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On Monday, legendary video game designer Warren Spector did something you don’t see among people in his class: he retired. The designer of storied game franchises such as Deus Exand System Shock announced the end of his career on LinkedIn. And as he retires, he leaves behind a legacy in not just the games industry, but…

A Steam Deck OLED costs $549 and runs Cyberpunk 2077 at roughly 30 frames per second. A GPD Win 5 costs up to $2,955 and pushes the same game past 60 frames per second at a sharper resolution. That gap sits at the center of the biggest question in handheld PC gaming right now: how…

It’s been nearly a year since Sony announced its Pulse Elevate desktop gaming speakers and the company is just about ready to send them out into the world. The latest addition to the PlayStation audio lineup will start shipping on November 12 and cost $220. Pre-orders open on September 1 at PlayStation Direct and third-party…

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PlayStation’s decision to sunset physical game releases in 2028 remains an extremely controversial decision among both gamers and developers, despite a market that’s shifting more and more towards the dominance of digital sales. While acknowledging the disappointment of many, the Japanese company is not planning to revise its decision, and even former PlayStation boss Shuhei…

A Bethesda artist says Microsoft’s Xbox ended the studio’s no-layoff era, turning what were once retirement-worthy jobs into big yearly rounds of cuts.

The reasons for my retirement are straightforward: I’m nearing 44 years as a developer. Throughout my career, I’ve had the privilege of working on tabletop role-playing games and board games, and I’ve contributed to a multitude of digital games—17 complete titles, if I recall correctly, along with about nine expansion packs.

Nintendo icon Mario may be set to make his next appearance very soon as an updated trademark has been filed for an unexpected blast from the famed plumber’s past.