European game rating agency PEGI will expand its system later this year with new "interactive risk categories" aimed at games that include loot boxes, in‑app purchases or unmoderated in‑game communications. The new rules assign specific age ratings: games with time‑limited or quantity‑limited in‑game

A buyer who purchased a DDR5 memory kit in 2024 had the kit confirmed faulty but was only offered a refund for the original purchase price after the retailer said it had no replacement stock. That refund would leave the buyer needing an extra $400–$550 to match the kit’

The MacBook Neo's arrival highlights that Microsoft once pursued a very similar concept with the Surface RT but failed in execution. Microsoft launched the Surface RT in 2012 as a $599 ultraportable hybrid with a premium build, strong battery life and hardware aimed at everyday tasks. Steven Sinofsky,

Lucid Motors revealed a two-seater robotaxi concept called Lunar, a purpose-built vehicle without pedals or a steering wheel that features a large console screen. The company said Lunar shares a platform with its new midsize EVs to allow a quick production ramp and expects operating costs to be about 40%

The Integrated Aviation Systems Program (IASP) conducts research and integrated, systems-level demonstrations in a flight environment to prove, mature and transition them into future aircraft and systems. The program aims to determine feasibility and accelerate development of less mature technologies. For more mature technologies, it executes highly complex flight demonstrations

After a few years of lapsed subscription, Midnight's launch lured me back into World of Warcraft. Working from home, what I want most at the end of the day is an escape from my desk, keyboard, and mouse, and thanks to Blizzard's gradual controller support, volunteer

Unknown Worlds' latest Subnautica 2 developer vlog focuses on base building, and the team appears to be putting a lot of effort into it. Fans have responded enthusiastically. The base-building system is "brand new," base design lead Kiel McDonald says, and aims to "keep the spirit&

Many people set up a router once and never revisit its settings. Firewalla sells compact firewall hardware designed to give both experienced admins and beginners a simpler way to take control of a network without a steep learning curve. The Orange is a palm-sized, all-in-one smart router/firewall with two

Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster has unexpectedly appeared on Steam, arriving without prior announcement. The release is a high-definition update of the Silicon Studio-developed RPG first launched in Japan in 2012 for the 3DS. An expanded edition, subtitled For the Sequel, followed in 2013, and that version was released

Two former developers of EVE Online have spent more than a decade at Klang Games building Seed, a society simulation MMO in which not only the world but individual characters—Seedlings—remain active after players log off. Klang Games showed a new trailer at GDC’s Future Games Show that

Safe mode does not fix problems on your Android phone, but it helps diagnose them. It disables all third-party apps so only Android system software and preinstalled apps run, letting you see whether freezing, crashing, or slow performance are caused by an app. If the phone behaves normally in safe

Professor Charles Anthony Richard Hoare, known as Tony, has died at the age of 92. He invented the Quicksort algorithm after a bet with his boss, devised Hoare logic for assessing program correctness, and co-designed ALGOL W, which later became the basis for Pascal. Hoare won the Turing Award in

Despite almost 4,000 hours in Path of Exile, I've never had a raw Mirror of Kalandra drop—the game's single rarest item. The new Mirage league might finally break that streak by changing how currency drops work and giving players fresh ways to farm high-value

At GDC in San Francisco, former Blizzard chief creative officer Rob Pardo closed his keynote with a clear message for industry leaders: if your developers have already delivered a success, the best way to repeat it is by keeping those developers on the payroll. "If you create a game

Live-service games keep meeting Highguard's fate — arriving in a gorgeous bubble of hype only to get popped and delisted. But Dead by Daylight has avoided that fate. Behaviour Interactive is celebrating 10 years of the asymmetrical multiplayer at Game Developer Conference 2026, where creative director Dave Richard and

Shadowstone, the Sunderfolk spinoff from Secret Door and Dreamhaven, has kicked off a public playtest after a surprise reveal at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase. The playtest is available now and will run until the game launches into early access. Players can sample the game in solo or multiplayer

Jeff Kaplan left Blizzard Entertainment in 2021 after 19 years and has been quietly working on a new game. In a five-hour conversation on the Lex Fridman podcast he revisited his time at Blizzard, including his work on World of Warcraft and Overwatch, and explained what pushed him to leave.

At the 2026 Game Developers Conference, Valve presented an upbeat picture of Steam: user growth is exponential, releases are up and developers have more tools. The company showed a graph saying nearly 6,000 games earned at least $100,000 on the platform in 2025, a 30% increase from 2020

Tinder unveiled a slate of new products at its Tinder Sparks conference, including an astrology mode, AI photo enhancements, and an Events tab aimed at encouraging offline dates. CEO Spencer Rascoff said the company must respond to changing tastes and conceded it "can't put our heads in

The Galaxy S26 Ultra is Samsung's top-tier smartphone this year, featuring an agentic AI, improved night-mode video and a new Privacy Display. Samsung is offering up to $720 off with an instant trade-in credit; if you don’t have a trade-in you can still get up to $150

Thanks to our friends at HyperX and the Future Games Show, we have five HyperX Cloud Alpha 2 Wireless headsets to give away. To enter, fill in the form below — it's that simple. The Cloud Alpha 2 Wireless is a premium headset retailing for $299.99 / £254.99.

On March 11 Bungie released update 1.0.0.4 for Marathon, the game’s first major post-launch tweak. It doesn’t add new maps or characters, but the patch includes a range of adjustments aimed at making runs a bit easier while preserving the extraction shooter’s bite. The

The Man-machine Integration Design and Analysis System (MIDAS) was a 3-D rapid prototyping human performance modeling and simulation environment that facilitated the design, visualization, and computational evaluation of complex man-machine system concepts in simulated operational environments. It combined graphical equipment prototyping, dynamic simulation and human performance modeling with the aim

A modding team is porting Arkane’s Dark Messiah of Might & Magic to the latest version of Valve’s Source engine with support from both Valve and Ubisoft. Arkane originally released the game in 2006; it became known for combining stealth, magic and brutally physical melee combat. David Wiltos

The PNY GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB OC ships with a high boost clock and a solid build. Its triple-fan, triple-slot cooler keeps fan noise low, and while the card runs a little hotter than some rivals—generally around the 70 °C mark—it remains comfortably cool in everyday