Blood Bowl’s videogame rights have been acquired by Slitherine and at this point I’ll take any change as a good sign

Slitherine, the publisher of the Panzer Corps series as well Warhammer 40,000 games like Battlesector and Gladius, has picked up the rights to publish the Blood Bowl series of fantasy sports parodies. The publishing rights used to belong to Nacon, who filed for insolvency back in February. That resulted in the death of Greedfall developer … Read more

Onimusha: Way of the Sword is releasing 21 days earlier than expected, possibly cramping The Blood of Dawnwalker’s style

Capcom has announced a new release date for Onimusha: Way of the Sword: instead of September 25, the PS2-era reboot will now release on September 4. It’s the second time Capcom has pulled this move in 2026, because Pragmata also got moved forward at the eleventh hour. But unlike Pragmata’s April release window, September is … Read more

‘Meh’: Ex-PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida weighs in on Valve’s Steam Machine after a few hours with it

Previously serving as the president of SIE Worldwide Studios for Sony and then becoming the head of PlayStation Indies in 2019, Shuhei Yoshida retired last year. He has since taken to giving industry analysis over on X. With the Steam Machine and its mighty price tag serving as a big discussion point, Yoshida has had … Read more

Rockstar UK employees say the GTA 6 developer’s still plagued by gender pay gaps, crunch, and vague bonuses which make them ‘as pliable as possible to their boss’s whims’

Rockstar’s a big company—and while we’re excited for Grand Theft Auto 6, that doesn’t sideline the studio’s potential for cruddiness. Both from a consumer-facing point of view (like GTA 6 being fully digital) or an employee-facing one, with union-busting allegations in the UK still ongoing. It looks like, even outside of that dispute, there are … Read more

Even Hideo Kojima is afraid that ‘digital data will no longer be owned by individuals’ and that access to art that we love ‘may suddenly be cut off’

We have unfortunately been barrelling towards a digitised future for some time now, but Sony’s latest news that PlayStation will be fully digital by 2028 has heightened fears that players have about ownership and the inability to preserve art. The fear is so palpable that people are looking back on Hideo Kojima’s old take on … Read more

Data centers reportedly targeted by cargo thieves, with over $1 million worth of copper and equipment found in two trucks in Chicago

One consequence of the AI boom is that tons of infrastructure is needed to power and run all the massive data centres, and naturally, all that infrastructure is worth a lot of money. And it seems like cargo thieves have caught on to this fact. As reported by Business Insider, investigators with Illinois’ Cook County … Read more

‘A wild testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI’: Google’s electricity consumption is exponentially increasing

As a Brit, I’ve been thinking a lot about the climate crisis since last month’s historic heatwave. With many buildings across the UK designed to retain heat, we’re simply not built for 37°C/98.6°F weather. Causes of climate change are numerous, and I know we didn’t get here solely due to the advent of AI, but … Read more

I’m learning to love autobattlers and it’s because this Steam demo let me build a gnarly squad of combat freaks out of weird meat and goblin blood

Having been playing games almost as long as I’ve been alive, I’ve fought and killed more goblins than I could ever hope to count. While MMOs, RPGs, RTSes, and all kinds of other acronyms have happily enabled my lifelong war with goblinkind, Flask—an autobattler that just released a demo on Steam—is the rare sort of … Read more

GTA 5 Low End PC Settings for Better FPS

Finding good GTA 5 low end PC settings can make the game more playable on older computers. GTA 5 is a large open world game, so low end systems need balanced graphics settings. Recommended Settings Extra Performance Tips The best GTA 5 low end PC settings reduce shadows, reflections, grass, and population density. These changes … Read more