Valve revealed a bunch of new hardware this week, including the Steam Machine that kind of looks like a Nintendo GameCube. Something absent from the lineup was a Steam Deck 2, and the company has explained why no announcement has happened.
In an IGN interview following the new hardware showcase, software engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais said that an updated Steam Deck will be revealed at some point, but the plans the company has in mind aren't exactly possible with the technology available...
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Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 is expected to be, by some accounts, the most important release in the history of video games as it relates to helping the video game industry rebound. But GTA 6 is not a magic bullet and cannot solve the wider issues within gaming as it relates to health and stability, according to analyst and NYU Stern professor Joost van Dreunen.
He told IGN that people should not look to GTA 6 to help address the wider, more systemic issues impacting the video game...
Activision and developer Treyarch have an official excuse for people who want to blow off work to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 today. The Replacer, a fictional character portrayed by Peter Stormare, has written a sick note for players to give to their bosses, while jokingly adding that he will step in and boost productivity.
The official Call of Duty account on X provided the sick-note template as Black Ops 7 launches today on PC and consoles. However, students are apparently out of luck...
It's a been a long wait for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, but the return of bounty hunter Samus Aran is just a few weeks away. Now, Nintendo has dropped an extended trailer for Metroid Prime 4 that sets up the story, shows off her new powers, and reveals that she does have allies on the planet Viewros. What she doesn't have is a way to get off the hostile world that's trying to kill her.
In the opening minutes of the trailer, Samus answers a distress call from a Galactic Federation research...
Sony and NCSoft just announced Horizon spin-off called Horizon Steel Frontiers, a mobile-first, multiplayer-focused MMO that's in the works for mobile and PC--but not Sony's flagship PlayStation 5 console.
Executive producer Sunggu Lee spoke to IGN about the game and answered some questions people might be wondering, like if Aloy is in the game, what the game's inspirations are, how combat works, and more.
Asked if Aloy, or other well-known Horizon characters, are in Horizon Steel...
Dragami Games has announced that the upcoming Switch 2 port of Lollipop Chainsaw has been delayed. It was previously set to launch this November but is now coming in "early 2026."
The developer said the delay was due to the volume of requests for a physical edition of the game's RePOP remaster version. The studio wanted to align the digital and physical releases, so it opted to delay all versions to 2026.
"We sincerely apologize for the extended wait and any inconvenience this may cause...
After getting leaked earlier this week, Epic Games has revealed that Grammy-winning artist Tyler, the Creator will join Fortnite on November 14 as an purchasable skin.
The official Fortnite X account posted a seven-second teaser video of the "Don't Tap the Glass" rapper's skin. In the clip, we get a look at two outfits for Tyler, the Creator: his green "Chromakopia" getup and an ensemble that closely resembles his "Wolf" or "Cherry Bomb" days.
According to a November 12 Vice story...
Mario Kart DS is celebrating its 20-year anniversary today, November 14, 2025. Below, we examine how the fan community has kept the game alive, and online, long after official servers were retired.
When Mario Kart DS launched in 2005, it felt like a glimpse into the future. For the first time, Nintendo’s chaotic, shell-filled racer could be played online, pitting players from around the world against each other in real-time competition. It was a leap few handheld games had dared to make at...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is now out, and while this new entry in the long-running franchise doesn't stray far from its traditional action-packed gameplay in the single-player campaign, there is one big difference here: You can't pause the game.
The always-online campaign doesn't allow players to take a quick break during a firefight, as the game continues with or without you. This means you'll need to find a safe place to camp out in case you need to take a breather away from your...
Starting with Horizon Zero Dawn and followed up with Horizon Forbidden West, the PlayStation franchise has seen players following protagonist Aloy on a single-player adventure. With the recent reveal of Horizon Steel Frontiers, the focus changes from a solo affair to an MMO. But Guerrilla Games studio director Jan-Bart van Beek has stated the series started with multiplayer in mind.
Lego Horizon Adventures was apparently Guerilla dipping its toes in the water with multiplayer, according to...
Today, Netflix is doubling down on gaming by introducing a mixture of new and established games that you can play on your TV, as long as you've got your phone and your password.
Five Netflix's party games--Lego Party, Boggle Party, Pictionary: Game Night, Tetris Time Warp, and Party Crashers--were revealed by Lego and Netflix last month.
One of the the newly revealed titles is Dead Man's Party: A Knives Out Game, which is based on the Knives Out detective movies starring Daniel Craig as...
The PS5 is celebrating its fifth anniversary, and Sony has released a whole lot of statistics to celebrate--including the most-played multiplayer and single-player games on the console. Perhaps unsurprisingly, battle royale monolith Fortnite took out the top spot for multiplayer, while launch game Assassin's Creed Valhalla still holds the lead in single-player titles.
Sony revealed that PS5 players have logged a cumulative total of 100 billion hours of gameplay, engaging with a library of...
One of the best Nintendo Switch games has received a rare discount in Walmart's first Black Friday 2025 Deals Event. From now through November 16, Super Mario Bros. Wonder is up for grabs for only $43 (was $60). Well, from now until it sells out--Mario Wonder deals this good tend to disappear pretty darn fast. Switch 2 owners can snag the deal and then pay for the upgrade pack when the Switch 2 Edition releases next spring.
Switch 2 owners can also save $17 on Super Mario Party Jamboree +...
Whether you're looking for a new gaming rig or just something to complete basic tasks, you'll want to check out Best Buy's Early Black Friday laptop deals, which include big cuts on Chromebooks, HP laptops, and more. In some cases, you can save over 50% on select models. For example, you can snag an Acer Chromebook 315 for just $119 (was $300), or an Asus Viviobook 14 for $300 (was $600). There are several great deals to take advantage of, and we've rounded up some of our favorites below. Be...
If you or someone you know is a RoboCop fan, then your holiday shopping just got easier thanks to the upcoming RoboCop: Rogue City Steelbook Collection. This new physical edition of the game arrives on PS5 and Xbox Series X on December 2. Preorders are now live at multiple online retailers. While there are no preorder bonuses, the new collection includes the full RoboCop: Rogue City base game, the RoboCop: Unfinished Business standalone expansion, and a bunch of bonus DLC--not to mention an...
The biggest gaming announcement this week came from Valve when it revealed the six-inch Steam Machine, a new device coming in 2026 that will allow people to play PC games on their TV. Some have seen this as Valve attempting to enter the living room marketplace currently dominated by the mainstay platform-holders like Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. But Valve apparently doesn't pay too much attention to existing consoles and instead came up with the idea for the Steam Machine by looking at the...
Microsoft bought Minecraft and developer Mojang in 2014 for $2.5 billion, but the Xbox company was not the only group to make an offer for the sandbox series. It was reported years ago that Activision (as well as EA) was also in the mix to buy Minecraft, and now former executive Bobby Kotick has discussed the bid process and what ultimately kept the deal from coming together.
Appearing on billionaire Ari Emanuel's podcast, Kotick said of Minecraft, "I almost bought it."
He added: "I had to...
You can now beam Vampire Survivors directly into your eyeballs, as developer Poncle's indie-bullet-hell sensation is out now on a new platform: VR.
More specifically, it's available for the Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 3S, Meta Quest Pro, and Meta Quest 2, with a new trailer inviting players to "be the bullet hell, on your face."
This version of Vampire Survivors will come with two of the game's DLC expansions, Legacy of the Moonspell and Tides of the Foscari, built in. Both expansions add...
Arc Raiders' 1.2.0 update just landed on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, and alongside fixing various bugs and making some improvements, developer Embark Studios has also nerfed one of the extraction shooter's best perks for "over-providing valuable items."
Out now for consoles and PC, update 1.2.0 takes aim at Security Breach, one of the last perks you get in the Survival skill tree. This perk is the only way you can open the game's Security Lockers, extra loot boxes containing...
Just before it was scheduled to release the first-half earnings results for fiscal year 2025-26 (FY26), Ubisoft has delayed the report until something is published "in the coming days."
According to a sudden November 13 press release, the company has decided to postpone sharing its earnings "until the publication of its first-half 2025-26 results." It's asking Euronext, a European exchange market that provides trading and post-trade services, to halt trading until it informs the market when...