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Indie game bundle saving buyers over $1,000 in support of laid off developers has raised over $100,000 in three days

This bundle, which you can find on itch.io here, was created to contribute funds to the Game Industry hardship fund. This fund, formed by the CWA video game union in July, provides financial relief to North American developers who have been caught up in the years-long deluge of layoffs. The bundle contains 127 games which […]

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Big Walk review

What is Big Walk, exactly? It’s a simple game, really, but explaining what’s special about it is a little more complicated. For starters, you might wonder if the latest game from Melbourne-based House House is anything like its breakthrough. Well, it certainly shares the gleeful devilment of its biggest hit. There are no geese here,

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Noctua shows off ‘custom-built torture-test rigs’ for testing fans, and now I’m afraid of ever setting foot in the Noctua factory

Noctua is one of the very best fan makers on the market, but introducing its fan into the Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition gaming mouse seemed to involve a truly horrible sequence of fan tests. Noctua has “custom-built torture-test rigs”, all designed to put fans through their paces to see if they can withstand how the

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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls shows early signs of popularity, soaring up tournament entry leaderboards

As seen on the Start.gg page for upcoming American fighting game tournament CEO – major national event for the region – 1054 attendees signed up for the Marvel Tokon bracket by the time registration closed. To compare, Street Fighter 6 came in at 1,111, and Tekken 8 has 783 entrants. This reflects previous figures posted

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‘Deck de France’ is a new free software that can turn your bike trainer into a controller for your Steam Deck

If you’ve ever felt like your bike trainer has a disturbing lack of Rocket League or Forza Horizon, you are in luck. One app called Deck de France can let you use your bike as a controller for games, though it’s pretty limited so far. Shared on GitHub (via Hackaday), Deck de France is technically

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Memory chip maker Samsung says the component shortage will continue to get worse in 2027, while earning a pretty penny from it

As reported by TechCrunch, the Korean tech giant said supply will remain constrained in 2027, while demand will continue to rise. Samsung expects this to continue until at least 2028. Samsung’s estimates are based on data from AI companies, which Samsung said have been “sharing their medium to long-term demand forecasts” in an effort to

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Microsoft raises prices of Xbox by 25% to 30% in Europe with the Series S now costing more than the Series X at launch

If Microsoft gutting its Xbox division, laying off staff, and struggling to give its console a real unique selling point hasn’t quite put you off the brand, you will now have to pay hundreds more for its devices if you live in Europe. As originally spotted over in a Resetera thread, the prices of Xbox

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OEM Steam Deck LCD batteries are back in stock on iFixIt, but now cost $130 for just the part

Last month I reported that replacement batteries for the original LCD version of the Steam Deck would return to the iFixIt store after a brief absence. Well, Valve sent more batteries, and you can purchase these replacements from iFixIt right now. Unfortunately, the replacement battery alone now costs $130. Purchasing a new L-shaped battery without

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Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen director casually announces a Hard Mode is in the works

"We're aware that there's a very wide range of player level across the community." But many players see a few of those changes – such as making fast travel far more accessible – as having lessened the game’s level of challenge. Capcom wants to cater to those players too, and its solution is very straightforward.

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