Star Citizen's next update will switch focus to fixing its bug-riddled previous update, with bigger changes shunted to a later patch

After 17 years, a developer has finally revived the dream of Hannah Montana Linux, an open source operating system themed around Hannah Montana

First reported by Tom’s Hardware, Linux-based gaming just got a massive shot in the arm thanks to developer Noah Cagle. That’s right, baby: Hannah Montana Linux is back. Ok, maybe less a “shot in the arm” and more a “completely neutral development”—more on that in a second—but HML is a fully fledged OS capable of…

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Mortal Shell 2 is the latest game to join the Grand Theft Auto 6 release crush, but I don’t think it has much to worry about because it looks sick as hell

Mortal Shell 2 finally has a release date, and it’s arriving sooner than you might think. Like so many other games releasing this year, Cold Symmetry is getting ahead of Grand Theft Auto 6‘s attention tidal wave blocking out November’s horizon, and will launch at the tail end of August. That makes the August-October release…

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After Space Marine 2 ‘literally changed everything’, Saber Interactive has been inundated with offers from major licenses: ‘We are in a very fortunate position to turn down more than we can accept’

It’s a miserable time in the upper echelons of game development right now, but in the midst of all the layoffs, cancelled games, and legendary studios being horribly and inexplicably gutted, one company at least is riding high—Saber Interactive. Previously known for vehicle simulators and middling action games like World War Z, Saber found itself…

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Call of Duty fans surprised to discover new Black Ops 2 port preserves the emblem editor, not surprised to find swastikas being made with it

Amongst all the news of brutal layoffs, studio divestments, and ironic task force appointments at Microsoft this week, over in the Call of Duty corner of the megacorp, something kinda cool happened. Activision released updated ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010) and Black Ops 2 (2012). They come with caveats, of course: At…

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