New offer gives Ubisoft, not Microsoft, control of Activision game-streaming rights (arstechnica.com)
UK still needs to approve the new deal, which could extend far beyond Ubisoft+.
SanDisk Extreme SSDs are “worthless,” multiple lawsuits against WD say (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: yiffit.net/post/1251788...
Sites scramble to block ChatGPT web crawler after instructions emerge (arstechnica.com)
Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers (arstechnica.com)
Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers (arstechnica.com)
Baldur’s Gate 3 early impressions: You’ll spend whole weeks in here and love it (arstechnica.com)
Another remarkable feat of a streamlined tabletop experience by Larian Studios.
Microsoft keeps pushing toward repairability, now with Xbox controller parts (arstechnica.com)
Let the Xbox team take you inside your worn (or tossed) Xbox controller.
8BitDo’s $100 wireless mechanical keyboard screams ’80s NES (arstechnica.com)
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)
also on r/privacy
No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators (arstechnica.com)
Reddit is reaching out to moderators after tensions rose over recent policy changes and API pricing. A Reddit admin acknowledged the strained relationship and outlined new weekly feedback sessions and other outreach efforts to repair ties. However, moderators remain skeptical of Reddit’s efforts given mixed results from past...
Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” (arstechnica.com)
Gotta love DRM that makes paid versions of games worse than pirated stuff.
Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” (arstechnica.com)
Kudos to Ars Technica to interviewing the Devil. The comments section of that post is *not *kind.
Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” (arstechnica.com)
Mid-1990s Sega document leak shows how it lost the second console war to Sony (arstechnica.com)
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor will mine hours of auto-shooting joy from your life (arstechnica.com)
Developer claims Steam is rejecting games with AI-generated artwork (arstechnica.com)
50 Years of Text Games parses the rich history of a foundational genre (arstechnica.com)
One man’s nearly 40-year, 8-bit quest to finish his teenage Commodore 64 RPG | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
For reasons no one can fathom, McDonald’s has released a new Game Boy Color game (arstechnica.com)
A company called Atari is releasing a brand-new 2600 cartridge this year (arstechnica.com)
The company that currently owns the Atari name and trademarks has decided to give owners of the old Atari Video Computer System (aka the Atari 2600) something new to do. Mr. Run and Jump is a new Atari-published platformer that is coming to vintage Atari consoles in cartridge form, complete with a box and instruction manual....
Microsoft promises Starfield has "fewest bugs" of any Bethesda game (arstechnica.com)
Given I've been going through and playing my old Bethesda games recently, I'm gonna have to call shenanigans here. It's in their DNA at this point.
A company called Atari is releasing a brand-new 2600 cartridge this year (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/559825...
For reasons no one can fathom, McDonald’s has released a new Game Boy Color game (arstechnica.com)
McDonald's isn't the only company to pull off a retro-gaming-themed PR gambit today. Atari is also releasing a new game for the Atari 2600, an announcement that also served to drum up interest in its upcoming title Mr. Run and Jump. If Halliburton announces a new Sega Master System game about fracking in the next 24 hours, I'll...
Alan Wake II preview: A waking nightmare (arstechnica.com)
Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert “wasn’t even told” about Sea of Thieves DLC (arstechnica.com)
