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NEWS Link to heading

Xbox Game Pass Players Are Losing These 5 Games

Red Dead Redemption 2 Players Have Found A Mysterious New Easter Egg

Yes, aggression-matchmaking is now a thing in Arc Raiders

Sega co-founder and arcade ‘titan’ David Rosen dead at age 95

Mistborn Author is in Discussions With AAA Developers For Video Game Adaptation

The 2025 Steam Awards—All Award Winners

Steam Smashes New Concurrent-User Record With More Than 41 Million Online

Nvidia Reportedly Combatting GPU Shortages By Bringing Back Discontinued Graphics Card

ZeniMax Online founder confirms he quit after Microsoft shut down Project Blackbird, “the game I had waited my entire career to create”

Sony has patented an AI gaming ghost that will play PlayStation games for you when you get stuck

Game Pass Adds All These Games In January 2026

Arc Raiders has had offers for a movie adaptation, but Embark insists it must “be done in the right way”

Amazon Prime free PC games for January 2026 announced

Roblox now requires an age check if you want to chat

Nvidia’s CEO says bringing new AI tech to older generation GPUs is ‘within the realm of possibility’

Every videogame movie and TV show coming out in 2026 (and beyond)

CES 2026: Everything We’ve Seen So Far - IGN

Phasmophobia developer Kinetic Games announces its next phase

Nintendo Switch 2 Sales Were Reportedly Not Amazing Over The Holidays

Netflix’s The Witcher Series Will End in 2026

DICE Awards 2026—All Award Nominees

Xbox Exclusive RPG Avowed Is Coming to PS5 in February with Major New Features

REVIEWS Link to heading

The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon

MSI MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36

Clawpunk

Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon

Dogpile

Tokyo Xtreme Racer

Code Violet

FEATURES Link to heading

Forget what you heard, there’s plenty of PC hardware to be excited about in 2026

The 12 Best Video Games Of 2025

Year In Review: AI in Gaming Will Only Get Worse in 2026

The most important PC gaming news stories in 2026

The best Game Pass games to play first in 2026

Ars Technica’s Top 20 video games of 2025

In the ’90s, Wing Commander: Privateer made me realize what kind of games I love

Ars Technica’s Top 20 video games of 2025

11 under-the-radar indie games to watch out for in 2026

Year In Review: 2025 Is The Year The Console Wars Ended

The wild, intense rise and fall of Flappy Bird

What’s coming out in 2026? Here’s your complete guide.

Code Vein 2: The Final Preview

‘I wanted that Raiders of the Lost Ark excitement – you could die any minute’: how we made hit video game Prince of Persia

All still to play for | Opinion

Romeo Is a Dead Man Brings Gameplay Maturity to Suda51’s Signature Madness

How a SpaceX engineer ended up working on a spiritual successor to Kerbal Space Program

I’ve seen Nvidia’s G-Sync Pulsar in action and it’s kinda ruined all other gaming monitors for me

The Best PC Games To Play In 2026

Do I regret yeeting my blueprints and loot-filled stash into Arc Raiders Expedition? No, it actually made the game fun again

Xbox Game Pass tiers have gotten way more confusing than necessary

The PC market braces for an AI-driven storm

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

What game franchise used to be at the top of gaming, but it was ruined in the end?

What are some game mechanics that are completely pointless/useless?

VIDEOS Link to heading

CODE VEIN II - Walkthrough Trailer

Styx: Blades of Greed - Official Gameplay Trailer

Tim Cain - Why Not Create A New IP Today?

RTX: Inside the Game | PRAGMATA Path Tracing & DLSS 4 Reveal

Wuthering Waves Story Cinematics | Her Determination

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 – Official Ork Faction Trailer | IGN First

The Division 2 Developer Interview | New Game+ Showcase 2026

FUNNY Link to heading

What it feels like turning off a lagging computer by holding down the power button

What a good boy

DEV / DESIGN Link to heading

Boosting Steam reviews post-release leads to increased conversion rates, says Gamesight

Data suggests your game should cost between $20 and $40