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A 27-year-old Warcraft 3 modding forum, The Helper, will close and archive its 100,000+ threads after the site’s founder cited a personal life change as the reason.
A new co-op bomb-defusal game puts four players as monkeys with restricted senses, forcing chaotic teamwork to prevent explosions.
Disney Plus has revised its subscriber agreement to allow ads on all tiers, including Premium, though Premium users face fewer interruptions than ad-supported subscribers.
Hideo Kojima revealed Sony abruptly ended funding for Physint via Zoom, leaving his studio scrambling to secure a new publisher before Microsoft stepped in.
A new game blends hidden-object puzzles with light shooting mechanics, casting a sniper as a community helper rather than a combatant.
Tokyo Walled City, a retro-cyberpunk immersive sim inspired by Kowloon Walled City and *Deus Ex*, was unveiled at TGS 2026 with stealth, RPG, and survival horror elements.
The 1980s sci-fi series *Knight Rider*, starring David Hasselhoff, is now available to stream for free on Tubi, offering a nostalgic yet surprisingly modern take on AI and human-machine interaction.
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell’s 2013 remarks on player creativity versus hacking remain relevant, highlighting how Ultima Online’s handling of Lord British’s assassination shaped MMO storytelling.
The UK government launched a national taskforce to address misogyny, chaired by the Minister for Women and Equalities, aiming to reshape societal attitudes and reduce violence against women and girls.
Leaked Rockstar data reveals canceled *GTA V* DLC, early *GTA VI* map fragments, and Liberty City remnants from a 2022 hack.
A fan-made expansion for Baldur’s Gate 3 adds a new region, encounters, items, and quests after nearly two years of development.
Japanese game studios have avoided mass layoffs by prioritizing staff retention over executive pay and avoiding bloated live-service projects, industry figures say.
The Sims 4’s September 22 update introduces autonomy-focused changes to make Sim behaviors more realistic, alongside bug fixes and relationship balance adjustments.
Court documents reveal Microsoft’s Brent Hecht warned AI answer engines could collapse the web’s economic model, citing up to 93% traffic drops for publishers like The New York Times.
A 1988 erotic adventure game, Sex Vixens from Space, was allegedly destroyed by UK customs in 1989 after 75 copies were seized, though formal bans remain unverified.
A PC Gamer columnist argues *World of Warcraft: Forever* revives classic MMO quest design by reintroducing deliberate friction, travel, and level variety, contrasting it with modern streamlined approaches.
A 27-year-old RPG, Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition, received a beta patch aligning it with modern features like Steam Cloud saves and UI scaling, extending official support decades after release.
An unofficial patch for Thief: The Dark Project adds dynamic shadows and lighting effects, altering gameplay mechanics before Nightdive’s remaster releases.
Insomniac Games released a hotfix for Marvel's Wolverine that reduces the intensity of scent trails, addressing player feedback about excessive hand-holding in the linear game.
The UN warns that global pandemic preparedness remains inadequate six years after COVID-19, despite progress on a new international treaty to coordinate prevention, equitable access, and rapid response.
The UN General Assembly endures as a vital forum for global diplomacy despite shifts in power and emerging alternative forums, according to an expert analysis.
CD Projekt has confirmed that the decision to switch from its in-house REDengine to Unreal Engine 5 for The Witcher 4 was not influenced by Cyberpunk 2077’s troubled development.
Funcom’s Dune Awakening adds a solo mode and reduces punishing mechanics, making survival less harsh and multiplayer optional.
A hardware wallet flaw exposed 5,200 Coldcard users to $116 million in Bitcoin theft, prompting a shift in crypto security strategies amid rising AI-driven threats.
HBO Max’s anime catalog focuses on films, including Studio Ghibli and Makoto Shinkai titles, alongside select series like Angel’s Egg and Lazarus.
New Zealand’s government passed reforms to focus earthquake-prone building regulations on life-safety risks, removing half of designated buildings from the system and saving owners $8.2 billion.
New Zealand farmers report their strongest confidence in a decade, with record export earnings and reduced regulatory barriers driving sector growth.
The U.S. and South Korea concluded the 29th Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue, focusing on alliance modernization, wartime OPCON transition, and defense industry cooperation.
Amazon EC2 X8i instances, powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, are now available in AWS’s South America (São Paulo) region for memory-intensive workloads.
The upcoming Resident Evil film faces criticism for straying from game lore, but the author argues strict accuracy is less important than capturing the series' survival horror essence.