Blizzard wants players to forget about the original, offline Warcraft I & II titles, but GOG says it will preserve them for buyers, even if they’re not for sale.

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27.11.2024

The Atari 7800+ is a no-frills glimpse into a forgotten gaming era - Ars Technica

Awkward controls and a lack of features make a device for Atari completists only.

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26.11.2024

Sony is reportedly working on a PS5 portable - Ars Technica

Miniaturized hardware is still “likely years away from launch.”…

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22.11.2024

Obsidian’s Avowed is the cure for “Souls-like” action-RPG fatigue - Ars Technica

Preview build shows a rich, colorful world with satisfying, zippy combat.

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20.11.2024

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 arrives with a “full digital twin” of Earth - Ars Technica

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 includes careers, detailed animals, AI terrain, and different install and streaming data requirements. Here’s a quick explainer.

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19.11.2024

Valve developers discuss why Half Life 2: Episode 3 was abandoned - Ars Technica

Anniversary doc also includes footage of unused ice gun, blob enemies.

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17.11.2024

These are the lasting things that Half-Life 2 gave us, besides headcrabs and crowbars - Ars Technica

Beyond the game itself (which rocks), Half-Life 2 had a big impact on PC gaming.

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16.11.2024

I played Half-Life 2 for the first time this year—here’s how it went

Wake up and smell the ashes, Ms. Washenko.

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15.11.2024

Dragon Age: The Veilguard and the choices you make while saving the world - Ars Technica

“Events are weaving together quickly. The fate of the world shall be decided.”…

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15.11.2024

Half-Life 2 pushed Steam on the gaming masses… and the masses pushed back - Ars Technica

Back in 2004, many players saw Valve’s new platform as nothing but “fancy DRM.”…

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14.11.2024

GOG’s Preservation Program is the DRM-free store refocusing on the classics - Ars Technica

A firm literally named for “Good Old Games” is returning to that idea, spending its own resources to keep classic games running well on modern systems.

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14.11.2024

How Valve made Half-Life 2 and set a new standard for future games - Ars Technica

From physics to greyboxing, Half-Life 2 broke a lot of new ground.

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13.11.2024

Spotify’s Car Thing, due for bricking, is getting an open source second life - Ars Technica

It’s more of a desktop thing now, but it has picked up some new features.

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08.11.2024

Amazon’s Mass Effect TV series is actually going to be made - Ars Technica

The pedigree of the producers and writers involved is cause for concern, though.

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08.11.2024

Sega is delisting 60 classic games from Steam, so now’s the time to grab them - Ars Technica

A bunch of classic Sega titles will leave Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch in early December, but not if you already own them.

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07.11.2024

The PS5 Pro’s biggest problem is that the PS5 is already very good - Ars Technica

For $700, I was hoping for a much larger leap in visual impact.

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06.11.2024

Metal Slug Tactics gives turn-based strategy a hyper-stylized shot of adrenaline - Ars Technica

Fusing the look and feel of the classic 2D shooter series to the painstaking planning of an isometric tactics game? Yeah, okay, it somehow plays.

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06.11.2024

Nintendo confirms Switch 2 will play original Switch games - Ars Technica

“More software has been played on Nintendo Switch than on any other Nintendo hardware.”…

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03.11.2024

Dystopika is a beautiful cyberpunk city builder without the ugly details - Ars Technica

Build incredible-looking futuristic cities, take impossible photos of them, and ignore all the boring stuff. That’s Dystopika, and it’s fun.

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03.11.2024

iPod fans evade Apple’s DRM to preserve 54 lost clickwheel-era games - Ars Technica

Dozens of previously hard-to-access games can now be synced via Virtual Machine.

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01.11.2024

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 accounted for 19% of Comcast Internet traffic last week - Ars Technica

Credit the franchise’s popularity, sure—but also its ludicrous file sizes.

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01.11.2024

Will the new Nintendo Music app lead to more DMCA takedowns from Nintendo? - Ars Technica

Subscription music app gives Nintendo new reason to crack down on third-party music uploads.

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31.10.2024

Apple silicon Macs will get their ultimate gaming test with Cyberpunk 2077 release - Ars Technica

The game will take “full advantage of Apple silicon,” CD Projekt Red says.

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29.10.2024

Apple is turning The Oregon Trail into a movie - Ars Technica

The film will be a comedy, not a serious historical drama.

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26.10.2024

Fallout: London is a huge Fallout 4 mod that is now playable—and worth playing - Ars Technica

Now that it’s had some time, and some patches, this unofficial DLC-sized mod is easier to get into—and quite good.

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26.10.2024

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Horizon: Zero Dawn gets the graphical remaster a modern classic deserves - Ars Technica

Stalker 2 has been enjoyable jank, but it’s also getting rapidly fixed - Ars Technica

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Nvidia’s new app is causing large frame rate dips in many games - Ars Technica

PS Placeable: The adorable mod that turns a PlayStation Portable into a console - Ars Technica

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The Talos Principle: Reawakened adds new engine, looks, and content to a classic - Ars Technica

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Itch.io platform briefly goes down due to “AI-driven” anti-phishing report - Ars Technica

Google’s Genie 2 “world model” reveal leaves more questions than answers - Ars Technica

The return of Steam Machines? Valve rolls out new “Powered by SteamOS” branding. - Ars Technica

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is pitch-perfect archaeological adventuring - Ars Technica

The Raspberry Pi 5 now works as a smaller, faster kind of Steam Link - Ars Technica

Blizzard’s pulling of Warcraft I & II tests GOG’s new Preservation Program - Ars Technica

The Atari 7800+ is a no-frills glimpse into a forgotten gaming era - Ars Technica

Sony is reportedly working on a PS5 portable - Ars Technica

Obsidian’s Avowed is the cure for “Souls-like” action-RPG fatigue - Ars Technica

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 arrives with a “full digital twin” of Earth - Ars Technica

Valve developers discuss why Half Life 2: Episode 3 was abandoned - Ars Technica

These are the lasting things that Half-Life 2 gave us, besides headcrabs and crowbars - Ars Technica

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Half-Life 2 pushed Steam on the gaming masses… and the masses pushed back - Ars Technica

GOG’s Preservation Program is the DRM-free store refocusing on the classics - Ars Technica

How Valve made Half-Life 2 and set a new standard for future games - Ars Technica

Spotify’s Car Thing, due for bricking, is getting an open source second life - Ars Technica

Amazon’s Mass Effect TV series is actually going to be made - Ars Technica

Sega is delisting 60 classic games from Steam, so now’s the time to grab them - Ars Technica

The PS5 Pro’s biggest problem is that the PS5 is already very good - Ars Technica

Metal Slug Tactics gives turn-based strategy a hyper-stylized shot of adrenaline - Ars Technica

Nintendo confirms Switch 2 will play original Switch games - Ars Technica

Dystopika is a beautiful cyberpunk city builder without the ugly details - Ars Technica

iPod fans evade Apple’s DRM to preserve 54 lost clickwheel-era games - Ars Technica

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 accounted for 19% of Comcast Internet traffic last week - Ars Technica

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Apple silicon Macs will get their ultimate gaming test with Cyberpunk 2077 release - Ars Technica

Apple is turning The Oregon Trail into a movie - Ars Technica

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Video game libraries lose legal appeal to emulate physical game collections online - Ars Technica

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