Achievements Could Be Making Gaming Worse for Everyone

Achievements Could Be Making Gaming Worse for Everyone

This is an opinion piece by writer Travis Northup. IGN opinion columns represent the writer’s personal views, drawing on his own experiences and research to explore the exciting world of video games. During a recent visit to Phantom Blade Zero developer S-GAME ahead of the action RPG’s release, the studio showed off a rather interesting … Read more

Amazon’s Ring unveils flying drone, robot to patrol homes, businesses

Amazon's Ring unveils flying drone, robot to patrol homes, businesses

Amazon’s Ring unveiled a flying indoor security camera that allows users to autonomously monitor their home. Amazon’s Ring Ring is delving into surveillance with an indoor drone for home monitoring and an autonomous robot designed to patrol businesses. The company on Tuesday unveiled the $250 Ring Drone Cam, a security camera that can fly from … Read more

Best Pokémon TCG deal: 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box is under market price on Amazon

Best Pokémon TCG deal: 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box is under market price on Amazon

TL;DR: The Pokémon TCG: Celebration 30 Elite Trainer Box is available for $59.99 on Amazon. That’s well below TCGplayer’s $114 market price. Credit: The Pokémon Company After weeks of growing excitement and pre-order wars, the 30th Pokémon TCG Celebration Elite Trainer Box is now available. And Amazon is celebrating by bringing back its incredible $59.99 … Read more

Google Issues Chrome Security Update for Eighth Actively Exploited Zero-Day of 2026

Google Issues Chrome Security Update for Eighth Actively Exploited Zero-Day of 2026

Ravie LakshmananNovember 10, 2026Browser Vulnerability/Security Google on Monday released updates to patch nine security vulnerabilities, including one that has been actively exploited in the wild. The high severity vulnerability, assigned CVE identifier CVE-2026-125350 (CVSS score: N/A), has been described as a use-after-free bug in the XML component. Use-after-free errors typically occur when a program attempts … Read more

Super Mario Party Jamboree 2.4.0 update out now, patch notes

Super Mario Party Jamboree 2.4.0 update out now, patch notes

Super Mario Party Jamboree players can now get their hands on a new update, which is version 2.4.0. The highlight is support for GameShare using GameChat on Nintendo Switch 2. Additionally, for both Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch players, unspecified issues have been fixed. The official summary is as follows: Super Mario Party Jamboree Version … Read more

New ‘Ocarina of Time’ is setting all-time Metacritic records

New 'Ocarina of Time' is setting all-time Metacritic records

Nintendo seems to have made the right decision by remaking The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Switch 2, at least from a hearts and minds perspective. The visually resplendent remake, which hit stores last week, has already set two records on Metacritic in just a few days. For starters, it has the highest … Read more

As investors ask about GTA 6 and AI, Take-Two CEO once again puts faith in dev creativity, states making hit games “remains the purview of human beings”

As investors ask about GTA 6 and AI, Take-Two CEO once again puts faith in dev creativity, states making hit games "remains the purview of human beings"

Today, as part of Take-Two Interactive Software’s second-quarter 2027 earnings call, Strauss Zelnick took questions from investors after presenting the company’s financial results. One caller was concerned about AI, specifically the proliferation of AI-based compiles and decompiles that have raised piracy concerns among publishers in recent weeks. Zelnick notes that “[the video games] “The business … Read more

Strauss Zelnick on GTA 6 Expectations, GTA Online, and the Next 10 Years

Strauss Zelnick on GTA 6 Expectations, GTA Online, and the Next 10 Years

With 10 days to go until GTA 6 launches, Strauss Zelnick tells me he feels “optimistic.” It could be the euphemism of the century. Reporting second-quarter fiscal 2027 results tonight, Take-Two said pre-orders for Rockstar’s next game are “well above” the company’s initial expectations. “We know the numbers will speak for themselves very soon,” Rockstar’s … Read more

Skydance Games Layoffs Hit Following Warner Bros. Merger

Skydance Games Layoffs Hit Following Warner Bros. Merger

Skydance Games has suffered a round of layoffs just over a month after the historic merger between Warner Bros. and Paramount. On October 6, Skydance-owned Paramount Games Studio merged with Warner Bros. Games’ in-house video game developers, including Avalanche Software (the creators of “Hogwarts Legacy”), NetherRealm Studios, Rocksteady Studios, TT Games and the WB Games … Read more

Anticipated Warhammer 40K tactical RPG Dark Heresy gets a release date

Anticipated Warhammer 40K tactical RPG Dark Heresy gets a release date

Owlcat Games has revealed a release date for its tactical role-playing game sequel Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy. The game arrives on January 28, 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X. The Switch 2 release date will be provided “at a later date,” according to a press release. Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy follows the … Read more