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Games like Astro Bot and Demon's Souls are running ably without a console.

New exploit works on all but the most recently updated consoles.

Activision gets Halo, Obsidian becomes part of Bethesda, and more internal shake-ups.

New system-level tools bring Arm chipsets, Android APKs into the Steam ecosystem.

Valve's new $1,049 VR hardware tries to revive an abandoned VR "revolution."

Preservation "goodies" also includes downloadable 3D models for desktop perusal.

Trump admin's propaganda "arcade" hits some apparent legal limits.

Blast your opponents in 1v1 arcade space battles like it's 1992 all over again.

I think we can't get in trouble for that now. It's like 20 years ago."

Over 1 million Game Pass subscribers will have to pay more for their heavy streaming use.