The device in my hands feels like the standard all new handheld gaming PCs will be judged by

From my time playing around with the new Panther Lake-powered MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ I've found some seriously extreme things about this handheld gaming PC. Mostly that's a good thing, but it being 2026—and the fact I'm talking about a new gaming handheld mere days after the Steam Deck price hike—you can probably already gu...

Dragon Age Veteran Says More Devs Should Use Product Placement In New Releases

It's no secret that game budgets are ballooning. Just earlier today, it was reported by a Danish public broadcaster that 007 First Light cost $200 million dollars and took seven years to make. The question is, how do studios recoup those costs? Increasingly, the answer has been to jam-pack in microtransactions or suppo...

New Platformer Game on Steam is Essentially Lies of P in Soulsvania Form

There have been no shortage of soulslikes over the years, from lesser-known indies on Steam to AA releases like Mortal Shell to souls-adjacent titles like Star Wars Jedi. Practically everyone wants a piece of the pie that FromSoftware crafted the recipe for, especially after the immensely successful Elden Ring proved j...

The team behind Turtle WoW is starting fresh with a new MMO: "We know this is an enormous undertaking"

Just two weeks on from the complete shutdown of Turtle WoW, the fan-run private server network for World of Warcraft, its creators have made a decision about what's next - and it's a big one. "This isn't the end of our journey together, but rather the beginning of a new one," the group of developers confirms. They're f...

Twitch's new Dual Format feature lets streamers broadcast horizontally and vertically at the same time

Twitch has announced it's launching dual-format streaming next month, a new system that lets creators stream in both horizontal and vertical formats at the same time. Read more

The Stop Killing Games movement hits another major milestone as a game preservation bill passes California State Assembly vote

The California State Assembly has passed a new bill detailed by Stop Killing Games, in another major step forward for the global game preservation movement.In a video posted on Stop Killing Games' YouTube channel (via IGN), California State Assembly Member Chris Ward revealed that the Protect Our Games Act (also known...

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It's Been Over 1,100 Days Since Overwatch Quietly Scrapped a Feature That Never Should Have Left

Overwatch has been doing its best to maintain momentum after the unforgettable first Season of its Reign of Talon relaunch, with some neat weekly lore additions, needed improvements to the 10-year anniversary event, and the return of hero cards all coming in Season 2. With Season 3 quickly approaching, and bringing the...

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The Sunday Papers

Sundays are for stumbling upon a ruined church, squirrelled away among the hawthorns behind a currently active church in the neighbourhood. I was flabbergasted – I've walked past that churchyard a thousand times without noticing. In this case, I just happened to take a different route around the cemetery. The old...

Minecraft Live: Fans Think Matt Berry Is Playing Herobrine In A Minecraft Movie 2

Matt Berry has officially been cast in A Minecraft Movie Squared, and I'm sure you're probably thinking, 'Wait, didn't he play the villager that Jennifer Coolidge hooked up with in the first one?' He did, but this time, he's playing a new character, and fans are convinced that it's Herobrine.