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February 23, 2026
New Microsoft gaming chief has "no tolerance for bad AI"
But Asha Sharma faces scrutiny for lack of gaming experience.
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February 20, 2026
Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer steps down after 38 years with company
Microsoft CoreAI exec Asha Sharma will take over in surprise executive shake-up.
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February 20, 2026
Why Final Fantasy is now targeting PC as its "lead platform"
Director says PC is the "foundation" when targeting "high-end environments first."
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February 19, 2026
Diablo II’s new Warlock is a great excuse to revisit a classic game
New skill tree paths offer a fun twist on some generally familiar mechanics.
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February 17, 2026
GameHub will give Mac owners another imperfect way to play Windows games
GameHub's existing Windows emulator on Android has its fair share of issues.
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February 13, 2026
After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name
One developer is struggling with the social implications of a drive-by AI character attack.
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February 12, 2026
Party like it's 2001: Diablo II gets a new expansion, new playable class
Alongside new endgame content, Blizzard says the Warlock is coming to other Diablo games soon.
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February 10, 2026
Yet another co-founder departs Elon Musk's xAI
Tony Wu leaves a company now entangled with social media, space-based IPOs.
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February 9, 2026
Just look at Ayaneo's absolute unit of a Windows gaming "handheld"
The Ayaneo Next II pushes past 3 pounds, 13 inches wide, and costs up to $4,300.
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February 9, 2026
No humans allowed: This new space-based MMO is designed exclusively for AI agents
SpaceMolt envisions a world where AI plays with itself and the humans just watch.
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February 6, 2026
Why $700 could be a "death sentence" for the Steam Machine
Analysts expect Valve might be hit particularly hard by soaring RAM, storage prices.
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February 6, 2026
Why Darren Aronofsky thought an AI-generated historical docudrama was a good idea
Production source says it takes "weeks" to produce just minutes of usable video.
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February 5, 2026
The Switch 2 is getting a new Virtual Console (kind of)
Hamster Corp.'s new "Console Archives" does what Nintendon't.
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February 2, 2026
Looking back at Catacomb 3D, the game that led to Wolfenstein 3D
Romero, Carmack, and colleagues discuss an oft-forgotten piece of PC gaming history.
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February 2, 2026
Here's what Cities: Skylines 2’s new developer is updating first
Visual upgrades include new UI, realistic snow cover, better lighting.
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January 28, 2026
Why reviving the shuttered Anthem is turning out tougher than expected
Despite proof-of-concept video, EA's Frostbite Engine servers are difficult to pick apart.
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January 26, 2026
How to get Doom running on a pair of earbuds
No display? No problem for the UART-to-web-server "Doombuds" project.
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January 23, 2026
TR-49 is interactive fiction for fans of deep research rabbit holes
Dense narrative deduction game tells a compellingly academia-tinged sci-fi tale.
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January 22, 2026
Finally, a new controller that solves the Switch 2's "flat Joy-Con" problem
But Nyxi's Hyperion 3 upgrade comes with a pretty high asking price.
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January 21, 2026
Has Gemini surpassed ChatGPT? We put the AI models to the test.
Did Apple make the right choice in partnering with Google for Siri's AI features?
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January 19, 2026
The first new Marathon game in decades will launch on March 5
Development hasn't exactly been smooth since the extraction shooter's 2023 announcement.
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January 19, 2026
Reports of ad-supported Xbox game streams show Microsoft's lack of imagination
Xbox maker needs some fresher ideas for expanding access to cloud gaming.
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January 15, 2026
Bully Online mod taken down abruptly one month after launch
Developers say "this was not something we wanted" as they purge open source project.
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January 14, 2026
I can’t stop shooting Oddcore’s endless waves of weird little guys
Zippy action, fun upgrade system make for a great pick-up-and-play shooter.
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January 12, 2026
Is this the beginning of the end for GameStop?
The sudden closure of hundreds of storefronts isn't exactly a great sign...
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January 8, 2026
Seasonal Switch 2 sales show significant slowing as annual cycle sunsets
After record-setting launch, Western holiday sales are down compared to the first Switch.
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January 7, 2026
SteamOS continues its slow spread across the PC gaming landscape
Legion Go 2 support announced at CES, wide support for Arm hardware coming soon.
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January 6, 2026
Nvidia’s new G-Sync Pulsar monitors target motion blur at the human retina level
Four new monitors promise "effective motion clarity of a theoretical 1,000 Hz monitor."
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January 5, 2026
BioWare’s Anthem will soon be completely unplayable
Replay the troubled jetpack shooter before the servers shut down for good on Jan. 12.
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January 5, 2026
Ars readers gave over $42,000 in our 2025 Charity Drive
Ars’ total charity haul since 2007 now tops $585,000.
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