Thought Sam Levinson's teen drama Euphoria was done for? Think again, as HBO/Max boss Casey Bloys has confirmed it's still on track despite recent cancellation rumors. Read more View the full article
It's Half-Life 2 week at Ars Technica! This Saturday, November 16, is the 20th anniversary of the release of Half-Life 2—a game of historical importance for the artistic medium and technology of computer games. Each day leading up through the 16th, we'll be running a new article looking back at the game and its impact. When millions of eager gamers first installed Half-Life 2 20 years ago, many, if not most, of them found they needed to install another piece of software alongside it. Few at the time could imagine that piece of companion software–with the pithy name Steam–would eventually become the key distribution point and social networking center for the entire PC gaming ecosystem, making the idea of physical PC games an anachronism in the process. While Half-Life 2 wasn’t the first Valve game released on Steam, it was the first high-profile title to require the platform, even for players installing the game from physical retail discs. That requirement gave Valve access to millions of gamers with new Steam accounts and helped the company bypass traditional retail publishers of the day by directly marketing and selling its games (and, eventually, games from other developers). But 2004-era Steam also faced a vociferous backlash from players that saw the software as a piece of nuisance DRM (digital rights management) that did little to justify its existence at the time. Read full article Comments View the full article
Every Thursday we share the weekly Famitsu sales charts, which tracks physical boxed game sales and hardware sales in Japan. ... Read more View the full article
Star Wars is forever bringing back elements of the prior Extended Universe and Andor Season 2 is doing its bit by featuring a ship from a 1994 video game. Total Film spotted protagonist Cassian Andor stealing a TIE Avenger ship in the brief snippet of footage released in the Disney+ Coming in 2025 trailer. This is obviously part of the TIE Fighter family featured in myriad Star Wars projects, but specifically comes from the 30-year-old Star Wars: TIE Fighter PC game. Those who've played Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter and Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance will also recognise the TIE Avenger, but the ship has otherwise been absent from Star Wars lore over the years. It was pushed into the "unofficial" Extended Universe when Disney bought Lucasfilm, of course, but will make this triumphant return to canon sometime during Andor Season 2's run when it debuts April 22. Andor Season 2 leads directly into the final chapter in Cassian Andor's storyline, told in true Star Wars fashion through an interquel in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Season 2 introduces characters from that feature film such as K-S20 and Krennic, and star Diego Luna has said it turns Rogue One into a completely different film. IGN's Andor: Season 1 review returned a 9/10. We said: "Andor is one of the very best TV shows of the year and as good as Star Wars has been in a long, long time." Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article
Today’s NYT Mini Crossword has quite a few tricky clues to solve. One of the tougher hints is “Throws hard,” so if this one has you stumped, we’ve got you covered. Here are some hints and the official answer for the “Throws hard” clue on the Nov. 14 NYT Mini Crossword puzzle. View the full article
Four Square Enix mobile ports are launching on Apple Arcade beginning next month including Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy IV (3D Remake), Trials of Mana, and more. View the full article
What is ****** Ops 6 Zombies Directed mode? With the sheer amount of easter eggs on each of the zombies maps, it can be difficult to keep track of everything on offer. Fortunately, Zombies Directed Mode can help direct you through the main quests if you're struggling to know what to do next. There's a whole host of new Zombies features coming to ****** Ops 6 Zombies with the mid-season update. In the meantime, the new Direct Mode has been added to help you through the main quests. If you'd still rather go it alone, we've got complete guides to the Zombies Terminus quest and Zombies Liberty Falls quest. But, if you'd rather turn on a mode that takes you through each step on-screen, ****** Ops 6 Zombies Directed mode might be the best answer. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: ****** Ops 6 Liberty Falls bowling alley easter egg Best BO6 and Warzone Krig C loadout and class build ****** Ops 6 Zombies Augments explained View the full article
Right now you can save $450 on the cost of a brand new, seriously powerful Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 gaming laptop, with some pretty impressive hardware wrapped in a gorgeous RGB-illuminated chassis. The 30% saving on offer makes this gaming laptop deal an absolute steal for the price, especially with its Intel Core i9 14900HX CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 GPU combo. Acer produces some of the best gaming laptop designs you can buy right now, but it's a real surprise to see an Acer gaming laptop with this spec for just $1,049.99. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 inside this machine will have no trouble with 1080p gaming, even with ray tracing enabled, thanks to its support for Nvidia DLSS 3, and there won't be any bottlenecks either, thanks to the huge 24-core Intel Core i9 14900HX CPU powering it. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Grab this 240Hz Acer gaming monitor with a massive 44% Amazon Prime Day saving Grab this Acer Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 gaming laptop for its lowest ever price Acer Predator X45 review: The ultimate racing sim gaming monitor View the full article
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As I sit here, typing away on my Secretlab Fatalis chair, I think it's safe to say that I'm quite the Monster Hunter fan. Of course, that means that I'm eager to ***** into Monster Hunter Wilds as soon as it arrives next year, and if you're as excited as I am about the next installment in Capcom's long-running saga, I've got just the deal for you. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Monster Hunter Wilds release date, trailers, and latest news Monster Hunter Wilds server status Monster Hunter Wilds beta start and end times View the full article
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New leaks about Honkai: Star Rails third-year patches have emerged and they hint at what will likely be a devastating ***** to one of the games most important Paths. At the moment, HoYoverses turn-based RPG is in the midst of Version 2.6, a patch that took the Astral Express back to Penacony. While the main conflict involving the Stellaron has been resolved, players are now visiting a new area and meeting new characters, such as Rappa in Honkai: Star Rail. The campaign is moving at a much slower pace than before, probably gearing up for the release of Version 3.0. View the full article
Despite being the face of a Hollywood film franchise and the star of a three decade old video game franchise, Sonic the Hedgehog is still homeless. As reported by Automaton, fans grew concerned recently after discovering what appeared to be a major change to an incredibly random piece of Sonic the Hedgehog lore. A comic featured in the 2025 Sonic the Hedgehog Annual claimed the blue blur lived in Green Hill Zone, the iconic opening level to the original Sonic the Hedgehog. But Sonic lore has otherwise stated he's a drifter, roaming from place to place and never settling down, with even official channels like the TailsTube web series pointing to this fact. Some fans were therefore relieved to hear Sonic had settled down, while others were in an uproar, forcing the hand of Chris Hernandez, *****'s associate manager of Sonic the Hedgehog lore, who clarified the annual's claim was just a misprint. "Sorry to burst the bubble so late here," Hernandez said on X/Twitter. "This was something we caught early on but it looks like an older draft got through on accident. Sonic doesn't have a home; he's still a drifter. Will work on making sure this doesn't happen again. Thanks for catching this." Sonic appears too busy to sit down and apply for a mortgage, with his third film debuting on December 20 and bringing Shadow the Hedgehog to the cinematic universe. An enhanced remake of Sonic Generations folded in the edgier hedgehog in the aptly titled Sonic x Shadow Generations. In our 9/10 Sonic x Shadow Generations review, IGN said: "Sonic x Shadow Generations takes an already excellent game and spring jumps it to new heights with a creative Shadow campaign and an appreciable graphical upgrade. Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article
Desperate for more content to drop for Pokemon TCG Pocket, so you and more than 30 million other people can fall deeper into your card collecting and deck building frenzies? Well, good news, the game's devs have now shared a bit of a roadmap of their curreent plans new stuff-wise for the near future. Read more View the full article
We're all eagerly awaiting the launch of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, and we always knew this new gaming GPU wouldn't be cheap, but it looks as though the price of this graphics card will be even higher than we expected. According to this *****, the RTX 5090 is going to cost significantly more than its predecessor, the RTX 4090. Although Nvidia hasn't officially revealed the RTX 5090 launch date yet, the company is widely expected to unveil it at the CES trade show in January 2025. With AMD leaving the high-end GPU market to Nvidia for the moment, the 5090 is very likely to be the best graphics card for gaming when it comes out, but you're going to have to pay a lot of money to bag this flagship graphics card. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Get Indiana Jones and the Great Circle for free, thanks to Nvidia This new modular Nvidia GeForce RTX gaming laptop could make GPU upgrades easy Goodbye Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060? Popular gaming GPU production reportedly halted View the full article
More than eight years since it launched, Hearts of Iron 4 ******** the go-to WW2 strategy game on Steam. The sprawling, in-depth recreation of World War II from Stellaris and Crusader Kings makers Paradox Interactive still pulls more players than its contenders, and it's about to get even *******. Launching today, new HoI 4 DLC Götterdämmerung focuses on Germany and some of the countries in closest proximity to it, giving you entirely new ways to steer the nations through the globe-spanning conflict. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Upcoming Hearts of Iron 4 DLC gives lots of love to a WW2 underdog New Hearts of Iron 4 DLC adds dramatic alternate history opportunities The biggest WW2 strategy game is free for the weekend and 80% off View the full article
Epic Games announced back at the end of 2022 that they were pulling a whole bunch of classics like Unreal Tournament and Unreal from stores, along with turning off servers, but now it's a bit easier to get them running again. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
YouTubers Travis Oates and Leif Gantvoort of Above Board TV may have uncovered the least comfortable way to play board games - covered in tens of thousands of live bees. With assistance from renowned bee scientist Norman Gary, the duo were filmed playing a full game of bee-themed board game Apiary while each draped in a living coat of bees. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Wingspan creator's next board game stars SPACE BEES View the full article
BioWare’s reputation as a AAA game development studio is built on three pillars: world-building, storytelling, and character development. In-game codices offer textual support for fan theories, replays are kept fresh by systems that encourage experimenting with alternative quest resolutions, and players get so attached to their characters that an entire fan-built ecosystem of player-generated fiction and artwork has sprung up over the years. After two very publicly disappointing releases with Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem, BioWare pivoted back to the formula that brought it success, but I’m wrapping up the first third of The Veilguard, and it feels like there’s an ingredient missing from the special sauce. Where are the quests that really let me agonize over the potential repercussions of my choices? I love Thedas, and I love the ragtag group of friends my hero has to assemble anew in each game, but what really gets me going as a roleplayer are the morally ambiguous questions that make me squirm: the dreadful and delicious BioWare decisions. Read full article Comments View the full article
The creation of O2, the ***'s largest mobile network operator, Daisy, or dAIsy, is an AI created to trick scammers into thinking they are talking to a real grandmother who likes to ramble. If and when the AI does hand over the demanded bank details, it reads out fake numbers... Read Entire Article View the full article
The 1.6 Update for Stardew Valley is finally live but creator ConcernedApe isn't slowing down when it comes to providing players with the best game possible. Shortly after the patch launched for console and mobile, users began to report some major bugs that occurred under specific circumstances, promoting ConcernedApe to provide odd solutions like removing all hats from pets. The in-fiction explanation behind the fix was a strange ear infection affecting animals across the country, but it seems like a treatment for the problem has finally been dispersed. View the full article
A YouTuber has uncovered a serious bug with Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6's suppressors, revealing that players using the attachment are not being hidden from ****** radars if an opponent is using the Scout Pulse scorestreak. While suppressors aren't the most popular attachment to use in Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6, the Scout Pulse is the lowest and most commonly used scorestreak in the game, meaning those who are using a suppressor are likely wasting their time. View the full article
It feels like we've been waiting forever for an official announcement on who the new James Bond is, and while the 007 producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson remain tight-lipped, we've at least learned what kind of actor they're looking at. Read more View the full article
Old School Rally is properly awesome. Bringing back some fond memories for me of playing Colin McRae Rally on the original PlayStation and now it just got a whole lot better. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
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Thought Sam Levinson's teen drama Euphoria was done for? Think again, as HBO/Max boss Casey Bloys has confirmed it's still on track despite recent cancellation rumors. Read more View the full article