Gamer Fridge

Mike Ybarra, the former President of Blizzard Entertainment, has graced us yet again with a terrible take or a terrible joke concerning the upcoming release of Marvel Rivals—we honestly can’t decide which one it is. “Looks like Overwatch Marvel Rivals ships tomorrow,” Ybarra says. “Much like Light of Motiram (a clear copy of HZD) out…

As age verification becomes more commonplace across the web, there are some trying to oppose its rollout on security and privacy grounds. An open letter signed by over 400 researchers and scientists arguing the many reasons why age verification (and most especially the current age assurance technology) isn’t all it’s cracked up to be is…

I’ve always considered life sims as straddling the line between the niche and the mainstream, but I suppose it’s safe to say Inzoi is firmly rocketing the genre into the latter, as it’s officially pouted and peace-signed its way to the number one wishlisted game on Steam. Krafton’s more ultra-realistic take on The Sims has…

The extraction shooter is still figuring itself out. That’s a funny thing to say about a videogame genre that’s been around for like a decade (Escape From Tarkov’s first alpha goes back to 2016), but it’s true. For a long time, there were pretty much two examples of extraction games charting their own path: Escape…

A lawsuit filed in the Manhattan federal court last week by the New York Times claims that the defendants—Microsoft and OpenAI—have used millions of its articles to train and create its large language models (LLMs) and other products. The Times is seeking damages in realms of billions of dollars, though it doesn’t give a specific…