Games Stories for 2021

'Play-to-Earn' and Bullshit Jobs 175
How John Madden Became the 'Larger-Than-Life' Face of a Gaming Empire 38
Was 2021 the Worst Year Ever for Games? 61
Nintendo Had Plans To Bring Email, Internet Searching, and Live Streams To the Game Boy Color 17
Nintendo Wins High Court Injunction to Block Access to Pirated Switch ROMs 14
Could GDPR Policy Erase Your Games? It Happened To an Ubisoft Customer 104
Is the Video Game Industry Closer to Unionization Than Ever Before? 81
Virtual Guns in Videogames Could Soon Be Worth Real Money 93
75% of Steam's Top 1000 Games Work On Linux Now 83
Inside Ubisoft's Unprecedented 'Exodus' of Developers 36
This 8-bit Processor Built in Minecraft Can Run Its Own Games 60
2021's Hugo Award Winners Include a Videogame, Plus Netflix and NBC Shows 71
Vodeo Becomes the First Unionized Games Studio In North America 57
Masayuki Uemura, Designer of the Nintendo Entertainment System, Dies At 78 18
'Matrix' Stars Discuss Free 'Matrix Awakens' Demo Showing Off Epic's Unreal Engine 5 34
Magnus Carlsen Wins 8th World Chess Championship. What Makes Him So Great? 42
Android Games Are Coming To Windows PCs In 2022 19
Microsoft Quietly Told Apple It Was Willing To Turn Big Xbox-exclusive Games Into iPhone Apps 7
Year After Cyberpunk Debut, CD Projekt No Nearer Redemption 95
Masayuki Uemura, Creator Of The NES And SNES, Dies At 78 26
Ubisoft Becomes First Major Gaming Company To Launch In-Game NFTs 48
After 25 Years, Quake 1 Gets Major 'Horde' Mode Update 60
Magnus Carlsen Wins Longest World Chess Championship Game of All Time 23
PlayStation Plans New Service To Take On Xbox Game Pass 14
Razer's Qualcomm-powered Handheld Console Leaks 11
Xbox Series S Was 'Black Friday's Most Popular Console' 39
How a Dream Job Streaming on Twitch Can Become a Burnout Nightmare 136
World Chess Champion Urges Quicker Games, Is Also Rich 81
'Halo Infinite': Fun to Play, But Newer Gamers Complain Its Rewards System Is Slow 27
The Next Generation of Gaming Didn't Actually Arrive With Xbox Series X and PS5 46
27th Annual Text Adventure Competition Won By Game About - Text Adventures 23
Rockstar Games Apologizes for GTA Re-Release Glitches, Promises Updates and PC Originals 32
The Last Days of Amiga - and the Lost Amiga CD64 46
Xbox Chief Says He's Evaluating Relationship With Activision 34
Microsoft Gaming Chief Calls For Industry-Wide Game Preservation 51
Xbox Game Pass Cloud Gaming Arrives On Consoles 14
Microsoft Will Not Bring x64 Emulation to Windows 10 on ARM 46
Microsoft Adds 76 More Games To the Xbox Backward Compatibility Program 20
Microsoft Surprises Gamers With 'Halo Infinite' Multiplayer Launch 14
NVIDIA's Cloud Gaming Service Quietly Capped Frame Rates on 12 Games 24
Glitchy GTA Re-Release Still Unplayable on PC, Said to Contain Infamous 'Hot Coffee' Mini-Game 40
Id Software Tries To Stop A Man From Naming His Band 'Doomscroll' 67
Rockstar Pulls 'Grand Theft Auto: Definitive Edition' After Unintentionally Including Files 33
It's Going To Get Even Harder To Buy a PlayStation 5 42
Steam Deck Delayed, Valve Apologizes 27
The First Cracks In Sony's PS5 Firmware 45
Denuvo-Protected Games Rendered Unplayable After Domain Expires 65
Over 50 PC Games Are Incompatible With Intel's Alder Lake CPUs Due To DRM 74
EA Calls NFT and 'Play-to-Earn' Games 'the Future of Our Industry' 113
Low-Tech Video Game Streams Are Taking Off On TikTok 14
Nintendo To Make 20% Fewer Switch Consoles Due To Chip Crunch 20
Netflix Launches Into Video Games for Android 20
Sega, Microsoft Announce Strategic Alliance To Develop 'Super Game' Initiative On Azure 20
A $20 Billion Company's Future Hinges on The New PUBG 13
PS3 Emulator Will Now Boot Every Game Ever Released On the Console 39
Google Stadia's Salvaged Future as a Back-end Cloud Service is Here 11
PS5 Console Plate Makers Provoke Sony, Then Hit Legal Trouble 50
You Can Now Play 'Doom' Via Twitter 23
Former 'Donkey Kong' Record Holder Billy Mitchell May Now Sue Twin Galaxies 77
Epic Says It's 'Open' To Blockchain Games After Steam Bans Them 59
Valve Bans Blockchain Games and NFTs On Steam 33
20 Years Later, Xbox Creator Apologizes To AMD CEO For Last-Minute Switch To Intel 50
Computer Space Launched the Video Game Industry 50 Years Ago 44
Nintendo Throws Rare Bone To Modern EU Gamers Via N64 60 Hz Toggle 13
Epic Games May Make Fortnite Movie as Part of Entertainment Expansion 21
PETA Criticizes 'Far Cry 6' On Its Choice of Animal-Themed Minigame 122
PC Building Simulator Is Free On the Epic Games Store 48
Xbox's Cloud Streaming Upgrade Means You Might Not Need A Series X 16
GitHub Removes GTA Fan Projects re3 and reVC Following New Take-Two DMCA Notice 51
Navy Facebook Account Hacked To Stream 'Age of Empires' 37
Sony Planning To Make PS3, Vita Stores Nearly Unusable 67
Nintendo Denies Rumors of New Switch Pro Model 24
Xbox Boss Says Console Supply Issues Will Continue Into 2022 26
For Flagging Amazon Games Unit, New World 'Has to Be Our Breakthrough' 36
Chris Pratt Cast as Voice of Mario for New 'Super Mario Bros' Movie 38
PS5 Software Update Brings SSD Installation, 3D Audio Wednesday 10
Nvidia Leak May Reveal Unannounced Games, Including God of War For PC 35
Sony Is Nickel-and-Diming PS5 Owners On Upgrades For Games They Already Own 66
China Bans All New Video Games 247
Unity Patents 'Methods and Apparatuses To Improve the Performance of a Video Game Engine Using An Entity Component System' 46
Jagex Nixes Community-Built RuneScape HD Client, Massive Backlash Follows 22
Slashdot Alum Samzenpus's Fractured Veil Hits Kickstarter 70
Will Gaming Change Humanity As We Know It? 77
Take-Two Sues Enthusiasts Behind GTA Fan Projects Re3, ReVC 26
Twitch Streamers Are Taking September 1st Off In Protest of Bot Attacks 31
Poland's CD Projekt Working on Cyberpunk Expansion 16
Atari Classic 'Centipede' Returns 29
Emulator Runs PS1 Games in 4K on the New Xboxes 13
South Korea To End Its Controversial Gaming Curfew 26
California Expands Lawsuit Against Activision Blizzard 15
Anti-cheat Services in Video Games Are Now a Selling Point 78
iFixit Says the Playdate Is a Surprisingly Repairable Game Boy Throwback 17
Microsoft To Launch Cloud Gaming Service on Xbox Consoles 23
Microsoft-Owned Bethesda Releases New 'Enhanced' Version of Quake 1 44
Former Loki Developer Jerryrigs a Multiplayer Zork, Available Via Telnet 53
Google Secretly Had a Giant Gaming Vision That Includes Bringing Games To Mac 41
The GTA Remastered Trilogy Appears To Be Real, And Coming To Switch 36
Amazon Drops 'Draconian' Policy on Making Games After Work Hours 48
AMD's Radeon RX 6600 XT Launched To Compete Against NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 21
NYT Crossword Puzzle No Longer Works In Third-Party Apps 39
Blizzard's President is Stepping Down Amid Culture Scandal 95
Hackers Leak Full EA Data After Failed Extortion Attempt 56
Someone Made a Playable Clone of Pokemon For the Pebble Smartwatch 19
Report: Blizzard Once Slapped With 'Misogyny Tax' 161
Playdate, the Console With a Crank, Will Not Ship Until 2022 25
Sony Has Sold 10 Million PS5 Consoles 30
WoW Will Remove 'Inappropriate References' Following California Lawsuit 82
Activision Blizzard Employees To Walk Out Following Sexual Harassment Lawsuit 91
Valve Promises Steam Deck Will Run 'The Entire Steam Library' At 30+ FPS 59
Iconic Japanese Videogame Music Incorporated Into Olympic Opening Ceremony 23
Amazon MMO New World Is Bricking RTX 3090s, Players Say; Amazon Responds 144
California Sues Activision Blizzard Over Unequal Pay, Sexual Harassment 125
Denuvo DRM Removed From Upcoming Strategy Game, Dev Blames 'Performance Impact' 56
Tencent Is Buying British Game Studio 'Sumo' For $1.27 Billion 12
Meet the Brutal Serial Killers of The Sims 59
Netflix Datamine Could Suggest a Partnership With PlayStation 7
Netflix Plans To Offer Video Games In Push Beyond Films, TV 51
Valve Launches Steam Deck, a $400 PC Gaming Portable 110
Sega Sued For 'Rigged' Arcade Machine 102
Android 12 Will Let You Play Games Before They Finish Downloading 57
Tencent Uses Facial Recognition To Ban Kids Gaming Past Bedtime 66
A Sealed Copy of The Legend of Zelda Just Sold For Nearly a Million Dollars 37
Ubisoft Plans Assassin's Creed Live Online Game Service 31
Nintendo Switch OLED Model Will Go on Sale October 8th for $350 28
To Help Livestreamers Avoid Copyright Violations, Riot Games Releases an Uncopyrighted Album 31
TV-Style Commercials Are Coming To Console Games 140
Humble Bundle Stops Purchasers From Giving Full Payment To Charity 56
PlayStation Is Hard To Work With, Devs Say 42
Microsoft Engineer Stole $10 Million By Selling Xbox Gift Cards For Bitcoin 45
Near, Creator of the Higan and Bsnes Emulators, Has Died 245
Xbox Cloud Gaming On iOS Arrives On Game Pass Ultimate For All 12
Is a Sony PS3 Leak Now Leading To Banned Consoles? 26
Final Fantasy Remasters Reignite Controversies Over Pixel Art 70
Xbox's DirectStorage API Will Speed Up Gaming PCs On Windows 11 Only 93
Electronic Arts To Acquire Warner Bros Games' Playdemic for $1.4 Billion in Cash 15
Low-Budget Games Steal Spotlight After Covid Delays Big Names 42
Microsoft is Bringing Next-Gen Xbox Games To the Xbox One With xCloud 27
'Cyberpunk 2077' Returning To PlayStation Network on June 21 38
Amazon Will Open Luna Cloud Gaming To Prime Members Later this Month 30
Capcom Sued By Photographer Claiming They Used 80 of Her Photos Without Licensing 136
Internal Data From Breach Circulating Online, Cyberpunk 2077-Maker CD Projekt Says 13
Microsoft is Building Its Own Streaming Devices as Part of a Major Xbox Game Pass Expansion 33
Playdate, the Console With a Crank, Gets July Preorder for $179, Game Details 54
Google Stadia Heads To Chromecast With Google TV, Android TV Devices on June 23 13
ROM Site Owner Made $30,000 a Year -- Now Owes Nintendo $2.1 Million 65
Atari VCS Game Console Finally Launches June 15 45
ROM Site Owner Made $30,000 a Year -- Now Owes Nintendo $2.1 Million 132
Big Video Game Leaks Like 'Far Cry 6' Are Nearly Impossible To Stop 23
Epic Games Launches Unreal Engine 5 Early Access, Shows Massive 3D Scenes 25
Valve Is Making a Switch-Like Portable Gaming PC 59
Xbox Series X DRM Makes It Near Impossible To Play Games Offline 54
Microsoft Has Turned the Surface Duo Into a Handheld Xbox 6
Some Colleges Are Offering Credit for Playing Videogames 82
Netflix Looking To Hire Executive for Gaming Expansion 34
Opera Brings Its Gaming Browser To Mobile 13
After 35 Years, Classic Shareware Game 'Cap'n Magneto' Finally Fully Resurrected 23
Gaming's Biggest Space Opera Returns 43
GTA 5 Graphics Are Now Being Boosted By Advanced AI At Intel 44
Valve's Gabe Newell Teases Console-Related Plans For Steam Games 33
Game Developers Break Silence Around Salaries 89
Sony Warns Tight PlayStation 5 Supply To Extend Into Next Year 60
Nintendo's Disastrous Wii U Proves To Be the Switch's Secret Weapon 43
Witcher Game Developer Quits Company Over Bullying Claims 62
#FreeFortnite Hecklers Add a Shout-Out To Epic-Apple Trial 54
Sony Invests In Discord, To Integrate It With PlayStation In 2022 15
Sony Really Hated PS4 Crossplay, Confidential Documents Reveal 55
AI-Generated Text Adventure Community Angry Content Moderators May Read Their Erotica 56
Microsoft Shakes Up PC Gaming by Reducing Windows Store Cut To Just 12% 50
Fortnite Isn't on Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming Service Because Epic Won't Allow It 47
Game Developers Lost 'Months' of Productivity Due To COVID-19 80
Humble Bundle Limits Charity Donations To 15% 112
Sony Set To Announce 'PlayStation Plus Video Pass' 13
Teaching Children To Play Chess Found To Decrease Risk Aversion 132
Concept Audi A6 E-Tron Has Headlights That Can Project Video Games 71
Sony Won't Shut Down PS3 and PS Vita Stores After All 33
Microsoft's 'Netflix-for-Gaming' Service Launches on iPhone and PC This Week 29
PS5 Breaks Another Huge US Sales Record 22
Apple's App Store Hosted Kiddie Games With Secret Gambling Dens Inside 11
The Looming Software Kill-Switch Lurking In Aging PlayStation Hardware 97
Epic Set To Lose at Least $330 Million in Efforts To Compete With Steam 114
Historic Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin Commemorated in 'World of Tanks' 26
How an Online 'Lego' Gamer Infiltrated the White House Press Corps 34
Neuralink Releases Videos of Monkey Playing Pong With Its Brain 25
Intel's Dystopian Anti-Harassment AI Lets Users Opt In for 'Some' Racism 131
Twitch Will Ban Users For 'Severe Misconduct' That Occurs Away From Its Site 320
E3 2021 Announced as 'Reimagined, All-Virtual' Event Coming in June 20
A Trove of Imported Console Games Vanish From Chinese Online Stores 14
SEGA Lawyers Demand 'Immediate Suspension' of Steam Database Over Alleged Piracy 66
PlayStation Store for PS3, PS Vita Closes This Summer 10
Watch AI Grow a Walking Caterpillar In Minecraft 22
Microsoft Rebrands Xbox Live To Xbox Network 12
Nintendo To Use New Nvidia Graphics Chip in 2021 Switch Upgrade 44
Preservation Effort Unearths Over 750 PlayStation 2 Game Prototypes 24
Sony Won't Back Down On $1,400 In Charges Made To Grandmother's Credit Card 317
Sony Announces New PS5 VR Controllers With Adaptive Triggers 4
AMD Unveils Radeon RX 6700 XT For Midrange 1440p PC Gaming 45
Microsoft Reiterates 'VR For Console Is Not a Focus For Us' 50
Rockstar Pays $10,000 To Modder Who Fixed GTA Online Loading Times 72
Sony PS5 Is 'Currently the Fastest Selling Hardware Platform' In US History, NPD Says 47
Roblox's $45 Billion IPO Values User-Created Game Platform Higher Than EA 57
Stadia Lets You Play People's Screenshots 49
Asus Brings PC Gaming Excess To Android With New ROG Phone 31
EU Approves Microsoft's $7.5 Billion Bethesda Acquisition 27
Nintendo Plans Switch Model With Bigger Samsung OLED Display, 4K Output 23
Programmer Got a Minecraft Server Running On His Canon DSLR 14
E3's 2021 Live Event Has Been Cancelled 30
Google's Stadia Problem? A Video Game Unit That's Not Googley Enough 70
Electronic Arts Cancels 'Gaia' Game After Years in Development 42
PlayStation is Winding Down Sony Japan Studio 19
Lawmaker Proposing 'Grand Theft Auto' Ban Says Video Game Contributes To Carjackings 329
PlayStation CEO Says PS5 Will Get Its Own VR Headset 38
NVIDIA Limits RTX 3060 Crypto Speeds As it Introduces Mining Cards 161
Research Linking Violent Entertainment To Aggression Retracted After Scrutiny 97
Stadia Leadership Praised Development Studios For 'Great Progress' Just One Week Before Laying Them All Off 119
The Cinemas Now Hiring Out Their Screens To Gamers 20
CD Projekt Red Hackers Reportedly Sold the 'Cyberpunk 2077' Source Code 54
The Korean Cinemas Now Hiring Out Their Screens To Gamers 25
PlayStation 5 Controllers Are Suffering From Drift 54
The Nintendo Switch Can Now Run Android 10, Unofficially 20
Terraria Port To Google Stadia Cancelled After Creator's Google Account Locked 166
As 'Goldeneye 007' Remaster Finally Leaks Online, Its Original Designer Reacts 31
Amazon's Next CEO Says He's Committed To Making Video Games 50
Sony Says It Sold 4.5 Million PlayStation 5 Consoles Last Year and Took a Loss on Sales 41
Hacker Group Inserted Malware In NoxPlayer Android Emulator 2
Elon Musk Says His Start-Up Neuralink Has Wired Up a Monkey To Play Video Games Using Its Mind 72
Google Stadia Shuts Down Internal Studios, Changing Business Focus 43
Amazon Can Make Just About Anything -- Except a Good Video Game 97
Nintendo Sued by European Gamers Hampered by Broken Controllers 39
Plex Launches Retro Video Game Streaming Service 52
GameStop Stock Jumps To New Record 82
'We Messed Up'. Microsoft Rescinds Xbox Live Gold Price Hike 55
Microsoft Increases Xbox Live Gold Prices 36
Opera Now Has a Game Engine To Go With Its Gamer-Focused Browser 18
Valve and Five PC Games Publishers Fined $9.4M for Illegal Geo-Blocking 98
CDPR CEO Blames 'In-Game Streaming' For Cyberpunk's Console Problems 114
Xbox's 'Instant On' Feature Could Consume 4 Billion kWh By 2025 104
Ubisoft To Make Star Wars Game, Marking End To EA Exclusivity 31
Microsoft Tried To Buy Nintendo, But Got Laughed Out of the Room 111
More Than Half of Americans Turned To Video Games During Lockdown 48
'Minecraft Earth' Will Shut Down On June 30th 8
Forgotten PS1 Game 'Magic Castle' Finally Emerges Two Decades Later 10
Flash Is About To Die, But Classic Flash Games Will Live On 45
How The Band Phish Played Chess Against Its Fans on New Year's Eve 14
It's Game Over For FarmVille, as Flash Also Buys the Farm 110