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MS exec: Microsoft’s next console will play “Xbox and PC games”
Last summer, we here at Ars made the argument that the company’s next Xbox console should give up the walled […]
After a rocky six years, Sony cancels future single-player PC game releases
Finally, Bloomberg’s sources cautioned that Sony’s strategy for single-player releases could change again at some point in the future. Historically, […]
How strong is New York’s “illegal gambling” case against Valve’s loot boxes?
Skip to content Can’t win if you don’t play Lawyers tell Ars the state has a tough road ahead, even […]
New York sues Valve for enabling “illegal gambling” with loot boxes
Opening a valuable skin like this in a loot box is akin to winning a lottery, New York alleges in […]
Inside the quixotic team trying to build an entire world in a 20-year-old game
Stories and lesson learned from an impossibly large community modding project. The city of Anvil, rendered in The Elder Scrolls […]
New Microsoft gaming chief has “no tolerance for bad AI”
A gaming education Unlike Spencer, who spent years at Microsoft Game Studios before heading Microsoft’s gaming division, Sharma has no […]
Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer steps down after 38 years with company
Microsoft Executive Vice President for Gaming Phil Spencer announced he will retire after 38 years at Microsoft and 12 years […]
Meta’s flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind
Some of the changes—like the removal of individual worlds from the VR store—are presented by the company as efforts to […]
Why Final Fantasy is now targeting PC as its “lead platform”
For a long time now, PC gamers have been used to the Final Fantasy series treating their platform as somewhat […]