Hacker News
- How our vibe coded website looks like a designer made it
- Livenerf: Has Opus 5.5 been nerfed yet?
- UnoDOS
- Deser: Rethinking Rust Serialization
- U.S. postal inspectors shut down website selling counterfeit postage labels
- Memory Companies Have Destroyed the Consumer Market
- Galaxy Game – Interim Computer Museum
- AI needs $6T in annual revenue to justify data centre boom
- Show HN: TurboGPT: train 22KiB transformer in 13s
- Nicholas Polson has authored 258 academic papers in 2026 (so far)
The Verge
- Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe
- Trump orders US government to call AI ‘Super Intelligence’
- BMW’s revamped i3 boasts up to 468 miles of range
- Suspected ShinyHunters leader arrested in the Netherlands
- Elon Musk’s AI-powered Grokipedia is updating again
- AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is ‘exactly as dangerous as it sounds’
- Razer’s low-latency wireless gaming keyboard is almost half off
- OpenAI launches Dots, its Muse competitor
- Protesters gather at OpenAI’s DevDay
- Xbox’s Mythic Achievements are here and they’re just like PlayStation Platinum trophies
- Apple’s new CEO could change when it launches phones and laptops
Ars Technica
- Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial
- Protests against OpenAI get increasingly creative
- AMD acquires World Labs AI startup, upping the ante against Nvidia
- Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
- NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers
- Here's what actually happened in OpenAI's Australian gov't server hack
- Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says
- This study looks at how and with whom connected cars share your data
- Fruit flies remember their larval diet, which influences their longevity
- OpenAI says planned GPT-6.1 is too insecure to release
TechCrunch
- America.gov gets really weird when you ask it about Minecraft, but it’s not a glitch
- The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch
- Your car and its mobile app are probably handing over all kinds of data to tech companies
- a16z-backed EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation to $4B
- Tesla secures $30B in new credit lines as it looks to scale Cybercab, Optimus
- OpenAI’s latest features take direct aim at the app store model
- OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
- OpenAI repotedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
- More Ways to Disrupt: New 2026 Side Events from KOTRA, WayFounder, Enterprise Ireland, SafetyWing + Descope
- Apple Pay set to launch in India with Axis Bank today, sources say
- Here’s why OpenAI is absent from Nvidia’s industry-wide effort to end rogue AI agents
Wired
- Range Rover Sport Electric: Price, Specs, Availability
- OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack
- Away’s New Series 3 Luggage Plays It Safe—That’s the Point
- Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?
- OpenAI’s Dots Are Always-On AI Agents—and Its Answer to Meta’s Muse
- I Found National Coffee Day Deals Worth Making Coffee at Home For (2026)
- How to Beat Surveillance Pricing Before It Bleeds You Dry
- 7 Best Smartwatch Models: Apple, Google, Garmin (2026)
- OpenAI Delays Release of Latest Model Over Safety Concerns
- Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI
Engadget
- Don't throw away your old router — Do this instead
- The AI industry wants models to assist in legal battles, but will they help?
- Can you still use your router if it doesn't get firmware updates?
- How to prepare your Samsung Galaxy for the One UI 9 update
- How do translation earbuds actually work?
- Codenames Party is the latest addition to Netflix Games
- Apple's iOS 27.0.1 update arrives with fixes for Face ID and touchscreen issues
- Apple updates Final Cut Camera to support the iPhone 18 Pro's variable aperture
- Mozilla deploys a new-look Firefox across desktop and mobile
- Google partners with known nerd Henry Cavill on a video game to showcase Googlebooks
- Xbox just unveiled Mythic Achievements, which are basically PlayStation platinum trophies
9to5Mac
- Apple Pay now rolling out to Axis Bank customers in India
- Bank of America says Meta’s Muse highlights a new risk for Apple’s services revenue
- Apple TV renews French drama ‘Carême’ for season two
- 9to5Mac Daily: September 29, 2026 – iOS 27.0.1, iPhone Duo features
- iFixit teardown of the new AirPods 5 reveals first real repairability improvement
- Apple faces renewed scrutiny over removal of ICEBlock from the App Store
- Apple announces when you can start the iPhone Duo pre-order process
- Early fall Prime Day deals now live: MacBook, AirTag 2, MagSafe gear, TVs, smart speakers, more
- iOS 27.2: Three new features coming soon to your iPhone
- AirPods Pro 3 and more just got new firmware update in beta
- Apple releases guide to help families ‘build healthy digital habits’
- Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and Pixelmator Pro just got new features
Guardian Australia
- Ukraine war briefing: Nato condemns Moscow’s ‘irresponsible nuclear rhetoric’ as strikes on Kyiv intensify
- An EV sold every 100 seconds: Australian demand for electric cars more than doubles
- Florida man, age 77, becomes 16th person to be executed in state this year
- Supreme court allows Trump to temporarily resume deporting people to third countries – live
- A tight election looms in New Zealand. This time, overseas voters could be bad news for the big parties
- Forget the inflation blame game – politicians should let the RBA get on with its job | Saul Eslake
- US Senate blocks resolution demanding accountability over Israeli violence in West Bank
- David Shoebridge launches leadership bid ahead of Greens ballot at party retreat
- The political battle over Australian immigration is really a story of what kind of nation we want to be | Peter Lewis
- Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
- Hundreds detained as student protests across France turn violent
- Trump announces vague ‘morally binding’ AI deal among tech CEOs for ‘tremendous self-policing’
- From One Nation to fossil fuels, Adam Bandt and Bob Brown reveal vision for Greens ahead of leadership showdown
- ‘Godzilla’ of weight-loss drugs could provide other important health benefits
- Blue Lights review – TV’s most thrilling cop show turns up the heat
- Gordon and Kane fire England to Nations League victory against 10-man Czechia
- Australia news live: Home Affairs orders ‘rapid’ stocktake of government cyber-systems after OpenAI hack
- Sham City: verdict on financial breaches is damning and punishment must be severe | Jonathan Wilson
- US supreme court allows Trump officials to resume deportations to third countries
- Six Flags permanently shuts down X2 rollercoaster after claims of brain injuries
- Utah death-row prisoner released after new DNA analysis of 1985 killing
ABC News
- Chihuahua becomes National Guard sensation
- Breaking: David Shoebridge named new Greens leader after three-way contest
- Charge dropped against man accused of being Chinese spy
- Why Nirvana and Midnight Oil made the cut in Songs that Changed the World
- Emergency water restrictions for Queensland town following pump failure
- Breaking: Headline inflation jumped to 4pc in August, up from 3.5pc in July
- Neale set to join Magpies as Lions confirm exit
- CCTV shows tractor ram raid at Melbourne cafe and animal farm
- Lone finalist for Brisbane Games stadium build announced
- Learner driver charged after 17yo dies in Adelaide crash
- Finance presenter Alan Kohler retiring after three decades at ABC
- Why Daniel Tupou is a Sydney Roosters grand final specialist
- Aussie skipper Molineux a chance to play home series despite injury
- Union, community say $500k 'woefully inadequate' for Alice Springs College
- Breaking: Man taken to Geraldton hospital as WA police respond to 'serious incident'
- $15b data centre next to tip could be among Australia's largest
- Dennis Haskins, from Saved by the Bell, dies at 75
- Queensland government department loses $800k in cyber attack
- City of Melbourne to stop campaigning to change the date of Australia Day
- Bombshell phone taps and $2m payment revealed at NSW corruption hearings
- Live: ASX to fall slightly as Australian dollar weakens after RBA rate hike
- Biles undecided about competing at 2028 LA Olympics
BBC News
- The Papers: 'Burnham's triple shock' and 'City face expulsion'
- How AI is creating a UK super-museum and revealing our planet's history
- Hidden habits that make your social anxiety worse - and how to break them
- Antisemitism on the rise at universities, charity warns
- One of the five men arrested near RAF Fairford called 999 himself
- US Supreme Court denies Christa Pike's last-ditch bid to halt execution
- Ukraine's prized steel industry left in ruins by Russian missile campaign
- Venezuelan man shot by ICE in Texas is charged with assault
- Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons
- 'Mum sent them £140,000': How to spot the signs a loved one is being scammed
- 'I like proving people wrong': The women taking up DIY and plumbing
- Huel ad banned for suggesting its products could replace all conventional food
- Household energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four years
- New coach, new players, but same old failings hamper Scotland
- Time for Tuchel to offer Alexander-Arnold some trust
- Burnham to fight next election on pledge to change voting system
- The intricate web Man City spun to con the Premier League
- Who continues to show how important they are? - England player ratings
- Could changing the pension triple lock pay for Burnham's big social care plan?
- How did the RAF Fairford incident go from 'suspected bomb plot' to police bail?
The Guardian
- England can take vital lessons from worst defeats into Rugby World Cup, says Johnson
- The Standard of Living review – Rory Kinnear has bags of charm as Bloomsbury economist Keynes
- Alexander-Arnold proves his worth to England with trademark assist against Czechia | Jacob Steinberg
- Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas charged with assaulting an officer
- Nations League roundup: Lamine Yamal sinks Croatia in Spain’s World Cup homecoming
- OpenAI announces ‘dots’ agent after scrapping launch of new AI model over safety concerns
- Trump agrees to end court fight against $5m verdict in E Jean Carroll case
- Switzerland’s Rodríguez and Elvedi punish Scotland after Hendry’s early red card
- Cherise Saywell wins national short story award for ‘tender’ tale of a child facing violence – read an extract here
- Manchester City CEO Soriano says guilty verdicts are ‘a Premier League conspiracy theory’
Al Jazeera
- Somali pirates killed five crew members on hijacked tanker, officials say
- US Senate blocks resolution seeking report on Americans killed in West Bank
- Protesters block Orange Order march in Northern Ireland
- King appoints Morocco’s first female prime minister
- Morocco’s pro-Palestine protests challenge Rabat’s deepening Israel ties
- Indonesia suspends five officials over luxury apartments for inmates
- Iran war live: Trump claims war will end ‘very soon’, gives no details
- Trump says he plans to campaign for 32 days before midterm elections
- ‘Nothing is justifying this’: Qatari PM slams atrocities in Gaza
- Trump, top tech firms sign accord to ‘self-police’ AI development
- Jack Smith defends investigations into Trump during tense US Senate hearing
- Venezuelan man shot by ICE officer in Texas is charged with assault
- Iraq begins high-stakes security balancing act as US troops withdraw
- Man City CEO: Premier League verdict based on ‘conspiracy theory’
- UN extends mandate of Gang Suppression Force in Haiti for six months
- US consumer confidence hits its lowest level since 2014 ahead of midterms
- US Supreme Court allows Trump to continue third-country deportations
- Yamal stars as Spain thrash Croatia
NPR
- The federal law aimed at protecting college students from sexual abuse
- U.S. Supreme Court sides with Trump administration in third-country deportations
- Lindsay Clancy's lawyer now questions whether she killed her 3 children
- Potential Taiwan tension sparked 'last minute' change in Trump-Xi National Archives visit
- Making gene-edited babies is illegal. This startup says it may be time to reconsider
- This year's MacArthur Fellows include researchers who fuse science and justice
- Meet the 20 scholars and artists who've just won MacArthur Fellowships
- Trump weakens fuel efficiency standards. And, Cornell fraternity rape case reopened
- 4 ways to avoid getting ripped off, according to a pricing expert
- As the U.S. signals a smaller Middle East footprint, Turkey is ready to step in
- Morning news brief
Kottke
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The Marginalian
- C.S. Lewis on How to Structure the Days of a Creative Life and Train the Receptive Imagination
- Inner Space, Outer Space, and How to Be an Astronaut in the Cosmos of Connection: Eric Berne on the Key to True Intimacy
- Orcas and the Price of Consciousness: Lessons in Love and Loss from Earth’s Most Successful and Creative Predator
- Bertrand Russell on the Secret of Happiness
- The Weasel and the Meaning of It All: Annie Dillard on How to Live
- Do Not Spare Yourself: An Antidote to Feeling Like You Are Waiting to Start Living
- Hermann Hesse on Discovering the Soul Beneath the Self and the Key to Finding Peace
- How to Handle a Narcissistic and Abusive Parent: Kafka’s Remarkable Letter to Father
- How to Speak Forest
- Nietzsche on How to Find Yourself and the True Value of Education
Pitchfork
- Caroline Polachek, Angèle, and SebastiAn’s New Song Navigates a “Love Triangle”
- Brakence Returns With New Album Marrow
- Megan Thee Stallion Revives Tina Snow on New Single
- Hear Another Father John Misty Single
- Kim Deal Has a Live Album on the Way
- Ryley Walker Signs to AD 93 and Unveils First Song in Five Years
- Lily Konigsberg, Krill, Jane Remover, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
- Klein Surprise Releases New Album My Own Fairytale
- Watch Taylor Swift Haunt Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell in “Patient Zero” Video
- Stevie Wonder Unvaults Four Songs in the Key of Life Tracks
Stereogum
- Megan Thee Stallion – “Tina Tuesday Freestyle”
- PISS – “blocking a scene you can’t remember”
- Angèle – “Love Triangle” (Feat. Caroline Polachek & SebastiAn)
- SOAK Announces New Album decembers: Hear The Title Track
- Power Snatch – “Spit” (mark william lewis Cover)
- Death From Above 1979 Announce New Album Private Lives: Hear The Title Track
- Rick Wakeman Performs For 150 Rescued Moon Bears In Vietnam
- Billy Joel Announces Turnstiles 50th Anniversary Edition With 54 Previously Unreleased Tracks
- Watch TV On The Radio Bring Back Their Spider-Man Hit “Wolf Like Me” On Kimmel
- Lime Garden – “Moving Target”
Longreads
- You Should’ve Said Something
- Dusklands
- Lost and Found: A Reading List on Labyrinths, Mazes, and Wayfinding
- Oh, How Lucky We Are
- A Graveyard Shift with Britain’s Gen Z Undertakers
- The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
- A Tale of Two Trap Houses: Being Cuckooed Ruined My Friend’s Life—But Did It Then Help Save Him?
- Heaven’s Melodic Strains
- Making Meaning, One Step at a Time: A Conversation with Earl Swift
- My Two Front Teeth
ScienceDaily
- The ice blasting from Saturn's moon Enceladus is stranger than scientists realized
- Earth’s day isn’t exactly 24 hours. The reason may lie deep inside the planet
- NASA’s Crew-13 could go from Florida to the ISS in under 9 hours
- This suitcase-sized spacecraft could hear the universe before stars existed
- Scientists expected these Galápagos sea turtles to wander. They stayed put
- Hidden stem cells may be fueling spinal stenosis
- Scientists find new virus behind mysterious tick illness
- Diabetes study finds keeping blood sugar too steady may come at a price
- Scientists just discovered what coffee really does to your gut and brain
- Blood tests reveal why astronauts get constipated in space
Quanta
NASA
- NASA Opens 2027 Human Lander Challenge for Lunar Communications
- NASA Awards Orbital Safety Analysis Support Services Contract
- NASA Features Exploration, Science at International Space Conference
- NASA Adds Blue Origin New Glenn 9×4 to Launch Services Contract
- NASA Sets Crew-13 Launch, Docking Coverage
- Crew-13 Rocket and Spacecraft at Launch Pad
- NASA Opens Applications for Second Season of ORBIT Student Challenge
- NSTGRO 2026
- Under the Microscope: NASA-Made Material for Moon Manufacturing
- APOD: 2026 September 29 – Sh2-188: The Shrimp Nebula
Nature
- Emissions after the Paris accord made Europe’s heatwaves more severe
- China wants to build world-leading science journals — can it be done?
- A new chapter in targeting kinase enzymes in cancer
- How to put people first in cyberspace
- AI can widen science — but only if institutions stop rewarding the already measurable
- The cost of lost labour on a warming planet
- Strange and beautiful creatures spotted on the Challenger expedition
- AI-powered medical devices must be tested in real-world settings
- Lab-grown brain organoids: time for international oversight
- Why AI-authorship debates miss a deeper shift in how scholarly knowledge is produced
- Author Correction: Proteasome-guided haem signalling axis contributes to T cell exhaustion
Dezeen
- Table lamp made from volcanic stone among projects from Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Five USA-based job vacancies detailed on Dezeen Jobs
- TPG Architecture creates an "office as stadium" for Major League Soccer headquarters
- Can data centres ever be examples of good design?
- Knekt floor lamp by Hegren
- Stanton Williams designs boarding houses to "support the culture" of Winchester College
- Populous reveals design for 70,000-seat Vietnamese national stadium
- Formafantasma named creative directors of 800-year-old apothecary and perfumery
- Capri Comfort chair by Piergiorgio Cazzaniga for Andreu World
- Renovated warehouse becomes permanent home of African Futures Institute in Ghana
Design Milk
- Wangari Mathenge Reassembles Memory in ‘Re-membering’
- Church Edit’s LA Headquarters Rethinks the Editing Studio
- A Paul Rudolph Original Is Rebuilt for Modern Coastal Living
- Cincinnati’s Fidelity Hotel Gives a Beaux-Arts Landmark New Life
- Hannah Buechler Finds Inspiration in Music, Fashion + Experimentation
- MSCHF Twists and Stretches Lexus Cars Into Surreal Sculptures
- The Porsche 550 Spyder Gets a Smaller, Electric Second Act
- Elizabeth Herrmann Clads a Cornwall Home in Gendai Yakisugi
- Wrensilva Gives Its Studio Record Console a Lighter Look in White Oak
- Tiffany’s Blue Box Café Brings Breakfast at Tiffany’s to California
BBC Sport
- Wigan's O'Neill wins Man of Steel award
- Who 'battled impressively' for Scots? And how did you rate players?
- Real Madrid considering Van Dijk - Wednesday's gossip
- Premier League confirm Man City guilty of all charges - 5 Live reaction
- What have Man City been found guilty of doing?
- Fury & Joshua in London for news conference as doubts ease
- The four 'what next?' scenarios for Premier League after Man City ruling
- Saracens face fines over 'wine consultant' Venter's media no-shows
- Forest Green confirm Savage offered Peterborough job
- England's Palmer a 'victim' of 'sick' schedule, says PFA chief
- Man City CEO refuses to answer questions on guilty verdict
ESPN
- Albert, 17, breaks Pulisic mark as youngest USMNT scorer
- USMNT player ratings: Richards scores, steadies backline to get 8/10 in win over Chile
- 2026 WNBA playoffs: Schedule, scores for every game
- 🤔 Future of college sports: What is the Protect College Sports Act?
- Sources: NBA reviewing finalists' bids for Vegas team in $12-13B range
- Giants release OBJ amid veteran receiver's struggles
- Clark's monster effort keeps Fever alive, helps force Game 3 vs. Aces
- White Sox top Astros in Game 1; first playoff win in 5 years
- Kessler talks up retooled Lakers' title hopes behind 'nasty' defense
- Canes lift banner, Panthers win 'playoff-style' opener in OT
- Follow live: Berhalter scores to put USMNT ahead vs. Chile
- U.S. legend Tim Ream retires from national team
- Mattingly's early move to Duran, 'our best guy,' backfires in loss
- Schottenheimer 'aligned' with Jones, vows 'I'll be better' after Rio gaffes
- Follow live: Fever, Aces battle in Game 2
- From the Tkachuks in Florida to McDavid's future, what we're hearing ahead of the 2026-27 season
- Expert picks for the season: Stanley Cup, division winners, awards
- Follow live: White Sox in front early as Astros look to respond in ALWC Game 1
- Riley's clutch homer in 8th lifts Braves to G1 win over Phillies
- Divine intervention? Pope Leo blesses White Sox ahead of playoffs
- Ex-Auburn staffer arrested, accused of leaking trade secrets
- Ex-NBA champ JR Smith in jail on family violence charge
CNBC
- Beijing warns of retaliation if Europe imposes curbs on Chinese businesses
- ‘Don’t go with a fund, go with a solution’: CEO’s tips from decades of global investing
- China factory activity snaps 2-month contractionary streak in September
- Hedge funds now hold a record share of the $30 trillion Treasury market. What could go wrong?
- Gina Raimondo thinks AI ultimately will create jobs. It's the initial mass layoffs wave that worries her
- Stock futures inch higher as traders weather latest rise in Treasury yields: Live updates
- Trump Accounts will auto-enroll children, potentially adding 60 million accounts: Treasury
- Most traders are looking at Micron into earnings. But don't count out Nike
- Trump tries to rename AI 'super intelligence' as polls show him sinking on key issue
- The Fed's main inflation measure will be released Wednesday. Here's what to expect
- Goldman Sachs CEO succession planning faces one big problem
- Dow posts back-to-back losses as Treasury yields continue their ascent
- IPO postponements are accelerating in third quarter, even beyond Oura
- Alaska Airlines unveils massive premium cabin overhaul in high-end travel race
IGN
- 'The Train Isn't Stopping' — Diablo 4 Director Promises the Game Will Still Receive Support Well After Diablo 5 Launches
- Original God of War Creator Defends Laufey's Creative Director From Harassment After His Critical Remarks Go Viral
- GTA 6's Game of the Year Chances Have Been Called Into Question
- 007 First Light Is Getting Free DLC Later This Week
- Coinbase Joins Pokémon TCG Hype With Its Own Digital Pack-Opening Service
- Pokémon VGC Pro Begs Players to Wash Themselves After Opponent’s 'Putrid' Stench Makes Them Vomit
- Halo's Former Franchise Creative Director Sees 3 Possible Paths for Activision's Halo
- GTA 6: All the Major New Details Revealed Today, Including Animal Species, Side Activities, and Fast Travel
- Rockstar Confirms GTA 6 Simulates Tropical Storms and Hurricanes
- Why Control Resonant Developer Remedy Avoided Using Yellow Paint to Guide Players
- The Witcher 3 Fans Relieved to Find Low-Polygon Pigeons Have Survived the Remaster Process
- GTA 6 Reveal Crashes Game Informer App Amid Confusion Over Free Coverage
Kotaku
- PS5 Pro Shortage Hits Japan As Sony Limits Console Purchases To Active Playstation Users Ahead Of GTA 6
- You Can Get A Free Digital Copy Of The Witcher 3 Remastered On Switch 2 If You Just Borrow An Old Physical Switch Copy Of The RPG
- It Sure Doesn’t Sound Like GTA 6 Will Include A Disney World Parody
- Xbox’s Disc-To-Digital Is Rolling Out Now To All Users
- Dune: Awakening On PS5 Is Making Me Break My Rule Against Playing Survival Games
- Capcom Says Porting Monster Hunter Wilds To Switch 2 Was A ‘Painstaking And At Times Seemingly Endless Process’
- The Witcher 3 Remastered Players Are Turning Bloom Off To Make It Look Better On PC
- The Witcher 3 Remastered Just Broke A Steam Record As People Rush Back To Play A New And Improved Version Of One Of The Best RPGs Ever
- Dressmaker, As Told By Steam Reviews: ‘I Am A Straight, White Man And This Is My Game Of The Year So Far’
- 15 Things The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Is Changing From The Original On N64
- Forgotten PvPvE Mecha Game Ending Service After Just Two Years, But An Offline Mode Could Save It
- Grand Theft Auto 6 Will Include Over 170 Species Of Animals As Well As Hurricanes: ‘Wind Will Blow Ripples Over The Water Surface’
PC Gamer
- Making our favorite FPS modes 1v1 to decide the greatest of them all
- One of my all-time favorite games just announced an expansion, yet all I feel is fear
- Garry Newman adds necks to his neckless characters because the lack of necks 'comes up consistently in our many many many negative reviews'
- Deadlock's gigantic new update gives its city a spooky new coat of paint and debuts 6 new heroes, including the one and only Rat King
- Diablo 5 director promises Diablo 2-style combat where 'the right build' matters more than Diablo 4's action-heavy approach
- Ace Combat 8 Steam reviewers are steaming mad about its pre-order bonus not being a standalone app
- The weird experience of liking a game before it's 'fixed'
- Wardogs boss talks balance, XP, and why 'the endgame is sh*t' right now
- The algorithm comes for Steam's Discounts and Events
- Why so many Steam games have weirdly similar (and forgettable) names
Rock Paper Shotgun
- With Deadlock's latest updating promising six new heroes, over 10,000 new voice lines and too much more to mention, it's clear Valve are still pretty committed to it
- Sometimes the thing you need is a wonderfully ethereal physics platformer jam game where you are a little round guy with very stretchy arms called Big Stretch
- Valve is changing Steam's homepage discounts and events section to go the way of the algorithm to get you to look at, and buy, obviously, more games
- "You will not be using belts": Satisfactory's first expansion isn't the same game set underground - there's a whole new set of resource-moving toys to master
- After trading space babies and running people over with a truck, Strange Scaffold want you to organise a haunted library in Something is Wrong with the Library
- Set up your own ramen bar and explore a voxel cyberpunk city in the slice-of-lifey Nivalis Nights, out now
- The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past sounds like it's mirroring Blood and Wine in being "a lot dreamier" than a "bread-and-butter Witcher story"
- I perished in the flesh pipes of Darktide's Depths of the Damned update, and you will too
- The Tower of Zeldaga is a free retro mash-up of Zelda and Druaga in which you rescue Ganondorf from some evil blonde queen
- "A quite beautiful compromise": The LEGO Skylines devs did consider brick by brick building, but decided it was too much fuss for players
Eurogamer
- The Witcher 3 surges to its highest Steam concurrent player-count ever, following Remastered edition's release
- You can now watch one of this year's best orchestral game-music performances, celebrating Hades 1 and 2, online for free
- Don't worry if you're struggling in human form in The Blood of Dawnwalker - "it should be harder" playing that way
- Controversy erupts around Ace Combat 8 on PC as bundled Belkan War re-release remains problematically attached to the new game, whereas it's standalone on console
- Mexican lawmakers join the fight for digital games ownership with a new consumer rights initiative
- What's the intended difficulty for Gears of War: E-Day? "I can tell you right now, it's Hardcore" says The Coalition creative director
- The Elder Scrolls Online is partly why Skyrim never got a Fallout: New Vegas-style spin-off, says Bethesda veteran
- Wardogs early access review
- All versions of The Witcher 3 "that exist in the world" will be upgraded with the free Remastered edition today
- Sony is introducing an anti-scalping lottery system for PS5 Pros in Japan as supply shortages persist
