Steam has been crediting the artists behind its spring sale visuals on X, noting that the lovely art was created by @thetiffopotamus with animations by @thanhuki. The platform encouraged users to check out their work via Points Shop items and the Discovery Queue for stickers. Tiffany Diep is listed on

I wanted to test my system to breaking point. Having settled on openSUSE Tumbleweed and with games mostly working, I downloaded Jackify—a Linux Wabbajack modlist installer—and used it to install Curseadelica, a 154 GB modlist. Curseadelica is a hodgepodge of nearly 900 mods that turns Skyrim into an

As of March 21, the DJI Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo is on sale for $1,099 at Amazon — $500 off the list price of $1,599 and the best-ever price at Amazon. The bundle includes the DJI Mini 5 Pro drone, the DJI RC 2 camera-drone remote controller,

T-Mobile is running several iPhone deals tied to plan sign-ups and trade-ins this weekend. One offer lets you get any model of the iPhone 17 free when you sign up for an Experience More plan and trade in an eligible device. You can also sign up for almost any T-Mobile

Oceanic survival sim The Last Caretaker has an uncertain tone: is it a melancholy adventure about being the last sentient being on an abandoned Earth, an optimistic sci-fi story about ensuring the long-term survival of the human race by growing people in vats and launching them into space, or a

Blight: Survival, a third-person hack 'n' slash where you carve up zombies in brutal medieval combat, has become one of Steam's most wished-for games, surpassing 1.5 million wishlists. Only Subnautica 2, Deadlock, Light no Fire and Forza Horizon 6 sit ahead of it. The game

Players of Warframe report receiving bizarre in-game messages, sometimes containing explicit language or threats. Fans have shared concerned posts on the Warframe subreddit, and some suspect the multiplayer shooter may have been hacked. Several messages reportedly include ableist slurs or incomprehensible drivel. A few referenced the community preservation project OpenWF;

Seasonal sales like Amazon's Spring Sale make now a good time to start or upgrade a smart home, especially if you're on a budget. A few years ago a single security camera, sensor, or smart lighting setup would run you hundreds of dollars; now affordable smart

Tax season runs up to the April 15 deadline, and fraudsters ramp up their activity. Alloy's annual State of Fraud report found a 67 percent increase in fraud attempts, with tax-related refund update scams the most common. Google published a post sharing tools and tips to avoid getting

After seven years in development, Crimson Desert has launched. Pearl Abyss's new open-world behemoth opened to mixed impressions on Steam that have since climbed to "mostly positive," and the game holds a "generally favorable" Metascore. Palworld publishing lead John "Bucky" Buckley spent

Pinterest CEO Bill Ready used a Time op-ed to call on governments to ban social media for users under 16. He warned that children are "living through the largest social experiment in history," given "unfiltered access to social media platforms," and is one of the few

Comments are the lifeblood of YouTube engagement, and I used to rely on email alerts to respond quickly. Until the middle of last year YouTube sent an email whenever a viewer commented, but at the end of June it quietly turned that feature off. Social network managers can surface YouTube

Death Stranding 2's PC launch may have been overshadowed a bit by Crimson Desert, but the game earned praise for both the Hideo Kojima story and its delivery-sim sandbox. Players who favor the delivery gameplay, PC Gamer's Morgan Park noted, often share the same complaint: it&

The legal drama surrounding Subnautica 2 continued after a judge ordered Krafton to rehire Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill, who had been fired last summer. Shortly after Gill’s reinstatement, Steve Papoutsis — who had been installed as CEO when Gill was let go — circulated an internal memo announcing Subnautica 2

SunLED’s Sunbooster SLS2000 is a $265 device that attaches to a laptop to deliver near-infrared (NIR) light through three LEDs. Built for desk-based workers and people in long winters, it uses a motion sensor to calibrate the right distance before administering light. Sessions can last between two and four

OpenTTD was removed from Steam and GOG after Atari re-released the original 1995 Transport Tycoon Deluxe as a commercial product. The new Transport Tycoon Deluxe has a "mostly negative" user rating on Steam, with 26 user reviews and a peak concurrent player count of 23, and the change

With spring break and summer travel approaching, a compact Bluetooth dongle can make in-flight entertainment simpler. The Twelve South AirFly Pro 2 turns wireless earbuds into a plane-friendly option and is currently $15 off at Best Buy's Tech Fest in black or white, bringing the price to $45.

Arc Raiders developers ended up torturing one another during playtests, Embark Studios production director Caio Braga said at his Game Developers Conference panel 'When Your AAA Game Isn't Fun: The ARC Raiders Story of Starting Over with Intent.' The team gave different groups autonomy to pursue

Japanese publication Nikkei says Nintendo is preparing a European version of the Switch 2 with a user-replaceable battery, and that Joy-Con 2 controllers for that market will also gain replaceable batteries. Those changes are being developed so the console and controllers comply with the European Union’s Right to Repair

Google Threat Intelligence has identified a new crypto‑stealing malware called Ghostblade that targets Apple iOS devices. Part of the DarkSword suite of browser‑based tools, Ghostblade is written in JavaScript and designed for rapid data theft: it activates, extracts sensitive information from the compromised device and relays it to

Insider Gaming says it has seen internal emails showing Sony plans to abandon the 'PlayStation Network' and 'PSN' brands by the end of the summer. The company intends to phase out those labels across SIE assets by September 2026, describing the change as 'purely visual.

Microsoft acknowledged long-standing complaints about Windows 11 in a post titled "Our commitment to Windows quality" from Windows lead Pavan Davuluri, sent to Windows Insiders. The company laid out a list of changes that will begin appearing in preview builds starting this month and continue through the year,

Slay the Spire 2 still holds a Very Positive Steam rating, with 81% of its total 68,755 reviews being positive as of writing, but a recent influx of negative feedback has begun to chip away at that standing. The controversy centers on an opt-in beta patch, v0.100.0,

Amazon US sold 25,700 CPUs in February, a drop of 23,400 units compared with the same time last year. Market analyst and creator TechEpiphany, who rounds up sales every month (via 3DCenter), compiled the figures. AMD accounted for 23,000 of the February sales, with Intel at 2,

Amazon is reportedly developing a new smartphone, internally called "Transformer," a device that immediately invites comparison with the ill-fated 2014 Fire Phone, which ended up in a fire sale about a year after its launch. The critical stumbling block then—and the one that could sink a new