In 1984, an upstart retail company called Costco had just opened its first handful of voluminous warehouse stores on the west coast of the United States when it decided to try an experiment. It installed a hot dog cart in front of its San Diego store and started selling Hebrew Nationals with a drink for…
It’s not just you: Steam is down right now. If this were a Tuesday around this time that’d be no big deal (Valve does maintenance every week), but on a Thursday, you have good reason to be looking for an explanation for the error that currently displays when you try to load Steampowered.com: “You’ve made…
John Carmack has reacted to massive layoffs at id Software, the studio that he co-founded in 1991, by its current owner, Microsoft. The company is cutting 136 roles (reports indicate over half of its headcount) at the Doom studio, which just released an expansion for Doom: The Dark Ages this week. “My ‘Microsoft will probably…
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the body overseeing the implementation of United States monetary policy, has announced the creation of five task forces intended to evaluate and improve the Fed’s operations. In a press release, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh named the “external advisers” who will lead each task force, ranging from…
While I wait for Diablo 4 to figure out its messy new season, the only game that has managed to tear me away from playing more Path of Exile 2 is Hell Clock. I should’ve known it would: Hell Clock’s new Cursed War expansion was delayed to give PoE 2’s season some time to breathe….
Category: ID@XBOX July 9, 2026 Meet the Star Operator Who Rewrites the Ranged Rulebook in Starward V3.1 Electra Xu/Editor, Shengtianyouxi Summary Tips for customizing Plizka’s playstyle. Details on the return of a favorite crossover event. Summer surprises including an underwater event. Starward Version 3.1 is now live on XBOX — featuring three original Star Operators…
Destiny 2 is done: The final patch is out, Bungie is decimated, and the game will remain playable but the story of one of the biggest, best and most influential online shooters ever is over. To memorialize the moment, Bungie has rolled out one last gift for players: A new emblem, free for everyone, called…
No hit or no damage playthroughs have become an increasingly common badge of honor online, especially in precise, timing-driven action games like the Souls series. But what about in a dice rolling, stats and RNG-heavy CRPG? Davey Gunface on YouTube not only proved it’s possible, he did so in perhaps the most tedious circumstances: Pathfinder:…
PalworldAfter two-and-a-half years of early access, Palworld is launching into full release tomorrow, July 10. It’s a moment that brings both good news and some potential bad news: The price isn’t going up, which is very nice, but if you have any old mods left installed, you may run into trouble. Pocketpair said in today’s…
It’s been just shy of two months since Subnautica 2 splashed into early access, and developer Unknown Worlds is celebrating its success on X by sharing some official statistics on what players have achieved during their over 58,000,000 hours of combined playtime. According to the studio’s data, those achievements include a spectacular number of drownings….