Would you pay $20 a month for access to AI hardware you already own? That appears to be one of Meta's next bets. This week, it quietly announced that your glasses' Conversation Focus feature will soon be limited to three hours of use per month, unless you pay for a $19.99 Meta One Premium subscription. […]
Category: Gaming
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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth hits a new concurrent player record on Steam 12 years after it was released
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is one of those indie games – much like Terraria – that's refused to stop growing since its birth more than a decade ago. Fast-forward to 2026 and an astonishingly good Steam Summer Sale discount has elevated it to new heights. Read more
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"Everybody got the rug pulled out from under them": Xbox are putting third-party Game Pass deals "on pause", claims publishing veteran
Microsoft are easing off on third-party game deals for the Xbox Game Pass subscription service, according to one fairly seasoned industry figure, while they "figure out" what to do with their gaming business in general. Read more
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Valve dropped that Steam Machine Companion Cube case down the legal incinerator after its makers neglected to get their permission
Steam Machine stock may be in short supply, but hey, at least it hasn’t been taken off sale and scoured from the Internet, never to be seen again. That’s just the fate of Dbrand’s unofficial Steam Machine Companion Cube case, a smartly made (if overpriced and kind of pointless) Portal-themed accessory that it turns out was so unofficial, Dbrand never actually had permission from Valve to sell it. So, now they aren’t, and have issued refunds to anyone who ordered one.
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Company that made a Steam Machine wrap based on Valve intellectual property without asking forced to take it down
Dbrand, a company known for making phone cases and vinyl wraps for electronic devices, will not be shipping the Companion Cube wrap it announced for the Steam Machine. Concept art for the project was initially shared on social media shortly after the Steam Machine unveiling in November last year, but pre-orders didn't actually go live until 22nd June. Read more
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Xbox is reportedly considering closing State of Decay developer Undead Labs
Undead Labs, the team behind the State of Decay series, was revealed to be among the Microsoft-owned studios under threat of closure. Undead Labs is currently working on survival shooter and management sim State of Decay 3, and the game was part of the Xbox Showcase earlier this month. Read more