Asus’ next ROG Ally will be the ROG Ally X (www.theverge.com)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has been delayed again [to September 5th] (www.theverge.com)
Ayaneo’s Next Lite is a $299 Steam Deck competitor with unofficial SteamOS (www.theverge.com)
Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees (www.theverge.com)
Wolverine part of massive Insomniac Games leak after ransomware deadline passes (www.theverge.com)
Saudi Arabia’s plan to become the crown prince of gaming (www.theverge.com)
Xbox is making it easier to play keyboard-focused games on a controller (www.theverge.com)
It’s rolling out this week.
Lakers legend Rick Fox built a house that can suck CO2 out of the atmosphere - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Kevin Afghani is Mario's New Voice Actor (www.theverge.com)
Sony’s latest PS5 beta supports Dolby Atmos and up to 8TB of M.2 SSD storage (www.theverge.com)
Today’s release also includes UI improvements, haptic feedback for navigation, and emoji for reacting to messages.
I almost can’t believe it, but Google Tasks is finally kind of good (www.theverge.com)
For years, Google’s to-do list app Tasks was poorly integrated and underdeveloped. Recently, Google has combined all their reminder products into a single Google Tasks app that is accessible across Google products. While still lacking some advanced features, Google Tasks’ simplicity and integration make it easy to add tasks...
Sony’s new PlayStation PC overlay and shared Trophies arrive with Ghost of Tsushima (www.theverge.com)
Snap is recalling and refunding every drone it ever sold (www.theverge.com)
Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are “as painful as possible” for Firefox (www.theverge.com)
Mozilla is unhappy because the use of browser engines other than WebKit will be restricted to the EU, forcing them to develop two different apps....
Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees (www.theverge.com)
The cuts primarily affect Activision Blizzard employees.
I literally spoke with Nvidia’s AI-powered video game NPCs (www.theverge.com)
Epic Games will permit adults-only blockchain games in its store (www.theverge.com)
Kenya suspends Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project (www.theverge.com)
Steam Deck OLED review: better, not faster (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft employees will keep free access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate after complaints (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft is improving its Xbox app for Windows handheld gaming PCs (www.theverge.com)
That bad King Kong game was only in development for a year (www.theverge.com)
Unity cancels town hall over reported death threats (www.theverge.com)
Where is Microsoft’s handheld Xbox? (www.theverge.com)
The Steam Deck has kick-started a wave of handhelds from some of the big names in PC gaming. Asus has its Windows-powered ROG Ally, Lenovo just announced its own Legion Go handheld PC, and Logitech released a cloud-focused handheld. AMD has been quietly arming an entire new wave of Steam Deck competitors, and that got me...
Supreme Court says Apple can keep its App Store payment rules for now (www.theverge.com)
