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Industry report says Steam users play more noncompetitive games than console players—and our interest in PvE keeps growing
Newzoo's data shows that Steam user interest in PvE games has seen steady yearly increases, growing from 47% in 2021.
Ubisoft's defense against The Crew lawsuit doubles down on a point we've heard many times before: You don't actually own your games
Ubisoft claims consumers were given "clear and conspicuous" notice that they were only buying a "limited license" to access ...
The Elder Scrolls Online is getting subclassing—which'll expand its roster of classes to 'over 3,000' combinations of mix-and-matched skill lines
The Elder Scrolls Online is celebrating its 10th anniversary soon—and there are some big changes coming up in the pipeline.
6 years after launch, my favorite action platformer Katana Zero is still getting that long-promised free DLC that's 'nearly the size of the base game'
The Katana Zero DLC—still unnamed, apparently—showed up at the Triple-i Initiative showcase today with a new trailer as proof ...
Soccer fans should be paying attention to Rematch, the 5v5 game coming this summer from the developer of martial arts hit Sifu
French game developer Sloclap is known for martial arts games Absolver and Sifu, both of which are very good in my estimation ...
ABS Cyclone Aqua Gaming PC review
Economies of scale also come into play, as a PC manufacturer can buy 1,000 motherboards for much less per unit than you can ...
AMD muddies the laptop CPU waters again with a Zen 4 refresh. So, where are our actual next-gen Zen 5 chips?
Now that the next-gen graphics cards have made their entrance, we've started seeing some high-end next-gen laptops file ...
Black Mirror Season 7 review
The USS Callister returns, a '90s sim game is no game at all, and we learn the true horrors of monthly subscription services.
This Ryzen 7 9700X, GeForce RTX 5070 gaming PC is the cheapest I've seen this week, which might not stay that way for long
Enter stage left this nice rig from AVGPC, with a Ryzen 7 9700X CPU, 32 GB of fast DDR5-RAM, and a GeForce RTX 5070 for ...
Lost Ember studio reveals its next game, and dang, it's got some really good snow
Sure enough, I was right: Mooneye is also the developer of Lost Ember, "a wonderful, unique, and unforgettable experience with a love for nature" that earned a 90% review score in 2019. That's an ...
Former Blizzard president says 'I'm not sure where Diablo is going' after Diablo 4 roadmap disappoints: 'Don't ship to check a box'
Mike Ybarra, former Blizzard president—who took a bit of a weird zag into CEO of Prizepicks, a fantasy sports company ...
It took me 25 hours to 'finish' puzzle strategy game Blue Prince—and 15 hours after that I'm still uncovering new mysteries
The first time I stepped inside the mysterious mansion of adventure puzzle game Blue Prince—and I'm talking about the first ...