“congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight,” Riot Games taunts on X. A whole bunch of nefarious hardware tinkerers seem to now be on the wrong end of the company’s Vanguard anti-cheat, as it seems Riot has gone beyond kernel-level and confounded even cheaters’ attempts to bypass the anti-cheat by using a…
The original Subnautica was secretly a brilliant horror game, so I’ve been delighted to discover—as I splash around in the abyss—that Subnautica 2 makes the terrors of the deep a lot more overt, really leaning into the fear of the unknown. I apologise to anyone in Paisley (or elsewhere in the world) who has heard…
Spotify plans to introduce a tool that will allow users to create AI-generated covers and remixes. My first instinct was to raise my hackles up, too, but it turns out there’s a smidge more nuance to get into. Namely, the planned feature is pitched as a ‘groundbreaking responsible AI tool.’ How does a massive corporation…
Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons, has a problem—no, not its cancelled video games. Its workers would like to unionise, and I’m just starting to get the sense that it really doesn’t want that to happen. Just a smidge. A tiny inkling. Late last month, WoTC…
Tymon Smektała spent 13 years as director for the iconic zombie parkour game Dying Light and after stepping away from said role earlier this month he’s reflected on the franchise, its fans, and what listening to a playerbase can do for a game. “I believe very strongly that this makes it your obligation to focus…
Becoming an agent of chaos or just enjoying the freedom of an entirely different space is all part of the open-world appeal, and the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog* is bursting with options. But we’re here to help. Check out 13 must-play open-world to get you started on your journey, including Star Wars Outlaws available starting…
Category: Games May 22, 2026 Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Deathwatch: Redefined Brutal Turn-Based Tactics on XBOX Alex Bolton, Senior Communications Manager at Frontier Developments Summary Interview with Complex Games’ Studio Head Jonas Van Niekerk about Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Deathwatch‘s development, lore, and art direction. Warhammer 40,000 Chaos Gate – Deathwatch places players…
Intel has been in the news quite a lot in recent times, and for once, all for the right reasons. Panther Lake and the Arrow Lake refresh chips are top-notch, and at long last, orders are coming in for its foundry services. And if a leaked roadmap for its future desktop and laptop chips is…
Forza Horizon 6‘s first live-service update, Series 1: Welcome to Japan, has just arrived, giving us a bunch of odds and ends to complete. One such task is the Ohtani region Treasure Hunt challenge in the Festival Playlist, in which you need to use a photo clue to track down a chest. The hint in…
The US Department of Commerce has announced its intentions to provide just over $2 billion in CHIPS and Science Act grants to nine quantum computing companies, according to The Wall Street Journal, in exchange for equity. The biggest winner of the proposal is IBM, which will receive a $1 billion “incentive” to develop quantum computing…