The Helldivers 2 stealth Warbond we've all been begging for is finally coming, and it looks amazing ? Redacted Regiment will be a literal game changer
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:23:02 +0000
At long last, Helldivers 2 is adding a stealth-themed Warbond to the game with Redacted Regiment, featuring silenced weapons, stealth armor, and more.
Larry Major Nelson Hryb laid off by Unity ? 18 month stint ends as Unity still finds itself in trouble
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:17:02 +0000
Larry Major Nelson Hryb has been laid off by Unity after an 18 month stint as Director of Community and Advocacy, as the company continues to face layoffs and reputational challenges.
Lead dev of one of 2025's best games goes on a wild ramble about pricing, but hold up, let him cook ? it actually makes perfect sense, and he's right
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:53:35 +0000
The co-creator of the hit co-op climbing game PEAK has a theory about how players think about the prices of games, and used it to choose the title's price.
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Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:53:33 +0000
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"If a messaging app is going to use over 400MB of RAM ... I'd at least like to be able to use all of its features" ? WhatsApp has forced a bloated web app on Windows, while keeping its new capabilities mobile?first and out of reach for PC users
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:22:20 +0000
The new WhatsApp for Windows consumes more RAM than its native predecessor, yet new features like Member Tags and Text Stickers remain mobile-exclusive for now.
Google's parent company Alphabet hits $4 trillion ? Google?s AI deal with Apple pays off
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:36:50 +0000
Alphabet has reached a $4 trillion valuation after Apple selected Google?s Gemini to power parts of Siri, alongside strong cloud growth and continued strength in advertising revenue.
Battlefield 6 delays its Season 2 release date for "extra time" to address feedback as its player count falls ? it's making the right call, and I'm glad
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:57:40 +0000
After reviewing all the feedback from Season 1, Battlefield 6 developer Battlefield Studios is delaying the launch of Season 2 for a month.
Zorin OS 18 has reached 2 million downloads, with 1M+ Windows defections fueling one of Linux?s biggest growth stories in 2026
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:25:50 +0000
Zorin OS 18 has passed 2 million downloads in under three months, with around 75% coming from Windows users as Windows 10 reaches end of life and hardware limits push more people toward Linux.
Valve's Steam Deck suffers the same problem as the Xbox Ally, and the solution might be a modern manufacturing impossibility ? Sony nailed it 16 years ago
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:00:41 +0000
Handhelds are a modern marvel, but they're getting way too big. Is the PSP Go an example of what we should have done, or is that space filled by smartphones?
Clippy is the key to this Office 97 Easter egg that went unnoticed for decades
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:19:47 +0000
A tech sleuth has uncovered a hidden credits screen in Word 97 that requires a bizarrely specific sequence of toolbar movements and Clippy searches to trigger.
Storage might join RAM on your PC shortage wish list ? NVIDIA's new AI supercomputers will suck up millions of TB of SSDs to operate
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:27:39 +0000
NVIDIA's new Rubin AI supercomputers have arrived, and they're likely going to need millions of TB of NAND to scale out. Priced into the market or not, SSDs are likely about to become the next big short in 2026.
Microsoft Edge is killing off Collections ? and your data is caught in the crossfire
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:05:17 +0000
The clock is ticking for Microsoft Edge Collections. As retirement looms, users face a choice: lose their saved notes or move their data offline.
ARC Raiders passes a significant, and impressive milestone ? and all its players get rewarded to celebrate
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:12:23 +0000
ARC Raiders has passed 12.4 million players, reached 960,000 concurrent users across all platforms, and is rewarding players with a free Gilded Pickaxe to celebrate the milestone.
NVIDIA CEO says the AI "doomer narrative" blocks investments that could make it safer: "I appreciate that many of us grew up and enjoyed science fiction, but it's not helpful"
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:19:00 +0000
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says critics and the doomer narrative about AI is hurting society and causing a lot of damage.
Epic Games Store has grown massively, but it has trained users to never buy anything ? is Xbox PC going down the same path?
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:14:00 +0000
Free games helped Epic reach millions of players, but it also changed how they spend. Is Xbox doomed to make the same mistake on PC?