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The US government is 'looking at' the connection between videogames and gun violence, because what else could it possibly be

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, said there are "many things" that could explain the ...

Oh, you like Call of Duty? Name every Call of Duty game in under 3 minutes in our latest timed quiz

Protip: Every answer begins with "Call of Duty". There have been a bunch of Call of Duty games since the series began in 2003 ...

Peak dev says the 'tornado hell' of its newest biome wasn't actually a bug: 'We really did just make it that evil'

Peak co-developer Aggro Crab has very politely requested your attention away from Silksong to list out some of its most ...

I bet Return of the Obra Dinn looks perfect on this open-source 75 Hz e-paper display kit—and it's compatible with a whole bunch of existing panels, too

Modos says the kit is compatible with a wide range of e-paper screens, from 6-inch up to 13.3-inch, in both monochrome and ...

The creator of Dead Space 'would love to make an Alien game'

Gaming Industry 'Maybe I've directed my last game,' Dead Space creator Glen Schofield says after being unable to secure funding for his new project: 'With the industry on pause, AAA feels like it's a ...

9 metroidvanias to play if you've realized Hollow Knight: Silksong just isn't for you

Action I spent all weekend playing Hollow Knight Silksong and I'm totally enthralled, but nothing could completely live up to the hype after so many years Gaming Industry Hollow Knight's creators didn ...

Get those Steam Decks and Legion Go S handhelds updated because Valve's just released a metric ton of fixes in the latest client

The September 9 Steam Deck client update—the most recent SteamOS update to release via the stable channel—lists 31 general changes, the majority of these being fixes. That's not even including the ...

I nearly gave myself blisters playing Silksong, so I've taken a break to be a mail delivery turnip with a 'big juicy bum'

I've been playing Silksong this week—a lot of Silksong. So much Silksong, in fact, I've nearly developed two blisters on my right hand. This happened once before when I got really hyperfocused on ...

If Microsoft wins this UK court case it might spell the end of second-hand Windows licenses

Microsoft's defence is to do with "non-program" parts of the OS. Microsoft and the software reseller ValueLicensing have been ...

Battlefield 6 producer acknowledges vehicles were underpowered in the beta, but says it's better than the alternative: 'Rather have too weak vehicles over too powerful'

That was the state of last month's Battlefield 6 beta: tanks, helicopters, jets, and especially jeeps could never get much ...

Watch: Destiny 2's next Star Wars-themed expansion has a Sarlacc pit, twirling light sabers, AT-ST walkers and—oh boy—Han Solo's blaster

The set-up is this: A new Cabal faction called the Barant Imperium, who dress uncannily like chubby Stormtroopers, are ...

Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P says the long-awaited job redesign will change things, but also won't—which doesn't clear much of anything up

For a while, game director Naoki Yoshida (Yoshi-P) has promised that this'll be changing in 8.0, FF14's next expansion. Back ...