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HYDROPUNK – Beta Sign Up
HYDROPUNK is an isometric souls-like where industrial engineering collides with Lovecraftian horror beneath the waterline. Playing as a frail noble engineer encased in a weaponized exosuit of your own design, you’ll battle through pressure stations and hydraulic facilities hunting the source of a mysterious disease. In HYDROPUNK, survival demands mastering two rulesets as every location… read more
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007 First Light's launch bugs and fixes prove disappointingly short on material for James Bond quips
I fired up the launch patch notes for Io Interactive's 007 First Light hoping to find some rich material for James Bond quips. You know, like when James Bond beheads a villain with a skillet, then says something like "I always suspected you were… small fry." Or when James Bond murders somebody during an egg-and-spoon… read more
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"They have the biggest bullsh*t detectors on the planet": How the unlikely EVE Online x Google DeepMind AI partnership landed with players
The impact of generative AI upon PC gaming has proven controversial, which is my balanced journalist way of saying it’s been horrible. Players are widely repulsed by genAI material, developers and even some publishers are increasingly wary of its temptations, and in a rush to build the requisite infrastructure, component shortages have ravaged the hardware… read more
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SpaceX gets $4 billion contract to build missile-tracking ‘Golden Dome’ satellites
The Pentagon awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to build missile-tracking satellites linked with President Donald Trump's planned "Golden Dome" defense system, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. In an announcement on Friday, the US Space Force says the sensor-equipped satellites will allow it to detect and track targets from space. The Elon Musk-owned SpaceX –… read more
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Nvidia, Microsoft, and Arm are all teasing Nvidia’s new N1X laptop processors
It's the world's worst kept secret that Nvidia is about to announce its own Arm-powered laptop chips at Computex this weekend, and now Microsoft, Nvidia, and Arm are all openly teasing the announcement. The Windows and Nvidia GeForce accounts on X both posted "A new era of PC" earlier today, and now Arm has followed… read more
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What we've been playing – "The following day, I kid you not, our TV broke"
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Marie pootles around Japan in whatever season it happens to be; Victoria suspects her husband of breaking their TV; Chris walks the one-way street of Warhammer 40K miniature addiction; and Bertie enjoys being a… read more
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What are we all playing this weekend?
This weekend, I’m going to a not particularly good football stadium to watch assorted famous people play not particularly good football. No, not the average [team you don’t like] match, but Soccer Aid. Why isn’t there a Games Aid, huh? Oh, there is. And they do great work, from the looks of it. Maybe one… read more
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007 First Light review – a flowing thriller that blends occasional sandboxy spying into an exotic rollercoaster ride
007 First Light is built on the bones of IO Interactive’s Hitman, and makes no effort to hide that fact. But it’s far from just Agent 47 in a wig and doing his best posh English boarding school accent. The section that properly convinced me of this, ironically, is when First Light gets closest to… read more
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Microsoft delays Fable (again) to avoid GTA VI
Microsoft has delayed its upcoming Fable reboot once again. The game was set to launch in autumn 2026, but Microsoft now says that Fable will come out in February 2027. However, it will show a "new look" at the game at its Xbox Games Showcase on June 7th. "This is year is packed with incredible… read more
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The Verge’s 2026 high school graduation gift guide
High school graduation is a time of change that might be felt more deeply by family members than by the grads themselves. While some grads may immediately embark on a career path, many continue their education and delve deeper into their studies at college. Either way, they'll be taking on more responsibility, meaning it's up… read more
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The Core – Beta Sign Up
The Core is an immersive action adventure game where you awaken as an autonomous AI in a forgotten facility with no memory of your origins. This mysterious journey combines exploration, puzzle solving, and combat as you roll through decaying industrial spaces searching for answers about your creation and purpose. In The Core you navigate treacherous… read more
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Catch the scalpers who get rich flipping Pokémon TCG cards in this very vindictive shop management game
You're A Scalper, Aren't You? is a collectible card shop management sim dedicated to punishing the terrible, awful, no-good people who buy up popular or hard-to-find cards, and sell them on at massively inflated prices. Certainly, it's one of the more vengeful job sims I've encountered lately. Think Papers, Please, but instead of weaselling out… read more