“Fireball! Freeze! Magic Missile!” I yelled about 47 times yesterday playing Mage Arena, the voice-powered wizardry game currently shooting up the Steam charts. I convinced some friends to pick up the $3, early access arena shooter based on the strength of the “say spells to cast them” pitch alone, and the verdict is in—Mage Arena…
Before it was used to subject us to an endless churn of ads and targeted misinformation, technology could feel magical. It’s hard to remember, but 15 years ago, you could see someone tinkering on something cool online and it usually didn’t involve a con, a surveillance apparatus, or a military contract. Perhaps we’ve just become…
Mouthwashing was one of the best games of 2024, “a horror game whose narrative and aesthetics are going to be remembered, celebrated, and emulated” for years to come, as PC Gamer’s Ted Litchfield wrote in his glowing 87% review. And if you’d like to buy it on indie-focused digital marketplace Itch.io, you’re going to have…
It’s quite the month for crafting and sim games as Grounded 2‘s early access release joins the launch of Abiotic Factor’s big 1.0 update and Tales of the Shire’s cozy decorating. The Honey, I Shrunk the Kids-inspired adventure was only recently announced at the Xbox Game Showcase back in June, and is the follow-up to…
The tech industry specialises in a tone-deaf executives. The people who run these billion dollar companies are often so removed from the real world, the daily reality of all us peons, that they can seem like a different species. To take one recent example, imagine you got laid off by Microsoft, and then one executive…
Category: Games July 28, 2025 Age Verification in the UK and Xbox’s Ongoing Commitment to Player Safety Kim KunesVice President of Gaming Trust & Safety, Xbox At Xbox, we’re committed to providing players with a safe and secure experience on our platform. Since launching our first ever gaming console that could connect players online in…
As part of the promotion for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the cast sat down and met their Marvel Rivals counterparts, since new movie-themed costumes have been added to the game. It went as well as you’d expect, considering the cast only had a limited amount of time to learn the game, but some parts…
Category: Games July 28, 2025 Xbox July Update: More Ways to Play on PC – Stream Your Own Games via the Xbox PC App and More Dean Shimabukuro, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Xbox Services Marketing At Xbox, we’re always working to make your experience more meaningful, flexible and fun – wherever and however you choose…
Will make its public debut at the Snapdragon booth at ChinaJoy 2025. In a livestream broadcast on its YouTube channel earlier today, AYANEO announced plans to release a new device called the AYANEO Pocket DS, which it is describing as the “world’s first flip dual-screen Android handheld”. The announcement follows the release of AYANEO’s Windows-based…
Advanced chip manufacturing is a very costly but also very lucrative business, and for TSMC, business has been extremely good. However, that’s not been the case for Samsung, the world’s second-largest chip maker after TSMC, as it has been struggling to bring in new customers. There is some good news on that front, though, as…