Gaming
Major Gaming Store Delists All NSFW Games Following Pressure From Anti-Porn Campaigners
Following on from Steam’s delisting of hundreds of extreme adult games, indie gaming site Itch.io has made the even more extreme move of (in some cases temporarily) removing all NSFW games from its store pages and search results. The action, made in response to pressure group Collective Shout, has led to even this year’s IGF…
Video Games Weekly: Censorship, shrinkage and a Subnautica scandal
Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related topics from me, Jess Conditt, a reporter who’s covered the industry for more than 13 years. The second contains the…
What the hell is going on with Subnautica 2?
If I had to describe the status of Subnautica 2 in just three words, it would be these: messy, messy, messy. That’s not to say the game itself is in terrible shape — this is actually a pivotal claim in the whole situation — but the relationship between Subnautica series developer Unknown Worlds and its…
Neon Abyss 2, a prison-break RPG and other new indie games worth checking out
Welcome to our weekly roundup of the goings on in the indie game space. It’s been quite the busy spell, with several notable games debuting or landing on more platforms and some intriguing upcoming projects popping above the parapet. The Steam Automation Fest is taking place this week (it runs until July 21 at 1PM…
Engadget review recap: Galaxy Z Fold 7, Panasonic S1 II, Samsung QS700F and more
We’ve been busy in the Engadget reviews department over the last few weeks, keeping up with Prime Day, product launches and the accumulating stack of devices on our desks. If you missed any of our in-depth testing recently, you can quickly catch up on the latest camera, laptop, phone and soundbar reviews in the list…
Asus ROG Strix G16 (2025) review: a well-rounded gaming laptop
Why you can trust Tom’s Hardware Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test. We’ve seen a ton of top-of-the-line gaming laptops that break the bank this year. But now we’re finally seeing some premium rigs with…
No Sleep for Kaname Date cements the Somnium Files as gaming’s truest sitcom
It didn’t take long for No Sleep For Kaname Date, the third installment of Spike Chunsoft’s AI: The Somnium Files series, to get an audible groan out of me. That was thanks to two words I’ve grown sick of over the last six years: porno mag. Those words will either mean nothing to you or…
Video Games Weekly: Who put all these videos in my games?
Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related topics from me, Jess Conditt, a reporter who’s covered the industry for more than 13 years. The second contains the…
Microsoft gaming division suffers further layoffs
Last week, it was rumored that Microsoft was getting ready for a major round of layoffs within the Xbox team. Bloomberg is now reporting that employees in the company’s gaming division were informed of job cuts Wednesday morning. The PC giant has been on a cost-cutting mission lately, announcing it would let go of 3…
How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking
There’s always a reason why universal USB-C ports don’t “just work” like you’d expect. In the early days, it was incompetence or naiveté. Later, manufacturers often cheaped out. But in the case of Nintendo’s Switch 2, it appears to be intentional. With the Nintendo Switch 2, it should be easy to plug your new, more…