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Best new game previews of GDC 2026: At Fate's End, Mina the Hollower, and more

This year’s Game Developers Conference felt tense, with international travel anxiety, panels full of AI tech talks, and an emphasis on consumers over creators. Even so, countless demos at GDC and its surrounding events in San Francisco cut through the noise and showcased how much creativity real humans still

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Best Buy selling open-box MacBook Neo for under retail

Apple launched the MacBook Neo on March 11, and Best Buy is already offering open-box units for $568. Open-box items have been opened or returned and are graded "Excellent" by the Geek Squad; given the laptop’s recent release, many are likely just opened or quickly returned rather

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Travis Kalanick launches Atoms to build 'wheelbase for robots'

Travis Kalanick announced Atoms, a new venture he says will build a "wheelbase for robots." He published a more-than-1,600-word manifesto on Friday and wrote, "The thing is, I never left." Kalanick said Atoms is coming out of stealth and expanding beyond food-delivery infrastructure into food

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Bungie admits Marathon audio change was 'overcorrection' and will dial it back

Morgan Park had a rough night in Marathon a couple days ago. He initially attributed it to a run of bad luck, but noticed many other players having similar struggles and pointing to noise. Silence is golden in Marathon: the more noise you make, the more likely you are to

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FBI investigating malware-infected games on Steam

The FBI has opened an investigation into a group of suspicious games that were removed from Steam after being found to contain malware. The agency set up a web page focused on the situation and cited several titles seemingly tied to crypto scams, including BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi,

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Overwatch director glad game is no longer Steam's lowest-rated

The game formerly known as Overwatch 2 is enjoying positive buzz not seen since its original release. Director Aaron Keller celebrated that it is no longer the lowest-rated game on Steam, but added he is "not sure what it would take for us to move up to a positive

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Obsidian on getting RPG difficulty right in The Outer Worlds 2

At the Game Developers Conference, Obsidian senior systems designer Robert Donovan described the challenge of dialing in The Outer Worlds 2’s difficulty and the franchise’s familiar reverse curve: RPGs often start punishing and grow easier as characters gain power. Donovan noted that fantasies of growth—numbers going up—

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Doubling the voltage: How 800V architecture changes EVs

Leapenergy projects that an 800 V platform currently costs an extra $1,180, falling to $420 by 2028. Forecasts suggest 800 V will begin in higher-end EVs and then filter downmarket: some analysts put global adoption at 15–20 percent by 2030, with more than half of vehicles priced above

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Netflix Premium vs Standard: which plan is the best deal

Netflix currently offers a Premium plan at $25/month and a Standard ad-supported plan at $8/month. Premium supports up to four simultaneous streams, 4K+HDR video, spatial audio, and allows two additional members; the ad-supported Standard allows two simultaneous streams, 1080p video, no spatial audio, and one additional member.

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Bauhutte reveals Electric Gaming Bed 2, a 'forbidden layout'

Japanese gaming furniture company Bauhutte unveiled the Electric Gaming Bed 2 earlier this week, calling it a 'forbidden layout' designed for 'the unapologetically indulgent gamer.' Like earlier incarnations from 2020 and 2022, the bed has multiple motorized sections that let the occupant raise and lower upper

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More Americans dislike data centers the more they learn about them

A new survey from the Pew Research Center finds that familiarity with data centers tends to breed skepticism. Two-thirds of adults who say they have heard a lot about data centers view them as mostly bad for home energy costs, compared with 42% of those who have heard a little.

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Four tech gadgets that helped me sleep better and ditch the alarm

I regularly get around seven hours of sleep and often wake without an audible alarm. Technology has made that easier by disabling distracting apps, silencing noise, tracking sleep, and waking me in the morning. To cut pre-sleep doomscrolling I use a Brick, an NFC-enabled device that blocks chosen phone apps

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UK rights group sues Valve over unlicensed music on Steam

Valve is facing legal action in the UK from the Performing Right Society, a rights management organisation that collects royalties on behalf of musicians when their work is played publicly. The PRS has launched proceedings over Valve’s use of PRS members’ music on Steam without permission. PRS says many

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Short window to grab OpenTTD free before it's bundled with Transport Tycoon

Transport Tycoon Deluxe has returned to Steam and GOG, available for $10 (£8.50). The re-release revives a classic that many remember from afternoons at the computer building railways, rollercoasters and, for some reason, pizza. Atari, which acquired the rights to Transport Tycoon from Chris Sawyer in 2024, said it

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Xbox quietly retires 'This Is An Xbox' marketing campaign

After a leadership shakeup earlier this year, Xbox is quietly discontinuing its "This Is An Xbox" marketing campaign. Past Xbox blogs that used the slogan have mostly been scrubbed from the web, though some remain in the Internet Archive. Videos for the ad campaign were still on YouTube

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Jackery Explorer 2000 v2 power station 50% off on Amazon

Jackery's Explorer 2000 Pro v2, an upgraded version of the Explorer 2000 Pro, is currently half off on Amazon — $749 instead of its $1,499 retail price, saving $750. The unit replaces lithium-ion cells with LiFePO4 batteries, extending lifespan to 4,000 recharge cycles from 1,000, improving

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25 years on, 3DMark2001's Nature test shows how far 3D graphics have come

A quarter of a century ago MadOnion released 3DMark2001 alongside Nvidia's GeForce 3, and those early DirectX shaders felt like a revelation. That period led me to work for the company after it rebranded as Futuremark, and to spend years immersed in gaming and graphics. The first graphics

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Console Gameplay for Crimson Desert Emerges, But Only on PS5 Pro

Crimson Desert launches next week on March 19. Despite the rising hype, console gameplay had not been seen until Digital Foundry released a video of the PS5 Pro port. Fans grew nervous after it emerged that reviews would not go live until 24 hours before launch and that reviewers would

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Microsoft removes 'This is an Xbox' marketing campaign

Microsoft has pulled its "This is an Xbox" marketing campaign and is quietly removing references to it after unveiling a new console–PC hybrid. The Xbox YouTube channel still hosts a flashy 30-second ad that has 2.4 million views; one comment reads, "From 360 era to

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Jensen Huang reflects on 25 years of the GeForce 3

In a YouTube video marking the card's 25th anniversary, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang looked back on the launch of the GeForce 3 and its place in the company's history. He said Nvidia had "introduced really the first successful mainstream graphics accelerator, Riva 128 and subsequently

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Jeff Kaplan had six weeks to pitch Overwatch after Titan was cancelled

Before Overwatch there was the cancelled MMO Titan. Jeff Kaplan, who had been working on Titan, led the effort to redirect the team and was given just six weeks to come up with and pitch a new game. He says the period was demoralising; he feared he might be fired

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Pokemon Pokopia Stamp Rally explained

The Pokopia Stamp Rally runs weekly and rewards players for logging in up to five days out of every seven. Each day you log in you receive a random stamp for your card, and at the end of the week stamps are exchanged for Life Coins you can spend at

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Discord has become the hub for videogame communities

It is the year 2026. You are in 25 Discord servers: six are for friends and family, one exists so you can create custom emojis, one is simply called "the chungle zone" and you do not remember how you joined it. The rest are all videogames you haven&

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JBL Live 780NC let iPhone users access Auracast via app

JBL has introduced the Live 780NC headphones with a refreshed design, upgraded Bluetooth connectivity, longer battery life and new audio tuning. Their standout addition is built-in access to Auracast broadcasts from the JBL Headphones app, which creates a workaround for iPhone users that otherwise lack Auracast support. Other Auracast-enabled headphones

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Tinder adds IRL events, virtual speed dating and AI features

Tinder used its first product keynote to roll out a wide set of updates aimed at reinvigorating the app, improving safety and leaning harder into AI. The announcements follow Match Group’s $50 million boost for product development as the parent company tries to re-engage users and appeal to younger