Big speed boost for the Bay Area It’s a big deal when Google announces expansion plans for its 1Gbps Fiber service because it’s comparatively affordable and of course crazy fast. The service is also fairly rare—it’s only available in a few locations at the moment—but little by little, it’s expanding. One of the places Google…
On Monday, Dwarf Fortress received its eagerly awaited Siege Update, which revamps Fortress mode sieges by giving invading forces all sorts of dastardly new tools and behaviors to circumvent, demolish, and overrun the player’s fortifications. Dwarves, meanwhile, received new toys to stem the tide of besieging goblins, like autocrossbow turret emplacements and metal-fortified walls. Overnight,…
Category: Announcements November 25, 2025 Xbox November Update: Gaming Copilot Available on Mobile, Full Screen Experience Out Now, and More Dean Shimabukuro, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Xbox Services Marketing Contents Here’s What’s New: Gaming Copilot (Beta) is live on mobile and Full Screen Experience is available on Windows 11 PCs. Cloud Gaming Updates: User-selected…
Hello, PlayStation fans! This month we’re adding 13 games from the Sega library to the PS Now lineup, which now boasts nearly 500 games. Starting today, enjoy a range of classic Sega titles like Super Hang-on, Revenge of Shinobi, Golden Axe, and Altered Beast. We’re also adding some Sega fighting game classics like Virtua Fighter…
And would you want a Switch port? Today marks the 10th anniversary of Star Fox Zero‘s North American launch, the last release in the series at the time of writing. In fact, it shares that honour with Star Fox Guard, but as an eShop game whose only physical version came bundled with Zero, the tower…
About This Episode One of the coolest benefits of being a content creator is having the opportunity to actually speak with some of the key figures who laid the foundation of the video game industry, and my guest for this video is without a doubt one of those individuals. He was there in the very…
At the Canalys Forum EMEA event in Barcelona this week, AMD’s executive vice president for strategic partnerships was asked if Intel’s decision to build new foundries to make chips for other companies was going to be successful. The response was brutal: “Of course not.” As reported by The Register, the conference involves many of the…
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the…
Category: Games May 8, 2025 Overwatch 2: Introducing Freja – The Most Challenging and Rewarding Hero Yet Kenny Hudson, Senior Game Producer, Overwatch 2 Summary Freja is a challenging Hero designed to reward strategic movement and precise aiming, offering a highly rewarding experience for dedicated players. Senior game producer for Overwatch, Kenny Hudson, takes a…
There have been a good few videogames based on Conan the Barbarian over the years, but this one is a little different from most. It’s a text adventure called Tavern of Treachery, and it’s all about running into the infamous Cimmerian during a night on the town and making friends with him—or not, if you…