V-bucks are getting more X-pensive
V-bucks are getting more X-pensive

Everything is more expensive now, even Fortnite’s in-game currency. Starting on March 19th, V-bucks packs will include less of the premium currency at the same prices. For instance, players can currently get 1,000 V-bucks for $8.99, but after the price increases they will only get 800 V-bucks at the same rate. The price of exact […]

Future Games Show Spring Showcase announced for GDC — Baldur’s Gate 3 and LEGO Batman actors to host

This year’s Future Games Show Spring Showcase will take place during GDC, during which 40 games will be featured. The wide-ranging event is set to be broadcast across multiple platforms on March 12, starting at 4 pm ET (1 …

Valve says it still plans to ship the Steam Machine in 2026
Valve says it still plans to ship the Steam Machine in 2026

A blog post from Valve on Friday initially seemed to throw cold water on the idea that the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller would arrive in 2026 at all. But Valve tells The Verge it did not mean to suggest that – and that all three pieces of hardware will indeed ship this […]

Arc Raiders was accidentally recording Discord conversations into an unencrypted local game file — vulnerability in SDK could log messages and credentials in plaintext

A vulnerability in Discord’s SDK allowed Arc Raiders to unintentionally log private DMs and user account credentials to the game’s log files. Embark Studios has since hotfixed the problem.

Roblox is censoring chats with AI
Roblox is censoring chats with AI

Roblox is using AI to alter the content of chat messages on its platform in real time using a new feature rolling out today. Real-time chat rephrasing goes beyond the current filtering for banned language, which replaces certain words and phrases with “#” symbols. Now, Roblox says those words and phrases can be “translated into […]

‘Let us cook’ — Crimson Desert dev asks fans to wait a little longer for PS5 footage, even though we’re less than two weeks away from launch

Crimson Desert could be a game-of-the-year contender — but making fans wait more than six years for a PS5 trailer feels weird.

Tim Sweeney signed away his right to criticize Google until 2032
Tim Sweeney signed away his right to criticize Google until 2032

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney might be one of the most outspoken people in the history of the world. He fought two of the world’s most valuable and powerful companies almost all the way to the US Supreme Court, insulting them again and again: “crooked,” “deceitful,” “insanely sneaky,” calling Android a “fake open platform,” calling both […]

EA’s Javelin anti-cheat is coming to Arm-based systems soon — new job listing for Windows-on-ARM driver anticipates Nvidia N1/N1X debut and pivotal shift in PC gaming

A new job listing for a Senior Anti-Cheat Engineer has revealed that EA is working on bringing its Javelin anti-cheat software to Arm-based devices. The timing aligns nicely with the purported launch of Nvidia’s N1/N1X SoC…

Trump administration weighs forcing China’s Tencent to sell its stakes in Epic Games, Riot Games, and Supercell — meetings held over security risk ahead of China summit with Xi Jinping

The Trump administration is actively debating whether to allow Chinese tech giant Tencent to keep its ownership stakes in several major gaming companies, including Fortnite creator Epic Games.

I upgraded to this 27-inch 1440p 180Hz curved gaming monitor and I’ve never looked back — and it can now be yours for a record-low price

I found that the MSI MAG 275CQF was the perfect companion to my new budget gaming PC, so I recommend this excellent and affordable curved gaming monitor now that it’s back on sale at Amazon.