Leaked GTA Online Sales Figures Spur Confidence in Rockstar for GTA VI Launch
By now, it’s no secret that Rockstar Games has suffered a data breach by way of malicious hacking group ShinyHunters, which threatened to release the data...
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Analysts say PC gaming is now the one platform where more than 50% of revenue comes from games outside the top 20
We do love a stacked back catalogue.
Read moreSpace Force reorg signals end of SDA as standalone agency
Officials say the Space Development Agency’s ‘go fast’ model will live on under new portfolio-based organization The post Space Force reorg signals end of SDA as...
Read moreNintendo’s Haphazard ‘Mario Maker 2’ Takedown Process Rife With Abuse
We’ve talked for many years about Nintendo’s shotgun approach to IP enforcement, as well as its heavy-handed ToS enforcement policies that can include bricking customer consoles...
Read moreWhat Happens When Light Goes Boom? Part 1: The Scientist Who Stared at a Glow
In 1934, a Soviet physicist named Pavel Cherenkov shone gamma rays into a bottle of water and noticed a faint blue glow. So had others before...
Read moreHaiku Isn’t Just for X86 Anymore, Boots on ARM in QEMU
Ever since it was called OpenBeOS, Haiku has targeted the x86 platform. That makes good sense: it’s hard enough maintaining a niche system on ubiquitous hardware....
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[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 16, 2026
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: LLM security reports; OpenWrt One build system; Vim forks; removing read-only THPs; 7.0 statistics; MusicBrainz Picard. Briefs: OpenSSL 4.0.0;...
Read moreRejoice, Steam Deck and couch lovers: Gloomwood just got controller support
It’s also now ‘Verified’ for Deck.
Read moreAMD Linux Graphics Driver Introducing “Power Module” To Better Match Windows Behavior
With the set of today’s AMDGPU kernel graphics driver Display Core (DC) patches is a rather curious addition with wiring up the Linux code to a...
Read moreLinux 7.1 Delivers Performance Regression Fix For Sheaves
The Linux 7.1 kernel is bringing performance improvements for Sheaves, the per-CPU caching layer introduced several kernel cycles ago (Linux 6.18) for better efficiency on today’s...
Read moreMy favorite cosmic horror RPG is still being updated, and thanks to this latest patch ‘The rat child’s Copy Dad ability no longer copies gun skills for free’
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines may be the better personal horror RPG, but Look Outside wins for cosmic spooking.
Read moreThe indie metroidvania that started it all just got a huge update on PC, adding co-op and mod support after 22 years
Cave Story+ becomes Cave Story++.
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