gaming culture

Nearly a decade after its launch, Just Cause 3 has quietly been nudged back into the news cycle — not with a new expansion or sequel tease, but with a stealth PC update that appears to remove the game’s long‑criticized Denuvo anti‑tamper layer, a change that is already reshaping mod...

Summer Game Fest 2025 is roaring into the global spotlight with the kind of momentum that feels like a generational crossroads for gaming—not just a showcase of new titles, but a seismic pulse-check on the entire industry’s creative, technological, and commercial health. As each studio...

Seismic waves are once again rippling through the gaming industry as Summer Game Fest 2025 and the Xbox Games Showcase converge for a weekend charged with world premieres, surprise reveals, and enough speculation to fill a dozen message boards. These annual events, livestreamed to a global...

Few executives in the gaming world have had careers as storied as Peter Moore’s. A veteran whose fingerprints are visible on SEGA’s Dreamcast era, EA Sports’ resurrection, and—most relevantly—the Xbox 360 launch that redefined what consoles could be, Moore’s opinions carry both the nostalgia of...

I spent a good chunk of the recent long weekend plowing through Call of Duty—not solely because the adrenaline of narrowly escaping digital demise is preferable to, say, mowing the lawn, but because there's never a dull moment in this ever-morphing, sometimes confounding shooter universe. Yet...

Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration turned out to be a whirlwind of innovation, nostalgia, and controversy—a true microcosm of the tech giant’s storied history and its evolving future. In a week marked by high-profile appearances, disruptive protest moments, and unexpected box office...

Trisha Hershberger first fell into technology as a result of her gaming habits. At that time her parents didn’t think this was a hobby for girls, because in the ’80s video games were primarily marketed towards boys. But fortunately, her parents eventually gave in. Her dad brought home an old...

The auction, posted by one kbtone25, includes a mint condition SNES console with all the hook ups, Mario Paint mouse and mousepad, Official Nintendo SNES game holder and an 18 game library which includes Secret of Mana, Killer Instinct, Donkey Kong Country 1-3, a ton of Mario games and – the...