Verification information for the Steam Machine and Steam Deck at last appears for every tested game

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's big company reset came with a promise to re-invest resources into ventures that would boost Xbox revenue — alongside thousands of layoffs. Previous investments in award-winning games didn't pay off, despite Xbox wanting culturally relevant, award-winning games. So now it's time for more of the things Xbox players love. It's a terrible decision that seems designed to inevitably result in Marvel-style blandness and oversaturation.

The Odyssey has received hate from those who have not seen the film yet, and Christopher Nolan is now commenting on the movement.

For many decades, sci-fi buffs have debated the exact nature of the "C-beams" mentioned by Roy Batty/Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner's legendary "tears in rain" soliloquy. Cutter beams used in construction? Weapon systems? Fey astral phenomena? The beauty of the term is its ambiguity, perhaps. Not any more, though. Now, whenever anybody muses moist-eyedly about the replicant's parting phrase, I can say: "actually, he was referring to the forthcoming space action-RPG C-Beams from Distant Light Games and publishers Hooded Horse, which also takes heavy inspiration from one of my childhood favourite space games - Ambrosia Software's Escape Velocity." Time to die roll the trailer.

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There's a new update on the FROM season 5 release date, which is more promising than you might imagine, given streaming delays these days.

Earlier this year, the World of Warcraft community was in an absolute tizzy over Midnight’s changes to the UI and specifically the modding features of the MMO, which effectively disabled specific mods that Blizzard felt had become a bit too necessary for gameplay – to the point that the devs felt obligated to design for […]