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Unreal Tournament 2004 now free with community patch after 20 years

Epic Games has allowed the Internet Archive to host its older shooters, making Unreal Gold and the original Unreal Tournament available for download. Now Unreal Tournament 2004 has been released for free, with Epic's approval. "Please note that this is the first public patch for Unreal Tournament

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LG discounts gram Pro 17 by $900 to $2,000; deal ends Feb. 15

LG has cut the price of its gram Pro 17 to $2,000, a $900 reduction for a limited time. To receive the discount, enter the code "PC900" at checkout; the offer ends on February 15. The laptop pairs a 17-inch WQXGA (2,560 x 1,600) IPS

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The Last Caretaker update adds jet ski and boat customisation

Channel 37, the Finnish developer cofounded by the creators of the Trials series, has continued to support its oddball seafaring survival sim since it entered Steam early access last year. In the game you play as a robot tasked with saving the human race by artificially growing people and launching

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The Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Finally Runs At 60FPS On Switch 2

Konami has released the final major update for The Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1, adding improved HD resolutions and a performance boost that allows some of the more demanding games to run at 60fps on Switch 2. The biggest changes come to Metal Gear Solid 1 and Snake

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Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses

Meta plans to add facial recognition, internally called "Name Tag," to its Ray-Ban–made smart glasses as soon as this year. The feature would let wearers identify people and access information through Meta’s artificial intelligence assistant. EssilorLuxottica, which makes the glasses with Meta, said it sold more

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Five new Steam games you probably missed (February 16, 2026)

About a dozen new games appear on Steam each day, and it's easy for potentially exciting titles to get lost in the deluge. Below are five recent releases that stood out from the crowd. Roadside Research is a four-player co-op about running a gas station while secretly gathering

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Battlefield 6 Season 2 release time in your time zone

Battlefield 6 Season 2 begins Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 7 a.m. EST. That is 4 a.m. PST, 9 a.m. BRT, 12 p.m. GMT, 1 p.m. CET, 9 p.m. JST and 11 p.m. AEDT. It is the second major update and will introduce features

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Hideki Sato, father of Sega consoles, dies at 77

Hideki Sato, the engineer behind several of Sega’s most important consoles, has died at 77. Sato began working with Sega in the 1970s, with early credits on the arcade games MonacoGP, Turbo and Star Jacker. He led the engineering teams behind every Sega home console from 1983 to 2001,

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Solid Snake joins Rainbow Six Siege in March with David Hayter

Solid Snake will be an operator in Rainbow Six Siege when the new season drops on March 3. A teaser ran in January, and a full reveal trailer arrived alongside the game's Year 11 roadmap. The trailer also shows Snake and stealth rival Sam Fisher finally squashing the

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AdGuard lifetime Family Plan now $15.97 — blocks ads and trackers

For a limited time, the AdGuard Family Plan is available as a lifetime license for $15.97 (regularly $169.99). The deal runs until Feb. 22 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Browse, stream and scroll without constant interruptions — no pop-ups, no autoplay videos, no tracking scripts following you around.

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Diablo IV promo PC cooled with human blood still running after two years

Blizzard gave away a gaming PC that used human plasma as liquid coolant to promote Diablo IV in 2023. A journalist investigated the unusual giveaway but could not uncover details about how much blood was used or whose blood it was. He did track down the original winner, streamer Storms888,

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2026 Nissan Leaf review: The best budget EV on sale right now

Years before the Chevrolet Bolt or Tesla Model 3, the Nissan Leaf was a good-faith attempt by a major automaker to bring electric vehicles to the mass market. Even in its second generation the Leaf was hamstrung by poor battery management and was soon left behind. For its third take,

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I've worked from home for 7 years: These are the gadgets I'm eyeing to buy

I started working from home full-time in 2019 and have steadily upgraded my setup. With Presidents' Day weekend sales underway, I'm eyeing gadgets that could make my home office more comfortable and productive. I'll replace my Apple Magic Keyboard with a Logitech Pop for a

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John Romero adores Ghost Recon and logged 3,000+ hours in World of Warcraft

John Romero, co-creator of Doom and other classic shooters, is working on Hellion, a new Doom 2 WAD that follows Sigil and Sigil 2, and on an unrevealed FPS with Romero Games that was salvaged after the studio lost funding. His current go-to is Arc Raiders, which he plays with

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Discord concludes Persona age verification test after investor ties draw concern

Last July’s UK Online Safety Act deadline prompted many platforms to tighten age checks, from facial scans to requests for government ID. Discord’s own system has been criticized as easy to game and was hit by a breach that exposed about 70,000 users’ IDs; the company has

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EU finds TikTok's infinite scroll and personalised feed addictive

The European Commission says TikTok is in breach of the Digital Services Act for "addictive design," in a February 5 press release. "The Commission's investigation preliminarily indicates that TikTok did not adequately assess how these addictive features could harm the physical and mental wellbeing of

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I bought the NSO N64 controller for Ocarina of Time

Each year I feel the urge to play a childhood favourite, and recently that meant The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I normally pull out the original console, but setting it up felt like too much effort, so I grabbed my Nintendo Switch 2 and bought the official Nintendo

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Hideki Sato, the 'Father of Sega Hardware,' has died

Hideki Sato, a key engineer behind Sega’s consoles from the SG-1000 to the Dreamcast, died Friday, February 13, 2026, at age 77. In an oral history with Famitsu he said, “We knew how to make arcade games, we didn’t really know anything about console development.” “They sold so

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WarioWare Captcha Tests Your Speed And Your Humanity

One memorable captcha showed a puzzle grid made from images of the very building the user was sitting in—an on-the-nose moment fit for an episode of Black Mirror. Paper Hat Projects has turned that unnerving intimacy into a game. CaptchaWare bills itself as a “totally normal captcha game,” mixing

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Nintendo issues DMCAs to several more Switch emulators

Nintendo has issued a fresh round of DMCAs targeting several major Switch emulators, continuing its efforts to curb emulation of the console. Two years ago the company sued the first Switch emulator, Yuzu; that case concluded with the emulator's creator paying a $2.4 million settlement. A few

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Games lower PC RAM requirements as prices surge

PC players were surprised when Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight listed a recommended 32 GB of RAM, four times the 8 GB suggested for 2022’s Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. TT Games said the PC build was still being optimized and that a spec needed to

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Chinese gamer records RTX 5090 sparking and catching fire

A Chinese gamer captured the moment an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 sparked and caught fire when first powering on a newly plugged-in rig. The clip was uploaded to BiliBili earlier this week and has attracted almost 100,000 views. The user quickly powered off the machine and extinguished the flame

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Feeling AI fatigue at work? Take our survey

Software engineers are increasingly reporting "AI fatigue" as coding tools boost productivity while also draining them mentally. Facing pressure to stay competitive and avoid layoffs, many are leaning into AI tools to do more, faster, but those productivity gains can come at a mental cost. Siddhant Khare, a

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They turned a disposable vape into a synth ocarina

Paperbagteam posted a DIY project on Instructables that converts a disposable vape into a mini synth roughly inspired by an ocarina. The creators say the effort highlights salvageable parts and diverts them into open source hardware projects, and they are developing two models. The guide runs through more than 20

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Alienware m18 R2: a heavyweight desktop replacement

Weighing nearly nine pounds and measuring 18 inches, the Alienware m18 R2 is a large, imposing laptop that won’t fit in every bag. It looks and feels like a high-end machine, and it’s available on Amazon for $2,600; users can tone down the gamer aesthetic with subdued