1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (179+ words) Simple games gain rich strategies in the face of noise. Similar dynamics can be found in games of chicken, rock-paper-scissors, and more. The evolution of strategies can lead to stable populations, bistable populations (where the population flips between two stable…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (436+ words) Ars Technica Those who remember PC gaming in the days before Steam may have fond memories of the “big box” packaging that made those games stand out as shelf eye candy and sought-after in-home collectibles. Today, PC gaming platform GOG…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (219+ words) Trump admin’s propaganda “arcade” hits some apparent legal limits. An anti-immigration-themed adaptation of Tetris was removed from the White House website over the weekend. The move comes days after The Tetris Company disavowed any involvement with the game and said…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (625+ words) The combat demo for Free Stars: Children of Infinity is out, and it’s free Ars Technica After five years in development, Free Stars: Children of Infinity—the official sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters by the old game’s original creators—has…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (270+ words) “I think we can’t get in trouble for that now. It’s like 20 years ago.” Back in 2009, Ars wrote about what was being reported as a leaked trailer for the then-upcoming Left 4 Dead 2, saying the footage “looks like it’s straight from…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (192+ words) In 2020, Microsoft announced that Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions would include unlimited access to its new Xbox Cloud Gaming service (then still known as Project xCloud). Now, that kind of streaming buffet service is coming to an end, as Microsoft announced…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (285+ words) Cut content from Portal 2, hints of Half Life 2: Episode 3, and so much more. Here at Ars, we’re intimately familiar with data leaks surrounding Valve’s games, hardware, and the workings of Steam itself. But nothing could have prepared us for this…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (167+ words) “Most” Xbox One and Series X games are compatible; discs will still work after being claimed. For decades, console owners have faced a choice between the convenience of digital downloads and the permanence of physical game discs. Soon, Xbox owners…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (225+ words) Privilege escalation attack grants "full control" and freedom from Meta's servers/apps. Remember the original Quest headset that Meta (then Oculus) trumpeted back in 2019? Meta seems to hope you don't, since the company officially stopped supporting the wireless VR headset…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (326+ words) Logitech increased prices by up to 25 percent last year. Logitech is facing a proposed class action lawsuit for not giving customers tariff refunds. In April 2025, Logitech raised the prices on 51 percent of its portfolio, with some prices increasing by as…...