Apparently Sony had the same reaction as the rest of us when Tencent announced a game that looks shockingly similar to Horizon Zero Dawn. It's suing the Chinese tech company over the open world game, which like Horizon is set in a lush post-apocalypse and stars a woman with a bow who fights and tames animals made of metal.In the lawsuit, Sony calls Tencent's Light of Motiram a "slavish clone"...
"Fireball! Freeze! Magic Missile!" I yelled about 47 times yesterday playing Mage Arena, the voice-powered wizardry game currently shooting up the Steam charts. I convinced some friends to pick up the $3, early access arena shooter based on the strength of the "say spells to cast them" pitch alone, and the verdict is in—Mage Arena is a blast.It's also dead simple: Make a lobby of up to eight players, divide...
Seven months ago, Tencent, the world’s biggest gaming company, revealed a new project: Light of Motiram, a futuristic open-world game from studio Polaris Quest where machines rule the land. If that sounds familiar, the actual trailer and its cybernetic animals only further implied a specific inspirational source: Sony and Guerrilla Games’ Horizon series. Now Sony is taking Tencent to court over it. Filed on July 25, the lawsuit intends to...
Sony Interactive Entertainment is giving fans an early Evo gift with a first look at the company’s first fight stick, the FlexStrike. The arcade stick-like controller, previously known as Project Defiant, had been attached to the upcoming 4v4 fighting game, Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, and was previously teased during Sony’s June 2025 State of Play. Now, more details have emerged regarding the fight stick, with Sony providing in-depth information about...
Genshin Impact version 5.8 is coming soon, adding the yearly summer-themed event for some fun in the sun. Unlike previous summer events, the area added as part of this event will be permanent, so while you will need to complete the events within a set time, you’ll be free to explore the area at your own pace. Below, we explain when Genshin Impact maintenance starts and ends, alongside the release...
Advanced chip manufacturing is a very costly but also very lucrative business, and for TSMC, business has been extremely good. However, that's not been the case for Samsung, the world's second-largest chip maker after TSMC, as it has been struggling to bring in new customers. There is some good news on that front, though, as Elon Musk has announced a deal with Samsung, in which it will manufacture the next...
Valve co-founder and yacht-loving billionaire Gabe Newell has given a new interview to the YouTuber Zalkar Saliev (TikTok, IG). . It's a wide-ranging chat that covers everything from Newell's earliest jobs to his current daily routine ("get up, work, go scuba diving") and at one point Newell, by any metric one of the most phenomenally successful entrepreneurs on the planet, is asked for his advice on success in life. Why...
When it comes to winning races and completing careers, knowing the best Umamusume: Pretty Derby builds for each horse girl is vital to victory. If you're all willy-nilly with your training or dumping everything into a single stat, you're more than likely going to struggle to see the finish line.When it comes to Umamusume, you might think you'd have to memorise specialised strategies for each horse girl. Thankfully, that's not...
The Evolution Championship Series (Evo) returns to Las Vegas from August 1-3, hosting players from more than 60 countries around the globe for a weekend of high-stakes competition. Tens of thousands of the most passionate members of the fighting game community will reunite at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the second year in a row to celebrate the games that unite them – with only the top competitors bringing...
On paper, a cozy little game set in the Shire sounds like a slam dunk. The Shire is canonically a beautiful, peaceful, inviting little place, and a game that lets you customize your own personal Hobbit hole sounds delightful. But in practice, Weta Workshop’s new life sim, Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings Game, sadly falls as short of its quest as Boromir. Published by Private...