India’s youth don’t use their phones lightly. They push them hard, every day, often in conditions most global design teams ...

If you've been gaming as long as I have, you've watched the medium evolve from simple 2D side-scrollers to sprawling, photo-realistic worlds. And as games have grown more ambitious, the screens we ...

The world seems to be in a bad mood these days, so much so that even ostensibly enjoyable pursuits like video games have become venues for harsh, abusive language and behavior. Constance Steinkuehler, ...

While 2025 was by no means a quiet year for gaming culture, it sure felt like it slipped by in relatively lissome fashion. As the page turns on the midpoint of this decade, much of what made headlines ...

What’s happened? The budget-GPU market is facing its toughest moment in years. Multiple reports indicate that AMD and Nvidia are evaluating whether to reduce or even discontinue their low-end graphics ...

Steam Machines are back for the first time since Valve teamed up with manufacturers like Alienware and Lenovo back in the 2010s. But while those original console-PC hybrids failed because of a lack of ...

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. The Lenovo LOQ 15 is an old-school 15.6-inch gaming laptop ...

For over two decades, Microsoft has been charging Xbox owners anywhere from $4 to $10 a month for access to online multiplayer. The full suite of features was bundled as Xbox Live Gold and has since ...

The annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco is getting a new name and a new direction for 2026. Organizers are now calling the conference GDC Festival of Gaming, and while it’s still ...

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) revealed plans for its revamped GDC Festival of Gaming, which will welcome the gaming industry back to San Francisco from March 9 to March 13, 2026. The event will ...

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...