The gaming community freaked out last week when Seamus Blackley, the original creator of Xbox, claimed the console was sunsetting in an interview with Gamesbeat. Six years ago, while the world was in ...

PlayStation gamers could be owed £2bn in compensation, according to a lawsuit launched on Tuesday. If successful, the class action case brought by consumer champion Alex Neill could mean cheaper ...

To the surprise of absolutely nobody at all, the gaming community reacted with hostility when Phil Spencer retired from Microsoft Gaming and previous CoreAI president Asha Sharma took his place as CEO ...

We have many names for people who speak with the confidence of experience and knowledge they don’t actually possess. Lately, video game discourse has developed a new term for performative authority: ...

Introducing a non-gamer to cooperative play can be difficult. Games that overwhelm players with complex systems or rapid inputs tend to push newcomers away rather than invite them in. The strongest co ...

Gamers can be a fussy bunch, no matter what genres and platforms they lean towards. If you’re hoping to find a present for the nerd in your life, it can be tricky to find them something that isn’t a ...

Shroud has called on his fans to vote for Arc Raiders as Game of the Year 2025 over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, calling multiplayer gamers “the minority.” Canadian Michael ‘Shroud’ Grzesiek, who ...

More games are coming out than ever before. Over 18,000 separate store listings were added to Steam in 2024 alone. Our list of notable October releases hit 55, and there were dozens more games we ...

CU Boulder scientists find that playing video games comes with small but significant cognitive benefits Ever since video games began to gain widespread popularity, some have questioned how playing ...

Post Games, Chris Plante’s new gaming podcast, is more like an NPR show. Post Games, Chris Plante’s new gaming podcast, is more like an NPR show. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and ...

I’ve never been to Ross Minor’s apartment, so when I first arrive, I’m not sure I’ve got the right place. I look again at the text he sent me a couple of minutes ago. The apartment number and address ...

The number of video gamers is trending upward, up about 7.5% from 2022 and expected to grow by more than 13% by 2029. While 68% of gamers play for relaxation, a surge in the cozy gaming genre has ...