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Michael Madsen, the voice of Dishonored's supernatural assassin Daud, has died

The Hollywood tough guy appeared in numerous games, but his turn as the Knife of Dunwall was especially inspired.

I don't need 64 GB of RAM but I am tempted when prices are as low as they are right now for genuinely speedy sticks

It wasn't that long ago that you'd consider 32 GB for $150/£150 to be a good deal.

Marvel Rivals players may soon be able to vote on what heroes they want added: 'We will use them as an important factor in our planning'

That'll be an enormous voting list.

Everything you need to know about Blitz Royale, Fortnite's newest mode

Five-minute rounds, tons of medallions, and mythic weapons galore.

Picking the best GPU of 2025 has been the biggest challenge of my near 20-year PC gaming tech testing career. Now my brain hurts

Why do graphics cards—most especially graphics card prices—have to be such a pain in the posterior?

The Silksong subreddit is conducting elaborate ritual ban sacrifices in an attempt to cure 'silksanity' and secure the game's release

Good lord, what is happening in there?

Valve's reported profit-per-head from Steam commissions is out there, and at $3.5 million per employee it makes Apple and Facebook look like a lemonade stand

No wonder Gabe Newell can afford all those boats.

A 'little educational game for middle-schoolers' left DayZ's creators obsessed, inspired, and embroiled in a contentious presidential campaign: 'It's 4.5 years later, and I'm still talking about this story'

DayZ's former creative director thinks the survival genre needs to take a leaf out of Eco's book.

Phoenix's terrifying team-up in Marvel Rivals Season 3 has me starting a campaign to get Wolverine banned in all my matches

My worst nightmare just got worse.

Open-source Morrowind project just got an update 3 years in the making that might have me saying bye to the vanilla game for good—oh, and you can load Skyrim in it now

Sure, why not.

Tech billionaires including Palmer Luckey set up dumb new bank for those who didn't get burned enough in the 2022 crypto crash

It's all about the stablecoins baby.

Rematch plans to add an in-game report system, punish own-goal griefers with 3 days in the slammer, and slap cheaters with indefinite bans

"We take these matters extremely seriously."

Peak re-releases its next update aimed at improving stability and reassures players 'we don't have any issue with sharing video content, including modded stuff'

You can now reconnect to games that you've been disconnected from.

OLED is the must-have gaming monitor tech and I've got some great early Prime Day deals for you

Ole, ole, ole, OLED.

Xbox exec suffers bout of terminal LinkedIn brain, suggests folks laid off by Microsoft use AI to 'reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss'

An avocado toast for a new era.

Steam's Hardware Survey continues to prove gamers don't have much free storage, and I am unfortunately among them

Make some room.

Today's Wordle answer for Friday, July 4

Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – All the key details on the next Call of Duty

Activision is double-dipping on Black Ops in 2025.

Surprise! The Anthem servers are still running—but they won't be after January 12

Now it's really over.

I played 10 free Steam demos this week: here are the 5 games that made it onto my wishlist

Load up your wishlist—a lot of great games are headed your way.

Stop Killing Games surges past its goals, but a possible signature spoofing campaign could cause trouble: 'This is not a Change.org petition. This is a government process'

Initiative founder Ross Scott says he's "in a complete fog" about how many signatures the Stop Killing Games petitions really have.

Before cancelling ZeniMax's Destiny-style MMO shooter, Xbox executives reportedly enjoyed early demos so much that the controller had to be pulled from Phil Spencer's hands

At Xbox, success doesn't mean security.

'There has to be a better way than this': Game developers call Microsoft's latest layoffs 'a colossal waste of talent' from a publisher that seems like it's in 'a death spiral'

In response to "heartbreaking" turmoil, devs share grim humor, frustration, and fears for the industry's future.

MindsEye boss reportedly blames its failure on 'saboteurs' and says a re-launch is in the works, even as the entire development studio is at risk of layoff

The weirdness continues.

Brace yourself: Hades 2 just got what 'will likely be our final patch' before full release

Subnautica 2 studio begs rioting fans for benefit of the doubt after leadership axed by owner Krafton: 'The team that has been working on the game day-to-day over the last few years remains completely unchanged'

I don't think it's enough to win people back.

Academics critique Farming Simulator's portrayal of 'good farming' and praise modders for agro-ecology add-ons

The researchers believe Farming Simulator can influence attitudes about real farming.

Best graphics cards in 2025: I've tested pretty much every AMD and Nvidia GPU of the past 20 years and these are today's top cards

I've made a career out of prodding graphics cards and this has been the toughest set of recommendations I can remember.

European game publisher group responds to Stop Killing Games, claims 'These proposals would curtail developer choice"

Video Games Europe voices opposition to Stop Killing Games movement as it clears threshold to become an EU Citizens' Initiative.

Best gaming laptop in 2025: I've put the best of this new generation head-to-head and we have a winner

Don't compromise on power or portability with the best gaming laptops.

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