Steam Next Fest is going on until March 3rd, and I’ve spent a considerable amount of time wading through a seemingly endless carousel of games, filling up my Steam Deck’s internal and external memory looking for the Good Shit™. I’ve landed on four standout game demos that are worth your time now and whenever their…
Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090, 5080, and 5070 Ti are some of the most in-demand GPUs today, but if you think they’ll help you play your Steam account’s back catalog at blistering FPS, you may be better sticking with your old RTX 30- or 40-series. Nvidia dropped its hardware-accelerated physics system support for some of the…
Split Fiction, the new game from It Takes Two developer Hazelight Studios, doesn’t do anything particularly new. The game is a straightforward co-op adventure that strings together disparate sci-fi and fantasy games like links on a chain. If you bundled together the sci-fi and fantasy sections as separate entities, they wouldn’t form a cohesive experience…
Assassin’s Creed Shadows brings the franchise to the shores of Japan. After almost 20 years and 13 mainline games, Assassin’s Creed — the series about using flashy gadgets and techniques to murder your enemies undetected — has finally been set in a place famous for assassins who use flashy gadgets and techniques to murder their…
One of the founders of betting firm Paddy Power says new government rules to protect punters playing online slots don’t go far enough.Stewart Kenny, who helped found the Irish company in the 80s, believes online slot games spin too fast, which contributes to them being addictive.He thinks new government rules limiting the stakes are not…
(Image credit: Image by Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central, logo by VR Games Showcase) The March 2025 VR Games Showcase revealed 20 new Meta Quest games coming this year, plus two existing Meta Quest games getting ports to other platforms. The show was jam-packed with action, and the big debut of Flat2VR Studios’ huge library…
Crypto is, once again, exploding. Momentum born of a potentially friendlier regulatory atmosphere has met rising coin values, with Bitcoin more than doubling in value last year. Meanwhile, powered by advances to the underlying infrastructure, crypto is evolving beyond speculation and into real utility. That’s driving new use cases for AI and enabling seamless experiences…
Today is the third anniversary of Valve’s Steam Deck, the handheld gaming PC that all but created the market for handheld gaming PCs. It was a mess to start! But three years later, The Verge has data showing how it has dominated the nascent market. While Valve told us in November 2023 that it had…
Image: Sega / Hazelight Studios / Obsidian / Capcom / KotakuIt’s only the beginning of March but 2025 already has some bangers worth spotlighting, including real standouts like Split Fiction and Avowed, so we decided to start compiling the best games of the year early and update this list as the days, weeks, and months…
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer warned in November that the mythical Xbox handheld is a few years away and only at the prototype stage right now. But if you read the headlines this week, you might think it’s actually arriving later this year.A new report from Windows Central claims that “Xbox’s new hardware plans begin…
Bit Brigade isn’t cashing in on the speedrunning or vintage video game craze. They’re musicians first, and NES players second, which means they don’t care about internet fame. It’s all about the stage.”We’re a rock band,” bassist Luke Fields said. “You need to come see us play a rock show.”If Fields sounds like your dad…
binspamdupenotthebestofftopicslownewsdaystalestupid freshfunnyinsightfulinterestingmaybe offtopicflamebaittrollredundantoverrated insightfulinterestinginformativefunnyunderrated descriptive typodupeerror 104740686 story Fortnite Dev Launches Epic Games Store That Takes Just 12% of Revenue (venturebeat.com) 174 Posted by msmash on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @09:50AM from the tussle-continues dept. The 30/70 revenue-sharing split that turned into something of an industry standard is on the ropes. From a report: Epic…
Kaeo Milker (L) and Findlay Milker (R)Photo: Kaeo MilkerHow I WorkThe How I Work series asks heroes, experts, and flat-out productive people to share their shortcuts, workspaces, routines, and more. Have someone you want to see featured, or questions you think we should ask? [Email Nick](mailto:nick.douglas@lifehacker.com). Kaeo Milker has enjoyed a long and eye-opening career at…
For the second time this decade, LeBron James has left the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the team has seemingly collapsed in on itself. James’ departure for the Miami Heat in 2010, of course, left the team in dire straights as they toiled in the NBA’s abyss, collecting lottery picks and racking up 20-win seasons until James…
Magnus Carlsen confessed to nerves after holding on for a high-wire draw with Fabiano Caruana on Thursday in the marathon 10th game of their world championship showdown, which left the best-of-12-games match in a 5-all deadlock with two contests remaining. The 27-year-old champion from Norway, playing with the black pieces, weathered Caruana’s novel deviation from…
Words games are enjoyable because they are simple. There are a variety of word games. You can find words within a massive jumble of letters, unscramble anagrams, or fill in crossword puzzles. You can find all of those experiences along with some rather unique ones on mobile. There are quite a few options. However, many…
Dec 14, 2018Dotun AkintoyeESPN The Magazine CloseDotun Akintoye is a writer and associate editor at ESPN The Magazine.IT’S A RECENT Friday night in downtown Pittsburgh, and JuJu Smith-Schuster sits in a midsized hotel conference room, having just completed his promotional duties for a “Call of Duty” livestream. In one corner is a table of picked-over…
After about 20 years, Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow have been given new life on Nintendo Switch with Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Evee!, and it feels so good to be back. Coming out for the Nintendo Switch on Friday, the two Pokémon: Let’s Go games take the original Pokémon games and update them for…
Deals on back-to-school gear — We found discounts on laptops, board games, and back-to-school equipment. Simon Nguyen – Jul 20, 2023 6:35 pm UTC Enlarge / Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11, which not-confusingly-at-all feature 13th-generation Intel Core processors.Andrew Cunningham As always, the web is loaded today with good deals on gadgets, video games, board…
The Detroit Lions have been inconsistent all season, but there’s good reason to think they can cover against the Bears on Thursday. Michael Reaves/Getty Images Happy Thanksgiving! This week we gather together with our families, eating with glutton and lounging on the couch as we fall into a tryptophan-induced food coma. There is no better…
On Pro FootballImageRunning back Kareem Hunt was released by the Chiefs on Friday.CreditCreditPeter Aiken/Getty ImagesKansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt seemed to embody an N.F.L. that had been regaining its footing after a period of sliding ratings and fan anger over player protests during the national anthem.The league has enjoyed higher-scoring games, better television…
binspamdupenotthebestofftopicslownewsdaystalestupid freshfunnyinsightfulinterestingmaybe offtopicflamebaittrollredundantoverrated insightfulinterestinginformativefunnyunderrated descriptive typodupeerror 105641676 story Amazon is Working on Game Streaming Service, Report Says (geekwire.com) 57 Posted by msmash on Thursday January 10, 2019 @05:01PM from the up-next dept. Amazon is looking to get into game streaming, joining its tech titan contemporaries Microsoft and Google, according to a report from The Information.…
Although a dedicated graphics card is considered by many to be a must-have for PC gaming, it is not as important as it once was. Sure, you need it to play The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at ultra graphics settings, but if you don’t mind losing a little bit of a visual quality and delving…
Jan 10, 2019Mark OgdenSenior Writer, ESPN FC The Premier League returns this weekend with the title and Champions League qualification up for grabs. The relegation battle is also set to intensify as games begin to run out in the fight for survival.Manchester City’s 2-1 win against Liverpool has reignited the title race, while Manchester United’s…
Far and away, the biggest video game of the year was “Fortnite,” which has become a major piece of mainstream pop culture — and a revenue-generating juggernaut — in its own right. An underrated aspect of the “Fortnite” phenomenon, however, is all the ways in which its developer, Epic Games, has been using its success…