ChatGPT rival DeepSeek may be in deep trouble in the European Union after the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection demanded Google and Apple remove the AI app from their stores. On June 27, Meike Kamp, Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, announced in a press release that her office is calling on…
As reported by TheJournal.ie (via VGC), Doom designer John Romero and Wizardry 8 developer Brenda Romero’s studio, Romero Games, has fully closed following the withdrawal of publisher funding for its in-development FPS. Former employees have stated that the publisher in question was Microsoft, making Romero Games another casualty of the tech giant’s most recent round…
The Finals is getting kernel-level anti-cheat, but the developers at Embark Studios aren’t using that as an excuse to abandon players on Steam Deck and Linux. Embark Studios shared an announcement on Steam last week for Update 7.3 for The Finals, which included a major security change: “As mentioned in the 7.0 patch notes, a…
Xbox Game Pass might be popular among gamers, but if you ask Arkane Studios founder Raphael Colantonio, it’s bad news for gamers and developers alike in the long run. If there was one takeaway from Microsoft’s annual Xbox Games Showcase last month, it was the central role of Xbox Game Pass in the future of…
Believe it or not, but at one time, boxing was one of the biggest sports in the United States- even the world. Even though the sport isn’t nearly as entertaining as it used to be, video games on the sport have always maintained a comfortable position in video game history. 10: Evander Holyfield Real Deal…
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch 2. Well well well — one month with the Switch 2, and we’re still swimming in eShop games. Yep, it’s time for eShop Selects for June 2025! Who needs Mario Kart World when you’ve got backwards compatibility, eh? Just because we have a new console, doesn’t…
Deus Ex recently celebrated its 25th birthday. But in a parallel universe, PC gamers with eight arms and two heads are commemorating the 25th anniversary of a first-person Command & Conquer game to blow C&C Renegade out of the water. That’s because Warren Spector’s platonic ideal of the immersive sim very nearly became part of…
Dwarfish bullet-heaven spinoff Deep Rock Galactic Survivor is already more hotly sought after than legendary-tier beard oil, having sailed past a million copies sold despite still being deep in the early access mines. Now, Survivor is finally planning to breach the surface of a 1.0 launch, and as detailed by developer Funday Games in a…
Launching the same month as CrossWorlds. Sega is promoting its upcoming release Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds in all sorts of ways, and apart from the game’s opening theme reveal earlier this week, it’s also recently teased a new animation. This new animation celebrating Sonic’s latest racing game is scheduled to arrive this September (the same month…
Gaming preservation group Hidden Palace has discovered a “nearly complete” prototype of a cancelled game based on Animaniacs, the beloved 90s animated show created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Steven Spielberg. Animaniacs: Hollywood Hypnotics was being developed by UK studio Full Fat Productions, which was also a frequent collaborator with Maxis on series like…