Meet GigaWiper, a tricksy new malware that can wipe your PC's storage drives squeaky clean and spy on your desktop all at once

I run a single SSD gaming PC, which I'm aware is giving me a wonderful case of 'single-point-of-failure-itus.' Which is why my ears (eyes?) perked up when I read about GigaWiper, a wonderfully-named malware that can potentially do terrible things to your storage drives.Microsoft has published an analysis into GigaWiper...

That Game of Thrones RTS is still coming, still very HBO, but no longer due out this year

Game of Thrones: War for Westeros—the upcoming RTS from PlaySide emerging from the blasted wreckage of HBO's once-water-cooler-dominating fantasy TV series—would like you to know it still exists and is still coming out. Just, you know, a little later than it originally had planned.War for Westeros originally broke cove...

This week in PC games: a Mass Effect-style RTS, a gamebook RPG for back-stabbing nobles, and a civilisation builder that offers to teach you kanji

Hello all! This week, there are a lot of new cat-themed games for some reason. One suspects that some dire cat anniversary is underway. Maybe week of 20th July 2026 marks 30 million years since the invention of cats? Or since cats invented us? In any case, there is already far too much cat discourse round these parts,...

Blizzard wants to bring archaeology back to World of Warcraft, but with "more fun" gameplay

If you're like me and always wanted to try your hand at archaeology in World of Warcraft, or are now an unwillingly retired excavator, according to a recent Q&A with Game Director Ion Hazzikostas, it seems like Blizzard isn't set on letting the secondary profession collect dust forever. While old content still exists f...

Best Base Layout in The Alters Last Variable

Having enough resources to manage your base is one thing in The Alters Last Variable, but finding the best spot for each module at the base is the real challenge. Your base has a limited number of spots at each tier. Every time you unlock a Base Expansion perk in the Research tab, your base receives new spots, expandin...

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GTA 6 Officially Reveals Its 2026 Revenue Expectations

Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has shared the company's financial projections for the current fiscal year, confirming expected revenue from the release of Grand Theft Auto 6. Unofficial analyses of Grand Theft Auto 6's potential earnings have varied significantly in the months leading up to the game's Novembe...

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Console Version Gets 15 More Pieces Of Content

After a mammoth, record-breaking wait, in which Larian kept Baldur's Gate 3 console players waiting three weeks for a new content drop, we've just got our second in under a week.

EA Sports FC Gets World Cup Winner Prediction Right For The Fifth Time In A Row

EA Sports FC might have dropped its FIFA license since the last tournament, but it didn’t lose the ability to accurately predict World Cup winners. The series called that Spain would win the 2026 World Cup before a ball had been kicked, which means it has now accurately predicted the winner from each of the last five W...

Call of Duty voice chat lobbies turned into ASMR app that takes veterans back to the cacophonies of the MW2 and BO1 days

Whereas some people fall asleep to white noise or calm soundscapes, others can apparently do so while in the middle of noisy online matches. At least, that's what one app developer who was nostalgic for the olden Call of Duty days seems to think, as they have shaken the ASMR scene up with a lobby voice chat 'ambience'...