Real item crafting is finally coming to Diablo 4. I say “real” because the way you can modify items right now is so simplistic compared to what’s on the way in the Lord of Hatred expansion next month. The two developers I spoke to while visiting Blizzard HQ in January convinced me we won’t be…
Restoring old arcades rarely follows a set plan, yet these projects keep appearing across cities and towns. What starts as a few people fixing up a forgotten space often becomes a bigger effort as neighbors, friends, and even strangers join in. Without official rules or blueprints, these grassroots collaborations breathe new life into vintage arcades—and…
When you look at a vintage arcade cabinet, you’re seeing more than a list of classic games. Each machine carries evidence of its long journey—scratched control panels, swapped-out buttons, and faded marquees that whisper stories of decades spent on the floor. For collectors and fans, what matters isn’t just which games are on the screen….
Category: ID@Xbox March 11, 2026 Outbreak: Shades of Horror Devours XPA with Cross-Platform Multiplayer Julia Wolbach, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Dead Drop Studios LLC Summary The Spring seasonal event is here. New Raid and map, unlockable cosmetics and more. Story Mode with exciting new maps and gameplay systems. Even the beautiful sight of cherry…
Two weeks after the state of New York sued Valve for “letting children and adults illegally gamble,” Valve has fired back with a defense of its practices, saying it doesn’t believe the containers in its games constitute gambling under the state’s laws and expressing disappointment that the attorney general’s office would opt to pursue the…
Back in my day there were only three channels on TV and one Minecraft update per year. For years, Mojang’s schedule revolved around the annual title update crammed with new mobs, new biomes, blocks, and enemies. That mindset changed in 2021, its general manager says, when the Caves & Cliffs update grew so ambitious that…
In a new talk at the Game Developers Conference Valve has shared some Steam data that, among other things, shows a lot of developers are making a lot of money. The March 10 presentation was given by communications lead Kaci Aitchison Boyle and Tom Giardino, who works on the business side of things, and various…
Microsoft continued the rollout of its future Xbox plans at GDC today in a talk hosted by VP of next generation Jason Ronald. Titled “Building for the Future with Xbox”, the talk centered around Project Helix, the codename for the next Xbox console that will bridge the gap between a console and traditional PC. Ronald…
I’ve been writing about games for long enough that my threshold for a single piece of artwork grabbing me by the shoulders and screams “PLAY ME!!” in my face is pretty damn high. I did not attend an Xbox indie showcase at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco with a plan to play…
Edgar Wright-ing the Edgar Wrongs. It has been a little over a week since Scott Pilgrim EX arrived on Switch 1 and 2, and today, Tribute Games has released its first proper update to tackle some of the post-launch issues. The ‘Update 1’ patch — as it is titled on Steam — targets all sorts…