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Ubisoft is now memeing about Black Flag remake leaks, which is a change from threatening to sue its lead actor over them

Ubisoft is now memeing about Black Flag remake leaks, which is a change from threatening to sue its lead actor over them

I guess this is better.

The AI money merry-go-round shows no sign of stopping as Meta, OpenAI, Nvidia, Amazon and Microsoft linked to deals worth nearly $200 billion

The AI money merry-go-round shows no sign of stopping as Meta, OpenAI, Nvidia, Amazon and Microsoft linked to deals worth nearly $200 billion

More money than you can possibly imagine.

Meta lost $19.1 billion on VR last year despite the mother of all pivots to AI including plans for AI-generated gaming

Meta lost $19.1 billion on VR last year despite the mother of all pivots to AI including plans for AI-generated gaming

Forget the Metaverse, an "explosion" of new AI media formats are headed your way.

Cairn review

Siphons the rage out of navigation puzzlers like Death Stranding and Baby Steps, resulting in prickly but approachable climbing.

France is banning government officials from using Microsoft Teams and Zoom 'amid rising geopolitical tensions and fears of foreign surveillance or service disruptions'

France is banning government officials from using Microsoft Teams and Zoom 'amid rising geopolitical tensions and fears of foreign surveillance or service disruptions'

Civil servants will instead have to use the French Visio videoconferencing software.

Xbox hardware sales slump by 32% as Microsoft reports that its overall gaming revenue is in decline

Xbox hardware sales slump by 32% as Microsoft reports that its overall gaming revenue is in decline

Is this an Xbox?

Nvidia GeForce Now is officially on Linux, and after testing it I'm equal parts impressed and optimistic for the future of non-Windows gaming

Nvidia GeForce Now is officially on Linux, and after testing it I'm equal parts impressed and optimistic for the future of non-Windows gaming

For now only officially on Ubuntu.

'An unprecedented bombardment': Cloudflare claims a new world record for a 31.4 Tbps DDoS botnet attack it recorded late last year

'An unprecedented bombardment': Cloudflare claims a new world record for a 31.4 Tbps DDoS botnet attack it recorded late last year

"The largest attack ever disclosed publicly."

A Pokémon-like gacha game should be such an obvious win that I'm shocked I can't find much to like about Aniimo

A Pokémon-like gacha game should be such an obvious win that I'm shocked I can't find much to like about Aniimo

After several hours in the closed beta for Aniimo, I can't find much about it that other creature collecting and gacha games aren't doing better.

The Monster Train 2 DLC is very good: the Railforged, a challenging new mode, and a mechanical spider factory

The Monster Train 2 DLC is very good: the Railforged, a challenging new mode, and a mechanical spider factory

Destiny of the Railforged adds juiced enemies, steampunk robots that can smelt cards, and a handy claw machine.

Where to find Expired Respirators in Arc Raiders

Where to find Expired Respirators in Arc Raiders

Track down three gas masks for your Trophy Display.

A whole bunch of different Linux gaming distros are teaming up to 'improve the open source gaming ecosystem'

A whole bunch of different Linux gaming distros are teaming up to 'improve the open source gaming ecosystem'

Open sourcers, unite!

Where to find Geiger Counters in Arc Raiders

Where to find Geiger Counters in Arc Raiders

Brave Stella Montis in search of Geiger Counters.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 left a gaping, $28 million hole in Paradox's year-end financial report

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 left a gaping, $28 million hole in Paradox's year-end financial report

You win some, you lose millions.

Scientists say they've developed transistor-dense, flexible fibre chips as thin as a human hair, which can survive 'crushing by a container truck weighing 15.6 tons'

Scientists say they've developed transistor-dense, flexible fibre chips as thin as a human hair, which can survive 'crushing by a container truck weighing 15.6 tons'

I'd like to be there the next time they test that. For science.

Psst, hey, Fallout season 1 is going free on YouTube until they yank it all back down in February

Psst, hey, Fallout season 1 is going free on YouTube until they yank it all back down in February

Keep it under your hat. Or not. Actually, it's fine.

'I shouldn’t have announced the game so early,' Eric Barone admits about Haunted Chocolatier, says he had his reasons for doing so but then doesn't tell us what they were: 'The only thing that really matters is that I keep making progress on the game'

'I shouldn’t have announced the game so early,' Eric Barone admits about Haunted Chocolatier, says he had his reasons for doing so but then doesn't tell us what they were: 'The only thing that really matters is that I keep making progress on the game'

Way to leave us hanging, Eric.

Google says Chrome's new 'auto browse' feature is 'a powerful agentic experience that handles multi-step chores on your behalf'

Google says Chrome's new 'auto browse' feature is 'a powerful agentic experience that handles multi-step chores on your behalf'

Can it do my laundry? I've been meaning to wash some shirts.

World of Warcraft's player housing will eventually get a copy/paste, mass select, and import/export feature for your kitbashed creations: 'This is just the ground floor for housing in WoW'

World of Warcraft's player housing will eventually get a copy/paste, mass select, and import/export feature for your kitbashed creations: 'This is just the ground floor for housing in WoW'

Home improvement.

World of Warcraft: Midnight's new roadmap includes prop hunt, mega-dungeon sized delves, and a new experimental game mode from the folks who brought you Remix and Plunderstorm

World of Warcraft: Midnight's new roadmap includes prop hunt, mega-dungeon sized delves, and a new experimental game mode from the folks who brought you Remix and Plunderstorm

The experimentation continues.

I tried to exercise in VR for an entire month, and I think I've finally been convinced to adopt the health-headset lifestyle

I tried to exercise in VR for an entire month, and I think I've finally been convinced to adopt the health-headset lifestyle

I want to use VR to not only health kick, but health punch, and maybe even health run.

Little Woody is an adorable 2D puzzle game with a great short demo that you can check out now, but be warned: It'll leave you wanting more

Little Woody is an adorable 2D puzzle game with a great short demo that you can check out now, but be warned: It'll leave you wanting more

I've got an arm and the brain power of a wooden log.

Roguelike beat-'em-up Absolum's new update is adding even more variety to 2025's most replayable game

Roguelike beat-'em-up Absolum's new update is adding even more variety to 2025's most replayable game

The 1.1 patch arrives February 12, adding new challenges, upgraded mounts, and unlockable skins.

You can find Code Vein 2's best early-game weapons almost immediately, letting you breeze through MagMell Island

You can find Code Vein 2's best early-game weapons almost immediately, letting you breeze through MagMell Island

Don't miss these early weapons to make your life easier.

Mighty No. 9 studio Comcept, which somehow still existed, is now officially dead and buried

Mighty No. 9 studio Comcept, which somehow still existed, is now officially dead and buried

Keiji Inafune founded Comcept in 2010, and it was pretty much all downhill from there.

After a server glitch, Final Fantasy 11 is dispatching Game Masters to manually assassinate bugged monsters just so the game knows they're really dead: 'God personally stepping in to correct the world itself'

After a server glitch, Final Fantasy 11 is dispatching Game Masters to manually assassinate bugged monsters just so the game knows they're really dead: 'God personally stepping in to correct the world itself'

Sometimes there's only one way to be sure.

Square Enix says a 'new version' of Final Fantasy 7 is coming to Steam, but doesn't say what's actually new or when it's coming

Square Enix says a 'new version' of Final Fantasy 7 is coming to Steam, but doesn't say what's actually new or when it's coming

It's a bit odd, yeah?

One third of US games industry workers were laid off in the last 2 years, GDC survey says

One third of US games industry workers were laid off in the last 2 years, GDC survey says

Almost half of laid-off respondents say they've been unable to find new work.

Rainbow Six Siege's next operator is, and I swear this is real, Solid Snake

Rainbow Six Siege's next operator is, and I swear this is real, Solid Snake

Rainbow is recruiting outside the Tom Clancyverse.

Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'

Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'

The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.