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The return of Steam Machines? Valve rolls out new “Powered by SteamOS” branding.

New branding guidelines suggest official third-party hardware support is imminent. We found this logo hidden deep in an abandoned steel forge, Credit: Aurich Lawson | Steam Longtime Valve watchers likely remember Steam Machines,...

Player 456 is back for revenge in Squid Game S2 trailer

"You still do not see, do you? The game will not end unless the...

Sony is reportedly working on a PS5 portable

Miniaturized hardware is still "likely years away from launch." Artist's conception of God breathing new...

Half-Life 2 pushed Steam on the gaming masses… and the masses pushed back

Back in 2004, many players saw Valve’s new platform as nothing but “fancy DRM.” This...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard and the choices you make while saving the world

“Events are weaving together quickly. The fate of the world shall be decided.” Dragon Age:...

The return of Steam Machines? Valve rolls out new “Powered by SteamOS” branding.

New branding guidelines suggest official third-party hardware support is imminent. We found this logo hidden deep in an abandoned steel forge, Credit: Aurich Lawson | Steam Longtime...

Player 456 is back for revenge in Squid Game S2 trailer

"You still do not see, do you? The game will not end unless the world changes." Credit: Netflix https://youtu.be/Ed1sGgHUo88 The 2021 Korean series Squid Game was a massive hit...

Sony is reportedly working on a PS5 portable

Miniaturized hardware is still "likely years away from launch." Artist's conception of God breathing new life into the sadly neglected PlayStation Vita. Credit: Sony Bloomberg reports that Sony...

Half-Life 2 pushed Steam on the gaming masses… and the masses pushed back

Back in 2004, many players saw Valve’s new platform as nothing but “fancy DRM.” This article is part of our 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2 series. Credit: Aurich...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard and the choices you make while saving the world

“Events are weaving together quickly. The fate of the world shall be decided.” Dragon Age: The Veilguard is as much about the world, story, and characters...

iPod fans evade Apple’s DRM to preserve 54 lost clickwheel-era games

Dozens of previously hard-to-access games can now be synced via Virtual Machine. Mom: We have the Game Boy Advance at home / At home: Credit: Aurich...

Sunderfolk is a couch co-op tactical RPG you play with a phone. No, really.

Blizzard vet says both tabletop pros and casual types have a place on the couch. Credit: Dreamhaven Tabletop board games and video games typically offer ways...

“So aggravating”: Outdated ads start appearing on PS5 home screen

Players are annoyed as new home screen needs work. Update, September 30, 2024, 6:34 p.m. ET: It seems that the new home screen experience that users...

Nintendo, The Pokemon Company sue Palworld-maker Pocketpair

Japanese patent-infringement lawsuit follows "investigation" announced in January. Nintendo and The Pokemon Company announced they have filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair, the makers of the heavily...

Satisfactory is officially released, officially a scary wonderful time sink

Even people with 1,000 hours in the game are still learning about it. The company that compels you to industrialize an untouched alien planet in Satisfactory, FICSIT,...

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 is serious heavy-metal shooting and slashing

Strong first impressions of a game filled with enemy hordes and dark metal lore. If you had given me, at age 15 or so, a...

Sony is shutting down Concord, refunding players after just two weeks

Team-based shooter eight years in the making had just 25,000 estimated sales. <img src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/concord-800x450.jpg" alt="This team-based FPS combat scene was apparently too familiar to attract...

New AI model can hallucinate a game of 1993’s Doom in real time

Dobos: "Why write rules for software by hand when AI can just think every pixel for you?" On Tuesday, researchers from Google and Tel Aviv...

Valve’s worst-kept secret is no longer a secret

Deadlock is now on Steam and on streams. If you read Ars Technica regularly, you've known since May that Valve is working on Deadlock, a mishmash of genres that...
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