Valve now allows the “vast majority” of AI-powered games on Steam
Can you tell which of these seemingly identical bits of Steam iconography were generated using AI (trick question, it’s none
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Flurry of firmware updates makes Analogue Pocket an even better retro handheld
Enlarge / An Analogue Pocket running Super Mario World on an openFPGA core with the scanline filter enabled. Andrew Cunningham
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1D Pac-Man is the best game I’ve played in 2024 (so far)
Enlarge / I didn’t write this story just to share that high score in the corner, but I won’t say
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Ars Technica’s best video games of 2023
Aurich Lawson It’s been a real period of feast or famine in the video game industry of late. Last year
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2023 was the year that GPUs stood still
Andrew Cunningham In many ways, 2023 was a long-awaited return to normalcy for people who build their own gaming and/or
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Wolverine-developer Insomniac Games sees 1.67TB of secrets leaked in data breach
Enlarge / An officially released image for Insomniac Games’ upcoming game Wolverine. Acclaimed Sony-owned game development studio Insomniac Games became
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PAX Unplugged 2023: How indie devs build and sell new board games
Enlarge / Given only this sign, and a glimpse of some pieces, a constant stream of playtesters stopped by to
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First wave of AAA iPhone games sees a big new release—and a notable delay
The trailer for Resident Evil 4 on iOS Apple’s AAA gaming ambitions for the iPhone 15 Pro saw both a
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E3 memory lane: Ars’ favorite moments from the show’s over-the-top past
Enlarge / This photo is exactly what it was like to be on the E3 show floor. Exactly. Aurich Lawson
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Doom’s creators reminisce about “as close to a perfect game as anything we made”
The archived hour-long chat is a must-watch for any long-time Doom fan. While Doom can sometimes feel like an overnight
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