Apr 27, 2026
News"Super ZSNES" is a stab at a modern SNES emulator from the original developers
Upgrades to SNES graphics and sound go way beyond the typical screen filtering.
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Apr 27, 2026
NewsSteam Controller: The Ars Technica review
Valve's new hardware is solid but might not justify its $99 price.
Read moreApr 27, 2026
NewsWhy the Steam Controller is (and isn’t) a big deal
Most PC gamers already have a controller they love using with Steam - a Sony DualSense, a 8BitDo Ultimate, a Nintendo Switch Pro, or something else. Part of that love comes from Steam treating them li...
Read moreApr 27, 2026
NewsValve’s new Steam Controller isn’t perfect, but I’m buying one anyway
After my brief hands-on last year with Valve's new Steam Controller, I said it might be my dream controller. I've been looking for a controller with the customization and sheer function available on V...
Read moreApr 27, 2026
NewsValve launches the Steam Controller without the Steam Machine
Last November, Valve introduced the world to its new vision of living room gaming: the Steam Machine and Steam Controller. Then, RAMageddon. Memory shortages forced Valve to delay all its hardware and...
Read moreApr 27, 2026
NewsWe reviewed Valve’s new Steam Controller, ask us anything
Hey hey, it's Jay Peters, senior reporter at The Verge. Today, Valve finally announced that the second version of the Steam Controller - and the first piece of Valve's slate of new gaming hardware set...
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Apr 27, 2026
NewsMeet the players who lost big money on Peter Molyneux’s failed Legacy
After millions in NFT sales, the hyped “play to earn” game was effectively dead in weeks.
Read moreApr 27, 2026
NewsThis touchscreen mouse is my over-engineering nightmare
Turtle Beach's latest collection of PC peripherals are so focused around touchscreen displays that the company even slapped one on a gaming mouse. The $160 wireless Command Series MC7 features a 2.25-...
Read moreApr 25, 2026
NewsXbox’s weirdest studio is on a roll
For a while there, it seemed like Double Fine might be struggling under the Microsoft corporate umbrella. The game studio led by Tim Schafer is beloved for offbeat titles like Brütal Legend and B...
Read moreApr 24, 2026
NewsAirPods, Touch Bars, and the rest of Tim Cook’s legacy
We knew at some point Tim Cook would step down from his position as Apple's CEO. Over the last year, it has become increasingly obvious that John Ternus was his likely successor. The news this week wa...
Read moreApr 24, 2026
NewsSaros is pure action nirvana
The alien world of Saros feels like it has been touched by King Midas. The sky is golden after another impossibly frequent solar eclipse; rocks, specifically those of the precious resource Lucenite, r...
Read moreApr 23, 2026
NewsLeak reveals new Xbox Game Pass ‘Starter Edition’ that’s part of Discord Nitro
Microsoft started teasing a mysterious Discord and Xbox Game Pass partnership yesterday, and a new leak appears to have detailed exactly what's coming. Discord Previews has uncovered a new Xbox Game P...
Read moreApr 23, 2026
News‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future
Microsoft's new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has laid out a new strategy for what she describes as a "return of Xbox." In a joint memo with Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty, Sharma and Booty lay out thei...
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Apr 22, 2026
NewsLawsuit: Nintendo is getting tariff refunds—its customers should get them instead
Lawsuit demands Nintendo pass Trump tariff refunds on to its customers.
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Apr 21, 2026
NewsMicrosoft removes Call of Duty from Game Pass, lowers subscription pricing
New Xbox CEO says subscription "has become too expensive for too many players."
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Apr 21, 2026
NewsFramework Laptop 16 upgrades make it look less like an unfinished prototype
A lower-end Ryzen AI 340 CPU option will also bring the price down, for now.
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Apr 17, 2026
NewsMeta's AI spending spree is helping make its Quest headsets more expensive
Prices for "critical components" are surging because of massive data center investments.
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Apr 16, 2026
NewsThe Ukraine war's deep impact on Metro 2039’s development, story
Upcoming sequel wants to capture a "uniquely Ukrainian perspective" on the post-apocalypse.
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Apr 13, 2026
NewsRetro Rewind re-creates the glorious drudgery of working a '90s video store
What the nostalgic throwback lacks in complexity it makes up for in repetitive charm.
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Apr 10, 2026
NewsWhat leaked "SteamGPT" files could mean for the PC gaming platform's use of AI
AI tools could help moderators sift through mountains of suspicious incidents
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Apr 8, 2026
NewsSteam client files point to "framerate estimator" feature in the works
JSON text strings suggest performance charts based on "framerates of other Steam users."
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Apr 7, 2026
NewsValve brings native Steam Link app to Apple's Vision Pro
New app can replace third-party options that were jankier to use.
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Apr 1, 2026
NewsNvidia rolls out its fix for PC gaming's "compiling shaders" wait times
Microsoft, Intel are also working on their own solutions for the issue.
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