Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield is a freelance tech journalist specializing in mobile tech, gaming gear, and accessories. Outside of writing, Stevie loves indie games, TTRPGs, and building way too many custom keyboards.
Latest articles by Stevie Bonifield

If you've ever wanted to defuse a bomb with your friends, your chance is here with upcoming Werewolf-style co-op puzzler Cut That Wire
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Trick your friends into cutting the wrong wire or save them from an explosive finish in Cut That Wire.

Paradox refunds PlayStation Store preorders of Bloodlines 2 in preparation for 'adjustments' to its reviled $30 DLC to be revealed later this month
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Starting on Monday, Paradox will begin refunding pre-orders of the Premium Edition ahead of "adjustments" over DLC pricing

Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5 billion to authors whose work trained AI in priciest copyright settlement in U.S. history
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Anthropic agreed to pay 500,000 authors $3,000 each for copyright infringement.

Life is Strange is finally getting the streaming TV show treatment a decade after it came out
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Amazon has officially greenlit a Life is Strange TV series for Prime Video.

Meta implements new rules for its AI after disturbing child safety report: 'We’re adding more guardrails as an extra precaution'
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Meta is updating its rules for its chatbots after a report revealed shockingly loose policies around child safety.

A Call of Duty movie is in Paramount's crosshairs, but it might be a tough sell
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Call of Duty film "said to be a priority" for new Paramount CEO, but first they'll have to win over Phil Spencer.

Larian sends fan new limited edition Baldur's Gate 3 vinyl after melting mishap
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Larian Studios once again goes above and beyond for its fans.

Mortal Kombat 2 got pushed back to May 2026, but not for the reason you probably think
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Mortal Kombat 2's release date delay might give it a better shot at the box office.

Report shows 90% of European gaming revenue in 2024 was digital purchases, but only 15% was on PC
By Stevie Bonifield published
news PC gaming made up a small slice of the pie in European game purchases last year.

'I would like to make a different game using this IP': Dave the Diver dev hints at possible spin-off or sequel
By Stevie Bonifield published
news There's still more in store for Dave the Diver fans from developer Mintrocket.

Disgruntled coder who admitted to deploying a malware 'kill switch' to get back at his bosses sentenced to 4 years in prison
By Stevie Bonifield published
news What's even worse than getting demoted? Jail time for hacking your employer.

Deadlock's latest character basically gets a portal gun, and his ult teleports enemies to a void hotel where they have to do a platforming challenge
By Stevie Bonifield published
news The Doorman is just one of six new characters joining Valve's upcoming hero shooter.

'I'm working on other stuff': Double Fine chief Tim Schafer squashes hopes for Psychonauts 3 any time soon
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Schafer doubled down on Double Fine's pause on sequels for now.

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'
By Stevie Bonifield published
news You can have Copilot generate your formulas in Excel now, but it doesn't sound ready for prime time.

Chicago man sues Home Depot, alleging it's secretly using AI facial recognition at self-checkout
By Stevie Bonifield published
news One Chicago resident is calling out Home Depot for sneakily collecting biometric data.

'The dumbest thing I've ever heard': Amazon Web Services CEO lambasts replacing junior employees with AI, but he still loves AI
By Stevie Bonifield published
news AWS CEO Matt Garman spoke up for entry-level jobs, but still insists AI will change all jobs.

New study shows that Gen Z is spending way less money on videogames than older gamers
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Young people can't even afford gaming anymore.

A guy in California is suing Microsoft for discontinuing Windows 10, demanding free extended support
By Stevie Bonifield published
news One San Diego man is taking on Microsoft in a bid to save Windows 10.

It almost feels like AMD hoped no one would notice the quiet launch of its ultra-budget RX 7400 GPU
By Stevie Bonifield published
news AMD is putting the "discrete" in discrete graphics with this GPU launch.

Steam has a sale celebrating small developers, and you can get my favorite post-Balatro deckbuilder for just $2
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Save on games and support small dev teams at the same time, now through August 14th.

AOL discontinues its dial-up internet, and we're just surprised they even offered it in 2025
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Dial-up's days are numbered, after 34 years of service.

Steam for Chromebooks is getting axed in 2026 instead of exiting its 4-year beta
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Google does not seem to be making good on its promise to make Chromebooks gaming laptops.

Steam Hardware Survey shows AMD CPUs are more more popular than they've ever been in 17 years
By Stevie Bonifield published
news AMD has never been closer to dethroning Intel in PC gaming.
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