Latest articles by Stevie Bonifield
In a week dominated by Silksong and Borderlands, co-op roguelike Shape of Dreams still managed to launch on Steam as an instant top-seller
news Shape of Dreams peaked at over 30,000 concurrent players for its launch weekend.
Conan O'Brien played Borderlands 4 for charity, but somebody should have told him about the Claptrap mute button: 'He's my least favorite trash can'
news I am beginning to feel bad for Claptrap at this point.
Final Fantasy composer shares concern about 'stagnation' in game music: 'Frankly speaking, there’s less weird things now'
news "I believe directors and producers hold too much power in their hands even when it comes to the music."
The BioShock movie is still in the works, but scheduling conflicts mean it likely can't come out before 2027, maybe even later
news The BioShock movie director has his hands full through the next year.
Fallen Order and Jedi Survivor are just $25 bucks together on Steam right now, letting you become Cal Kestis on the cheap
news Pick up two of the best Star Wars games at a huge discount, now through September 23rd.
'Solid as a paper Whopper wrapper in the rain': Hackers reported 'catastrophic' cybersecurity flaws at Burger King before the fast food giant nuked their criticism off the 'net via DMCA
news The hackers' blog post on the incident can still be accessed via the Wayback Machine.
The $500,000 robot servant Elon Musk claims will sell 10 billion units by 2040 can barely walk and struggles with questions like 'where can I get a coke?'
news The latest video of Tesla's robot is the "dawn of the physical Agentforce revolution," whatever that is.
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
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
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'
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
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
news AWS CEO Matt Garman spoke up for entry-level jobs, but still insists AI will change all jobs.
