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Sony reminded players that they do not own digital games
PlayStation account holders received an unexpected email containing the full text of the platform's user agreements, spelling out that purchased digital games remain a license rather than something you actually own. The mailing landed right...
MIT engineers assembled living transistors from bacteria that perform one calculation every 8 hours
Modern electronics rely on simple patterns for passing along and processing signals. Living organisms have worked this way for billions of years, and that similarity hasn't gone unnoticed by engineers. A team at the Massachusetts...
Age of Empires 2 fan revives debate on building rotation and shows mirrored structures
A veteran Age of Empires 2 player going by CrazyYETEE posted a series of mockups showing what buildings would look like in the Definitive Edition remaster if mirrored horizontally. The idea boils down to letting...
Gamer created a handy guide for finding all the Barenziah Stones in Skyrim and claims you'll "definitely thank him later"
Some quests are memorable for their story, and some are memorable for making players grab a notebook. "Thank Me Later" falls into the second category: two dozen identical purple stones scattered across Skyrim without a...
Microsoft to reveal data on GTA 6 leaker
Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet has commented on the court ruling that requires Microsoft and Discord to hand over data related to the accounts of GTA 6 leaker Cyberleek. On August 20, Take-Two filed two...
A Multitude of Xenomorph Types, From Armored to Praetorian, Featured in New Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Trailer
Cold Iron Studios dropped a new trailer just days before the launch of Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2. The game arrives on August 25, and the latest video, titled "Xenomorph Showcase", gives a look at the...
Slay the Spire 2 fan came up with cards so interesting that the game's developer promised to "steal" them
Coming up with new cards when you're making a deckbuilder must be tough. You have to keep finding inventive ways to push players and the game without breaking it. But for the Slay the Spire...
PC gamer showed a flooded basement with a gaming station and got a list of protective measures
This photo shows one of the scariest nightmares for anyone who decided to turn their basement into a gaming room. The image shows a man in fishing waders sitting in a gaming chair in the...
Rockstar disappointed by GTA 6 leaks, but development continues
Rockstar Games is dealing with a tense atmosphere internally following another leak of GTA 6 materials. According to Jason Schreier of Bloomberg, studio employees describe their mood as "frustration and exhaustion" as the investigation into...
Dave Bautista replaces Ryan Hurst as Kratos in the God of War series
Dave Bautista has signed on to play Kratos in Prime Video's fantasy drama God of War. Bautista joined the project after Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television decided to recast the role that was...
Crusader Kings 3 fan spent a whole hour creating an exact copy of herself in the game, and she's already ready to seduce the Pope
Character creators have basically become the unofficial exam for any game with a portrait system: shape up some nameless barbarian and everything looks fine, but try to recreate your own face, and the whole thing...
New The Walking Dead spin-offs are already in development, but they'll be released less frequently
The Walking Dead universe isn't slowing down anytime soon. Franchise boss Scott M. Gimple confirmed that new shows are in the works, though the pace of releases is about to change. AMC has been cranking...
Red Alert 2 fan created a 6-minute AI short film — even a former developer praised it
A six-minute AI short film that transplants the world of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 into reality dropped on August 20 and has already racked up around 13,000 views. The video comes from the...
Creators of Project "Hail Mary" spent weeks approving flags – Russia, India, and China are missing from the merchandise
Getting into space might actually be easier than getting flag approvals for a mission patch. The creators of Project "Hail Mary" shared some details on the process. The patch for the Hail Mary spacecraft in...
In China, modified RTX 3080 with 20GB are returning to the market as a budget solution for gamers
The graphics card market is showing an unusual trend that runs against the usual march of progress. Instead of fading into history, old flagship GPUs are getting a second life thanks to Chinese companies that...
11-year-old fossil collector became the world's youngest museum curator – he opened it at just 9 years old
Eleven-year-old Anderson Taylor from Cambridge, Illinois, now holds the Guinness World Record for youngest male museum curator. He received the award plaque last month, though the record itself dates back to August 8, 2024. At...
Gamers believe that Rockstar itself is to blame for the effectiveness of the GTA 6 leaks, having gone too long without showing gameplay
An information vacuum around a big release never stays empty for long. Nature fills it with something – rumors, fan theories, or in the worst case, someone else's hands pulling whatever they can find out...
How to cure the emptiness after Expedition 33 – seven games from fans of the French JRPG
There's a particular kind of hangover that no amount of sleep or water cures. The game ended months ago, credits rolled long since, and characters that technically don't exist still cross your mind. The worst...
Mortal Shell 2 player discovered that before the final boss, the game reproached him for 16 thousand hours in Destiny 2
Right before the final boss in Mortal Shell 2, players stumble on a few stone tablets covered in text. Instead of lore, Cold Symmetry pulled real Steam account stats and dressed them up as the...
GTAForums user traced the crypto wallets of the GTA 6 leaker and calculated his earnings
The leaker going by CyberLeek, known for posting Grand Theft Auto VI material, may have pulled in more than $50,000 through a crypto scheme tied to the leaks. GTAForums user Vice Cit ran an extensive...
