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System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is Nightdive Studio’s tribute to the hugely influential 1994 original. Offering a much-needed technical upgrade, along with a bevvy of extras, System Shock 2 is still an impressive game, even if some of its forward-thinking mechanics feel quite quaint three decades later. Originally co-developed by Looking Glass Studios and Irrational Games, designer Ken Levine would later refine many of System Shock 2’s core concepts (hacking, hypos, audio logs, wrenches) in its spiritual successor, BioShock. But before Rapture, there was a sci-fi series concerned with the malevolent AI, SHODAN, and an atmospheric, infected space ship…

Category: AnnouncementsJuly 9, 2025 Accessible Games Initiative Tags Now Available Across All Digital Xbox Experiences Team Xbox SummaryAccessible Games Initiative tags are now available across all digital Xbox experiences.The tags are an industry-wide push to help players identify the accessibility features available in a specific game, before they make a purchase.Read on for an interview with Xbox’s Brannon Zahand and accessibility advocate Steve Saylor to learn more. Today, just in time for Disability Pride Month, Xbox is proud to announce that the new Accessible Games Initiative tags, designed to provide players with clear and consistent information about the accessibility features…

Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is an interactive introduction to Nintendo’s newest console. Think of it as a playable instruction booklet that delves into the inner working of the system in fun and quirky ways. With quizzes, minigames, demos, and collectibles, there’s plenty to do, and guess what? It’s absolutely worth the admission price. Before we get to that sensitive topic, though, let’s look at the game itself. It’s evident almost immediately there’s a lot more to Welcome Tour than meets the eye. You begin at the entrance to what appears to be a unique type of amusement park. Here…

Two years after taking the reins as CEO of Twitter—now known as X—Linda Yaccarino has announced that she is stepping down. While Yaccarino did not share a reason for her surprise resignation, it comes less than 24 hours after X’s AI-powered chatbot Grok posted messages including praise for Adolf Hitler and descriptions of violent rape.”When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company,” Yaccarino wrote in her resignation post.”I’m immensely grateful to him for entrusting me with the responsibility…

I’d argue one of the biggest comic storylines of the past half-decade came not from people in spandex and capes, but instead from half-shell heroes in the IDW mini-series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin. Now, the sequel series picks up 15 years after the conclusion of the original storyline with a new team of turtles released as an all-in-one collection – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin II: Re-Evolution. To celebrate this release, Amazon has it on sale for $24.49. As an added bonus, even with it being Prime Day, you don’t need a Prime membership to…