Tencent pulls the plug on GTA rival Last Sentinel after spending $300 million over six years
The LA studio working on the game lays off 80 employees
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is getting a rare full physical release on PC
Lara Croft is getting physical, will players accept the offer?
Doom now "runs" in Microsoft Paint thanks to a wildly inventive clipboard trick
Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich created the unusual DoomPaint project
A Meta developer's Linux patch could boost Steam Deck frame rates by up to 32%
The gains are concentrated in 1% low frame rates, with overall FPS improving by a smaller 4.1%
This $10 bundle of 100+ DRM-free games means to support laid-off game developers
The collection includes titles like A Short Hike, Eldritch, and Holedown, with more being added through August 13
Why it matters: The video game industry has seen a historic wave of layoffs in recent years, with thousands of workers impacted in the last few weeks alone. To support some of the developers affected, indie game storefront itch.io is collaborating with an industry union to sell a collection of over 100 heavily discounted games.
A third of physical PS5 games and half of Xbox Series discs need downloads to work properly, report shows
Owning the disc no longer guarantees you can play without an internet connection
Dust off those Nintendo 64 cartridges: M64 brings classic games back to your TV
From the co-founder of Oculus
The Neo Geo AES is coming back, right down to real cartridge support
Just like in the good old days, Neo Geo is providing arcade authenticity to affluent gamers
4GB GPUs might return with AMD's Radeon RX 9050
The RAM crisis drags gaming back to 2022
Microsoft explains what caused the Xbox outage and how it plans to prevent it from happening again
The road to an all-digital future is full of potholes
Ace Combat 8 requires ray tracing GPU, 32GB RAM, and 125GB storage for recommended settings
The game also confirms Denuvo, Easy Anti-Cheat, and five daily activations
You can now play Morrowind directly in your browser, no installation required
OpenMW-Web shows how far browsers have come at handling real 3D game engines
Graphics card prices jump by up to 20% in China as shops stockpile Nvidia and AMD GPUs
Some RTX 50-series models are now selling for as much as 59% above MSRP
Lossless Scaling lets a second GPU handle frame generation, reviving dual-GPU gaming without SLI
Modder pairs RTX 3090 and RTX 3050 to boost 4K frame rates
Ubisoft is bundling free PC copies with 13 Xbox games, including Rainbow Six Siege and Valhalla
Existing owners just need to link their Xbox and Ubisoft Connect accounts to claim their PC copies
The Best 4K Gaming Monitors: OLED Leads, LCD Fights Back
From premium OLEDs to affordable IPS models, these are the best 4K gaming monitors of 2026, based on hands-on testing, current pricing, HDR performance, and overall value.
Mojang changes Minecraft system requirements after 17 years, recommends 16GB of RAM for "Fancy" graphics
Minecraft's move to modern hardware requirements sets up its shift from OpenGL to Vulkan
Winners & losers: For the first time in nearly two decades, Mojang has announced a significant change in Minecraft's hardware requirements, a rare move for one of the biggest gaming products in history. The Microsoft-owned studio wants to future-proof Minecraft: Java Edition, but players running older hardware won't be cheering this time around.
It's not just you, Xbox is down again, and physical games aren't safe either
The outage follows a similar PlayStation Network failure just days earlier
007 First Light removes Denuvo DRM just two months after launch
The game holds an 89% positive rating on Steam
GTA 6's "physical" PS5 codes in Japan will expire after 170 days
Xbox gamers need not worry. Yet.
Leak details Ryzen 7 9800HX3D, AMD's first affordable 3D V-cache laptop CPU
A cheaper X3D chip with 96MB of L3 cache in an 8-core, 16-thread configuration
Microsoft is testing free Xbox cloud gaming with ads, no subscription required
Insiders can stream games they own
Atari signs deal to turn Pong, Centipede, and Asteroids into movies
Breakout, Missile Command, Millipede, and Yars' Revenge are also included
The AMD Radeon Settings You Should Actually Be Using
AMD Software is packed with gaming features, but not all are worth using. Here are the Radeon settings we recommend for better image quality, smoother gameplay, and cleaner recordings.
Steam Deck price hike has completely destroyed sales, new data suggests
Has the Steam Deck lost its appeal?