The Steam Autumn Sale 2023 is live

You likely already know this if you keep track of our running list of Steam sale dates, but just in case you don’t—or perhaps you’ve just forgotten amidst all the Black Friday hubbub—the 2023 Steam Autumn Sale is live now, and runs until 10 am PT/1 pm ET on November 28. As always, the launch…

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League of Legends world champ gets his very own skin as a reward—but can’t choose his favourite champion because he didn’t get a chance to play her: ‘they said they can make Bard pretty too’

League of Legends Worlds is a prestigious yearly tournament that wrapped up its 2023 run recently. The victors, T1 from Korea, took home $445,000 along with the gold. In a sad twist of fate—one that belongs in some Greek tragedy—a member of the winning team still didn’t get what he wanted. See, Worlds winners get…

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Pokimane called a viewer ‘broke boy’ for complaining about her overpriced snacks, and now the internet is mad about miniature cookies

Influencer Pokimane recently launched her own line of branded cookies: the Myna cookies (with added vitamin D!) are miniature cookies in bags, which are sold in batches of four bags for $28. If you’re thinking “that’s a lot of money to spend on biscuits” you’re not alone, though of course Pokimane is only one of…

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Devs from The Simpsons Hit & Run say the game could’ve had four sequels, but the publisher said nah: ‘The stars [were] aligned … and then it was just: huh, I guess we’re not [making them]’

The Simpsons Hit & Run—a GTA-style send-up that somehow managed to be actually pretty dang good—came out in 2003 to some stirring commercial success. I have some fond memories of romping around Springfield as an accident-prone Homer, and while I’m certainly not alone, the game never had a sequel. Turns out, it very nearly had…

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