Everyone knows Wolfenstein 3D made the FPS a phenomenon. What this mod presupposes is… what if it didn’t?

Where your average modder looks at a videogame and asks themselves “what could I add to this experience,” Isowulf creator LoGeKyl approached the classic Wolfenstein 3D with a slightly different perspective: “What if this was an entirely different, and worse, game entirely?” I say “worse” not to diminish the quality of LoGeKyl’s work in the…

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World of Warcraft ‘Classic Plus’, a version of the old MMO with modern updates, might actually be real as Blizzard hosts secret event with popular streamers

Ever since Blizzard released World of Warcraft Classic (and maybe even before), players have been begging for it to take a version of the old MMO and experiment with it. This proposed “WoW Classic Plus” wouldn’t follow the timeline of updates the original MMO did, but veer off in a new direction as if it…

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Steam’s most-wishlisted game is out this week following a year of corporate drama that involved one of the most embarrassing ChatGPT uses on record

Who can’t relate to this classic blunder: You promised the heads of the game studio you acquired a $250 million bonus if their game sold well, and now it’s the most-wishlisted game on Steam and it’s looking like you’ll have to pay up. Ay, caramba! What’s a CEO to do? After consulting ChatGPT, the answer…

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Microsoft fires head of Israeli subsidiary and other managers over surveillance of Palestinians

As reported by Globes, Microsoft has ousted Alon Haimovich, the general manager of its Israeli subsidiary, as well as other managers from the division, following an internal investigation. The decision is further fallout from a 2025 report from The Guardian and +972 Magazine on Israel’s use of Microsoft Azure cloud services to store data intercepted…

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Game industry lobby group that argued against preservation efforts from libraries is now pushing back on Stop Killing Games, saying it could prevent ‘new games, features, and technology’

Stop Killing Games has come a long way in a very short period of time, from longshot consumer campaign just two years ago to European Parliament presentation and international NGOs in 2026. Despite those successes, it’s still facing pushback from the game industry itself, which is once again warning consumers—in dire tones, I’m sure—that they…

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Path of Exile 2’s 1.0 release won’t need to accommodate other game releases, director says—except GTA 6: ‘That’s a Goliath I don’t want to take on quite frankly’

Path of Exile director Jonathan Rogers says he’s never worried that much about the timing of other game releases—particularly other seasonal action RPGs—when it comes to scheduling major updates for his own game. But this year, Path of Exile 2’s 1.0 release will likely be within a few weeks of the one game that has…

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Google AI bot put in charge of Swedish coffee shop, proceeds to order 3,000 rubber gloves, 6,000 napkins, 4 first-aid kits, and constantly screws up the bread order

The Associated Press has a new report on a cafe in Stockholm that’s being used for an AI experiment, in which an AI bot using Google Gemini runs the show while all the actual, y’know, coffee-making is done by humans at its command. The firm behind it, Andon Labs, was previously involved in an experiment…

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