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A game was unintentionally listed as 'Sh***y Dungeon' on Steam in Japan thanks to goofed-up machine translation

After presumably enjoying a series of sensible chortles, Japanese users contacted developer Fix-a-Bug on X and its Discord ...

Meta's AI rules permitted 'sensual' chats with kids until a journalist got ahold of the document and asked what was up with that

Meta says its guidelines about children were "erroneous," but hasn't commented on the one that allows statements like "Black ...

Dawn of War: Definitive Edition may be a sparing remaster, but it's still the best way to revisit one of the greatest RTS series ever created

The HUD has also been tweaked for modern displays—rather than the original's somewhat claustrophobic banner which took up the ...

Samsung has announced the world's first 500 Hz OLED monitor, but it's the new 5K2K panel that's got my wallet twitching

Samsung has announced what it claims is the world's first 500 Hz OLED monitor. Predictably, it's a 27-inch 1440p model that ...

New report suggests that there are 3 million fewer PC gamers in Japan than 10 years ago, despite the market having at least tripled in size

One confounding takeaway from the data is that the games market in Japan is bigger than ever, with the PC space nearly matching consoles for economic impact, while there are slightly fewer gamers⁠ in ...

After adding yet another tiny map, Battlefield 6 players are rightfully clowning on its definition of 'all-out warfare'

Even still, the way Battlefield 6 labels its modes has some questioning if EA has a different definition of "large" than the rest of us. The new Attack & Defend playlist, consisting of Rush and ...

The MMOs we grew up with are gone, and it's all our fault because we loved them to death

We collectively beat the MMOs of the 2000s to death, but even the MMOs of the 2025s look different to those of the 2015s.

We're joining Frosthaven's party to give you a chance at winning a gaming laptop, a game key, and some swag to boot

Led by Julian Gollop, head of Snapshot Games and creator of X-COM, Frosthaven aims to replicate the dark fantasy tactical RPG ...

Windows on Arm gamers will be able to download Xbox app games locally but cloud gaming might still be a better option

Arm users have been able to play supported games via Xbox Cloud Gaming for a while now, but a new Windows Insider build ...

This game about channel surfing surreal alien broadcasts used to be exclusive to a 1-bit console with a crank—but now it's coming to Steam

It turns the handheld console into a strange little television, so that twisting the crank feels akin to switching channels ...

Gamescom 2025 preview: The 6 games we're most excited to see

Europe's biggest gaming convention is imminent: The Gamescom 2025 festivities will commence on Tuesday, August 19 with Geoff Keighley's usual Opening Night Live, which will be followed by the Future ...

Autonomous SmartDesk 5 review

The Autonomous SmartDesk 5 is no more expensive than Ikea's Utespelare, a non-motorised desk, and yet it does all the tricks. It'll sit, it'll stand, it'll… okay, that's about it, but that's not bad ...