힐링 공간으로 힐링 공간으로 강남달토 괜찮아? 라는 질문을 떠올리며 강남달토를 방문한 경험을 이야기해보면, 개인적으로 충분히 만족스러운 선택이었다. 도심 한복판에 위치하고…
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Why Decen Masters is the Industry Standard for DeFi Education
In a world where financial systems are rapidly shifting from centralized institutions to decentralized networks, the need for high-quality education…
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Modder injects AI dialogue into 2002’s Animal Crossing using memory hack
But discovering the addresses was only half the problem. When you talk to a villager in Animal Crossing, the game…
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Over three decades later, Nintendo remembers the Virtual Boy exists
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Is Hollow Knight: Silksong too hard? Well, it depends on what you mean by “hard.”
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Accessory maker will pay Nintendo after showing illicit Switch 2 mockups at CES
Nintendo also accused Genki of “extensive use of Nintendo trademarks” in association with their unlicensed products, a move that “exploit…
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Switch modder who acted as his own lawyer now owes Nintendo $2 million
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All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity
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Dev says Switch 2’s physical Game Cards were too slow for Star Wars Outlaws port
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Civilization VII team at Firaxis Games faces layoffs
However, it’s important to note that neither of those metrics gives as complete a picture as some Internet discussions suggest…
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Hollow Knight: Silksong is breaking Steam, Nintendo’s eShop
An influx of players excited for this morning’s launch of Hollow Knight: Silksong are encountering widespread errors purchasing and downloading…
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This ultra-rare ’90s LaserDisc game console can finally be emulated on a PC
A Sega fan and collector since his youth and an emulator hobbyist since the early ’00s, Nemesis tracked down his…
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Today’s game consoles are historically overpriced
Overall, though, you can see a clear and significant downward trend to the year-over-year pricing for game consoles released before…
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Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools
Earlier this month, EA announced that players in its Battlefield 6 open beta on PC would have to enable Secure…
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The Outer Worlds 2 wants you to join the space police
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Chris Roberts hopes Squadron 42 will be “almost as big” as GTA VI next year
The long and winding road It’s hard to remember now, but Star Citizen‘s then-impressive $6.3 million Kickstarter campaign came just…
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Framework Laptop 16 update brings Nvidia GeForce to the modular gaming laptop
It’s been a busy year for Framework, the company behind the now well-established series of repairable, upgradeable, modular laptops (and…
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Explaining the Internet’s obsession with Silksong, which (finally) comes out Sept. 4
Hollow Knight: Silksong will be released on September 4. It will come out simultaneously on Windows, macOS, Linux, Xbox, PlayStation…
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Microsoft and Asus’ answers to SteamOS and the Steam Deck launch on October 16
Asus and Microsoft will be launching their ROG Xbox Ally series of handheld gaming PCs starting October 16, according to…
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Sony makes the “difficult decision” to raise PlayStation 5 prices in the US
Sony will join Microsoft and Nintendo in raising US prices across its entire game console lineup, the company announced today.…
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Ars Technica System Guide: Five sample PC builds, from $500 to $5,000
If you like something a little more statement-y, the Fractal Design North ($155) and Lian Li Lancool 217 ($120) both…
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A question for the ages: Is The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall a good game?
A lot of times, the titles that went for this on some level seemed more like simulations than games or…
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Tiny, removable “mini SSD” could eventually be a big deal for gaming handhelds
The Mini SSD card isn’t and may never be a formally ratified standard, but it does aim to solve a…
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Drag x Drive is a uniquely fun and frustrating showcase for Switch 2 mouse mode
In my decades as a video game player and reviewer, I’ve used the humble PC mouse in hundreds of games…
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Google and Valve will kill “Steam for Chromebooks” experiment in January 2026
Bad news if you’re one of the handful of people using Steam to play games on a Chromebook: Google and…
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Review: Framework Desktop is a mash-up of a regular desktop PC and the Mac Studio
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The King Is Watching condenses kingdom-building strategy to a single screen
The kinds of randomized options you’ll have to choose between waves. The kinds of randomized options you’ll have to choose…
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Citing “market conditions,” Nintendo hikes prices of original Switch consoles
Slowed tech progress, inflation, and global trade wars are doing a number on game console pricing this year, and the…
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Nvidia announces end of GPU driver updates for GeForce 10-series, Windows 10
The Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs won’t be totally abandoned after 2025; Nvidia says it will release quarterly security updates…
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Not (just) seeing red: Virtual Boy emulator adds full color support
With Red Viper’s built-in color support, though, anyone with a 3DS modded for homebrew software can now easily add a…
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Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter
I maintain a to-do list of story ideas to write at Ars, and for about a year “monthly column on…
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Once a relative haven for adult games, itch.io begins removing explicit titles
The brief message has replaced many adult games previously available on itch.io. The brief message has replaced many adult games…
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Julian LeFay, “the father of The Elder Scrolls,” has died at 59
Julian LeFay, “the father of The Elder Scrolls,” has died at 59 – Ars Technica Arena and Daggerfall before passing…
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After 5 years in development, the Assassin’s Creed TV series is happening
After 5 years in development, the Assassin’s Creed TV series is happening – Ars Technica Westworld, Halo alums.”,”image_url”:”https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/660e5a03fbff4e2940488bcd-1-500×500.webp”,”listing_image_url”:”https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/660e5a03fbff4e2940488bcd-1-768×432.webp”}”> Skip to…
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Donkey Kong Bananza is a worthy successor to Super Mario Odyssey’s legacy
This Kong’s got a funny face… Credit: Nintendo This Kong’s got a funny face… Credit: Nintendo As the game progresses,…
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Samsung’s Odyssey 3D monitor delivers great visuals, limited game support
A collection of ports in the rear of the monitor. While the stereoscopic effect was overall comfortable for long periods…
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YouTuber faces jail time for showing off Android-based gaming handhelds
There are countless Android-powered gaming handhelds, but they go beyond the usual slate of Android games by offering console emulation…
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Steam cracks down on some sex games to appease payment processors
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Mac graphics settings for Cyberpunk 2077 aim for console-like simplicity
PC-like power, console-like benefits Cyberpunk is a big get for the Mac’s gaming team, as it’s an enduringly popular open-world…
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Nintendo discontinues cost-saving game vouchers for Switch Online players
In 2019, Nintendo announced a new benefit for subscribers to its Switch Online service: a pair of game vouchers, available…
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Ars Technica and GOG team up to bring you a pile of our favorite games
Greetings, Arsians! We love games here at the Ars Orbiting HQ, and I’m not just talking the latest AAA blockbusters—we…
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Samsung and Epic Games call a truce in app store lawsuit
Epic Games, buoyed by the massive success of Fortnite, has spent the last few years throwing elbows in the mobile…
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The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann exits HBO show
Two key writers of HBO’s series The Last of Us are moving on, according to announcements on Instagram yesterday. Neil…
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What’s wrong with AAA games? The development of the next Battlefield has answers.
Table of Contents Jump to section The road to Glacier To understand exactly what’s going on with the next Battlefield…
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Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds
A clear improvement As you can see in the included charts, SteamOS showed noticeable frame rate improvements in four of…
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With 1.2.2 update, Civilization VII tries to win back traditionalists
There’s also a new loading screen with more detailed information and more interactive elements, which Firaxis says is a hint…
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YouTube is hiding an excellent, official high-speed Pac-Man mod in plain sight
Those who’ve played the excellent Pac-Man Championship Edition series will be familiar with the high-speed vibe here, but Pac-Man Superfast…
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Why Microsoft’s next Xbox should just run Windows already
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Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game “backups”
Earlier this week, the makers of the popular Mig Flash cartridge, which allows users to play Switch games loaded via…
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Nintendo Switch 2: The Ars Technica review
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Engineer creates first custom motherboard for 1990s PlayStation console
The nsOne project joins a growing community of homebrew PlayStation 1 hardware developments. Other recent projects include Picostation, a Raspberry…
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Mario Kart World review: Getting there is half the game
While that kind of item-based back-and-forth isn’t new to Mario Kart, it feels like it has been taken to a…
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Full-screen Xbox handheld UI is coming to all Windows PCs “starting next year”
One weakness of Valve’s Steam Deck gaming handheld and SteamOS is that, by default, they will only run Windows games…
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Apple consolidates iOS gaming features in new Games app
At its Worldwide Developer Conference today, Apple unveiled a new iOS Games App that Apple Senior Director of Marketplace Platforms…
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Microsoft dives into the handheld gaming PC wars with the Asus ROG Xbox Ally
Back in March, we outlined six features we wanted to see on what was then just a rumored Xbox-branded, Windows-powered…
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Our first impressions after 48 hours with the Switch 2
As an included freebie with the Switch 2 system, this would merely be tedious. As a game with a $10…
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Nintendo Switch 2’s faster chip can dramatically improve original Switch games
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Nintendo warns Switch 2 GameChat users: “Your chat is recorded”
But this kind of online gaming moderation is typically designed for situations where players could be exposed to random strangers…
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Nvidia RTX 5060/5060 Ti review: You can have “affordable” or “future-proof.” Pick one.
It’s a whole lot of commotion for a GPU that is otherwise about as ho-hum as it is possible to…
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Review: At $349, AMD’s 16GB Radeon RX 9060 XT is the new midrange GPU to beat
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It’s here: Unboxing and setting up our Switch 2 review unit
Once I brought the original Switch close by to start the transfer process, I was warned that save files for…
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“Free Roam” mode is Mario Kart World’s killer app
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Video apps like Hulu “cannot be used on Nintendo Switch 2,” says support page
Nintendo’s Switch 2 has a small handful of new releases in its launch lineup, but for the first few months…
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Elden Ring: Nightreign is an epic RPG squeezed into delicious bite-size capsules
There are a few crucial tweaks to the Elden Ring formula aiding you in this newly speed-focused effort. For one…
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SteamOS 3.7 brings Valve’s gaming OS to other handhelds and generic AMD PCs
Valve’s instructions will walk you through downloading a SteamOS recovery image and copying it to a USB drive using either…
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Desktop Survivors 98 is more than just a retro Windows nostalgia trip
That blue bar sure does take me back… That blue bar sure does take me back… If that kind of…
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Why console makers can legally brick your game console
Consoles like these may get banned from Nintendo’s online services, but they tend to still work offline. Consoles like these…
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AMD’s $299 Radeon RX 9060 XT brings 8GB or 16GB of RAM to fight the RTX 5060
AMD didn’t provide much by way of performance comparisons, but it’s promising that the cards have the same number of…
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Epic goes to court to force Fortnite back on US iOS
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Anno 117 Pax Romana hands-on: Gorgeous, deep, and tricky to learn
Anno 117 Pax Romana hands-on: Gorgeous, deep, and tricky to learn – Ars Technica Anno 1800, 117 aims to seize…
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Labor dispute erupts over AI-voiced Darth Vader in Fortnite
For voice actors who previously portrayed Darth Vader in video games, the Fortnite feature starkly illustrates how AI voice synthesis…
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HBO’s The Last of Us S2E6 recap: Look who’s back!
New episodes of season 2 of The Last of Us are premiering on HBO every Sunday night, and Ars’ Kyle…
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Nintendo says more about how free Switch 2 updates will improve Switch games
When Nintendo took the wraps off the Switch 2 in early April, it announced that around a dozen first-party Switch…
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Sierra made the games of my childhood. Are they still fun to play?
Much like with the acorn example above, we had known what to do—we had just not done it to the…
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The empire strikes back with F-bombs: AI Darth Vader goes rogue with profanity, slurs
In that sense, the vulgar Vader situation creates a touchy dilemma for Epic Games and Disney, which likely invested substantially…
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Drop Duchy is a deck-building, Tetris-like, Carcassonne-esque puzzler
If you build up a big area of plains on your board, you can drop your “Farm” piece in the…
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New Switch 2 specs show large performance dip in undocked mode
Digital Foundry also notes that the Switch 2’s stated clock speeds can be tuned to higher theoretical maximums: 1.4 GHz…
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Valve takes another step toward making SteamOS a true Windows competitor
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Doom: The Dark Ages is surprisingly playable on the Steam Deck
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Nintendo warns that it can brick Switch consoles if it detects hacking, piracy
Switch and Switch 2 users who try to hack their consoles or play pirated copies of games may find their…
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Doom: The Dark Ages review: Shields up!
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Don’t look now, but a confirmed gamer is leading the Catholic Church
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How long will Switch 2’s Game Key Cards keep working?
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Nvidia GeForce xx60 series is PC gaming’s default GPU, and a new one is out May 19
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Why Google Gemini’s Pokémon success isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
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The Last of Us packs new characters and new revelations into its latest episode
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Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts
Consider the PlayStation 2. Not all of the PS2 Slim’s streamlining came from chip improvements—it also shed a full-sized 3.5-inch…
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Microsoft raises prices on Xbox hardware, says “some” holiday games will be $80
Microsoft is increasing the recommended asking price of Xbox hardware and accessories worldwide starting today and will start charging $79.99…
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Grand Theft Auto VI gets pushed back to May 26, 2026
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Epic Games Store completely eliminates revenue fees for smaller developers
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“Older than Google,” this Elder Scrolls wiki has been helping gamers for 30 years
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Gaming news site Polygon gutted by massive layoffs amid sale to Valnet
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Fortnite will return to iOS as court slams Apple’s “interference“ and ”cover-up“
In a statement provided to Ars Technica, an Apple spokesperson said, “We strongly disagree with the decision. We will comply…
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Nintendo imposes new limits on sharing for digital Switch games
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Is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion still fun for a first-time player in 2025?
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Everything but the Beholders: D&D updates core rules, sticks with CC license
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Backward compatible: Many old Oblivion mods still work on Oblivion Remastered
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HBO’s The Last of Us reaches “The Moment” game fans have been dreading
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Teen coder shuts down open source Mac app Whisky, citing harm to paid apps
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Nintendo raises planned Switch 2 accessory prices amid tariff “uncertainty”
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Nvidia nudges mainstream gaming PCs forward with RTX 5060 series, starting at $299
As with its other 50-series announcements, Nvidia is leaning on its DLSS Multi-Frame Generation technology to make lofty performance claims—the…
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Nintendo unveils Switch 2 ahead of June 5 launch
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Nintendo isn’t using anti-drift Hall effect sensors on Switch 2 joysticks
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Nintendo explains why Switch 2 hardware and software cost so much
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Some original Switch games will run better on Switch 2; some won’t run at all
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What we’re expecting from Nintendo’s Switch 2 announcement Wednesday
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Gran Turismo 7 expands its use of AI/ML-trained NPCs with good effect
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Pillars of Eternity is getting turn-based combat, all but demanding replays
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After DDOS attacks, Blizzard rolls back Hardcore WoW deaths for the first time
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How a nephew’s CD burner inspired early Valve to embrace DRM
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