A new dataset of 300K viral YouTube videos suggests that faces in thumbnails perform about the same as without them, with larger differences by niche. Faces are common in thumbnails, but they are not ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In September — before the Black Friday and holiday shopping events kicked off — Sony announced it had sold 84.2 million PlayStation 5 units – ...

You can also save on Play Pass, the add-on subscription that adds a bunch of extra games, much like Xbox Game Pass. You can also save on Play Pass, the add-on subscription that adds a bunch of extra ...

The age of cheap and powerful devices is upon us. How about a 20 EUR handheld game console intended for retro game emulation, that runs Linux under the hood? [Luiz Ferreira] kicks the tires of a R36S, ...

"The closer we got to release, the less confident and happy we were with the state of it." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. But ...

Noah Hunter is a freelance writer and reviewer with a passion for games and technology. He co-founded Final Weapon, an outlet focused on nonsense-free Japanese gaming (in 2019) and has contributed to ...

The recent announcement from Valve of a new slate of hardware products has excited players, but while a revamped Steam Controller and an updated virtual reality headset, the Steam Frame, have drawn ...

As much as console makers might prefer otherwise, the market has spoken — and it doesn’t seem to be asking for double the teraflops every seven years. (Yes, we know, there are dozens of you who are.) ...

"Pivot or die." That's the message from Facepunch Studios as it unleashes the November Rust update, which takes last month's controversial, meta-shifting patch and ramps up the stakes even further.

This week, a country act named Breaking Rust topped an important Billboard chart with a song called "Walk the Walk." The rootsy song of empowerment was the No. 1 song on the Country Digital Song Sales ...

Rapper Soulja Boy is once again trying to sell a game console, this time selling what looks to be a rebranded Retroid Pocket Flip 2 under the name SouljaGame Flip. In a post on Instagram (spotted by ...

GameStop sparked a viral wave on social media after posting a mock "executive order" announcing an end to the decades-long battle between video game console brands, a parody that rather unexpectedly ...