Japan's biggest publishing house and one of the world's largest manga producers takes aim at OpenAI, accusing it of 'trampling on the dignity of artists'

The world's biggest manga publisher isn't without its criticism when it comes to the artists it relies on. Being a big ...

Toasty CPU? This microwave PC build demonstrates that you ain't seen nothing yet

This modder converted an RTX 4090 laptop GPU into 4K 'portable' handheld gaming PC PC Cases Rather than buy a brand new PC ...

'The world became stupider' when Internet Archive's Open Library was hit by a lawsuit: 'We survived, but it wiped out the library'

"We survived… but it wiped out the library," Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle told Ars, also noting, "the world became ...

Windows 'update and shut down' reboot glitch finally fixed, saving tiny gaming laptop batteries everywhere

Windows Windows 11 25H2 has borked the mouse and keyboard controls in the Windows Recovery Environment, because what would a ...

Ayaneo is teasing a 'mobile phone truly made for gamers' and I hope it keeps its promises

Mobile gaming has been a bit of a laughing stock for some time, but the last few years have seen a slight change in that ...

Legendary FPS maker John Romero delivers the objectively correct answer when voting for the most satisfying weapon in gaming history: 'I strongly agree, Mr Rome…

But what is the most satisfying weapon in gaming history? That's an interesting question, and one that when asked by Apogee ...

2025's best survival game just got a huge update that adds an ultra-hard mode and one of the community's most requested features

Primarily, the 1.1 update adds two new modes—Hardcore mode and Iron mode. Hardcore Mode is, frankly, ridiculous, forcing ...

Here are the Europa Universalis 5 unlock times for your region

Need to remember the release date for Europa Universalis 5? Just recall this handy rhyme: In two-thousand twenty five, Europa ...
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Saints Row 1's director is pitching a prequel that gets 'back to the roots of what made SR 1 entertaining,' but I mostly want to know what became of the Saints Row 2 PC patch ...

(Image credit: Deep Silver/Volition) Either way, it sounds like Stockman's dreams revolve more around Saints Row 1 and 2 than Saints Row 3 and 4, which sounds alright to me. It's been a long time ...
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Arc Raiders gives free money to everyone to say sorry for the weekend server struggles

FPS Arc Raiders, one of our most anticipated games of 2025, is free for all in its final pre-release playtest this weekend FPS Arc Raiders seems set for a meteor-impact-sized launch as its weekend ...

After being inspired by Toby Fox to make his first RPG in decades, cult developer Yoshiro Kimura couldn't help but make it weird: 'Some people are going to look at it and go ...

The Undertale-inspired Stray Children, like Kimura's '90s RPG Moon, is part oddball story, part genre commentary.

I'm dying way less in Arc Raiders now that I know how healing actually works

So I'm minding your own business in Arc Raiders when suddenly, 'crack, pszzt!' Another player decided to use my body for target practice, and now my shield's busted and HP is low. How do I react?