reader comments 162 Share this story …and Hulu’s Future Man. I don’t know what to expect of Netflix’s Altered Carbon, a series based on the 2002 cyberpunk novel that’s released tomorrow. But I do know that there are already at least two great streaming sci-fi series on Netflix and Hulu. And these stories are built ..
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Enlarge / Coming to smartphones by March 2019. Hopefully, we’ll see more than this logo screen by then. reader comments 19 Share this story Following a release of Switch sales information earlier on Wednesday, Nintendo closed the day by confirming two major releases coming by the end of the company’s current fiscal year: the paid Nintendo ..
Enlarge / The id Software family tree finally comes together. id Software reader comments 53 Share this story Of all the innovations id Software delivered to the video game industry in the ’90s, plot certainly wasn’t one of them. Still, the company managed to create a few iconic heroes in its PC-action heyday, and decades ..
Jimmy Iovine announces new Apple Music app. reader comments 92 Share this story The mechanical royalty rates from streaming—royalties paid out to songwriters and publishers, as distinct from those paid out to performers—will increase by nearly 44 percent over the next five years. This comes as a result of a ruling from the United States ..
Even olds know what this is these days reader comments 70 Share this story In September of last year, the developer of Firewatch issued a DMCA takedown against now infamous YouTuber PewDiePie after he used a racial slur during a live stream of another title. The incident didn’t make headlines only because of PewDiePie’s profile ..
Enlarge / Saddle up, heroes, there’s adventuring to be done. Owen Duffy reader comments 8 Share this story Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. When I was five years old, I discovered The Legend of Zelda on my cousin’s state-of-the-art Nintendo Entertainment ..
Enlarge / In three months, Epic Games’ online “action MOBA” game Paragon will be… para-gone. Epic Games reader comments 13 Share this story Ten days after eerie-sounding news for the free-to-play online game Paragon, the series’ creators at Epic Games confirmed fans’ looming suspicions: the game will soon shut down. Paragon‘s late-Friday announcement gives the ..
Enlarge / You want me to pay how much now? reader comments 89 Share this story If there’s one seemingly ironclad rule in video games, it’s that the suggested prices for hardware and software don’t get higher after launch day (aside from a few used game rarities, of course). Enter Ubisoft, seeking to be the ..
Enlarge / It’s grim up north. reader comments 98 Share this story If life feels a little too joyful, if you’re looking to spend a couple of hours drenched in unrelenting misery, and if you want a film experience that will haunt you for literally years to come, I have some great news. The 1984 ..
reader comments 42 Share this story Game details Developer: Matt Thorson and Noel BerryPublisher: MattMakesGamesPlatform: Windows, Mac, Linux, Switch, PS4, Xbox OneRelease Date: January 25, 2018ESRB Rating: E for EveryonePrice: $20Links: Steam | Itch.io | Official site Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a quirky, pixellated video game breathes new life into the Mario-like side-scroller genre. ..
