the final scene of the Colleen Hoover adaptation, and how it changes everything.
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GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast, running on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, is available now in the OpenAI API and to eligible ChatGPT Work and Codex users. Accelerated by inference optimizations through OpenAI’s models that tap into the capabilities of the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, Ultrafast offers up to 8x faster token generation than the Astra Standard mode. For developers,...
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Five literary classics that defy the traditional adaptation treatment.
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Gears of War: E-Day is the rare modern game that features a local co-op campaign. The Coalition devs tell Polygon it was mandatory.
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