Whether it’s a pre-built server or a rig you put together yourself, a Network-Attached Storage solution tends to last for years – even a decade or two – if you take proper care of it. That said, there are times when you might be inclined to upgrade your NAS. Perhaps your pre-built enclosure doesn’t feature enough drive bays to meet your storage needs. Or maybe your ancient HDD-only NAS doesn’t … [Read more...]

There's a new puzzle game in town, and this one tackles remote work and corporate data manipulation. Pocket Boss is coming to Steam and the developers just dropped a trailer during the Day of the Devs showcase event, which is part of Summer Game Fest.Pocket Boss casts players as an employee working remotely, trapped by the whims of an ever-demanding boss. The game is primarily set inside of a chat … [Read more...]

Relooted is a heist game about reclaiming African artifacts from the Western countries that stole them, developed by independent South African studio Nyamakop. Relooted is set in a future timeline where Western nations have signed a treaty to return plundered items to their African regions of origin, but things aren't going to plan. Western leaders are instead hiding the artifacts away in private … [Read more...]

Neverway already looks, sounds and feels like it's going to be something special — in a grim, grotesque and hellishly depressed kind of way. (Side note: That could be a nice tagline, no? It's grim! It's grotesque! It's hellishly depressed! It's... Neverway! OK, I'll stop.)Neverway is a life-sim RPG starring Fiona, a young woman who quits her dead-end job to live on a remote island farm for a … [Read more...]

Fusing light psychological horror with the quiet melancholy of American Realist painter Edward Hopper, developer Thomas Waterzooi is following up his puzzle games Please, Touch the Artwork and Please, Touch the Artwork 2 by having you just watch the artwork instead. Please, Watch the Artwork is an upcoming spot-the-difference game featured during Day of the Devs that tasks you with observing … [Read more...]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that directs the Federal Aviation Administration to lift the 52-year ban on supersonic flight over U.S. soil, marking a major policy shift that occurred just weeks after lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation with the same aim. The order instructs the FAA to end the overland supersonic ban and create noise-based certification standards, … [Read more...]

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio first teased "Project Century" in 2024, and at Summer Game Fest it debuted a new trailer revealing the game's full name: Stranger Than Heaven. The game clearly draws on the bareknuckle brawling of the Yakuza series, but this time is set in the jazzy Japan of 1943.It's hard to get a full sense of the story from the trailer alone, but similar to RGG's previous games, it looks … [Read more...]

A sophisticated malware distribution campaign has weaponized over 140 GitHub repositories to target inexperienced cybercriminals and gaming cheat users, representing one of the largest documented cases of supply chain attacks on the platform. The repositories, masquerading as legitimate malware tools and game cheats, contain elaborate backdoors designed to infect users who compile the seemingly … [Read more...]

If you've ever dreamed of being a student at a school built entirely out of escape rooms and silly puns, Coin Crew has the game just for you. Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School is heading to PC in 2026, and it's available now to wishlist on Steam. It's the sequel to Escape Academy, which is one of our absolute favorite puzzle games in recent years, particularly when played as a couch co-op … [Read more...]

While many of us soldier on with the remakes and VR takes on the Resident Evil story, Capcom is prepping the next chapter of the story: Resident Evil Requiem. The sequel was fully revealed as part of Summer Game Fest Live, kicking off a week(ish) of gaming announcements and release dates.Intercutting the starting moments of REs of the past, Capcom did a fake-out, teasing that we'd have to wait a … [Read more...]

The survival horror series is back.The survival horror series is back.Jun 6, 2025, 11:09 PM UTCAndrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.After a very convincing tease that suggested news was in fact not incoming, Capcom just officially announced Resident Evil … [Read more...]

Photography games can be hyper-realistic simulations of the real thing or a vehicle for ogling cute creatures, but No Goblin's Snap & Grab is forging a different path by treating photography as a key ingredient in a good heist. The upcoming game as part of the Day of the Devs showcase at Summer Game Fest 2025, ahead of its launch in 2026.Based on the trailer, Snap & Grab can be broken into … [Read more...]

The world of mechanical keyboards is a wonderfully deep rabbit hole, filled with a myriad of switches, keycaps, and an ever-evolving landscape of experimental layouts created by hobbyists chasing the smallest improvement in comfort, size, or efficiency. For many, the journey starts with a full-size keyboard out of sheer familiarity when transitioning from membrane keyboards. If you're daring and … [Read more...]

Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nothing to f- with…but you can play with them.Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nothing to f- with…but you can play with them.Jun 6, 2025, 10:46 PM UTCAsh Parrish is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities.In 1999, the iconic New York rap group Wu-Tang Clan released … [Read more...]

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! I’ve spent a decade covering Tesla and CEO Elon Musk, so it would be natural for me to weigh in here about the billionaire’s public fallout with President Donald Trump. Plenty of other reporters, armchair analysts, influencers, and … [Read more...]

Tribute Games, the developer behind the fantastic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, is back with its take on another comic book IP. Scott Pilgrim EX is a beat-em-up coming to PC and consoles in 2026.This looks like a real evolution of its work with those pizza-loving turtles. There's a large map to explore with plenty of secrets, seven playable characters and, most importantly for … [Read more...]

You've probably come across meaningless branding terms in the PC hardware space. Manufacturers do their best to sell common features as game-changing innovations to unsuspecting users. A similar scam is the gold-plated HDMI cable, marketed as being somehow superior to regular cables in terms of performance and durability. While gold does have anti-tarnish properties, even that doesn't matter to … [Read more...]

The IPO market is starting to feel healthier. Omada Health, a 14-year-old company providing virtual care for chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension between office visits, closed its first trading day on Friday at $23 a share, a 21% jump from the IPO price of $19. The IPO valued the company just above $1 billion (excluding employee options), a figure that’s nearly identical to … [Read more...]

A new co-op adventure is coming from Epic Games. Made by WiredFly and Kong Orange, Out of Words will offer a stop-motion-flavored platform adventure that's a little bit cozy and a little bit fantasy. The controllable humans have had their mouths stolen — that's why it's called Out of Words. (It's a little On The Nose.)The cute figures and creatures have been crafted by hand, and cutscenes suggest … [Read more...]

Killer Inn is a little bit murder mystery and a little bit third-person action game, and combined, it looks like a lot of fun. Square Enix and developer Tactic Studios revealed Killer Inn during today's Summer Game Fest kickoff stream. A beta for the game is coming to Steam soon and it's available to wishlist now.Killer Inn is a lot like the movie Clue, or the TV show The Traitors, or the social … [Read more...]