DEFECT devs reveal single-player details and announce NCSoft partnership
EmptyVessel, a studio made up of veterans from Call of Duty, Doom, and The Last of Us, has dropped a new trailer for its tactical shooter DEFECT alongside two pieces of news about the project....
Overwatch runs at 60fps on the budget MacBook Neo with an iPhone chip
Tech analyst Max Weinbach posted a video of Overwatch running on Apple's new MacBook Neo, which is powered by the A18 Pro – the same chip found in the iPhone 16 Pro. What makes the...
Never's End looks like Final Fantasy Tactics with thermodynamics instead of standard magic
A former Destiny developer is working on a tactical RPG where heat physics matter more than fire and ice spells. Never's End is a new tactical RPG from studio Hypersect, led by a Destiny veteran....
Xbox teases return of iconic games with new ways to play
At GDC 2026, the Xbox Game Preservation team revealed some intriguing details about the future of the platform – including the return of "iconic games" in new formats, happening this year. During the 25th Anniversary,...
Diablo 4 is getting real crafting with the Horadric Cube, and even white loot could become legendary
Real item crafting is finally coming to Diablo 4. "Real" because the current ways to modify items look pretty bare-bones compared to what the Lord of Hatred expansion is bringing next month. Two developers PC...
Warhammer Blood Bowl launches this spring with 26 factions and a new fast-paced mode
Nacon and Cyanide Studio have announced Warhammer Blood Bowl – a new turn-based tactical fantasy football game set in the Warhammer universe, built on the latest official rules of the tabletop edition. It's coming digitally...
Custom AMD SoC, neural texture compression, and ML multi-frame generation – Microsoft reveals Project Helix hardware details
At the "Building for the Future with Xbox" event at GDC 2026, Microsoft laid out the technical details behind its next-generation console, Project Helix. A presentation slide confirmed the key innovations – from a custom...
Fans combined Stardew Valley with Wordle and their daily crop-guessing game just hit 200,000 plays
Stardewdle – a fan-made mashup of Stardew Valley and Wordle – turns out to be a surprisingly solid daily challenge. The crop-guessing game has now crossed 200,000 plays and pulls in over 2,000 players every...
Fallout fan maps out four cities for a future game – Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, or Salt Lake City
A Fallout fan known as Dreaming_of_Rlyeh has shared four New Vegas-style fan maps for potential locations in a future entry in the series – Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City. Naturally, a couple...
Fallout player uses a macropad to control Pip-Boy and it actually looks pretty cool
The most immersive way to use Pip-Boy in Fallout would probably be a full-size replica with a real display, buttons, and switches – though actually playing like that sounds like a nightmare. A more practical...
Overwatch designer calls out players obsessing over Marathon player counts as "unemployed, maidenless behavior"
Marathon has been surrounded by controversy since its announcement. The launch was fairly strong, and sentiment among those who actually played is trending positive – but the drama hasn't stopped. A chunk of the internet...
ARC Raiders tones down lightning strikes and offers compensation after server issues
Embark has pushed out a new patch for ARC Raiders that tackles two things at once – reduced lightning strike frequency during the Electromagnetic Storm, and promised compensation for players who lost their gear due...
Free Bedrock Reimagined mod turns Minecraft Bedrock Edition into a full RPG with bosses, magic, and quests
5 Frame Studios has released Bedrock Reimagined – a massive free add-on for Minecraft Bedrock Edition that completely overhauls the vanilla experience. The mod is available for download on CurseForge and has already caught the...
The Witcher 4 will support Path Tracing and RTX Mega Geometry for maximum world detail
CD Projekt RED has confirmed that The Witcher 4 will support Path Tracing on PC, and the game will also take advantage of Nvidia's RTX Mega Geometry technology. Cezary Bella, rendering engineer at CDPR, said...
If you're going to mod Resident Evil Requiem, make it Ada Wong's outfit for Grace Ashcroft
The modding community around Resident Evil Requiem is picking up steam, and among the dozens of mods available on Nexus Mods, one stands out. Modder Lordcobra12 has ported Ada Wong's iconic outfit from the Resident...
Xenonauts 2 is leaving early access in April with new enemies, reworked maps, and mod support
Goldhawk Interactive has announced that tactical strategy game Xenonauts 2 will be leaving early access next month. After nearly three years of development updates, the game is getting a major 1.0 patch – what the...
UK music rights body sues Valve over unlicensed music on Steam
The Performing Right Society (PRS for Music) has officially commenced legal proceedings against Valve, accusing the company of using its members' musical works on Steam without the proper licensing. According to PRS, music is central...
A Ubisoft veteran has joined the Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic team
Art director Pascal Blanché, known for his work on several iconic Ubisoft projects, has announced he's joining Arcanaut Studios – the team behind Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic. He shared the news on...
God of War sex mini-games were designed by women, and Aphrodite's chamber was intentionally shaped like female genitalia
Former Sony Santa Monica writer Alanah Pearce dropped an interesting fact about the original God of War trilogy during a recent stream: those infamous sex mini-games, long seen as a textbook example of male power...
Daedalic is running a big Steam sale and you can grab Deponia for free
German studio Daedalic Entertainment is running a big Steam sale, and as a headliner, you can grab the first Deponia for free – until March 16. Daedalic was once widely regarded as the rightful heir...
