DayZ and Arma developer celebrates 47 million copies sold over 15 years – Arma 4 coming in 2027
Arma 2 only sold 174 copies on day one, but eventually gave rise to DayZ and battle royale games
Nintendo Wii U consoles are dying due to memory-related issues, but there's a fix
Inexpensive memory chips seemingly sentenced the Wii U to an early death
AMD Ryzen Z2 specs leak, flagship may bring 16 RDNA 3.5 CUs to future handheld PCs (updated)
The Z2 Extreme won't use AMD's impressive 890M iGPU
Latest Minecraft adds Hardcore mode and bundles
Minecraft - Bundles of Bravery introduces Mojang's toughest survival mode to date, new bundles that expand storage of your slots, and a laundry list of other improvements and bug fixes.
Netflix may be rethinking its AAA gaming push, closes SoCal gaming studio
Top devs depart after no games ever saw the light
Intel's mysterious Arc 140T GPU teases massive performance leap over current offerings
A 60% performance boost over the Arc 140V
Squadron 42 gameplay video is out as Star Citizen dev is "confident" single-player will launch in 2026
Confident, but not a guarantee
The first-ever portable Xbox is here, thanks to one very dedicated modder
The full power of the original Xbox on a portable format
The promise (and pitfalls) of NPCs powered by AI in video games
The mods are out there, but are they really more than just a novel attraction?
Remedy unveils first look at FBC: Firebreak, a multiplayer shooter set in the Control universe
Remedy also showed off The Lake House expansion for Alan Wake 2
Money first, fun last: Former PlayStation president warns of gaming's creative decline
Practically all we get now are sequels and remakes
Editor's take: I have felt for years that the video game industry is headed for another crash. I base this opinion on the lack of creativity coming from prominent developers. Bethesda: "Let's make another Skyrim port," or Skyrim in space, as we saw with the overhyped Starfield. Other companies are just as devoid of new ideas, releasing a deluge of remakes instead of something new. I'm not alone in my feelings.
Former Bethesda developer says studio could squash more bugs before release
Bug-free launches are essentially impossible with today's massive games, however
Double Dragon and Atari Classics land in the palm of your hand with new Super Pocket models
"Arcade games" without the arcade
Analogue 3D is a modern N64 remake that plays original carts in 4K
Arguably the greatest multiplayer console of all time
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 system requirements and pre-load time revealed
The entire game package can be pre-loaded starting October 21
This modder-turned-developer shows how you can triple FPS when properly porting a PC game from consoles
Free demo is available this week only
Dragon Age: The Veilguard PC requirements revealed, no third-party DRM on PC
Veilguard can be played offline, too
Discord creator says Final Fantasy XI inspired him to develop the popular chat service
In brief: Since Discord's 2015 debut, the chat service has grown to serve various communities for work, hobbies, and other purposes. Still, its developers primarily focus on gaming functionality, and the app's origins as a tool to facilitate in-game voice chat are widely known. Discord's co-founder provided more details on that history at the recent Tokyo Game Show.
After Cities: Skylines II fiasco, developer realizes gamers are "less accepting" of flawed launches
Lesson learned is behind indefinite delay of Prison Architect 2
In brief: It is becoming increasingly common for high-budget video games to launch with mild or serious issues, often causing players to decide whether to purchase them on day one or wait. Cities: Skylines II was one of last year's most notorious cases. As the game's first anniversary approaches, publisher Paradox Interactive reflects on what it would have done differently.
Flight Simulator 2024 trades huge install size for high bandwidth usage – up to 81GB per hour
Bandwidth usage can reach 180Mbps when loading cities or deserts
Nintendo, famed for hating emulation, likely using Windows PCs to emulate SNES games at its museum
Nintendo only hates third-party emulators, it seems
Experiment shows iconic CS:GO map running within a neural network on RTX GPU
Some hallucination aside, it's rather convincing
Asahi Linux distro can now run AAA games like Cyberpunk 2077 or The Witcher 3 on Apple Silicon chips
Highly anticipated: A few years after introducing Linux support for Apple's custom-designed Arm chips, Asahi developers are now shifting their focus to gaming. Getting modern Windows games to run on Apple Silicon isn't exactly a straightforward task, but the devs are clearly enjoying the challenge.
Steam greenlights Deck plugin for installing games from Epic and GOG
It could be the first Steam Deck plugin on the Steam store