Remember when Battlefield 6 dropped in 2025 and it was a big hit, selling seven million copies in three days and becoming the first Battlefield game to outsell a competing Call of Duty? And then Electronic Arts rewarded the people who made it by laying off an undisclosed number of them? And also laid off the entire team working on an all-new, more story-focused game in the series?I remind you...

Last month, as it continued to navigate the PR craters left by its thousands of layoffs and IDF patronage, Microsoft announced that it was bringing four original Xbox games to PC through a new Backward Compatibility for PC program. Now, it seems Microsoft has bigger PC port plans in store, expanding its backwards-facing content strategy.According to reporting from The Verge, a leaked document sent to developers indicates that Microsoft is...

There are now three Magic: The Gathering cards for Sting, the magic sword Bilbo claims from the troll hoard. To be fair, they're all mechanically distinct. In The Lord of the Rings set there was an artifact card called Sting, the Glinting Dagger, and an instant called Hobbit's Sting that did more damage the more food you had. Several the hobbit-themed cards are empowered the more food tokens you have...

Back at June's PlayStation State of Play stream, my most-anticipated action game of the year popped up with a short teaser trailer starring a mysterious masked man fighting with a sword in one hand and a baby in the other. In a much, much longer trailer today coinciding with pre-orders going live, Phantom Blade Zero revealed who was behind the mask: Donnie "Ip Man" Yen.Call this Phantom Blade Zero's Keanu...

At a time when game file sizes are growing ever larger and disk space is astonishingly expensive, I increasingly appreciate the value of a small game. And they don't come much smaller than TinySol, a solitaire game so diminutive that it can be loaded from a QR code.TinySol is the creation of vintage computer enthusiasts Classic Bits, and was stumbled upon by YouTuber LGR Blerbs at the VCF Southwest convention...

A pair of clips purportedly showing Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay footage have appeared online, along with several images of an in-game map of Leonida, the Florida-inspired state where GTA 6 takes place. Rockstar has not confirmed whether or not the clips are genuine, but they look legit to our eyes, with the caveat that even if they are, they could come from an outdated build of the game. Both...

(Image credit: Future)Robots are just PCs that can walk around, and these days they're doing a lot more than just going for a stroll. Christopher Livingston doesn't trust them, not one bit, and is reporting on their movements monthly—and this month, Lincoln Carpenter did it, too.This week, Beijing will host the second annual World Humanoid Robot Games. Gaining initial attention last year as a sort of inaugural robot Olympics, the...

How to Fish is the name of the game, but defeating its first crabby encounter is less about your rod-and-reel technique and more about your skills with a pair of brass knuckles. I'll spare you the play-by-play, but I ran at the Spider Crab boss multiple times with my bare fists, and it didn't end well. To spare you from the same trial and error, here's how to beat the...

Netflix's 26-minute "Extended Look" at GTA 6 is now on YouTube, so if you missed the reveal earlier today because you don't have a Netflix subscription and you don't tend to watch stolen and reposted videos, you can see it now, for free (and guilt free).The feature contains nearly a half-hour of new footage of Grand Theft Auto 6, and was posted on Netflix earlier today. As Rockstar announced, the...

Weird WeekendWeird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh, Ted, and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it's the canon height of Thief's Garrett or that time someone in the Vatican pirated Football Manager.It's easy to be cynical about the modern games industry, what with...