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FuturLab, the developer behind nozzle-tweaking masterwork PowerWash Simulator, has unveiled neon-streaked action-adventure Ikaro: Will Not Die, which the studio describes a spiritual successor to its acclaimed Velocity series.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently sat down for an interview with Bloomberg Insider, where he covered topics from family to leadership to AI. But in one of his more surprising admissions, he admitted regret to "exiting mobile phones."

Ikaro: Will Not Die is a new game from Powerwash Simulator and Velocity developer Futurlab that made its debut during today’s Xbox Partner Preview. Players presumably control Ikaro, who, as far as we can tell, has one purpose in life: to move really fast and look really cool.

Old Dads has taken over the number one spot on Netflix's Top 10 – but not everyone is feeling it.

Apple is renowned for making its devices hard to repair, but yesterday the company pledged its support for a US right-to-repair law.

Unlocking the characters in My Hero Ultra Rumble is just the name of the game. Most of the characters need to be unlocked in order to progress, with only a few characters being available from the very beginning: Izuki, Ochacho, Cementoss, Mt. Lady, Shigaraki, and Dabi.

Atari has announced that they’ve acquired a few high-ish profile properties from Ronimo Games. Notably, these titles include Awesomenauts and Swords & Soldiers.

Atari has announced that they’ve acquired a few high-ish profile properties from Romino Games. Notably, these titles include Awesomenauts and Swords & Soldiers.

Is this… Spider-clops? Whoever he is, he's designated Weapon VIII in one of the alternate universes that will be visited in a new volume of Edge of Spider-Verse, Marvel's anthology series that visits the Spider-heroes of various realities across the Multiverse.

Final Fantasy XIV’s latest Fan Festival took place in London over the weekend, running two days of panels with the MMO’s development team, its director Naoki ‘Yoshi-P’ Yoshida and legendary series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. In-between announcing a new job for expansion Dawntrail, revealing anecdotes from the early days of Final Fantasy and a whole bunch of crossovers on the way, Yoshi-P and Sakaguchi found time to kick back with some very silly hijinks during the game’s boss battles.

Amazon Prime’s series adaptation of Bethesda’s Fallout franchise now has a release date: April 12, 2024. The announcement was made via Prime Video’s Twitter account in celebration of Fallout Day (the day the bombs fell in the original Fallout game).

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Stardew Valley 1.6 is coming, and developer Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone has been teasing its content for over a year now. But today it feels like those teases have, instead, become threats.

If you put books, games, or DVD boxes inside your video game, I will inspect every last one of them. This and video game bathrooms are my particular peccadillo and I would appreciate it if you don’t judge me.

There has been a lot of activity recently from EU and UK legislators with each seeking to outdo the other with new laws being introduced at every turn. There is also increasing regulatory activity and enforcement relevant for the games industry, with consumer regulators building capabilities through investment into technology and staff.

In the future world of writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Daniel Acuña’s upcoming limited series Avengers: Twilight, the Avengers are gone, but Steve Rogers remains - and now you can get a look at his new futuristic Captain America costume as painted by Alex Ross on his cover for Avengers: Twilight #1.

Who had ‘playable remake of Alan Wake inside Fortnite’ on their 2023 bingo card? Nobody? Well, nevermind: either way, you can now relive the events of Remedy’s battery-powered horror game before its sequel comes out later this month.

After a long hiatus, we’re about to experience an explosion of Silent Hill releases. From the official remake of the second game to brand-new entries, Konami’s iconic horror series is finally making a comeback. Along with these is Silent Hill: Ascension, which has just released its premiere trailer.

Epic have dropped a bunch of details as to planned improvements for the Epic Games Store in the on-going race to out-Steam Steam - the Coca-Cola to Epic's Pepsi Max. Amongst other things, we can expect more robust search features, support for third-party subscriptions, better EGS launcher performance, a download manager with improved controls, and a new "for you" personalisation tab - all of that rolling out across 2024 and 2025.

The first update for RuneScape’s Necromancy season, “Ancient Awakening”, is officially out! The season launched earlier this year, and this new update allows players to delve deeper into the lore behind necromancy on the secretive island of Ungael!

New York lawmakers are looking at requiring consumers to first go through a criminal history background check before they can buy certain 3D printers. 

Avalanche Studios Group has announced plans to open a new office in Montreal, Canada.

In an electrifying revelation at Unreal Fest 2023, Epic Games’ Kyle Billings set the gaming world abuzz with exciting news about the future of the company and the continuation of their immensely popular ‘Free Games Program.’ This initiative has been nothing short of a game-changer, attracting an astonishing ‘over 90 million new users’ since its inception. What’s more, Epic Games has made it crystal clear that their ‘Free Games Program’ is here to stay, promising a bountiful stream of free games ‘through 2023 and beyond.’

Actor Tara Strong will be recast from the independent animated show Boxtown. This comes as her recent Twitter activity sparks controversy, particularly her liking of a tweet that equated all Muslims to Hamas and ISIS, and also read, "Islam is a real, clear and present danger."

Empire of the Ants, a relatively obscure real-time-strategy game based on the 1991 science fiction novel of the same name, is getting an Unreal Engine 5 remake.

Splatfests are still all the rage for the inklings and octolings hanging out looking to have a little fun, but this time around there’s some brand new theming to amp up the excitement for the latest and greatest they have to offer! All the squid and octo kids are going to celebrate in style this Splatoween and enjoy not only a fully decked out town, but a fun new Splatfest to fight and prove just who is going to take top billing this time around. The brand new theme is around familiar spooky faces one might see around Halloween, but instead of seeing them as scary foes to attack the question asked is which of the three would be the best friend! The three available choices include zombies who are well known for being a little bit bitey at times, skeletons that rattle their bones while loving to jump around and finally ghosts who might not always seem like they’re there but are always glad to catch you by surprise. For those who enjoy voting based on character the choices belong to Shiver, Frye and Big Man respectively. The best part of all is the team has absolutely gone all out to make this a fully decorated experience no matter what team you’re on!

Spider-Man (2018), from Insomniac Games, was a game-changer for everyone's favourite web-slinging hero. It's spin-off, Miles Morales, also pleased both critics and fans with its gripping story and smooth gameplay.

By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.

Going forward, Valve says Counter-Strike 2 will only be playable on hardware that supports Linux and 64-bit Windows. The developer revealed support for Mac and older hardware like DirectX has been discontinued. 

Cloud gaming provider Shadow PC has suffered a data breach after a company employee accidentally downloaded malware to play a game. 

The Epic Games Store’s next free titles have been revealed.

French technology company Shadow has confirmed a data breach involving customers’ personal information.

California, the largest state in the USA and home to many of the world's largest tech companies, is a step closer to giving residents the right to repair their devices and appliances after Governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law.

Microsoft risks owing a staggering $29 billion to the US government  if the IRS gets its way. 

The Federal Trade Commission is proposing to pass a rule that would ban junk fees, preventing vendors —including tech companies and apps— from making bogus charges on consumer bills. 

Canon's newest zoom lens addresses one of the long-running problems with wide-angle photography: lens size. Zooms that cover an extreme angle are often oversized. The RF 10-20mm F4 L IS STM bucks that trend—at around 4.4 by 3.3 inches (HD) and 1.3 pounds it's half the weight of the EF 11-24mm F4 L USM for SLRs, with optics that see 25% percent more of a scene.

Despite its occasional blunders, the Destiny franchise has successfully fostered a community of clever and loyal secret hunters and lore theorists who are always eager to share their thoughts with the rest of their peers. Often, this means veering deep into Destiny‘s most obscure pieces of lore, with expectedly mixed results. One of the latest theories that’s been posted on the r/DestinyLore subreddit, however, has more merit than most, and it may well be on the right track, given everything it’s got going for it.

The board game adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune, first published 40 years ago and long out of print, is back — and it’s on sale for October Prime Day. Snag the legendary strategy game before it goes back up to full price.

Asus TUF A17 | Nvidia RTX 4070 | AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS | 17.3-inch | 144Hz | 1080p | 16GB DDR5 | 1TB SSD | $1,799.99$1,369 at Amazon (save $430.99)If you're after a large-screen laptop for school with a little Triple-A gaming on the side, the TUF A17 will certainly deliver. It is only a 1080p panel, which is a bit of a shame, but its RTX 4070 will run pretty much everything at that resolution. It also has an 8-core, 16-thread Ryzen CPU that sports the 780M integrated graphics. That's the same as in all the latest handhelds so it can give decent gaming performance on the go and should offer more gaming battery life than running on the RTX 4070 when away from a plug socket.

The newest is available to be solved and the October 10th answer shouldn't be too difficult for most fans of the game. So far the month of October has been fairly simple on the puzzle front, there haven't been too many troublesome days and fans have been keeping their long-standing win streaks alive. Keeping consistent on your starting word is one of the best ways to keep winning in this game.

Humble Bundle has suddenly revealed it will be ending its games service. After Tuesday, November 7, the titular subscription will end its offering of monthly games to subscribers. 

The latest edition of Steam Next Fest is now live.

German outlet Game Two is reporting on allegations of a toxic work culture at Daedalic Entertainment, specifically surrounding Lord of the Rings: Gollum. Nearly three dozen past and present employees told the outlet claim the project suffered from the alleged environment and mismanagement at the studio. 

Here’s a stat that might not surprise you: The average mobile phone user gets an average of 14 spam calls each month.

A Mortal Kombat 1 dataminer has found Omni-Man's Fatality inputs in the game's files, and they hint at two iconic scenes from the show being recreated for his finishers.

October 7th answer is going to be a hard one to solve as it is perhaps one of the rarest words used in daily conversation. In fact, there is a good chance for you to lose your daily streak if you do not use hints or cheat. Usually, most answers can be solved within six attempts, but some words often cause frustration; today is one of those days.

The Epic Games Store’s next free titles have been confirmed.

Is your wallet ready for the holiday shopping season? Ease into the spending juggernaut with some Amazon freebies ahead of its Prime Big Deal Days. It's offering Prime members extended free trials across its subscription services, which you can continue or cancel before you're charged a single cent. Here's what you can get.

Cyberpunk 2077 has cleared 25 million sales, CD Projekt claimed on Thursday.

A trailer for PokeTsume, a new live-action TV show from The Pokémon Company, has been released.

Feral Interactive has announced an updated version of Hitman: Blood Money for Nintendo Switch and mobile.

Google has been delivering high-end technology around AI for a while now and been putting it into people’s hands with their Pixel lineup. With the original Pixel Watch, they began expanding the capabilities of their software with a brand new hardware line. This year, improvements are coming to that new hardware line, with the Pixel Watch 2.

In the Android vs. iOS wars, you're part of the Android faithful. So when the new iPhones came out last month, you held out for the release of the Google Pixel 8 and Google Pixel 8 Pro.

Mortal Kombat 1’s release has made for an interesting time in the franchise’s longstanding history. With this new game, we’ve seen the return of many iconic characters from its more experimental era. With the Kameo system included, MK1 truly feels like a love letter to fans of the classic Mortal Kombat 3D era.

This preview of Pet Sematary: Bloodlines comes from a Q&A after the movie’s world premiere at the 2023 Fantastic Fest film festival.

Password-sharing crackdowns are becoming more and more common in the streaming world today. And Disney Plus is following suit.

The live service business model is a tough cookie to crack, but every major publisher is giving it a go. We’re already very familiar with some of these titles shutting down after just a few months of support, but SEGA has pulled the plug on Creative Assembly’s HYENAS before it could even make it to launch. The cancellation has been unceremoniously confirmed in the minutes of a board of directors meeting.

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

Originally revealed back in April, Apogee Entertainment and Emberheart Games’ Vexlands is here for everyone to try. The release window is still penciled in for sometime in early 2024, but now a new demo offers a taste of adventure. Despite the fact that this one has curses, monsters, and other threats, there are plenty of opportunities to relax throughout. Check out some of the open-world crafting in action in the new trailer below. 

Sega has canceled upcoming multiplayer shooter Hyenas and some other unannounced titles in a bid to improve profitability.

The next issue of Retro Gamer is on sale now and features a tremendous Star Wars double bill. Daron Stinnett looks back at the original Star Wars: Dark Forces, while members of Nightdive Studios reveal what’s in store for the new remaster. The Star Wars fun continues with a look at both Star Wars: Starfighter and Jedi Starfighter, two console shooters that were designed to capitalize on the PC success of games like Star Wars: X-Wing and TIE Fighter.

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Stardew Valley 1.6 update sounds a lot bigger than it was originally billed as.

The first full trailer for Kingsman creator Matthew Vaughn's new action comedy Argylle is finally here – and, well, we're still none the wiser as to what it's really about. What we do know, though, is that the teaser, which you can watch above, sees Bryce Dallas Howard's timid spy novelist Elly Conway having a pretty... cat-astophic day.

Valve has officially released Counter-Strike 2.

Netflix has released the first trailer for its upcoming Tomb Raider anime series.

You can’t trust Nathan Fielder. That was the basic premise of Nathan For You, his seminal Comedy Central series about reinventing local businesses in absurd, nonsensical ways that pushed the limits of reality television. He took things further in The Rehearsal, an HBO docu-series where Fielder would help people “rehearse” in preparation for difficult moments in their lives, to an uncomfortably mind-bending degree.

Bree needs your help in Cyberpunk 2077, and she’s reached out to you in the Shot By Sides mission. You’ll be working with her to investigate a Miltech base hidden underneath Dogtown. However, when you get there, Bree’s neighbor shows up, revealing his true identity.

As fantastic as Resident Evil 4’s remake is, one of the most conspicuous absences from its original release was Ada Wong’s side story – it was such a key part of the HD version of the original game, after all. Thankfully, in this age of delays and over-hype, we haven’t had to wait too long for Capcom to complete the story, and the quality and replayability of this version of Separate Ways has been well worth the wait.

Spoiler Warning: The following article features minor spoilers for some characters and dialogue appearing within the first five missions of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, up to and including The Damned.

Microsoft starts rolling out Windows 11's biggest update for 2023 today. The Copilot artificial intelligence sidebar gets top billing, but there’s plenty more to pore over in the release.

In a year of critically acclaimed games, Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis is certifiably a mobile title that came out. Billed as “another possibility for a remake,” Square Enix hyped up the game’s PSX Final Fantasy nostalgia while kind of hiding the fact that it was, in fact, just a gacha game. For presumably that reason, many Final Fantasy fans vocalized their wish to see Ever Crisis on PC and consoles, and it looks like they’ll get some of what they asked for.

The humble data center is not so humble. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, data centers and data transmission networks consume between 2-3% of global power consumption, and as global internet traffic grows, and demand for things like AI explodes, 3% is a number that will surely increase in the years ahead.

If you're an internet subscriber in the US, there's a good chance you're paying more for broadband than you used to. That's the finding in a new survey from US News & World Report.

Controversy and upheaval around game engine Unity has forced the developer of a WipEout-style racer to cancel its planned Nintendo Switch port.

The conversation/free-for-all around the role of automated "AI"-based game development continues with a few thoughts from Tom Hall, co-founder of id Software and one of the creators of the original DOOM, who says he's (Commander) keen on the prospect of "ethical" uses for such tools in gamedev, but worries that reliance on them "will homogenize games, sort of like AAA games are now".

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat 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. At the event, we will also announce 25 top game startups as the 2024 Game Changers. Apply or nominate today!

If you’ve been on X lately (formerly known as Twitter) you’ve no doubt seen that Concerned Ape has once again dropped breadcrumbs of hints as to what’s coming in Stardew Valley’s 1.6 update. According to previous Tweets, the upcoming update will contain new items, secrets to discover, and some kind of new festival. The details are sparse, especially considering the fact that we got a big ‘????’ at the end there. As more teasers drop, we gain slightly extra details about what to expect next in this larger update for Stardew Valley.

Unity have announced that they're making changes to their "runtime fee" in response to overwhelming negative feedback. The key changes are that the fees no longer apply to developers using Unity Personal, and will only apply to developers using Unity Pro or Unity Enterprise who upgrade the next version of Unity which ships in 2024.