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Today, NVIDIA released a new Game Ready driver (version 537.34) for its GeForce graphics cards to deliver pre-release optimization for NetherRealm's hotly anticipated fighting game Mortal Kombat 1 and NEOWIZ's Soulslike game Lies of P.

A new report published today by Reuters reveals that the Embracer Group is exploring the sale of Gearbox Software with the help of Goldman Sachs and Aream & Co.

Borderlands developer Gearbox could be up for sale, according to a new report.

There was a time back in my school days when cardgames were all the rage. Everybody had a deck of playing cards in their pocket for cheeky 15 minute rounds of Texas Hold 'Em between lessons, with Milky Way segments and Niknaks wagered in place of chips. Yes, I'm aware I'm starting to sound like Grandpa Simpson, and no, this wasn't from some murky era before the invention of videogames. It was the heyday of the Gameboy Advance! I'm not sure what we were thinking. But two things: 1) decks of playing cards are cheaper than game consoles, and 2) part of the fun, possibly, was that nobody really knew how to play the ostensibly well-known cardgames we were playing.

SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, must remain grounded while Elon Musk's company completes dozens of corrective actions to prevent a repeat of the spectacular explosion that marred its first orbital test flight, regulators said Friday.

Gridiron glory and mechanized combat dominated the PlayStation charts in August.

It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, PS VR, and free-to-play games topped the download charts this month. August’s PS5 list saw movement with newly released titles Madden NFL 24, Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre earning top spots. PS VR2 also saw a new frontrunner rise amongst the ranks of top downloads.

Tim Burton’s Batman is hitting the road in 2024 as a live concert tour in celebration of the movie’s 35th anniversary.

It’s been an awfully hot week in the UK, the kind of week that means that VR headsets remain resolutely in the box. So it’s a good thing that the massive games out this week have been of the non-VR kind.

By Ash Parrish, a reporter who has covered the business, culture, and communities of video games for seven years. Previously, she worked at Kotaku.

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Starfield is September's big Xbox Game Pass release, but there are a few other great games that'll be available as well.

Last month, three men in Lubbock, Texas, were arrested after police were “made aware of a group committing thefts from ATMs in the West Texas region.” Like proper hackers, they didn't break into the ATMs using a blowtorch and crowbar but with a Raspberry Pi. 

Sumo Digital and Gun Interactive have a new patch for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which should be live for all platforms now. It fixes graphical issues like stuttering when playing on a PC in Ultra settings. Frame rate drops, which occur when attacking or grappling opponents, should also be fixed. PC players can also finally rebind their keys, but crossplay is disabled while improvements are made to anti-cheat.

Voice actor Charles Martinet, who provided the voice of Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, and other iconic characters for decades, has spoken publicly about his new 'Mario Ambassador' role, and has revealed that he’s not entirely sure what it will consist of yet, either.

Charles Martinet has said that he doesn’t yet know what his new role of ‘Mario Ambassador’ entails.

EA Sports has been in the game for over three decades now. There’s never been a game company that’s stuck around the field nearly as long, and they’ve delivered every year. Now, some would say that the releases are pretty much identical to one another, especially the Madden Football series. But the community is baffled by the deteriorating features or bizarre design choices for the annual franchise, and the players are heading to social media to vent their outrage. We can only hope to see Madden get back on track one day soon.

It’s only been a few days since early access began, and we’ve already got some hilarious glitches to go along with the newly released Starfield. It’s no secret that Bethesda are experts when it comes to leaving fans with humorous and sometimes worrying bugs and glitches. Unsurprisingly, Starfield is receiving universal praise for its great design, many systems, and player freedom. It’s a breath of fresh air for fans of both Sci-Fi and deep space exploration.

Have you ever witnessed a fire in the shape of a ring in the sky? Well, that spectacular phenomenon happens because of a solar eclipse and one is coming very soon. According to NASA, an annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun while it's at its farthest point from our planet. This unique positioning results in the Moon appearing slightly smaller than the Sun, leaving a radiant "ring of fire" around the edges of the solar disk.

Space is making a comeback this year with releases such as System Shock and the upcoming Starfield. For those interested in a more bird’s eye view, Stellaris is still here to satisfy that intergalactic domination fetish. Like most games in the 4X genre, there are plenty of ways to build your empire as you look to acquire more skills for your leaders. Together, we’ll look at the best perks for aspiring space warlords while keeping everything in a nice tidy list for rookie commanders.

Did you know that an asteroid struck Earth this year? While it wasn't a planet killer that wiped out entire species like another space rock did about 65 million years ago, this one did hit the surface. As per NASA, a meteorite turned into an atmospheric fireball on February 15 and crashed near McAllen, Texas. Law enforcement agencies in the McAllen region received several calls from residents who reported hearing a loud explosion. It was a 1000-pound rock that was 2 feet in diameter as it broke into pieces about 21 miles above Earth's surface.

Arctic7 will open a new studio in Barcelona to accelerate its internal development plans.

The new NetEase studio from games industry veteran Rich Vogel is working on a public domain sci-fi IP for its first game, the founder has told VGC.

The is officially out now, and developer Behaviour Interactive is celebrating with the release of another trailer detailing the new DLC.

Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon has taken the top spot of the UK boxed charts this week.

The $1 PC Game Pass introductory price has evaporated again. The deal has been offered off and on for years now, but mostly on, and has included as much as a three month subscription to Microsoft's game library. Mostly it's been one month for $1, which was reduced to 15 days for $1 at the start of August, and has now been reduced to nada. PC Game Pass is back to $10/month from the start. The console version is also its standard $11/month, and Game Pass Ultimate is $16/month.

Final Fantasy VII has seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years due to the re-release of a remastered version of the 1997 original, the remake of said original, and the upcoming mobile gacha game Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis. Throughout the web, fans discuss the possible titles and plots that the developers are cooking up behind the scenes. It’s no wonder that content creators are also giving their own opinions on the matter.

It's deep space, not cheap space.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a third-person asymmetrical multiplayer horror title from Gun Interactive and Sumo Digital Nottingham. Based on the true story and iconic 1974 movie of the same name, you’ll take on the role of one of the Slaughter Family or one of their victims in three versus four multiplayer matchups. Similar in style to Dead by Daylight and Friday the 13th: The Game, victims are tasked with trying to escape whilst the Family are tasked with brutally murdering all four of them before they can make their getaway.

We’ve previously shared some tips on how to survive the Slaughter Family‘s attempts at catching victims in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, so now we’re about to share some tips on how to make Johnny a better killer in an attempt to even the odds — just kidding, Johnny will become rather overpowered and Victim players will hate us for it.

Now is your chance to relive the cult movie classic Texas Chain Saw Massacre in all its gory glory. This new multiplayer asymmetric horror survival game pits you as either a Victim or a member of the ruthless Family, a group of senseless murderers who delight in killing for sport.

Happy Friday, Polygon readers!

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It’s been a whirlwind of a week for us at TSA, with a big part of that down to two of us being at Gamescom. We’ve played so many games that it’s hard to pick the best ones out, but I’m very excited for Bellwright, Mudrunner Expeditions and Mortal Kombat 1.

Keeping the peace with your neighbors can be tricky, and anyone who has joined their community's Nextdoor group knows people have a lot of opinions. But there are a few types of issues that really get people going, a new study of Nextdoor posts reveals.

Certain Affinity has announced that it’s working on an original first-person shooter codenamed Loro.

Just before Patti Smith took the stage in San Francisco this month, the emcee thanked sponsors, including robotaxi company Waymo.

Indian-born American astronaut Kalpana Chawla made history by traveling into space. Sadly, on February 1, 2003, she was on the Columbia Space Shuttle, which met with a tragic accident. The accident took the lives of her fellow astronauts including Rick Husband, David M. Brown, William C. McCool, Michael P. Anderson, Ilan Ramon, and Laurel Clark.

Approximately 50 employees have been laid off at BioWare today. 

For every Jet Set Radio fan out there, Bomb Rush maneuvers is a return to form to the good old days of cel-shading, funky dances, and graffiti tagging. The difference is that players are more responsible for gathering points from the various tricks and maneuvers characters can do. Now enter Turf Wars, the final culmination of earning a new borough for the Bomb Rush crew. In this guide, we’ll go over a simple tactic to make gathering points much easier.

If you’ve been playing Texas Chain Saw Massacre and noticed a strange glitch, you’re not alone. Many players have witnessed their XP and Skill points earned from matches not actually appearing on their account. Now that players are talking about the issue more, the developer Sumo Digital has spoken up. It seems as though the XP and Skill point glitch in Texas Chain Saw Massacre has a fix in the works.

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Asteroids often make close approaches to Earth, but did you know that one of them hit the planet this year? NASA revealed that on February 15, a 1000-pound, 2 feet wide space rock turned into an atmospheric fireball and broke into pieces about 21 miles above Earth's surface and was found near McAllen, Texas. Law enforcement agencies in the McAllen region received several calls from residents who reported hearing a loud explosion. According to NASA, the space rock was travelling at about 43000 kilometers per hour and it had an energy of about 8 tons of TNT.

A new game publisher in the Midwest has started up, and it's fittingly called Midwest Games. 

Atari has taken the wraps off the Atari 2600+, a modern reinvention of its most popular home console.

Atari and Plaion have announced the Atari 2600+, a new version of the original Atari 2600 / VCS hardware that plays original cartridges.

If there’s anything that Microsoft is great at, it’s coming up with cheaper alternative ways to sell its gaming products and services. The original Xbox found a way to rip music CDs to home consoles and implement a more streamlined way to access online gaming. Meanwhile, the Xbox 360 introduced the removable Hard drive, although replacing those wasn’t always easy. Not to mention, the extremely popular subscription-based Xbox Game Pass available for Xbox Series X|S.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 could finally launch this year, after a long and messy development cycle. This comes three years after its initial planned release in 2020, having first been revealed in 2019.

Gun Media has had a successful start with its multiplayer take on Tobe Hooper’s, with high player counts, good reviews, and a general swell of positivity surrounding it.

The Top Three best-selling boxed games have changed this week, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe taking the top spot.

Tesla Inc.'s May data breach impacted more than 75,000 people, included employee-related records and was a result of “insider wrongdoing,” according to a notice posted by the office of the Maine Attorney General Friday.

Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller acknowledges recent review bombing, admitting that it isn't a "fun experience". This comes after Overwatch launches on Steam for the first time, prompting players to vent their frustrations over various aspects of the game, including recent PvE cancellations and the game's shutdown in China.

Gun Interactive’s multiplayer horror The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is out now and notched up some impressive numbers. On the game’s official Twitter, it confirmed that over one million players within the first 24 hours of release. As for which ones survived, that’s a story for another time.

Friday the 13th, the asymmetrical adaptation of the classic slasher horror franchise, is at the end of its life, with the developer even unlocking everything for all players before the title is delisted. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, however – due out later this week on the PS5 and PS4 – will not fall to the same fate.

The Elder Gods were pretty useless in both Mortal Kombat timelines. In the original trilogy, they kinda just sat back and allowed Shao Kahn to decimate entire civilizations, even invading Earthrealm despite losing the Mortal Kombat tournament. When they do get off their asses to do something, it's usually already too late. And that's not to get into the whole Shinnok ordeal. Long story short, they drop the ball a lot.

Assume the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a 3rd-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Texas. Early 1973.

Gun Media and Sumo Nottingham have released a launch trailer for their 3v4 multiplayer game based on, which has been released today.

Fans who have been waiting to jump into the latest release from Gun Interactive can now do so. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was released today, and fans can start going through another multiplayer horror gameplay experience. But what better way to celebrate the game’s release than by checking out a new launch trailer? Players who might not have kept tabs on the game can get a quick rundown of what to expect from the latest trailer drop, which we have available in the video embedded down below.

We’re already halfway through August! How did that happen? What that means in terms of the gaming world is that it means Gamescom in Cologne is next week, and we’ll be at the conference to bring you coverage of as many games as possible (we’re seeing about 50 between us!). In the meantime I’ve been playing a lot of American football as the preseason of the NFL has started. That’s been lots of Legend Bowl, and then a heap of Madden 24 in the last two days. We’re not quite ready to put a score on it, but we’re impressed so far. Besides that I’m trying to get through Baldur’s Gate 3, and it is overwhelmingly big. It’s wonderful too.

China's NetEase Games has opened yet another new studio in T-Minus Zero Entertainment.

Whether you've gone hunting or are fighting to survive, our Texas Chain Saw Massacre tips can aid you in your mission.

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NetEase has tapped Bioware veteran Rich Vogel to lead a new studio based in Austin, Texas.

Today, NetEase unveiled its new US-based studio. T-Minus Zero Entertainment is located in Austin, Texas and is led by MMO veteran Rich Vogel. The studio is developing its first project, described in the announcement as «an ambitious, third person online multiplayer action game set in a sci-fi universe” and based on an original IP.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre publisher CEO, Wes Keltner, has called out demanding fans online. 

Like the Nintendo DS, Wii U, and PS3 storefronts before it, the Xbox 360 marketplace is shutting down. You'll still be able to buy backwards compatible titles from the Xbox One and Series X/S, but any games that did not get this support and are only available on the 360 will require physical copies to play. Going by what happened after the PS3 store closed, that means prices are going to go up.

NetEase Games has announced the establishment of T-Minus Zero Entertainment, a new studio headquartered in Austin, Texas led by Rich Vogel. It is currently developing an online multiplayer-focused third-person action title set in a science-fiction universe.

NetEase Games announced the opening of a new studio called T-Minus Zero Entertainment. Headquartered in Austin, Texas (like Jackalyptic Games, another NetEase developer now working on a Warhammer MMO), it is however a remote-first studio, as anyone can see from the job openings available on the official website for the positions of Lead Animator, Lead Character Artist, Lead Environment Artist, Lead Gameplay Engineer, Lead Level Designer, and Senior Gameplay Designer.

The latest GeForce NOW Thursday press release reveals that NVIDIA's cloud streaming library is getting 22 games this week, ten of which are released day and date on the cloud platform.

NetEase Games has announced the formation of a new studio led by MMO veteran Rich Vogel.

NetEase Games has announced the creation of a new development studio in Austin, Texas.

NetEase Games announced on Thursday that the company is establishing T-Minus Zero Entertainment, a new game development studio based in Austin, Texas. The studio will emphasize a remote-first approach and will be headed by Rich Vogel, an industry veteran known for his previous work on such games as Ultima Online, Star Wars: Galaxies, and Star Wars: The Old Republic.

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Summit Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of «Playing the Edge.» Apply to speak  here  and learn more about sponsorship opportunities  here . 

Wes Keltner, CEO of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre publisher Gun Interactive, calls out demanding fans, replying to one player’s tweet regarding cosmetics in the upcoming horror game. Based on the original 1974 film, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre aims to rival Dead by Daylight, Evil Dead, and other asymmetrical, with our own Texas Chain Saw Massacre review rating it as a promising competitor. In light of its release, however, some would-be players have vocalized their demands, prompting a firm response.

Last year the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a distant galaxy, which was named after a birthday girl and is now known to be one of the four oldest galaxies ever discovered. The object was named “Maisie's Galaxy”. Earlier, it was assumed that it may have been very old due to the light it emits and redshift even from afar. Reports say that when the redshift is greater, it suggests that the source of light is older and positioned at a greater distance. Let's explore more about the 13-billion-year-old galaxy.

Wes Keltner, CEO of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre publisher Gun Interactive, calls out demanding fans, replying to one player’s tweet regarding cosmetics in the upcoming horror game. Based on the original 1974 film, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre aims to rival Dead by Daylight, Evil Dead, and other asymmetrical, with our own Texas Chain Saw Massacre review rating it as a promising competitor. In light of its release, however, some would-be players have vocalized their demands, prompting a firm response.

American Truck Simulator's next few rounds of DLC are recreating some of the most boring places in the US, and I for one could not be more excited to drive through the flyover states.

Starfield has nearly landed, arriving on September 6, 2023. Since it has now gone gold, you can preload it starting tomorrow on Xbox and Windows, or on August 30 if you're buying it via Steam.

For the first time in Modern Warfare history, Zombies will be included. This discovery was shared by YouTuber MrDalekJD who found that "texting the Unknown Caller 'Zombies' gives you a link to a secret sound file on Activision's website". That sound file is none other than the iconic distorted growl of a COD zombie.

With soaring into theaters later this week, fans look for more information about the story setting. Where does Blue Beetle take place? And where has the movie been filmed? Here’s what you need to know about the Blue Beetle setting.