In the battle for our living rooms, Xbox Project Helix and the Steam Machine make for unlikely rivals on paper—but Microsoft’s new PC gaming-capable console might be raising some eyebrows at Valve

Microsoft is beginning to take the wraps off Project Helix, its newly-teased Xbox console that has been promised to play both Xbox and PC games. While we know very little about the machine for now, new CEO of Microsoft Gaming Asha Sharma says we’ll be finding out more at next week’s GDC. Which makes me…

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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang: ‘I think the opportunity to invest $100 billion in OpenAI is probably not in the cards’

OpenAI and Nvidia have had a tense relationship as of late. OpenAI is reportedly not very happy with Nvidia’s GPUs, and Nvidia’s plan to invest $100 billion in the company has stalled. Recently, in an interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom conference, he announced that OpenAI would…

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Marvel Rivals is bringing back Chrono Rush, among other fixes, in its latest patch: ‘With no cap on how many points you can earn’

Marvel Rivals’ latest patch brings back a popular event, Chrono Rush. It’s a modifier that basically lets you earn an infinite amount of Chrono Tokens, which you can then use to unlock battle pass tiers and cosmetics. “The Chrono Rush event is back for two weeks,” an official blog post reads. “Play matches and rack…

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Ah yikes, World of Warcraft: Midnight’s otherwise solid housing system is soured by its premium currency, which makes you ‘minimize leftovers’ even though Blizzard said it wouldn’t

I want to say something at the top of this—I still think World of Warcraft: Midnight’s player housing system is very, very good. That’s not just to soften the blow of the microtransaction analysis I’m about to hammer Blizzard with, if player housing sucked I’d say that. But the bones are really solid. You’ve got…

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From next week, Australians will need to verify their age to play GTA Online and other R18+ online games

Australians attempting to access online games with an R18+ classification will soon need to prove their age, and if publishers don’t comply they could face fines of nearly AU$50 million. The change applies to online games only—in other words, singleplayer, offline games with an R18+ rating, like Doom Eternal, don’t need to worry—but it will…

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Diablo 4 will let you transform into its most fearsome demon, the Butcher, in an experimental mini season before Lord of Hatred drops

With a little over a month before Diablo 4’s second expansion, Lord of Hatred, comes out, Blizzard seems to be experimenting a little with the game’s usual seasonal format. The next season, which starts on March 11, will focus on slaying hundreds of demons in a row and eventually becoming a demon yourself. You won’t…

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