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Third-party app stores are rolling out in Google Play, but there's only one right now
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (271+ words) Aptoide has become the first app store distributed inside Google Play under a judge’s order. A new day has dawned in the Play Store, and it’s one that Google tried very hard to avoid. The first third-party app store has…...
New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (275+ words) 19 new maps continue the story from MachineGames’ other campaign additions. This year is the 30th anniversary of the launch of the original Quake by id Software, if you could believe it. To commemorate that, publisher Bethesda has released a new campaign…...
Sony acknowledges backlash, will “cautiously” move forward with end of discs
1+ week, 3+ day ago (422+ words) Sony doesn’t think the move will hurt it financially. Sony is “cautiously” moving forward with plans to stop producing discs for PlayStation games as of January 2028, CFO Lin Tao said through an interpreter today. During an earnings call, Tao said…...
New AMD Linux patch boosts low-end gaming performance on Steam Deck
1+ week, 5+ day ago (269+ words) Improved efficiency in EPP mode leads to ~32% jump in “1% low” frame rates. As the Steam Deck slowly marches toward its fifth birthday next February, owners are likely eager for a way to extend its life rather than investing in expensive…...
Gaming and IRL worlds collide in Jumanji: Open World trailer
1+ week, 5+ day ago (589+ words) Ars Technica You’d think all the trailers for upcoming major films would have been released during San Diego Comic-Con last weekend. But Sony Pictures decided to wait until today to drop the trailer for Jumanji: Open World, director Jake Kasdan’s…...
SDCC teaser gives us our first good look at Blade Runner 2099
2+ week, 1+ day ago (448+ words) Also: Forging the One Ring in Rings of Power S3 teaser; new Lanterns trailer; Spaceballs: The New One panel. Fifty years after the events of Blade Runner 2049, Los Angeles has been reborn, just not by humanity. Cora, a fugitive in a…...
The PlayStation game disc was dying long before Sony pulled the plug
2+ week, 4+ day ago (615+ words) Ars Technica Many gamers have been lamenting Sony’s recently announced decision to halt sales of physical game discs in 2028. However, new data revealed by Circana analyst Mat Piscatella highlights how years of stark economic trends helped lead Sony to that…...
Microsoft brings original Xbox backward compatibility to Windows PCs
2+ week, 4+ day ago (508+ words) Ars Technica For years, Microsoft has leaned heavily into extensive backward compatibility across multiple generations of Xbox hardware as a major selling point for its consoles. Today, that effort expands past the console ecosystem, making select original Xbox titles officially…...
Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds
2+ week, 5+ day ago (442+ words) Nintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, urges court to dismiss lawsuit. Nintendo urged a court to dismiss a lawsuit demanding that it pass tariff refunds on to customers, saying that people who bought a Switch console or…...
Sales of Valve's Steam Deck crater after recent price hike
2+ week, 5+ day ago (491+ words) Steam Deck sales are losing steam since May's price hike Ars Technica Linux-focused gaming site Boiling Steam breaks down the historical data, showing how the Deck’s chart position has fallen from fifth place immediately after orders resumed in late May…...