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The 8 most important new VR games Meta just announced for Quest 2
Meta showed off several games heading to the Quest 2 platform later this year, including Ghostbusters VR, Among Us VR, NFL Pro Era, Moss: Book II, updates to Resident Evil 4, and more.
Elden Ring has an easy mode, but many players aren’t brave enough to use it
The tedious debate over whether to add difficulty options to Elden Ring misses the point entirely.
Playing Nintendo Switch Sports made me miss motion controls badly
As the Switch enters its fifth birthday, Nintendo is leaning on motion controls and a bit of nostalgia to keep sales going. It might work.
How to use RetroArch to emulate your favorite retro games
Playing retro games on your PS5 or Xbox Series X isn't always the way to go, but setting up emulators can be tricky. Here's how to do it.
Saudi Arabia buys 5% of Nintendo, because why not
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which has purchased small and large stakes in a number of tech companies, has purchased 1/20th of Nintendo.
These are the 10 most-played games this year (and Elden Ring isn’t one)
A new list from NPD suggests that old favorites have dominated the average person's gaming time.
LG’s 48-inch OLED gaming monitor is the size of a whole TV
We’re really starting to blur the lines between gaming monitors and TV with LG’s 48GQ900.
Upcoming Elden Ring PC mod will make co-op actually work
A yet-to-be-released mod for Elden Ring will add seamless four-player co-op to the game, and it enters beta this week.
Sony is stiffing PlayStation Plus users with surprise upgrade fees
Sony's new PS Plus has launched in Asia, and users who stacked years using a discount now have to pay for their entire interval at once to use it.
Raven Software’s QA team successfully unionizes in a near-unanimous vote
The Game Workers Alliance is the first of its kind among AAA gaming studios in the U.S.
GameStop is launching a crypto wallet for a very different kind of gamer
GameStop's Ethereum wallet can hold both cryptocurrencies and NFTs, and is "self-custodial."
EA's looking for a buyer, and NBC almost went for it
NBCUniversal pulled out of the deal at the last minute, a new report says.
PS Plus apparently has retro filters, trophies and more
Sony's revamped PS Plus has a few interesting features for its PS1 retro games, but it's still a pretty weak package overall.
Corsair debuts first gaming laptop with touch bar-like macro buttons
Just as Apple has dumped the Touch Bar from practically all of its MacBooks, PC makers are embracing touch bars — for gaming and streaming they say.
Destiny 2 studio decries racism in gaming after Buffalo attack
Bungie, the publisher behind Destiny, said that studios need to be more aware of how gaming fosters racism, and that Sony will not silence them.
It's normal to get into Fortnite as an adult, actually
Fortnite's new "no-build" mode renders it the most generic battle royale game imaginable, but that might be its greatest strength.
This N64 demake of Portal shouldn't work, but it does
A programmer has managed to get a prototype demake of the classic game Portal working on an actual Nintendo 64.
The new 'Saints Row' sticks to the script, for better and worse
Based on an hour-long "hands-off" presentation, the Saints Row reboot is exactly what you'd expect from a next-gen entry, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Sony reveals underwhelming new PlayStation Plus lineup
The list includes Assassin's Creed, Demon's Souls, NBA 2K, and Ape Escape.
Elden Ring mod lets you summon bosses as helpers
A PC mod for Elden Ring allows you to turn the tables by teaming up with some of the game's most fearsome bosses and NPCs, including Malenia and Radagon.