The dedicated PC sensor had become redundant Production of the Kinect for Windows v2 sensor has now ceased. Coming some nine months after the $200 PC-compatible variant of Xbox One’s powerful motion-sensing camera first began shipping, Microsoft says the move is designed to allow it to “consolidate the Kinect for Windows experience around a single…
The humble data center is not so humble. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, data centers and data transmission networks consume between 2-3% of global power consumption, and as global internet traffic grows, and demand for things like AI explodes, 3% is a number that will surely increase in the years ahead. Microsoft knows…
Update: Now confirmed for April 2026 release. High on Life 2, the sequel to the 2022 comedic FPS High on Life, is apparently coming to Switch 2 later this year, if an Amazon listing is to be believed. As reported by Nintendo Everything, a full Amazon page for the Switch 2 version — complete with…
Slimes to the left of me, zombies to the right. Canadian developer Brace Yourself Games first hit the spotlight with Crypt of the NecroDancer, a rhythm-based roguelike, all the way back in 2015. Dungeon crawling to a relentless beat became the new dance craze sweeping the nation, and it was warmly welcomed into the Switch…
When I first discovered Monster Sniper Season 3, the self-declared “worst videogame of all time”, I was immediately hooked on following its strange development. Once it actually became playable, I got a bit obsessed. Creator Carsen Rapp’s TikToks about the game’s ongoing progress are both brilliantly silly and also a little horrifying; he often looks…
In 2024, just over 20 years ago, Valve created Half-Life 2, a first-person shooter that continues the story of silent protagonist Gordon Freeman. Once a humble scientist, Freeman now finds himself in the middle of a global war against a multidimensional species known as the Combine, with humanity’s fate resting in the balance. In short,…
Category: Games March 13, 2025 How PowerWash Simulator 2 is Giving You More of What You Already Love Rebecca Sweetmore, Head of Marketing & Communications, FuturLab Summary PowerWash Simulator 2 is bubbling up with fresh locations, soap-erior equipment, and flashy new features. Design Director Dan Chequer tells us a little more about why a sequel…
The poor servers trying to keep up with the influx of players logging into Arc Raiders are starting to buckle. Many players, including PC Gamer’s own Morgan Park, are reporting matchmaking errors and queue times just as the extraction shooter hit just over 330,000 concurrent players on Steam. Considering it’s on consoles and other storefronts…
Asus chairman Jonney Shih hinted last month that the company may make its own augmented reality (AR) glasses. Now CEO Jerry Shen has confirmed those plans, reporting that the product will be released next year. Shen made the revelation on Wednesday during an earnings webcast, saying that the company believes AR will be important for…
Saints Row is dead. Long live Saints Row? No, it’s actually dead, at least according to the design director on the first game, Chris Stockman. As Eurogamer reported, Stockman said as much in a Discord for his new company, Bit Planet Games. A thread on X from user papaRPG popularized a screenshot of Stockman responding…