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Back in the olden days of 2020 there was some exciting news for people who love dinosaurs and families: Ark 2 was coming and Vin Diesel was coming with it. Vin Diesel, shirtless, riding a dinosaur? Sounded like a certified bop. Since then, however, we’ve heard less and less about Ark 2. The sequel to…

A cadre of tech founders and activists announced a new social-media focused foundation on Monday with the goal of raising $30 million to fund development of AT Protocol, the underlying technology powering growing social media network Bluesky. While you may not recognize any of the “technical advisors and custodians” organizing Free Our Feeds, you’ll likely…

When Rebel Wolves teased its first project back in 2022, PC Gamer’s Rich Stanton said it gave him “strong vampire vibes.” When the studio revealed the game’s title and some new concept art in 2024, I said it gave me “very strong vampire vibes.” Today we got a look at Dawnwalker’s debut cinematic trailer, and…

Hearthstone’s “biggest mini-set ever” is set to launch next week, bringing Blizzard’s legendary RTS StarCraft to the game with 49 new cards—four Legendary, one Epic, 20 Rare, and 24 Common—split across the three factions you know and love: Zerg, Protoss, and Terran. Each faction has five cards that can be played across all the classes…

My flying city in Airborne Empire is tilted at a 1 degree angle. That’s not a big deal: it’s barely detectable visually and it doesn’t seem to be bothering my citizens. It sure is bothering me, though. I can’t stop imagining one of my residents, after a hard day harvesting resources or battling pirates or…

Late last week, we reported how Path of Exile 2 players were questioning Elon Musk’s claims of having one of the highest-ranked hardcore PoE 2 characters on the planet, thanks to a livestream showcasing his seeming confusion over game mechanics that would be rudimentary to any high level player. It’s with a heavy heart that…

We still don’t know how Larian plans to follow the massive success of Baldur’s Gate 3, but whatever it is, it’s now occupying the “full attention” of developers at the studio. First things first, we do know a little bit about Larian’s next project, which are actually projects, plural—the studio apparently has two things on…

Powerwash Simulator was a surprise hit when it popped up in 2022, earning critical plaudits, enviable player numbers, crossovers ranging from Spongebob Squarepants to Warhammer 40,000 and even an academic thumbs-up from Oxford. Despite all that success, it hasn’t been able to crack the thick-skinned nut that is virtual reality, and today FuturLab has announced…

At the end of 2024, I got to try one last hour-long preview of Hyper Light Breaker ahead of its early access launch on January 14. It does the thing: This is a great action game that nails the look and feel of Hyper Light Drifter in a 3D open world. Now there are two…