Do you know Jack? Take our quiz that’s all about videogame characters named (or not named) Jack!

Jack. It’s one of pop culture’s favorite names for heroes, tough guys, regular Joes (well, technically regular Jacks), and occasionally even villains. Characters named Jack are so common that Jeff Bridges and Kevin Bacon have each played characters named Jack seven times, Tom Cruise has been a Jack three times, and even Jack Nicholson—our most…

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Ubisoft’s Saudi-funded Assassin’s Creed DLC provokes staff unrest, but the publisher insists partnering with the controversial regime is A-OK: ‘Talking with partners who do not share our democratic values ​​does not mean abandoning them’

In a surprise announcement last month, Ubisoft revealed that 2023’s Assassin’s Creed Mirage would be receiving a hefty free DLC. A new map and quests for a two year-old game, and no charge? Such largesse is only possible thanks to the involvement of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which has made many gaming investments…

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Logitech has announced an affordable 8 Nm direct drive racing wheel setup with full TrueForce support, along with some fancy trick pedals I want to try for myself

We’ve long been fans of Logitech’s sim racing lineup, given that you can get in on the ground floor with something affordable, like the gear-driven Logitech G923, or go all the way up to the very expensive (and very brilliant) Logitech G Pro Racing Wheel and G Pro Pedal set. Up until now, however, there’s…

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The Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike brings analogue tech to a gaming mouse for the first time and uses haptic feedback to replicate the feel of a mouse click

Logitech has just announced a gaming mouse for launch early next year that has an “industry-first innovation”: analogue mouse clicks. The Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike lets you adjust the mouse click’s actuation point or enable rapid trigger, just like you can on a Hall effect or optical keyboard. The X2 Superstrike doesn’t use either…

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Chronicles: Alexander the Great for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Pre-order Now

Category: Games September 17, 2025 Chronicles: Alexander the Great for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Pre-order Now Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief Related Stories for “Chronicles: Alexander the Great for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Pre-order Now” Category: ID@Xbox Creating Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Category: Games Step Into the Necropolis…

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Creating Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3

Category: ID@Xbox September 17, 2025 Creating Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Chris Slight – Head of Creative Marketing, Strange Scaffold “Freeze!” shouts our protagonist, J.J. Hardwell, who in exploring the titular creepy mansion finds himself in a green room which has the statement piece of “T-Rex Head in a giant jar of green liquid”. “You…

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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2’s DLC clans are no longer DLC clans: ‘Lasombra and Toreador belong in the base game, so that is what we are doing’

Good news, folks! Bloodlines 2 is now a vampire free-for-all. After revealing launch DLC that included two vampire clans, Lasombra and Toreador, Paradox and The Chinese Room have finally walked back the questionable decision, no longer locking away what are essentially two RPG classes. Both clans will now be available in the base game at…

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