Amazon's Fallout TV show writers wanted to do New Vegas right away, but Bethesda's Todd Howard said wait for Season 2 ? "there?s a million ways to f**k that up"
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:37:36 +0000
Bethesda's Todd Howard revealed the Fallout TV show was originally going to start in New Vegas, but he told the writers to wait to do it until Season 2.
Phil Spencer retires as Microsoft appoints Asha Sharma CEO of Microsoft Gaming; major Xbox leadership reshuffle announced
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:33:46 +0000
Xbox enters a new era as Phil Spencer retires and Asha Sharma takes over
This week in Call of Duty: Lunar New Year in Black Ops 7, Warzone LTM, 2XP, and more
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:28:59 +0000
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone has a constant stream of content and new events, so here's a roundup of everything you can play this week.
Even Microsoft says that AI chatbots get dumber the longer you talk to them ? a paired study with Salesforce shows reliability tanks by 112% over 200,000 chats
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:23:29 +0000
Microsoft and Salesforce analyzed 200,000+ AI chats, finding models lose reliability in multi?turn dialogue despite strong single?prompt performance.
This doorbuster deal flips off skyrocketing GPU and RAM prices ? RTX 5070 Ti + 32GB RAM for $1,570 off
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:04:49 +0000
Sky?high GPU and RAM prices have made upgrading painful in 2026, but this Lenovo doorbuster cuts $1,570 off a Legion Tower 7i with an RTX 5070 Ti and 32GB of RAM.
I asked ASUS about "Windows 11 pure OS" spotted in its laptop announcement ? Here's what it really means (and why you shouldn't get excited)
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:54:43 +0000
ASUS unveiled a new ExpertBook B5 G2 laptop this week, and in the marketing documents is mention of "Windows 11 pure OS." I spoke with the company to figure out exactly what it means.
Microsoft is set to kill a confusing Outlook email feature ? as the longstanding but unpopular tool had years of complaints
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:41:44 +0000
Microsoft is removing Contact Masking from Outlook on March 31, 2026, after years of user confusion. The feature, which hid suggested contacts across Microsoft 365 services, will disappear across desktop, mobile, and web.
Microsoft invented "escrow builds" to launch functional apps ? that's internal 'Microspeak' jargon for quality control
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:18:36 +0000
Here's Microsoft's quirky release vocabulary for products, including bug bars, bake time, and escrow.
Notepad is slowly becoming Microsoft's version of Apple's "Notes" app, complete with image support and rich text ? but should it?
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:10:12 +0000
Notepad has slowly gained a plethora of features that elevate it way beyond a basic text editor, now rivaling the likes of Apple Notes and Google Keep. But is Microsoft right to do this?
The viral Call of Duty "$40 weapon skin" is nothing but inane ragebait farming for engagement
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:06:51 +0000
A post on X has gone viral for showing off a "$40 skin" for Call of Duty, except it's complete nonsense designed only for ragebait engagement.
The game industry's core issues go beyond Xbox, and PlayStation's shutdown of Bluepoint proves it's far more widespread
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:01:00 +0000
The industry is in turmoil as it chases the bottom line, but gamers are choosing somewhere else to spend their time.
Battlefield 6 Season 2's new Contaminated map is rad, and so is the Little Bird ? I wanted more content, but what's here is fantastic
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:33:01 +0000
Battlefield 6 Season 2 is here, and though its not bringing a ton of content, its new Contaminated map and Little Bird helicopter are awesome.
Our all-time favorite Xbox gaming headset with "immaculate sound and a cavernous soundscape" is on a 25% discount ? and it's got a monstrous battery
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:05:38 +0000
The Turtle Beach Stealth 700 (Gen 3), a fantastic gaming headset for Xbox that we gave a perfect 5-Star rating to, has received a sizeable 25% price cut to give players a chance to enhance their auditory gaming experiences for less.
The "practically perfect" Razer Kishi Ultra just dropped to its lowest price ever ? a premium mobile controller finally priced for everyone
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:49:08 +0000
Razer?s premium Kishi Ultra controller is now at its lowest price ever, making its robust build and haptics far more accessible to mobile gamers.
Avowed dev Obsidian didn't expect everyone to hate one of the Xbox RPG's biggest systems ? "That frustration came through loud and clear"
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:10:07 +0000
Crafting upgrades was very important in Xbox's Avowed, and many players hated that. Developer Obsidian, notably, was very "surprised" by the feedback.
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