MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy (BARB) appears to have undergone another round of layoffs, and these latest cuts could be fatal, as multiple people have indicated that all remaining employees are being let go.BARB has been struggling since the release of its startlingly bad (yet still strangely entertaining) action-thriller MindsEye in 2025, a situation made outright bizarre by the studio's repeated claims that it was the victim of a...
Wolverine V3 Pro 8K: was $199.99 now $159.99If you can afford its asking fee, you won't find a better PC controller than this one, thanks to its great build quality, excellent specs, and wealth of remappable buttons. Key specs: Up to 8,000 Hz | TMR thumbsticks | Hall effect triggers | included carry case | Wireless and wired | 20 hour battery life (with 1,000 Hz polling)View DealAlmost one year ago, the Razer...
Aniimo smooshes cute creature capturing and open world exploration together to serve us a meal with notes of Genshin Impact, Infinity Nikki, and the grandaddy of trapping critters in balls: Pokemon. But although it may look like developer Pawprint Studio has included a side of gacha with that meal, it's actually a little more complicated than that.Is Aniimo a gacha game?(Image credit: Pawprint Studio)Is Aniimo a gachaNo, Aniimo is not...
The Witcher 3 is getting an expansion, Songs of the Past, over a decade after its release—along with a pretty hefty remaster. And you might think hey, how is CD Projekt Red working on all of this and The Witcher 4 at the same time? The answer, like many studios, is that it's not doing it alone.The studio's partnering up with Fool's Theory, a studio led by former CDPR folks,...
When I got to play a sliver of Company of Heroes 3's dynamic Italian campaign for the first time, it was hard not to be impressed. The team had taken all the best parts of Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault, expanded it, and then added all sorts of novel new ideas. It felt like I was playing Total War: World War 2. A year later, once I'd been given...
Wondering how to fish in Valheim? When you're not slaying Odin's enemies in the Norse underworld, it makes perfect sense to kick back with a relaxing bit of fishing. And if you've spent time on a raft or ship, or even just wandered close to a body of water, you've probably already seen a few fish swimming around. But how do you catch them? Don't worry, it's not hard, but...
Overwatch has over 40 heroes at this point, each with their own legion of fans. Blizzard can't make everyone happy when it comes to releasing new skins, but its most recent skins have fans convinced it's playing favorites.Heroes who have already been swimming in skins, like Kiriko and Genji, keep getting more and more while other heroes are left with scraps. Blizzard has started to drop Mythic skins for heroes...
The gears are still grinding on Skyblivion, the massive mod that aims to recreate The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion in the newer, prettier technology of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition. A release date still hasn't been announced, but it's definitely getting closer—and once again, the dev team is asking for help.What's notable, though, is the kind of help the developers are looking for: Not to finish the mod,...
Los Santos CustomsI'm modding GTA 5 every day in a quest to either transform it into a PC version of GTA 6 or break it entirely. Come back tomorrow to find out what new horrible thing I've done to Rockstar's baby, or check out what I got up to earlier.Let's skip the preamble: I am Mark Zuckerberg now. The original Mark Zuckerberg? Who cares? He's knocked out in a ditch...
PC building isn't dead: you can get the core of a quality gaming rig for $936 with these combo deals
As a PC builder it seems like your best bet these days is to start keeping an eye on Newegg's bundle deals if you're looking to put together a new gaming rig. Even then, it's not cheap or easy, or even more affordable than just buying a discounted prebuilt gaming PC.But PC building is one of the best things about this hobby and I'll be damned if any AI-generated memory...