Arrowhead's CCO (formerly CEO—and currently on a sabbatical from the game entire) Johan Pilestedt gave a heartfelt speech to the Helldivers 2 subreddit, recently, thanking them for their ongoing support and welcoming Xbox divers into the fold.As spotted by our friends over at GamesRadar+, however, he also said that Helldivers 2 isn't the entire future for the studio—in fact, he might be interested in taking Magicka, another similarly friendly-fire filled...
Following the trend of slapping the AI tag on everything, MSI's newest additions to the Crosshair gaming laptop family highlight the fifth-generation Tensor Cores of Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs. It's a testament to just how proud laptop manufacturers are to play host to some of the most proficient gaming technology today. Whether the MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI can handle the wayward power of the RTX 50-series without all the upscaling...
Budget Win or Recycle Bin?(Image credit: Future)Andy Edser is a man with a mission. It's a mission he didn't sign up for, or even want, but I'm his boss so he has to do what I say. And I'm making him test a ton of different cheap tech I might find on Amazon, AliExpress, TikTok Shop, or down the back of my sofa. Out of nowhere it will appear on...
Age verification legislation is tanking traffic to sites that comply, and rewarding those that don't
A new report suggests that the UK's age verification measures may be having unforeseen knock-on effects on web traffic, with the real winners being sites that flout the law entirely.Web users in the UK will likely be familiar with the new measures: a lot of my usual social media haunts now require age verification to even let me look at my direct messages as part of the Online Safety Act's...
Last week Gamestop appeared to reveal the price of Hollow Knight Silksong, listing $20 for the Nintendo Switch 2 version. While some suspected it was a placeholder price, it turns out the retailer was right: Team Cherry has confirmed a $20 price for Hollow Knight Silksong, alongside specific launch times for its September 4 arrival.These are the prices for Hollow Knight Silksong in the US, EU countries, and Japan. We...
Whether you're happily settling in for a fresh week of Wordle or you're knocking back your third cup of caffeine and growling at your unkempt inbox, we've got something here that can make your Monday a little more pleasant. Our September 1 (1535) clue can get you on the right track, and then our hints can straighten out any problems along the way. Oh, and the answer to today's Wordle...
Every year at Creation Mod Con, a showcase for the Skyrim modding community, the Skyblivion team gets to show off their remake of Oblivion in the Skyrim engine. This year it's a real treat: the tutorial dungeon that takes you from an insulting dark elf, through your meeting with Emperor Sir Patrick Stewart, battles with the cultists of the Mythic Dawn, into the sewers, and then out into the bright...
Best of the best(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios)2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventuresOn an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of...
Meta has announced it's updating its rules and training processes for its AI chatbots after a controversial Reuters report published earlier this month shed light on serious child safety issues. The report revealed disturbingly loose policies outlining how Meta's chatbots can interact with and describe minors, particularly concerning romantic or sexual conversations.Meta spokesperson Stephanie Otway responded to the situation in a statement to TechCrunch on Friday, saying, "As we continue...
Vampire Survivors' long-anticipated online mode is finally here, sort of. Developer Poncle announced at the end of this week that online multiplayer has been implemented in the game's beta branch.Vampire Survivors has of course had multiplayer functionality for several years. But playing with pals was previously limited to local co-op. Getting Vampire Survivors to work online has proved quite the challenge, as broken down by the online mode's developer Coherence...