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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 Lawson Old-school Apple fans probably remember...

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...

“So aggravating”: Outdated ads start appearing on PS5 home screen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

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...

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...

Cities: Skylines 2’s troubled launch, and why simulation games are freaking hard

Elaborate parking booths, Q4 financials, game engines, and the nature of sims. 98WITH The worst thing about Cities: Skylines 2 is that it was recently released. If this hugely...

Switch’s Super Mario RPG remake updates one of the SNES’s weird gems

Beginner-friendly RPG is true to the original, but with new graphics and sound. <img src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SuperMarioRPG_scrn_27-800x450.jpg" alt="<em>Super Mario RPG 153WITH Even among the many standout titles in the...

Valve celebrates 25 years of Half-Life with feature-packed Steam update

New MP maps, widescreen/Steam Deck support, and more come amid "free to keep" weekend. 36WITH This Sunday, November 19, makes a full 25 years since the...

Pelosi attacker found guilty after pointing to Gamergate influence at trial

DePape: Searches for game tips led to "talk about how toxic Anita Sarkeesian is..." 296WITH David DePape—the man accused of violently attacking former House Speaker Nancy...

Dealmaster: Gaming monitors, big-screen TVs, home office gear, and more

Big screens, small screens, and everything in between ahead of Black Friday. 15WITH TVs continue to be a Dealmaster mainstay this time of year as retailers...

Sony profit slumps 29% on chip weakness but maintains 25 million unit PlayStation 5 target

The PlayStation DualSense controller and PlayStation 5 console. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Sony on Thursday reported a 29% drop in operating profit in the...

The Steam Deck OLED looks as good as it can get, at least until the real sequel

Bigger, brighter screen, sure, but lots of other little updates, too. 102WITH Valve has said that a true sequel to the Steam Deck handheld, one with...

Why we had to wait nearly two years for an OLED Steam Deck

"We would have had to delay the original Steam Deck by 12 to 18 months..." 36WITH FURTHER READING The Steam Deck OLED looks as good as it...

Zelda, Mario and Pikmin give Nintendo a boost as Switch sales continue to dwindle

It sold 19.5 million copies of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom within its first four months. Nintendo's digital game sales are helping...

Microsoft will let Xbox game makers use AI tools for story design and NPCs

It's working on an AI copilot that can turn prompts into detailed scripts and quests. Xbox has teamed up with a startup called Inworld AI to create a...

Why today’s Epic v. Google trial is (and isn’t) a repeat of Epic v. Apple

Epic says Google puts up "myriad contractual and technical barriers" for sideloading. <img src="https://syncxtek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image-34.jpeg" alt="Epic says launching <em>Fortnite</em> on Android without Google Play is as...

Dealmaster: Pre-Black Friday deals on home entertainment, Herman Miller chairs, and laptops

TVs, audio, headphones, and home entertainment take center stage in pre-Black Friday sales. 29WITH Whether you need a monitor for work or you want a larger...

Why Capcom thinks PC game modding is akin to “cheating”

Japanese publisher cites reputational damage, support costs of "unauthorized" mods. 148WITH For most PC gamers, the ability to update their game with a wide variety of...

Diablo IV will get its first expansion and WoW Classic will revisit Cataclysm

Blizzard also announced three (yes, three) World of Warcraft expansions. https://youtu.be/gHuaCwmx-Rg Blizzard just held the opening keynote of its first in-person BlizzCon since 2019, announcing numerous updates to...
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