"This study somewhat refutes the idea that villains are a product of their experiences." At least in fiction.
"Darkness! No parents!" Batman didn't let childhood trauma turn him into a...
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...
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...
An arcane combo of witty dialogue, turn-based tactics, and magical friendship.
Tom Francis and his Suspicious Developments team spent 6.5 years crafting the perfect finale...
Pitchford's prediction that Steam could be "a dying store" have not come to pass.
<img src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/bl4-800x332.png" alt="Artist's conception of Randy Pitchford surveying the Epic Games...
Devs cite Rollercoaster Tycoon, Dwarf Fortress, and, yes, SimCity as inspiration.
Naming a game must be incredibly hard. How many more Dark Fallen Journeys and Noun: Verb of the Noun games can fit...
Maybe, just maybe, players want more new ideas rather than live services.
Palworld's head of community has a radical idea: Stop caring about how many...
Regulator says move is "exactly the sort of consumer harm" it warned about.
The FTC says the across-the-board price increases that Microsoft recently announced for its Xbox...
Developers canceled a beta test—but may have gotten one anyway.
How badly do you want to play the upcoming Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 ahead of its...
The original developers revised puzzles and realized the immersive world in 3D.
A remake of Riven: The Sequel to Myst launched this week, made by the original...
A model trained in a virtual environment does remarkably well in the real world.
Exoskeletons today look like something straight out of sci-fi. But the...
New iOS emulation rules only apply to "retro game consoles," not retro computers.
<img src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/doomios-800x703.jpg" alt="Don't get your hopes up—this iOS version of <em>Doom</em> was...
OG Fallout producer says "Project Van Buren" ran out of time and money.
PC gamers of a certain vintage will remember tales of Project Van Buren, a title...
2025 release could launch on the still-mysterious "Switch 2."
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It has now been almost exactly seven years since Nintendo first announced Metroid Prime 4 and over five years...
