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A new Copilot feature tells you what might be slowing down your PC—while gorging itself on a fair chunk of your system RAM
It can't help, can it?

The Batman 2's big new villain rumor may have been teased a year ago by the movie's co-writer
Could Scarlett Johansson be playing Poison Ivy in The Batman 2?

"We were shooting it like a documentary": The Odyssey cast learned to sail for real as Christopher Nolan admits it was "tough" on his actors
The Odyssey cast learned to sail for real

Live-action Moana sinks at the box office, and it's almost doing as badly as the Snow White remake
You're not welcome

The Outer Worlds 2 lead slams "cold take artists" following Xbox layoffs at Obsidian, says "the same DNA" that created hits like Fallout: New Vegas and more remains
The "through line" from Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 to now is still present, he says

Palworld devs "had high expectations for 1.0," but with over 855,000 concurrent Steam players, lead says "this is staggering"
Beating out Silksong, Slay the Spire 2, and Marvel Rivals' all time peaks

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced was briefly unplayable over the weekend on PC despite being a single-player "offline" game
"Can't play game in offline mode because I can't reach servers," one player said

Alien: Isolation 2 isn't the first follow-up to 2014's survival horror game, and I wonder how the sequel will deal with it
Feature | A lot has happened to Amanda Ripley since the first Alien Isolation

Avengers: Doomsday cast illustration gives first official look at the lineup facing Doom, but there are multiple major absences
No Loki, no Spider-Man, no Captain Marvel

Valve is switching up its Steam Machine error codes to be more helpful, starting with its scary red overheating light
Valve says a Steam Machine LED error code fix is on the way that will adjust the full red bar to kick in only once temperatures hit 100°C.

"An oversight we deeply regret": Games Done Quick cancel SNK-sponsored stream following backlash over studio's Saudi Arabian ownership
Games Done Quick, the speedrunning organisation behind events like Games Done Queer and the yearly Summer Games Done Quick , have cancelled a stream sponsored by Metal Slug developers SNK following…

A Silent Hill fan is making a PC port of Silent Hill: Downpour that restores a cut boss battle and plenty more
The rain in Maine falls mainly on the plain.

Watch a new Total War: Warhammer 40,000 gameplay video and weep for your graphics card
It's gonna get krumped.

Dutch consumer group suing PlayStation argues the end of physical discs just proves its point: 'Sony alone decides what a game costs and even how long you are allowed to use it'
Sony's facing a challenge Steam is better poised to handle.

Christopher Nolan celebrates Backrooms' success, believes younger generations are rejecting AI: 'Their judgement of AI slop has been immediate and harsh'
I sure hope so.

Going from skull-cracker to safecracker in Dishonored 2
Revisiting the fiendish Jindosh Lock in all its frustrating glory.

Elder Scrolls Online studio echoes id Software, claims to now be the same size it was 10 years ago following Xbox layoffs
As far as silver linings go, this one feels stepped-on.

We're not quite done with 2026, but here are 9 videogame bangers that have defined the year so far
The best VGM of... well, the last seven months.

Analyst says Sony going all-in on digital is like the death of PC disc drives: 'Not a single person is complaining about it today'
"The conversation needs to shift to consumer rights and what a license should enable."

2026's best RPG might look like Disco Elysium, but it was heavily inspired by Deus Ex, and its creator wants 'to do a first-person game at some point'
The designer of Esoteric Ebb guides us through the games on his PC.

League of Legends' 'classic' mode has a release date, and it isn't just an old version of the game—players will vote on new patches, Old School RuneScape-style
It's a blend of eras, but fan favorite builds are back.

Pokemon Scalpers Hit New Low with Outrageous Listings for McDonald’s Toy
Courtesy of The Pokemon Company It’s no secret at this point that resellers will try to profit on pretty much anything with Pikachu’s face on it. Though Pokemon TCG products are especially popular…

Black Flag Resynced certainly scratches my nostalgia itch, but do you know what else does? Assassin's Creed Black Flag
I'm not sure we ever needed a remake.

Helldivers 2 dev cracks down on 'suspicious super credit activity', though it would help if earning premium currency wasn't so boring to begin with
"We're starting to implement changes that will tackle issues like this."