Valve has pushed yet another update for SteamOS on the Steam Frame. It includes power efficiency improvements, eye tracking accessibility, and improved streaming reliability. Also something about grabbing handles? Improved power efficiency and battery lifetime during both streaming and local gameplay, with gains of up to 12%. Note: Result vary depending on framerate and content….
Dan Houser, Rockstar games co-founder and one of the chief creative forces that transformed Grand Theft Auto into an unstoppable financial juggernaut, reckons that there’s “always that danger” that the games industry will become “overly focussed on making money.” Speaking on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch to promote his recently released novel (via GamesRadar), Houser was…
The newest entry in the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Cultures Series, The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy does pretty much exactly what you’d expect. It explains broader philosophical ideas from the perspective of the Legend of Zelda games. But don’t let the fact that this book comes from an academic publisher fool you. This…
Category: Next Week on Xbox Next Week on Xbox: New Games for April 28 to May 2 Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Published April 25, 2025 Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, and Game Pass! Get…
Tomorrow, Moss: The Forgotten Relic arrives on PlayStation 5. For many players, this will be their very first venture into the world of Moss. For others, it’s a chance to return to a place that has stayed with them long after the credits rolled. Either way, we’re incredibly excited to finally share our handcrafted adventure,…
Despite a reputation for making cult games, Japanese director Suda51’s studio Grasshopper Manufacture has survived for 27 years—long enough to have now ported much of its back catalog of console games to PC. A look at the difference between Grasshopper’s developer listing page on Steam and its publisher listing page, though, reveals a too-common struggle…
Treasure Lacker. The word on the street is that Nintendo has an Arwing in the hangar and it’s ready for takeoff. Of course, rumours are nothing more than, uhh, rumours, until the Big N confirms, but there’s something about the rumblings of a new Star Fox game that feels faintly plausible to me. Mainstream appeal…
This week during CES 2016 in Las Vegas, Samsung claimed the “world’s first” title with the introduction of its new Samsung CF591, a “frameless” curved monitor. The company also introduced two other “framed” monitors at the show, the Samsung CF390 and the CF391, both of which are also curved. All three support AMD’s FreeSync Technology,…
A sequel 40 years in the making. More than 35 years ago, in 1989, Colin Porch finished programming the Amiga and Atari ST versions of Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond’s 1987 classic Head Over Heels and immediately began work on a sequel, which is only now being released, almost 40 years later. Return To Blacktooth…
We’re officially over the halfway line for 2026, and I’m in this weird limbo where it feels like nothing has come out… but also everything has come out. Games like Mixtape and Lego Batman have emerged as breakout hits, while big-budget bangers like Crimson Desert have been unsurprising hits with gamers. But when it comes…