Overwatch season 4 introduced a rank reset and you know what that means, it’s every cat, hog, and retired sniper for themselves as players desperately try to claw back to where they finished last season. As if that isn’t stressful enough, we’ve also got a new rank on our hands. Slotted between ranks Platinum and…
I’ll tell you two facts about me. One, I use Firefox on a daily basis. And two, I’ve been continually impressed by GeForce Now, Nvidia’s PC game streaming service that somehow works a whole lot better than you expect. So it’s a red letter day in my household, as Firefox has been added to the…
Starting today, XBOX Insiders can try out new console updates that give players more control over their Home experience, help manage local game save storage and wishlists. We’re also celebrating a milestone in XBOX’s history with a new commemorative profile badge, and a new way to explore the badges you’ve already earned. Most features will…
Could this be the unlikeliest video game revival of 2026? If I were to mention the words “DRM-Free” and “preservation,” the first thing to spring to mind would likely be GOG, the digital storefront previously owned by the Polish company CD Projekt. It’s worth highlighting, though, that it isn’t the only company working hard to…
Former Arkane Austin studio director Harvey Smith, known for his work on games including Deus Ex, Thief: Deadly Shadows, and Dishonored, has joined with executive producer Ben Horne to launch a new studio called Black Pony Immersive. The new operation features “an elite development team” built around personnel from Arkane, Insomniac, Epic, Avalanche, and Volition,…
Here follows a transcript of every conversation I have had with another human being about Stalker 2 since I scored it 83% in our Stalker 2 review, back in 2024: SOME GUY: I’m kind of curious about Stalker 2, but I’m wary. I’ve heard that game is really buggy.JOSH: It’s gotten a lot better since…
I vehemently dislike reviewing laptops. I know that’s a weird sentence to start an SSD review off with, but humor me for a second. Basically, the configuration you get is never correct. You go “oh hi X manufacturer, this laptop looks great, can you send me a sample for review?” and they go “yeah, sure,…
Hamster’s rerelease is sadly missing a full localisation, but help is at hand! When Hamster released Nippon Ichi Software’s PlayStation RPG Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure on Nintendo Switch 2 & PS5 last month as part of Console Archives, I had a feeling it would be only a matter of time before the sequel followed, and…
There’s something really grating about Copilot’s cheery demeanour. It’s so eager to please, so happy to help, that I simply don’t respect it. However, even I feel sorry for the AI tool after learning that security researchers managed to hoodwink it into revealing details of how to hack itself—all by keeping the AI talking long…
Take-Two Interactive, the publisher who oversees studios like Rockstar and Gearbox, had an AI guy. ‘Had’ being the operative word, seeing as he, and a decent chunk of its then-AI team, were laid off around a year after he took on the role. Dicken was previously a data scientist at Zynga, before becoming its director…