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Itch.io appears to be scrambling for cover after credit card payment processors began pressuring it to remove or moderate its NSFW content, a move claimed to be at the behest of anti-porn groups like Collective Shout—an ongoing situation that’s been causing a huge turmoil over the past week. As part of compliance, Itch has been…

The New York Times is being hazed by game dev social media over what I can only describe as one of the most naive articles about AI I’ve ever seen. The pointing and laughing is happening on BlueSky, among other places, over a paragraph that claims generative AI is being embraced by the videogame industry,…

Elden Ring Nightreign’s 1.02 patch was scheduled to go up tomorrow, on July 31, it included new content like the anticipated duos mode and other balance updates. But this has since been delayed by FromSoftware after a series of tsunami warnings. “Due to the tsunami warning following the earthquake near the Kamchatka Peninsula, we have…

We have a new gaming peripheral collaboration, so you know what that means. It’s time to see some gaming gear that’s not just black, white, pink, or maybe cammo. This time the collaboration is between the esports lifestyle brand 100 Thieves and HighGround peripheral makers. The ensuing Vantage collection features a collection of keyboards, mouse,…

AI has changed the face of computing hardware so much since it started gaining popularity. With its stranglehold on just about every conversation around tech its clearly the current driving force. Now, more and more, manufacturers are looking to find ways to optimise better for AI, be it something like Nvidia’s DLSS4 optimised series of…

A good gaming headset has to be one of the most surprisingly significant upgrades to my setup. I still remember the first time I went from gaming on a cheap included headset to getting a decent pair of cans, and was astounded by the difference. I could hear everything, from atmospheric creeks to the doomed…

I personally am so grateful for the mass adoption of mechanical keyboards in the last ten years or so. No longer niche gamer devices, now everyone can enjoy the excellent feel of real switches bouncing underneath their fingers. One of the brands that started mine and many others obsessions here is Cherry and they’re back…

However you want to win your daily Wordle, we’ve got all the help you need to make it happen. Go straight for the answer to today’s Wordle if you like—it’s only a click away and ready whenever you need it. Or if you’d rather take the long way around, why not spend a while with…

Humanoid robots are doing all sorts of things recently, like playing sport, and being sold for under $6,000 USD. Interesting Engineering spotted the R1, a new human-shaped robot developed by Unitree Robots in Hangzhou, with the surprisingly low price tag of 39,999 yuan. Sometimes the words “you get what you pay for” hit a little more…

Mavrix by Matt Jones is an early access mountain biking game with a 100-square-kilometre open world. It shares a lot in common with Descenders and Riders Republic. The former, because it’s about riding pushbikes at blistering high speeds down ludicrously dangerous hills, and the latter because all this is conducted in a big open world….