Survival shooter Road to Vostok 'secured the entire production budget for this game for years and years to come' within 24 hours of its Steam early access launch

Survival shooter Road to Vostok ‘secured the entire production budget for this game for years and years to come’ within 24 hours of its Steam early access launch

Road to Vostok, the hardcore survival shooter developed by Finnish former army officer Antti Leinonen, has built up a lot of hype since Leinonen released its first demo in 2022, thanks in no small part to how terrifying it is to be shot at by its bandits while you’re scavenging for soup cans. That hype,…

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German phone repair and insurance firm goes bankrupt after paying €200,000 to ransomware hackers despite reported revenue of 70 million

Despite tens of millions of revenue, a $230,000 ransomware fee has seemingly taken out one of Germany’s leading insurance firms. As reported by Wa.de and Golem.de (via our friends at Tom’s Hardware), Einhaus Group was originally targeted back in 2023. Hacking group Royal reportedly told Einhaus Group founder Wilhelm Einhaus, “We’ve hacked you. All further…

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They’re putting DRM in trains, now: Hired hackers Dragon Sector take to the Chaos Communication Congress stage and explain how they caught a manufacturer red-handed

You wouldn’t download a train—but you might conceivably want to repair one. Those worries have led to a massive controversy in Poland, as train manufacturer Newag has come under fire for likely adding DRM-style protection to stop its vehicles from being repaired at competitor facilities. As laid out by Notes from Poland, the manufacturer’s trains…

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AMD’s Polaris Shoots for the Stars

The North Star In the final portion of our RTG Summit coverage, AMD has saved the best for last. Part one of the summit covered displays and visual technologies, part two was about software and AMD’s push to become more open (as in open source), and now it’s time to look to the North Star…

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Welcome Back, Captain – Here’s What’s New in Assassins Creed Black Flag Resynced

Category: Games April 23, 2026 Welcome Back, Captain – Here’s What’s New in Assassins Creed Black Flag Resynced Lucy O’Brien, Director, Editorial Communications, Ubisoft Summary Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, coming to Xbox Series X|S July 9, revitalizes a fan-favorite adventure with state-of-the-art visuals, gameplay upgrades, and new content. Black Flag Resynced has received a…

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