Arc Raiders moved at a much faster pace during early development: Embark reduced the speed of everything by roughly 60% after shifting the game toward a PvPvE extraction shooter. The original reveal trailer shows players leaping around and sprinting at breakneck speed to Dancing on My Own, and even features

At a GDC talk today, Overwatch game director Aaron Keller said that Marvel Rivals has "definitely had an impact" on the Overwatch team. Keller recalled seeing the excitement around Rivals, which launched with over 30 heroes in 2025 (and is now at 47). He said it made him

NanoClaw and Docker have announced a partnership to run the open-source AI agent platform inside Docker's MicroVM-based sandbox infrastructure. The integration will allow NanoClaw builds to be deployed in containers and, the teams say, can be launched with a single command. Each agent task will be isolated in

There's a well known gaming maxim I just made up that says "All shooters are better with vehicles." That is why classic Halo Big Team Battle remains a top three multiplayer experience, and why Arc Raiders may one day give players a fresh set of wheels.

ASAB is focused on creating advanced concepts and technologies in aeronautics to improve connectivity and save valuable resources. Work includes developing aircraft concepts, conducting airspace and aviation safety systems analysis, guiding aerospace systems research strategic planning, and advancing design and analysis methods. Meet the ASAB Team. Activities and projects include

YouTube has started showing long, unskippable ads on televisions, a new option the company calls 'VRC Non-Skip.' The spots can run 6, 15 or 30 seconds, with Google AI selecting the length, and are designed to "ensure your message is delivered in its entirety." Viewers have

At GDC, Arc Raiders production director Caio Braga said Embark's breakout extraction shooter emerged from a development cycle that included multiple massive directional pivots—turning points where many other game productions would have been cancelled. In a post-talk interview, Braga said the string of high-profile live-service launch failures

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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—

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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