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  1. Getting TIE Fighter: Total Conversion working is worth the hassle and the $10

    It has a 1999 engine, 2021 graphics, and that unmistakable '90s LucasArts feel.

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  2. AMD Ryzen 7945HX3D could be a fast, super-efficient choice for your new gaming laptop

    The chip is only launching in a single laptop from Asus, at least for now.

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  3. Redditors prank AI-powered news mill with “Glorbo” in World of Warcraft

    "Glorbo" isn't real, but a news-writing AI model didn't know it—and then it wrote about itself.

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  4. 69% of Russian gamers are pirating after Ukraine invasion pushback

    Russian game development jobs also dry up after Russia's actions.

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  5. Dolphin emulator abandons Steam release plans after Nintendo legal threat

    But dev team says including Wii decryption key doesn't put it in "any legal danger."

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  6. Jagged Alliance 3 has smart tactics, goofy characters, stupid fun escapism

    24 years later, it's still fun to micromanage your ragtag soldiers of fortune.

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  7. Pikmin 4 review: Falling in love with micromanagement

    You've never had so much fun keeping 100 unruly children on task.

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  8. Exploring the ingenious science and science fiction of making things invisible

    Greg Gbur chats about his book Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to be Seen.

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  9. After months of competition complaints, Sony agrees to 10-year Call of Duty deal

    Move helps clear the way for final approval of Microsoft's Activision purchase.

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  10. Game tutorials should be easily skipped. Why is that so hard?

    Let's talk about replay accessibility, not replay value.

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  11. Bungie wins $489K from player for racist harassment of employee

    Ruling sets legal precedent for companies to recover costs from harassment campaigns.

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  12. FTC appeal in Microsoft/Activision case shows US regulator isn’t giving up yet

    But stopping the deal from moving forward still looks like an uphill battle.

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  1. These are the last Prime Day deals on Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation games

    From Tears of the Kingdom to Ghosts of Tsushima.

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  2. How AI can make gaming better for all players

    Artificial intelligence can make gaming more accessible and learn what individuals need.

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  3. Judge sides with Microsoft in FTC injunction, unlocking final Activision battles

    Companies' goodwill efforts, including Call of Duty sharing, were persuasive.

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  4. 87% of classic games are out of print. That’s a problem for gaming history.

    VGHF's Phil Salvador talks to Ars about his groundbreaking game availability study.

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  5. Developers restore “retail” Xbox emulators after Microsoft crackdown

    Dev says package uses new techniques to avoid automatic detection/banning.

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  6. Guidemaster: PC games to keep the dream alive in a cross-platform world

    Only modest computer hardware is required to play these favorites.

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  7. Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil”

    COO says coming benchmarks will show anti-piracy tech has no performance impact.

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  8. Generative AI in games will create a copyright crisis

    Titles like AI Dungeon are already using generative AI to generate in-game content.

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  9. Mid-1990s Sega document leak shows how it lost the second console war to Sony

    "Another example of why we will eventually win," writes blissfully unaware CEO.

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  10. Going deep with the Book 8088, the brand-new laptop that runs like it’s 1981

    Stolen BIOS, stolen software, and half-busted hardware. But still... kind of neat?

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  11. Valve says Steam games can’t use AI models trained on copyrighted works

    "Legal uncertainty" over models means many devs can't establish "appropriate rights."

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  12. 30 years later, Myst demake for Atari 2600 reminds us how far we’ve come

    Unofficial Myst port for 8-bit Atari 2600 gives the '90s adventure a '70s makeover.

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  1. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor will mine hours of auto-shooting joy from your life

    This Vampire-like converted a skeptic, even in its closed early-access form.

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  2. Developer claims Steam is rejecting games with AI-generated artwork

    Valve cites unclear legal status, copyrighted training data in rejection message.

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  3. Sharpie scanning goof reveals major PlayStation budgets and revenues

    It's not a good week for gaming companies trying to submit sensitive data.

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  4. The Password Game will make you want to break your keyboard in the best way

    Creator offers a glimpse into how he made this fun, infuriating "Mess of RegEx."

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  5. Nintendo offers vague answers on backward compatibility for “Switch 2”

    Reading the tea leaves on what could be a key feature for Nintendo's future.

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  6. GeForce RTX 4060 review: Not thrilling, but a super-efficient $299 workhorse

    60-class GPUs are Nvidia's most popular; the 4060 don't fix what ain't broke.

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  7. The Linux coders turning the ROG Ally and other handhelds into Steam Deck clones

    It's not an easy process, but it's getting close to a nearly full SteamOS feel.

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  8. Bethesda exec was “confused” over double standard for multi-console Call of Duty

    CoD policy was "the opposite" of what Bethesda was "told to do... What's the difference?"

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  9. Meta debuts PlayStation Plus-like Quest+ subscription

    Oddly, it won't offer subscribers access to an established library.

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  10. Worries over Starfield “skipping Xbox” helped push Microsoft to buy Bethesda

    Spencer says PS5 exclusives like Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo spooked Xbox maker.

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  11. Private email shows PlayStation chief unworried about Xbox-exclusive Call of Duty

    In FTC trial, Microsoft also downplays cloud gaming as "stuttering... tiny... niche."

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  12. FTC: Xbox-exclusive Starfield is “powerful evidence” against Activision deal

    "Microsoft's actions following... acquisition of ZeniMax speak louder than... words."

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