Alien: Earth, the FX prequel series about an alien from Alien (plus a bunch more different kinds of aliens) crash-landing on terra firma, has been picked up for a second season, per Variety. That’s good news for two reasons: I enjoyed the first season (except for one part) and the final episode didn’t really do…
Of the three hardware announcements Valve made yesterday, the Steam Controller is probably the least exciting at face value. It looks a whole lot like the original Steam controller, which hardly set the world ablaze. Also, it’s a gamepad. There are countless PC gamepads on the market, and many are better than what Microsoft or…
The Outer Worlds 2’s main menu is the epitome of “Oh hey, that’s neat!” All of your options are structured as a dialogue with an animatronic Moon Man, the in-game corporate mascot who serves as the series’ own Vault Boy in real life. Things get really interesting, though, when both he and the environment around…
For the third time this year, Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics has laid off employees: The company announced today that it’s making a “difficult but necessary” reorganization of its studios and team, and that as a result nearly 30 people will be put out of work. The cuts will be made “across various departments and…
One of Russia’s first humanoid AI robots was unveiled on-stage in Moscow on Tuesday this week—and after shuffling on-stage to that Soviet-era classic, the Rocky theme tune, it almost immediately faceplanted. But the reason you should watch the below video is not merely the delicious AI schadenfreude: it’s what the humans do. The robot is…
Hi, reader’s boss. Yes, I can confirm as an authority on all things Steam that the service does distribute software other than games. Your honest and hardworking employee has a good reason to have installed it on their office machine. I swear Bongo Cat is great for their productivity. Really though. Steam isn’t just for…
Rockstar employees may be “scared, hurt, and feel uncertain” following the sudden dismissal of more than 30 people last week, but they’re not so frightened that they’re unwilling to speak out. The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain says more than 200 workers at the company have signed a letter to senior management demanding the…
Every Pokémon we’ve spotted so far. Pokémon Pokopia is a completely new type of Pokémon game: you don’t catch ’em all, you… make friends with ’em all? Blending elements of life sims, farming games, and block building into one big package come 5th March 2026. Of course, there are plenty of returning faces, some of…
As World of Warcraft’s next expansion nears release, players are preparing for the first time in the MMO’s history where combat mods, or addons, won’t offer much help. The most popular ones simply won’t work when Midnight arrives as part of Blizzard’s plan to level the playing field for all players. Unsurprisingly, this hasn’t gone…
FPS legend John Romero is on record as regretting, and apologizing for, the famous Daikatana magazine ad that stated he was about to make you his bitch. But in recent years, a Photoshop of the ad has taken on a second life as the perfect memey encapsulation of Romero’s social media interactions with former id…