Squidge, splodge, splat: Skin Deep doesn’t sound like most immersive sims. It doesn’t sound like most video games. Close your eyes and what it aurally resembles is a slapstick cartoon with a healthy dollop of toilet humor. These sounds, though, bookend chains of effects that are pure video game magic. Take the splodge, produced when…
Finnish studio Remedy is best known for its single-player action games, like the survival horror of Alan Wake and the supernatural thriller Control. With FBC: Firebreak, the developer is going in a different direction. It’s the studio’s first multiplayer release: a three-player co-op shooter set in the universe of Control. But while it won’t have…
May 14, 2025 6:00 AM The founders of TaleMonster Games.Image Credit: TaleMonster Games TaleMonster Games, an Istanbul studio founded by Peak Games veterans on a mission to bring depth and creativity back to casual puzzle games, has raised $7 million in funding. The funding will accelerate development of the team’s first titles — including the…
Multiple Buying Options AvailableAll products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.3D effect is surprisingly compelling. 2D to 3D conversion is interesting. Simple but beautiful design. High-quality IPS panel.Not nearly enough supported games. Lacking in ports. DRM limitations.There…
Media caption, Man Utd are ‘not scared of losing’ – AmorimChief football news reporterRuben Amorim has conceded he should step aside as manager if Manchester United take their poor league form from the end of this season into the next campaign.United’s appalling finish hit another low note at Old Trafford as they lost 2-0 to…
As promised, Epic Games today submitted Fortnite to the U.S. App Store, and if approved by Apple, it will mark the first time that the Fortnite app has been available in the United States since 2020. Fortnite will include options to purchase in-app currency from the web rather than through in-app purchase, which is what…
Steam Next Fest is going on until March 3rd, and I’ve spent a considerable amount of time wading through a seemingly endless carousel of games, filling up my Steam Deck’s internal and external memory looking for the Good Shit™. I’ve landed on four standout game demos that are worth your time now and whenever their…
Sheena Vasani writes about tech news, reviews gadgets, and helps readers save money by highlighting deals and product recommendations for The Verge.Happy Mario Day! To celebrate the world’s most iconic plumber, Nintendo has all sorts of treats for fans, including a new Nintendo Switch bundle, a new Mario Kart Lego set, and a new theme…
Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090, 5080, and 5070 Ti are some of the most in-demand GPUs today, but if you think they’ll help you play your Steam account’s back catalog at blistering FPS, you may be better sticking with your old RTX 30- or 40-series. Nvidia dropped its hardware-accelerated physics system support for some of the…
A bunch of Verge staffers came back from the weekend chatting about our experiences with Elden Ring Nightreign’s network tests. We generally enjoyed the fast-paced, co-op-focused spin on Elden Ring that takes cues from roguelikes and battle royale games — and when things were good, they were really good. But we also ran into some…
Split Fiction, the new game from It Takes Two developer Hazelight Studios, doesn’t do anything particularly new. The game is a straightforward co-op adventure that strings together disparate sci-fi and fantasy games like links on a chain. If you bundled together the sci-fi and fantasy sections as separate entities, they wouldn’t form a cohesive experience…
I reported in November that Microsoft was about to start a bigger effort to bring AI features to Xbox, and today, the company is unveiling what it’s calling a breakthrough in AI for gaming. Microsoft’s new Muse AI model could help Xbox developers create parts of games in the future, and the company says it’s…
(Image credit: Image by Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central, logo by VR Games Showcase) The March 2025 VR Games Showcase revealed 20 new Meta Quest games coming this year, plus two existing Meta Quest games getting ports to other platforms. The show was jam-packed with action, and the big debut of Flat2VR Studios’ huge library…
Crypto is, once again, exploding. Momentum born of a potentially friendlier regulatory atmosphere has met rising coin values, with Bitcoin more than doubling in value last year. Meanwhile, powered by advances to the underlying infrastructure, crypto is evolving beyond speculation and into real utility. That’s driving new use cases for AI and enabling seamless experiences…
Today is the third anniversary of Valve’s Steam Deck, the handheld gaming PC that all but created the market for handheld gaming PCs. It was a mess to start! But three years later, The Verge has data showing how it has dominated the nascent market. While Valve told us in November 2023 that it had…
Image: Sega / Hazelight Studios / Obsidian / Capcom / KotakuIt’s only the beginning of March but 2025 already has some bangers worth spotlighting, including real standouts like Split Fiction and Avowed, so we decided to start compiling the best games of the year early and update this list as the days, weeks, and months…
If you don’t have one of these PCs, can you really even consider yourself a gamer? By Andrea Kornstein2018-11-06 10:00:00 UTC The popularity of gaming PCs has exploded in recent years. Sure, there are plenty of people who won’t abandoned their beloved consoles. But a large number of gaming enthusiasts have been shifting their attention.…
In just a year, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, 27, has become the multimillionaire face of Fortnite, the impossibly popular battle royale video game in which up to 100 players are dropped onto an island to fight to the death, with only one emerging victorious. A former competitive Halo player, Blevins plays Fortnite for 10 hours a…
Tumblr released its annual Year in Review lists for video games. These chart or 2018’s most popular games on the platform, based on likes, posts and reposts, separates mobile games from console games. To those who don’t enthusiastically follow the Fandom blog’s weekly updates, this may indicate that the mobile games don’t measure up to…
If you just purchased your first PlayStation 4, you may find yourself feeling overwhelmed sheer volume titles. The console has been out for some time which means that the catalog is incredibly deep and diverse. This is a boon for new PlayStation 4 users because this robust catalog means that there is something great out…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina plans to begin playing spring training games in mid-March as he recovers from recent knee surgery.The longtime star had a minor cleanup procedure on his left knee last month.”Right now, I’m probably 50 percent with my knee,” Molina said Monday at the Cardinals Winter Warm-Up fan event.…
A rueful Magnus Carlsen lamented his gun-shy, conservative play after Sunday’s draw in the seventh game of his world championship title defense against Fabiano Caruana in London, which left the best-of-12-games match in 3½-all deadlock. The Norwegian champion, playing with the white pieces, kicked off with the same Queen’s Gambit as the second game (1.…
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Let us help you start your day. Good morning. Theresa May lives to govern another day, Michael Cohen gets prison time and China holds its fire on trade. Here’s the latest: ImageThe British prime minister, Theresa May, preparing to give a speech after winning the confidence vote on Wednesday in London.CreditChristopher Furlong/Getty ImagesTheresa May prevails…
Grab that mug of hot cocoa and warm up those mouse-clicking fingers. We’re ramping up to the best time of the year for holiday stocking-stuffing, and the only downside for online shoppers is narrowing down the deals. If you’ve got tech-minded friends on your list, you’ve clicked to the right place: Here are nine discounts…