Hang out with a game developer in a casual setting for an hour and the topic of gamedev misconceptions is bound to come up. It's always fun to explain what people get wrong about your job, especially if it could lead to fewer misguided assumptions and mean comments on the internet.Such was the goal of a monster feature interviewing 32 game developers published today at GamesRadar, which included several choice...

Snake Eater is special. And as much as I love Cold War Metal Gear, I'm not talking about the game. I'm talking about the song. From the first drum hits and horn blasts, the Snake Eater theme, sung by vocalist Cynthia Harrell, is in perfect alignment with the game it's introducing.It's bombastic; it's espionage-smooth; it's goofy when it tells you you'll feed on a tree frog and it's unflinchingly earnest...

The Splitgate 2 open beta is not going well—in fact, it's not going at all. After running headlong into serious technical problems following the launch of the beta test on May 22, developer 1047 Games has taken the servers offline and is now "working around the clock" to get things fixed and back online."Obviously this is not the spot we thought we'd be in 24 hours after the launch of...

There was a brief surge of excitement a couple days ago when Larian Studios temporarily changed its handle on X from @larianstudios to @divinity. This was a big deal (or at least it appeared to be) because prior to hitting the big big time with Baldur's Gate 3, Larian was known as the studio behind the very long-running Divinity series of mostly-RPGs—and the name change had an awful lot of...

Art rock legend Brian Eno has called on Microsoft to sever its ties with the government of Israel, saying the company's provision of cloud and AI services to Israel's Ministry of Defense "support a regime that is engaged in actions described by leading legal scholars and human rights organizations, the United Nations experts, and increasing numbers of governments from around the world, as genocidal."Eno's connection with Microsoft goes back 30...

After fans cratered the Stalker trilogy's Steam reviews to 'Mostly negative' in the hours immediately following launch, GSC Game World has released patch 1.0.1 for its "fully remastered and optimised" trio of original Stalker games. This one promises fixes for crashes across multiple platforms, issues with the games remembering what the hell your settings are and, crucially, "Fixed issues with missing geometry on several levels."Which might not sound like the...

The second you combine bugs and idle games, I'm sold. Staring at sprites of tiny creepy-crawlies is rapidly becoming one of my favourite pastimes, which probably explains why Bugaboo Pocket has rapidly risen to the top of my list of best indie games this year. It seems like I'm not the only one who has a particular love for beasties big and small though, as bug-themed idle games are all...

SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless Headset | PlayStation Version (PC compatible) | 40 mm drivers | Fully retractable mic arm | Active Noise Cancellation | 10–40,000 Hz | 30 hr battery | $349.99 $228.93 at AmazonSo comfortable you'll never want to take them off, the hotswappable batteries and DAC that doubles as a charging dock may mean you never have to. That said, I really wouldn't recommend sleeping in these…...

Rogue chatbots resorting to blackmail and pondering consciousness? It has to be clickbait, right? Actually, no. One of the leading organisations in LLMs or large language models, Anthropic, has published a safety report covering its latest model, Claude Opus 4, and one of the more eye-popping subsections is titled, "Opportunistic blackmail" and explains how the model performs blackmail in "84% of rollouts." Yikes.Before we unplug and run for the hills...

Image 1 of 2(Image credit: Future)Image 2 of 2(Image credit: Future)Noctua's iconic chocolate and vanilla swirl colourway is about as notable as its fans. If you want a high-performing fan in your PC case, there's a good chance Noctua is the one providing it. Now, you can get even more Noctua as a case has just been announced. It's a collaboration with Antec on its gorgeous Flux Pro case, but...