PC Gaming
Does Steam look different to you today—girthier, perhaps? If so, and you’re a Steam client beta participant, you’ll be happy to know that you’re not imagining it, nor do your eyeglasses need adjustment. Steam has embiggened its store pages, taking them from 940 pixels wide to 1200, a change it said is part of an…
Someone at Blizzard this week probably learned a lesson on what to never ever name your files. A few outlets, including Wowhead, spotted a Diablo 4 server update that went out under the name of what sure sounds like the new class coming in the second expansion next year. Blizzard regularly updates internal versions of…
As weekend two of the Battlefield 6 beta gets into swing, folks are increasingly skeptical of all these small to medium maps. The lack of a truly “big” Battlefield map was the loudest criticism coming out of last weekend’s playtest, and the only new map added this week isn’t squashing worries that Battlefield 6 is…
Following an uproar over its ban of a popular YouTuber who purportedly pursues and exposes child predators on the platform, Roblox has posted an update saying it became necessary to remove “vigilantes” from its platform after their behavior “evolved” and began conflicting with Roblox’s own systems. Roblox banned YouTuber Schlep earlier this week, saying in…
In our current technological moment, when we’re being urged by the world’s largest companies to trust our lives to the whims of machines that might generously be considered “truth agnostic,” it’s important to check your work if you’re letting a computer do it for you. It’s a lesson that was starkly demonstrated this week for…
A Meta policy document obtained by Reuters stated that it was acceptable for the Facebook company’s AI chatbots to have “romantic or sensual” conversations with children. Meta confirmed the document’s authenticity to Reuters and told the outlet that it has now removed the guidelines in question, which said it was OK for bots “to engage…
Europe’s biggest gaming convention is imminent: The Gamescom 2025 festivities will commence on Tuesday, August 19 with Geoff Keighley’s usual Opening Night Live, which will be followed by the Future Games Show and Xbox and Bethesda streams throughout the week. (See our Gamescom 2025 schedule for more on when and where to watch all the…
The multiplayer soccer game Rematch came out strong in June, despite missing one major feature: Crossplay was not enabled because of “unforeseen technical complexities.” Two months later, it’s still not there, but developer Sloclap says it’ll be here soon. Word of the upcoming crossplay functionality came in the notes of the second major patch for…
Pop a Buffout, huff some Ultrajet, and pour yourself a big bowl of Sugar Bombs. Fallout fans may have a long wait before we get any kind of news about Fallout 5, but at least there’s a little irradiated goodness coming our way soon. Quite soon! As in, next week: we’re getting some sort of…
A good microphone doesn’t need to have a million features to make an impact. Wrap a high-quality capsule in a sturdy frame, convert the output to a USB connection, and provide a stand. That’s about all you get with our current favourite budget gaming microphone, the Amazon Basics USB condenser mic, and it works brilliantly….