In the ’90s, Wing Commander: Privateer made me realize what kind of games I love
Most things Privateer did have been done better, but it’s still a classic.
Samuel Axon
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Gaming // Gaming & Entertainment
Ars Technica’s Top 20 video games of 2025
A mix of expected sequels and out-of-nowhere indie gems made 2025 a joy.
Kyle Orland
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Call of Duty co-creator and Battlefield lead Vince Zampella dies in car crash
He had worked on Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, Titanfall, and Battlefield.
Samuel Axon
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Switch 2 pub backs off Game Key Cards after leaking lower-cost cartridge options
Inin suggests new low-cost options allowed it to “recalculate production” for full cartridge.
Kyle Orland
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Riot Games is making an anti-cheat change that could be rough on older PCs
BIOS checks will only affect a limited subset of Valorant players for now.
Andrew Cunningham
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We asked four AI coding agents to rebuild Minesweeper—the results were explosive
How do four modern LLMs do at re-creating a simple Windows gaming classic?
Kyle Orland and Benj Edwards
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Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
Help increase our charity haul of nearly $18,000 in just over a week.
Kyle Orland
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RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders
I would avoid building a PC right now, but if you can’t, here’s our best advice.
Andrew Cunningham
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Reporter suggests Half-Life 3 will be a Steam Machine launch title
“Everybody I’ve talked to are still adamant,” even after previous rumors didn’t pan out.
Kyle Orland
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Microsoft takes down mod that re-created Halo 3 in Counter-Strike 2
Project Misriah creator vows to use new experience “to cook up something else.”
Kyle Orland
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Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
Help raise a charity haul that’s already past $11,000 in just a couple of days.
Kyle Orland
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Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case
But Sweeney warns iOS devs are still afraid of “totally illegal” retaliation by Apple.
Kyle Orland
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Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic announced as a KOTOR spiritual successor
Original KOTOR director Casey Hudson returns to Star Wars with new studio Arcanaut.
Kyle Orland
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Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 puzzles for you
Preview: Order of the Sinking Star started small but became a “combinatoric explosion.”
Kyle Orland
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Instead of fixing WoW’s new floating house exploit, Blizzard makes it official
“We all kinda immediately agreed this was way too cool to change.”
Kyle Orland
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AMD’s next-gen “FSR Redstone” brings big gains, as long as you’re using a new GPU
“Redstone” is a promising mix of old and new ideas, but Nvidia is years ahead.
Andrew Cunningham
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Win hardware, collectibles, and more in the 2025 Ars Technica Charity Drive
Help yourself to prizes by helping us raise money for good causes.
Kyle Orland
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Please send help. I can’t stop playing these roguelikes.
2025 was a very good year for my favorite genre.
Aaron Zimmerman
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SteamOS tested on dedicated GPUs: No, it’s not always faster than Windows
Ars testing shows SteamOS fares better on iGPUs than powerful graphics cards.
Andrew Cunningham
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Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.
Valve tells Ars its “trying to unblock” limits caused by open source driver issues.
Kyle Orland
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165
Testing shows why the Steam Machine’s 8GB of graphics RAM could be a problem
Valve has work to do on the software side—but some fixes are coming.
Andrew Cunningham
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“Players are selfish”: Fallout 2’s Chris Avellone describes his game design philosophy
Avellone recaps his journey from learning on a TRS-80 to today.
Alan Bradley
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After a Witcher-free decade, CDPR still promises three sequels in six years
CD Projekt Red says shift to Unreal Engine allows for more rapid development.
Kyle Orland
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After 40 years of adventure games, Ron Gilbert pivots to outrunning Death
Interview: Storied designer talks lost RPG, a 3D Monkey Island, “Eat the Rich” philosophy.
Kyle Orland
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Revisiting Jill of the Jungle, the last game Tim Sweeney designed
DOS platformers didn’t have a reputation for being fun, but this one is a blast.
Samuel Axon
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GPU prices are coming to earth just as RAM costs shoot into the stratosphere
Some RAM kits are over three times as expensive as they were three months ago.
Andrew Cunningham
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Valve’s Steam Machine looks like a console, but don’t expect it to be priced like one
Upcoming gaming box will be priced in line with a similarly specced PC, Valve says.
Kyle Orland
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Return to the year 2000 with classic multiplayer DOS games in your browser
There are fan-made browser versions of Red Alert, Unreal Tournament, and more.
Samuel Axon
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Microsoft makes Zork I, II, and III open source under MIT License
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office worked with Jason Scott to do it.
Samuel Axon
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Google’s latest swing at Chromebook gaming is a free year of GeForce Now
GeForce Now Fast Pass is a new service tier exclusively for Chromebooks.
Ryan Whitwam
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Celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman dies at age 62
The gaming community mourns a beloved mentor and LGBTQ+ advocate with a storied career.
Benj Edwards
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The Analogue 3D is the modern N64 fans have been waiting for
Excellent design and display filters, but the lack of OpenFPGA support rankles.
Kyle Orland
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Fans’ reverse-engineered servers for Sony’s defunct Concord might be in trouble
“Concord Delta” project locks down Discord after YouTube video takedowns.
Kyle Orland
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Cities: Skylines upheaval: Developer and publisher announce “mutual” breakup
Paradox subsidiary Iceflake Studios will take over work on the storied city simulation.
Kyle Orland
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I’ve already been using a “Steam Machine” for months, and I think it’s great
With a little know-how, you can get yourself a Steam Machine right this minute.
Andrew Cunningham
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Years later, Arkane’s Dishonored is still a modern stealth classic
Steam punk magical-realist world-building at its finest.
Kyle Orland
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